Virgin Birth Conceived Series

INTRODUCTION

The virgin birth of Jesus Christ means that a virgin lady called Mary gave birth to him without a human father. Holy Spirit helped it to happen, the virgin birth. Whose son is Jesus? Mary, Joseph, or God. What is your thought about the virgin birth of Jesus? Do you believe without doubt that Jesus was born of a virgin through this virgin birth?

Now Matthew gives us the human answer to whose son Jesus is in the genealogy that he presents in Matthew 1:1-17. Here Matthew gives the genealogy of Jesus from the human side. However, in Matthew 1:18-24, the Bible gives the genealogy of Jesus from the divine side.

Humanly through the lineage of David, Jesus is the son of David. By virtue of Jesus’ virgin birth, Jesus is the son of God. Jesus is God in a human body.

As the son of David, Jesus gains the right to rule the world. As the son of God, Jesus is God in human flesh who can take the stain of sin from mankind. If Jesus Christ was only the son of David, He may have had the legal right to be the king, but he could have never redeemed men. That is why the virgin birth. He could have never conquered death, he could have never conquered sin, he could have never conquered Satan and hell. For that, he had to be God. And so, Jesus was God and man, 100 percent deity, 100 percent humanity. That is the message of Matthew 1. And so, he splits his chapter into two parts, dealing with the human and then the divine.

Now, modern thinkers are not ready to accept the deity of Jesus Christ and his virgin birth. We cannot doubt the virgin birth if we simply open our eyes and look at Matthew 1:18-25.

Matthew 1:18-25

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

There is no birth ever in the history of humanity that is as singularly spectacular as the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. The Virgin Mary’s conception is by the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus came into the world by virgin birth.

THE VIRGIN BIRTH CONCEIVED

There have always been a lot of virgin birth myths floating around. There was a wrong legend that Alexander the Great who conquered the world was a virgin born. People claim wrongly that Zoroaster, a prophet among ancient Iranians was a virgin born. Guess who made them up. Satan. Why? Because he is the master of counterfeit, he is the deceiver.

Matthew 1:18

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Here we have the virgin birth conceived. Mary became pregnant by the work of the Holy Spirit.

1. A LOOK AT JESUS’ MOTHER MARY WHO GAVE THE VIRGIN BIRTH

She spent her early life in Nazareth. She was probably poor, probably hard-working, and a very righteous and devoted lady.

A. MARY SUBMITTED TO GOD’S WORD FOR THE VIRGIN BIRTH

In Luke 1, you have a parallel account of the Annunciation for the virgin birth.

Luke 1:35

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:38

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.