“What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?” Matt. 22:42
Doubted Denied
Accept &Believe
Deny &Reject
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
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
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
“A Sign”
Ordinary birth would not be a sign
Something unusual
Something supernatural
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
Virgin KJV ~ Young Woman RSV
Chaste
Pure
Unchaste
Impure
6 times = Unmarried maiden
Greek = “Parthenos” - virgin
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 ??
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
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”
“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
Evidence from New Testament
Evidence from New TestamentJohn
Does not expressly mention birth
Begins with pre-existence of Christ with God
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.
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.
GospelsGospels
Matthew & Luke = Virgin Birth
Mark & John
Do not contradict
Use language that assumes the virgin birth
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
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
Was Unique – no other like it
Jesus existed before his mother
Important because…
Authority of scriptures
Deity of Christ
Christ as Savior
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 !
I believe the Bible account of the virgin Birth of Jesus !
Most Americans Believe inVirgin Birth of Jesus
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
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Evans, Ga. 30809
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Sunday Evening Dec. 23, 2007