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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Jesus came to earth submissively. He humbled Himself to experience and identify with humankind in every way. Outside of “birth” He would not have been fully human, which of course He was, in addition to being fully God.
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I do not think there was another way. He had to send his son and he had to be born sinless.
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I don’t believe there is any other way for God to have accomplished these ends. God doesn’t need a different plan. His plan is always best. A supernatural conception of the Holy Spirit was the only way for a virgin birth to be accomplished.
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God does not need a plan B!
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I do no know
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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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I found that this PDF about the virgin birth taking place was rather a difficult read. I cannot believe the distortion that takes place among other believers. Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for our sins so we can go on to live a sinless life. But, in reality this is not really true. As humans, we all sin in some manner. Simply put, Jesus was so dedicated to human kind that all he asked for us, is to love one another for who they are, help one another who needs it and just be a very caring person. You can’t have this without faith and that is belief in God. You really can’t exist without faith. It is supposed to part of us; our soul, so to speak. This explanation did not come easy to me as I see what is happening, today. It would be just so simple if we observed these rules. Jesus was born without sin but died for us, as we have sinned. God is the supreme ruler of all. If the virgin birth of Jesus held this concept, among all believers, we would all be better off. Like I said, previously, it is a hard manner for us to grasp these concepts.
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God purpose would be for Jesus to be born of the spirit as well as the flesh and to be born as sinless, not conceived from man and woman being intimate.
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Gods purpose for Jesus being born in this manner is so that Jesus would be the perfect one, without sin so that he could die on the Cross for our sin.
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So he could be born without sin and experience his creation
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Fully experiencing and identifying with His creation, at the same time becoming our sinless sacrifice to reconcile humankind to God.
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Why is the virgin birth such a departure from what we know of human biology?
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The virgin birth goes against all we know about how a child is conceived. Even with all the advancement in science and the ability to fertilize eggs outside of the womb, human life will always need two things, a sperm and an egg, a man and a woman to be created. We have to believe that God is able to create life however he chooses and doesn’t need the conventional means to do so. He did create the heavens and the earth by just speaking after all.
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Because conception took place without physical intercourse
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According to the laws of human nature, man and woman must come together for a child to be conceived. Therefore, Jesus’ birth is supernatural occurence and miracles of God.
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Until reciently, a man would have to be with a woman for a child to be conceived.