THURSDAY December 14, 2023
Holy One, Son of God
Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.”
Luke 1:34-35
Mary, as a young virgin, asked a very normal question––how was she going to become pregnant? To her credit, there was no inner struggle of unbelief. She never doubted the possibility; she just wondered how this would come about.
Mary was unlike Zacharias, who questioned the impossibility of his aged wife conceiving a child. Mary’s reaction to the angel’s message was very different––she had faith. Zacharias thought he and Elizabeth, his wife, were way too old! As a result, he suffered the humiliation of not being able to speak until after the birth of his son. It was only when he wrote down on a writing tablet the name the angel gave him for his child, that he was able to speak again. In obedience and by faith, he wrote the name John (Luke 1:63).
The angel responded to Mary’s curiosity: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.” Let the truth of this moment sink in. Mary would carry Jesus, the Son of God, within her womb.
There are many people who challenge the possibility of the Savior’s virgin birth. To do so questions the validity of the Gospel message. Without a sinless Savior, both human and divine, there is no salvation for mankind. Believe the impossible! With God all things are possible.
Mary’s virginity protected a great deal more than her own moral character, reputation, and the legitimacy of Jesus’ birth. It protected the nature of the divine Son of God… Jesus had to have one human parent or He could not have been human, and thereby a partaker of our flesh. But He also had to have divine parentage or He could not have made a sinless and perfect sacrifice on our behalf.
~John MacArthur~
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