Discussion Questions
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Based on your answer, how could God have accomplished these ends in any other way?
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The events were foretold and, therefore, needed to transpire the way that they happened. God could have made it happen any way He wished.
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I dont know how it could’ve been done any other way other than, all of the demonstrations done had been if he sent angle and revealed them unto man instead of sending JESUS.
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With God being all powerful knowing, there’s no reason for him to plan on having backup with anything he says or does because with him all things are possible. there’s no failure in anything sets out to do.
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There was no other way to bridge the gap between Himself and man and He loved man so very much…
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God is God and nothing is impossible for Him.
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If the virgin birth took place, what would be God’s purpose for Jesus being born in this manner?
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Then Jesus’ conception is supernatural and Jesus is God and man from that moment of conception.
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It would fulfill what had already been prophesied
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Having God in human form can help us relate.
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The Virgin Mary being conceived by God Almighty was a onetime Is supernatural event. Conception was the result of our lords miraculous power. Only the Lord could create a child within a woman without having intercourse.
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Being born of God circumvents the sin nature. Since the innate sin of humanity was not in Christ He could not be born of natural means. Being God in the flesh He would be different right from the beginning of His indwelling.
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Why is the virgin birth such a departure from what we know of human biology?
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Because a baby comes from a man and a women becoming one flesh, since Mary was a virgin, in man’s eye, she must not of been a virgin, however, She was in fact a virgin and conceived a baby through Gods own power.
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The concept of the birth of Jesus being born of the Spirit of God, is different than the biological process that occurs when giving birth traditionally through a man and a woman.
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Human biology requires genetic information from both parents to create a complete set of chromosomes which if only one parent was contributing, would seem to violate this principal
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It is not. The problem is believing God had anything to do with it.
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In typical human biology progression, an egg and sperm must join to form a zygote. The egg provides half the DNA from the mother and the sperm gives the other half from the father. The virgin birth seems to leave out the second bundle of DNA needed to form a devleoping child. This must be filled in by God Himself if the birth was truly of God