Basics of Faith Session 05: The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ

Part 5 of 5: The Fundamentals of our Faith. The virgin birth of Jesus Christ. Why is this doctrine so important and so attacked? Pastor Conway Campbell gives us a series of great biblical answers to this crucial doctrine of the Church.

On its origins from the Garden of Eden, on the Hebrew and Greek for virgin, which today is widely denied and attacked. May God richly bless you in this study.

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Key Scriptures Supporting the Virgin Birth of Jesus

Prophetic Foundation in Old Testament

The virgin birth is also linked to Old Testament prophecy:

Scripture Passage	Description
Isaiah 7:14	Prophesies, “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” – Micah 5:2

Isaiah 9:6

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6

Jeremiah 23:5

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.” – Jeremiah 23:5

Gospel Accounts of Virgin Birth

The virgin birth of Jesus is primarily detailed in the following passages:

Scripture Passage	Description
Matthew 1:18-25	Describes how Mary was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit and Joseph’s dream confirming this.
Luke 1:26-38	Details the angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary, affirming her virginity and the divine conception.

Luke 1:31-33

“You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.” – Luke 1:31-33

It is our earnest desire that you learn the fundamentals of the faith and grow in grace and mercy. 2 Peter 3:18

Why The Birth of Jesus?

Many proclaiming Christians have difficulty comprehending the Virgin Birth of Jesus and often gloss over it when explaining the Christmas story to others. However, if the Virgin Birth of Jesus did not happen, the foundation of Christianity collapses like a house of cards!

Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity, stepped out of eternity as the Christ child to save us. God the Son being made flesh was absolutely necessary for our salvation.

God gave Adam and Eve dominion in the Garden of Eden. They sinned and they lost that dominion. They turned it over to Satan. Rather than being servants of God, they became slaves of Satan. And they infected the entire human race with sin. Our dominion was lost by a man. The only way it can ever be returned to us is by a man, another man, and that other man is the Lord Jesus. All of us today are represented by one of two men, either Adam or Jesus. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). Jesus Christ, the last Adam, came, born of a virgin, to undo what the first Adam did. Apart from the Virgin Birth, there is no hope of salvation. –Pastor Adrian Rogers