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Christ's Unusual Birth

While the virgin birth of Christ was unusual, it is essential to the Christian faith. Old Testament prophets foretold it, angels announced it to Mary and Joseph, and the Holy Spirit brought it to fruition (Mathew 1-2; Luke 1-2).

Years ago there was an old college teacher who believed in the virgin birth of Christ. Some other doubting professors ridiculed him because of this belief. One of them said, "Suppose a young woman entered the hospital near here today. If she had a baby boy and claimed that she was a virgin, would you believe her?" The old professor stroked his beard and was silent for a moment. Then he answered, "No, I probably wouldn't. However, if that baby boy grew up and became a man,

* and if he could open the eyes of the blind,
* and if he could enable cripples to walk,
* and if he could cleanse the lepers,
* and if he could raise the dead,
* and if he called a little group of followers and radically changed their lives,
* and if he died like a condemned criminal, but was raised from the dead,
* and if he changed the history of the world,
* and if, after 2000 years, a third of the earth's population called him Savior and Lord,
* and if all those people claimed that they knew His living presence in their hearts,
then I think I would listen to that woman's story a second time!" We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus because of His life and power. (Harding 1984)