Series: The Signs of Christmas
Title: The Virgin Birth
Text: Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:26-38
I. The Virgin Birth points to the Divine Nature of Jesus.
a. Isaiah 7:14
b. Matthew 1:18
c. Mat 1:20
d. Mat 1:24-25
e. The Apostles Creed, “Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by
the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary.”
f. The Nicene Creed, “For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,”
g. Mat 1:24-25
h. Mat 13:55-56
i. Matthew 22:41-46
j. Don Stewart, “The most important reason to hold the belief in the virgin birth
concerns Jesus’s identity as God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. If
Joseph were his true father, then Jesus would only be a human being. He would
not be the son of God as scripture clearly states. He would have had his beginning
in time rather than eternally existing.”
II. The Virgin Birth was Absolutely Necessary for our Salvation.
a. The 5 Fundamentals of the Christian Faith:
i. The inerrancy of scripture
ii. Substitutionary death atonement
iii. Bodily resurrection of Christ
iv. The authenticity of miracles
v. And the virgin birth
b. Hebrews 2:17
c. Romans 5:12
d. Gal 4:4
e. Romans 5:17
III. Nothing is Impossible with God
a. Luke 1:38
