Round Yon Virgin Mother And Child Series

Colossians 1:16-17 say this about Him: “For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” Jesus was there when creation happened. He was part of it. He was not part of creation, as we are, but He took part in creating it.

And Philippians 2:5-11 shows that Jesus was with God before He decided to step out of heaven onto earth. All this says that He was not a newly created individual, but was the eternal Son of God. He didn’t step out of history; He stepped into it. The Virgin Birth safeguards Jesus’ pre-existence.

And the 3rd attribute of Jesus that the Virgin birth safeguarded was His sinlessness. Jesus needed to be sin-free in order to be a perfect sacrifice for our sins. And since our race is contaminated with sin, the only way that He could be sin-free would be to have at least one sin-free parent. That would be God the Father. Mary was not sinless, but Jesus’ Father was. A miraculous birth was necessary in order for Jesus to be sinless.

Now, we get to the 2nd part of the message tonite as to why Jesus had to be born of a Virgin. It’s about symbols – that is, what can the Virgin Birth show us about other truths that God wants us to understand?

Well, we’ll look at 2 anyway – there is probably more. The 1st truth that the Virgin Birth symbolized is the new birth. John 1:13 describes the process of becoming a child of God – “children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” That describes Jesus’ birth. It was not a husband’s will. It was not a human decision. It was because of God.

The new birth is our entrance into life. We don’t get it by having the right parents. We don’t get it by what others do. We get it by faith in Him as He speaks to our hearts. It’s from Him. The Virgin Birth symbolizes the new birth that each of us should experience.

And the 2nd truth that the Virgin Birth symbolized is God’s ability to do the impossible. God took a virgin and caused her to have a baby. That’s impossible, but it happened. God took an infertile old woman and caused her to have a baby. That too is impossible, but it happened. To raise someone from the dead is impossible, but it happened.

It’s no wonder that the angel told Mary: “With God all things are possible.” It means that if God can make a virgin have a baby, He can do whatever He promises to you too. Nothing is beyond God’s powers or control. That should be something to cause you to rejoice. Nothing is beyond God’s abilities.

And now, we get to the 3rd and final part of the message tonite as to why Jesus had to be born of a Virgin. It’s about sanctification – that is, what did the Virgin birth sanctify, or make holy? What did the Virgin birth bring value and worth to? What can we see is important, in light of what the Virgin birth stood for?

Well, it’s not that there was anything wrong with these in the 1st place, but the Virgin Birth showed that they matter. The 1st thing that the Virgin Birth sanctified is purity. Mary had never been with a man, and God chose her to be part of His plans to save the world. Today purity, virginity, is not held too highly. In truth, I never assume that a couple has remained pure until marriage. Purity is scoffed at today.