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“What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?” Matt. 22:42
Doubted Denied
Accept &Believe
Deny &Reject
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Evidence from ProphecyEvidence from Prophecy
“And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” Gen. 3:15 NKJV
Virgin Birth
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Evidence from ProphecyEvidence from Prophecy
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isa. 7:14
700 Years before
Matt. 1:22-23
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22. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matt. 1:22-23
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“A Sign”
Ordinary birth would not be a sign
Something unusual
Something supernatural
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Who is the virgin in Isa.7:14 ?
Not the wife of Isaiah
Not the wife of Ahaz
Not a dual fulfillment
MaryMaryMatt. 1:22-23Matt. 1:22-23
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Virgin KJV ~ Young Woman RSV
Chaste
Pure
Unchaste
Impure
6 times = Unmarried maiden
Greek = “Parthenos” - virgin
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Evidence from New Testament
Evidence from New TestamentMatthew
Matthew 1 = “begat” 39 Times
V. 16 = Does not use the word
V. 20 = Conceived of Holy Spirit
Was Matthew Inspired ??
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Evidence from New Testament
Evidence from New TestamentMark
No account of birth
Starts with public ministry
No contradictions
Mk. 14:61-62 Jesus claimed he Jesus claimed he was the was the ChristChrist
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Evidence from New Testament
Evidence from New TestamentLuke
Told that she would have a son
“How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?” Luke 1:34
V. 35 “called the Son of God”
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“And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,” Luke 3:23
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Evidence from New Testament
Evidence from New TestamentJohn
Does not expressly mention birth
Begins with pre-existence of Christ with God
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1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2============================14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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If Jesus was the son of Joseph how could he be the “Only begotten from the father”? Jn.3:16
Only through the virgin birth could the divine and human natures of Christ be united in one person.
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GospelsGospels
Matthew & Luke = Virgin Birth
Mark & John
Do not contradict
Use language that assumes the virgin birth
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5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phil. 2:5-7
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Gal.4:4 NKJV
“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law”
Kept genealogy from father
Born of a woman
Virgin Birth
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Was Unique – no other like it
Jesus existed before his mother
Important because…
Authority of scriptures
Deity of Christ
Christ as Savior
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If not true then Christ is not supernatural
If virgin birth falls, then down goes Christianity
Gospel rests upon the doctrine of the birth of Christ to a virgin !
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I believe the Bible account of the virgin Birth of Jesus !
Most Americans Believe inVirgin Birth of Jesus
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening Dec. 23, 2007