God Exists - the Bible is True - Jesus is Good

Jesus is the only way to God.  Jesus was born of a virgin.  "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."  Hebrews 11:6

For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason.  The story ends like a bad dream.  He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as the pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

Dr. Robert Astro, Gounder of NASA's Institute for Space Studies

Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, Isaiah prophesied, "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."  Isaiah 7:14   "Immanuel" means "God with us."  Isaiah predicted that one of the major "signs" of the anticipated Savior would be His coming by means of a virgin birth.  Both Matthew and Luke provide detailed accounts of the virgin birth.  the Bible teaches us that Jesus was conceived in Mary's womb by the power of the Holy Spirit previous to any sexual relations.  God chose to enter this world through a biological miracle referred to as the "incarnation," which literally means 'becoming in flesh."

Jesus was not a new being, but an already existing diving being who actually became a man.  Jesus was more than a mere man who taught us about God.  He is the God-Man who brought salvation to men.  Before the birth of Jesus, the angel announced to Joseph, "And she shall bring forth a son; and you shall call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins." Matthew 1:21  The name "Jesus" means "Jehovah is salvation."  The mission of the Messiah prophetically and theologically required a miraculous birth.  Jesus did not inherits a sin nature from His Parents.  The virgin birth made it possible for the entrance of a sinless Son of God.  Only a sinless Savior could become our substitute and take away the sin of the world.

To deny the miracle of the virgin birth comes suspiciously close to denying that God exists.  The doctrine of the virgin birth has been attacked since the third century, largely by those that deny that Jesus was and is God.  Acceptance of the doctrine of the virgin birth was essential to the message of the early church.  It is the foundation of the good news.  The Gospel has it's power based upon this truth.  His birth, His life, His death and His resurrection are the essentials of salvation, redemption, justification, and out eternal security. 

Dr. I.M. Haldeman pastored the 1st Baptist Church of New York in the late 1800;s.  One Christmas Eve, Dr. Haldeman preached a message that he entitled "Virgin Born or Bastard?  In his message, Dr. Haldeman said: "To deny the virgin birth is to deny the Trinity, and it is not a light inconsequential thing to deny the Trinity at work in the birth and sacrifice of our wonderful Lord.

Look at what takes place when you deny the Trinity.  you deny and must cut out of the Bible this tremendous scripture..."who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God" Hebrews 9:14  It is indeed and immense scripture.  It means that the whole Godhead was engaged in the sacrifice of the Cross.  Without the virgin birth, Christianity has no authority.

He who denies the virgin birth, denies Bible Christianity, smites the mother of our Lord with shame, snatches the crown of deity from His brow, strips Him of His sinless humanity, makes His cross a blood-stained failure, and bids us to face eternity with no light for the darkness.