![]() ![]() ![]() :18 says “she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.’ Mary is with child “by the Holy Spirit.” And this passage mentions that more than once: This is a pregnancy, and a birth, which is absolutely unique, and different from every other birth in history. Mary is found to be with child - not unusual in the history of the world for an unmarried person - but this pregnancy is different: “She was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.” This passage had started off talking about His birth, a “natural” thing in the eyes off many His mother was Mary she had been betrothed to a man named Joseph (whom we will learn more about in a couple of weeks) - and all of the sudden, everything changes. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ is as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.” And so now it comes to its main subject: the main subject of this genealogy, of this book, and of the whole New Testament: Jesus Christ. Verses 1-17 have just outlined His ancestors, from Abraham to Joseph. ![]() :18 begins: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows …”. Let’s look together at what these verses teach us about His most miraculous birth, and most importantly, the REASON for it! But now, beginning in :18, we see another side of His nature: that as God, He had the most miraculous birth in all history. Last week we looked briefly at the genealogy of Matthew 1:1-17, and we saw that among other things, it demonstrated that Jesus was not a “myth” that He really lived as a real man, who had flesh and blood ancestors. It is a miracle from God.īut there is ONE birth that is even more miraculous than any other: the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ which we celebrate during this Christmas season. We shouldn’t take such things for granted. That a man and a woman could come together and produce a child, who would grow inside its mother, and be born as a living, breathing, thinking, person, is an amazing and miraculous thing. If you have ever participated in a birth, or held a newborn baby, you know that EVERY birth - even what people thoughtlessly might call a “natural” birth, is far from “natural” - it is miraculous. Our family is anxiously awaiting the birth of our fourth grand daughter, who is due in Wake Forest at any minute. ![]()
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