1. Grace Fellowship Church
Christmas Eve, December 24, 2013
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Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard

2. The Reasons for and Importance of our Lord’s Virgin Birth Luke 2:1-20

3. 1. It fulfilled prophecy. Gen 3:15‑16, Isa 7:14, 9:6-7.

4. Isa 7:14, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel (God is with us).”

5. Isa 9:6, “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”

6. By fulfilling prophecy it proved to the Jews and the world that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah sent by God. Mat 1:19‑25; Luke 2:1-20.

7. 2. It allowed God to become man, in Hypostatic Union, (100% God and 100% Man).

8. Phil 2:6, “Who (Jesus Christ), although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but deprived Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” Cf. John 1:1-5, 9-10, 14.

9. 3. It provided for a like-kind sacrifice
3. It provided for a like-kind sacrifice. Born of the virgin, Jesus came in the likeness of Adam’s creation, perfect.

10. Rom 5:12, “Therefore, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.”

11. Rom 5:17, “For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

12. 1 Cor 15:22, “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.”

13. 4. It allowed Jesus to be impeccable, qualified to go to the Cross as the “spotless lamb” to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

14. 2 Cor 5:21, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

15. Rom 8:3, “For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.”

16. Heb 4:15, “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.”

17. 5. It qualified Jesus to be the mediator between God and man
5. It qualified Jesus to be the mediator between God and man. 1 Tim 2:5-6; Heb 2:18; 9:15.

18. 6. It qualified Him to be our High Priest who intercedes on our behalf
6. It qualified Him to be our High Priest who intercedes on our behalf. Rom 8:34; Heb 2:17-18; 4:14-15; 7:25-28; 9:24; 1 John 2:1.

19. 2 Cor 9:15, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”

20. Grace Offering Prov 3:9-10, “Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first of all your produce; 10So your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine.”

22. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday December 24, Tape # Christmas The Prophecies and Importance of Jesus Being Born The Importance of Our Lord’s Virgin Birth Luke 2:1-20; Phil 2:6-8; Rom 5:121-17; 2 Cor 5:21 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2013