“Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, ‘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.”
(Matthew 1:22-23)
One of the major fundamentals of the faith is the virgin birth of Christ. Not everyone believes that doctrine, however. Not long ago out of a poll of 700 preachers, a Washington D.C. minister said, “So far as we liberal clergymen are concerned, it makes no difference whether Christ was born of a virgin or not. We don’t even bother to form an opinion on the subject.”
Matthew said it was a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. Luke declares that Gabriel the angel was sent to Nazareth to a virgin. His message was that she would have a son. She responded, “How can this be seeing I am a virgin.”
If Jesus’ father were Joseph or some other earthly man then Christmas becomes a joke or a farce and the biblical writers and the characters in the story are liars. But we know they spoke the truth. Jesus is the virgin-born Son of God! Any statement or belief to the contrary that denies the virgin birth is an insult to Mary, Joseph, the Biblical writers and to Jesus Himself.
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