“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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Sunday Evening Dec. 23, 2007