Christology 101 – The Virgin Birth

The Virgin Birth: Jesus was the son of a virgin who conceived him apart from a ________________________-.

Two Classic Passages:

Mt 1.18-25, ____________ side of the story.

Luke 1.26-38, ____________ side of the story.

What the Bible Teaches about the Virgin Birth.

This miraculous conception was _________________ long before it ever happened.

Genesis 3.15 looks ahead to Jesus being “born from a woman.”

Isaiah 7.14 is a prophecy of the virgin birth.

Mary became pregnant through a ______________ influence upon Mary. Mt 1.18; Lk 1.35

Mary was a virgin at the time of ___________ and up through the point of ___________. Mt 1.23-25; Lk 1.27,34

The legitimacy of Jesus birth was questioned by those believing ________________ was not the father of Jesus. Mk 6.3; Jn 8.41

The biblical evidence makes it clear that _____________ is not the father of Jesus. Mt 1.16; Lk 3.23; Gal 4.4

What the Bible Doesn’t Teach about the Virgin Birth.

That it never ________________.

To deny the virgin birth is to reject the authority of the Scriptures.

That the virgin birth is an adaption of Greek _____________________.

The virgin birth was anticipated ______________ these fictional stories.

The myths speak of _________ having sex with women.

The myths don’t involve ________ human beings like Mary and Jesus.

That Mary had a miraculous _______________. Lk 1.6-7

That Mary remained a virgin after Jesus birth, while married to her husband, Joseph - _________ ____________.

God designed _____________ to include physical union. Gen 2.24

For the couple to deprive each other of sexual intimacy in the

course of their marriage would have been a _____. 1 Cor 7.3-5.

Mt 1.25 implies the couple did have marital relationships after the

birth of Jesus.

Luke 2.7 states that Jesus was Mary’s ___________ son, suggesting

other children would follow.

In fact Scripture repeatedly states that Mary had other _____ and

___________. Mt 12.46-50; Mk 6.3-4; Lk 8.19-21; Jn 2.12; Acts 1.14

That Mary was _________________.

Mary was as much a ___________ as anyone else. Romans 3.23

Mary acknowledged her need for a ____________. Luke 1.46-47

Mary offered a sin _________ at the temple. Lk 2.21-24 cf. Lev. 12.6-8

That Jesus was less ___________ because of his miraculous conception.