The Objections to the Incarnation, Part 2

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3. This is another false argument against the virgin birth which can be refuted easily. The plainly declared the virgin birth.

a. This dates back to the century. The word “creed” comes from the Latin, , which means, “” These creeds came first orally, then written.

b. This goes back to the century. When Arius stated that Jesus was , and not , a council was called to settle the fact that Christ, though born of the virgin, has with the Father. The (381) was called. This council also refers to the fact of the virgin birth of Christ.

c. This was an ancient hymn preserved by the Church, which proved that the Early Church believed in the virgin birth of Christ.

4. To this argument against the virgin birth, we reply, “It most certainly is against the laws of nature.” For this was not the birth of a mere baby, but the birth of the Son of God . Did you ever take time to consider that this might have been by which God could have come in the flesh — by the virgin birth?

There are three ways by which God made human beings not according to the laws of nature: (1) When He made Adam without ; (2) when He made Eve without ; (3) when He made Christ .

5. It is true that many idolatrous religions have taught that their gods were the offsprings of women, but not wholly of virginity; rather, that these women had carnal relations with other gods which produced the people’s gods. Can there be any comparison between the birth of Jesus Christ and the reported stories of those myths? Of course not! The virgin births of the men of mythology are not virgin, but .

6. Remember, the Lord Jesus Christ never said, “I am a Son of a man”; but, “I am the Son of Man.”

7. Under the law of Israel all women were unclean. The purpose of this law was hygienic, to save the woman’s health, protecting her from the pleasure of her husband while she was still in a weakened condition, caused by childbirth.


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