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Matthew 1:18-25, Now this is how Jesus the Messiah was born.  His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph.  But while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit.  Joseph, her fiancé, being a just man, decided to break the engagement quietly, so not to disgrace her publicly.

 

As he considered this, he fell asleep, and an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.  “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to go ahead with your marriage to Mary.  For the child within her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit.  And she will have a son, and you are to name Him Jesus.  For He will save His people from their sins.”  All of this happened to fulfill the Lord’s message through the prophet:

 

“Look!  The virgin will conceive a child!  She will give birth to a son, and he will be called Immanuel (meaning, God is with us).” 

 

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord commanded.  He brought Mary home to be his wife, but she remained a virgin until her son was born.  And Joseph named Him Jesus. (New Living Translation)

 

The importance of the virgin birth cannot be overemphasized.  In order for the Redeemer to be qualified to pay for our sins and bring salvation, He must be fully human, and also sinless and fully God.  The virgin birth satisfies these requirements.  The only way Jesus could be born as a human was to be born of a woman.  The only way He could be sinless was to be conceived by the Holy Spirit.  The only way He could be divine was to have God as His Father.  As a result, conception was not by natural means but by supernatural means.  Jesus Christ is revealed to us as one divine person with two natures – divine and sinless human. 

 

By living and suffering as a human person, Jesus is able to sympathize with our weaknesses.  But, as the divine Son of God, He has the power to deliver us from the bondage of sin and Satan’s power.  As both divine and sinless human, He qualifies to serve as a sacrifice for the sins of every person.  As the Son of God, He sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven interceding for all who come to Him.

 

 

 

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