THE VIRGIN BIRTH

THE VIRGIN BIRTH

There has been much discussion about the necessity of believing in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. This is definitely one of the "absolutes" in Biblical doctrine, and as such, it has always been under attack by Liberal Theologians. It really does not take much knowledge of scripture to realize that without the virgin birth of Jesus, no one could possibly be saved from their sinful condition, inherited from Adam. We know from the first few chapters of Genesis that Adam, the first human being, was created in the image and likeness of Almighty God. As such he was perfect, or complete. God gave Adam only one command that he must keep, or the result would be death (Gen 2:15-17). We know that he disobeyed this command, and sin and spiritual death entered the human race. (Rom 5:12). This sin was passed on to the entire race, because we are all descendants of Adam and Eve, and "the wages of sin is death." (Rom 6:23) In order to reverse this condition another perfect human would have to be willing to  sacrifice their life to pay the price of this sin. The problem was that because all humans were sinners, God had to introduce His plan that He had kept secret from before time began!

This plan required that "God the Son" would become incarnated in human flesh, (John 1:1-14), live a sinless life for some 33 years and be tempted in all possible ways, and yet not sin, and then give up His life to pay the price of mankind's sin. Only in this way would God's Holy Demands be satisfied. How all this happened is the very core of the Gospel (Good News), and it centers around God finding a virgin maiden from His Chosen People, to be the earthly mother of His Son. Mary was the chosen one, who was "overshadowed" by God the Holy Spirit, and she bore Jesus, who grew up to become our Savior. (Luke 1:26-35). Common sense would tell us that Jesus would have to be born of a virgin who was supernaturally with child of the Holy Spirit, in order to not be contaminated by the sin of Adam. (Gal 4:4-7). Paul referred to Jesus as the second or last Adam (1 Cor 15:45-47), who came to earth to undo the curse brought to mankind by by the first Adam. So we can see why the "Virgin Birth" has been opposed by Satan, and his Liberal Theologians throughout the church age, because they don't really believe the scriptures are the very "Word of God"
Sincerely submitted.
Dave Jamer