The Fairy Blood Blog

Apostles’ Creed …Conceived by God…

“I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of Heaven
and Earth, and in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, our Lord, who was
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary…”

The church of Jesus Christ believes, universally, that all men
are born into sin. Since the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden
of Eden, every person born since that time has inherited Adam’s
sin nature. Humans are prone to sin and do evil because their
nature is askew. Humans are born with rebellion locked away in
their hearts. God’s moral laws make certain demands on
humanity–love God, place nothing before Him, don’t murder one
another, don’t lie, and etc.–but humanity says, “I’ll think
about it. If it suits me at the time or is expedient for me,
then I’ll refrain from immorality.” This is inherent rebellion
against God’s Holiness. Every man may choose the nature of his
disposition based upon what is in his heart.

When Jesus became man and lived among men, he did not sin
because He had no sin nature. Universal sin came from the
bloodline of Adam, the male. Although Jesus had a human mother
who was a child of Adam like you and me, He had a heavenly
Father. The Holy Spirit (God) conceived Jesus in Mary’s womb.
Her womb was pure. She was young, virgin, and blessed of God.
Had Joseph been the birth father of Jesus, Jesus would have been
born with an Adamic nature, prone to sin like you and me. But,
Jesus lived and walked among men without sin. He took on our
nature to feel what we feel. He did not sin and was God’s
perfect, spotless, blameless, acceptable lamb for sacrifice.
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice, offered up for all humanity. If
a man receives Jesus’ sacrifice by faith, then God will deliver
him from eternal hell and damnation. This is the essence of the
New Testament’s teaching–good news! Jesus has come to save men
form their sins. Receive Him today.

Now, let me restate the Apostles’ Creed that acknowledges Jesus
Christ to have been “conceived by the Holy Spirit.” Most
Christians believe that God is the Father of Jesus Christ. What
some Christians dispute is the Virgin Birth. I believe in the
Virgin Birth, and that it must remain an unalterable and
essential element in Christian belief. To be fair, I’m going to
state the position of those who question the Virgin Birth. The
New Testament writers have a way of speaking about Jesus which
would by very strange if they did indeed set great emphasis on
the literal Virgin Birth. They freely speak of Mary and Joseph
as the parents of Jesus and the Gospel-writers relate sayings in
which Joseph is spoken of as the father of Jesus without any
attempt to correct them.

However, from a theological point of view it could be argued
that if God was to make a special entry into the world, he might
well do so in a special way. Whatever else the doctrine of the
Virgin Birth does, it certainly conveys the fact that Jesus is
the Son of God, and that he is simultaneously man and more than
man, both human and divine. Was it possible? We need not be
concerned with possibility. As Luke put it (1:37); “With God
nothing shall be impossible.” It is impossible to speak of
impossibilities when the action in question is the action of
God.

If man could explain a miracle, then it wouldn’t be a miracle.
It would be an anomaly, a freak of nature, a strange occurrence
but not a miracle. I think the point of believing in divine
miracles is this: If God exists, miracles will happen. If God is
who He says He is, then Red Sea will be parted to accomplish His
purpose. His people may be fed with manna from heaven. His earth
may shake and quiver at the sound of His voice. I believe that
the argument is not whether or not miracles happen but whether
or not God exists. If it can be established that God is the
first cause of all causes (philosophy), the one fulfillment of
all voids, then miracles and whether or not they occur are only
secondary to the argument. I believe that God is, and that Jesus
Christ is His Only Begotten Son. The Holy Spirit conceived Jesus
Christ in Mary’s womb. All other arguments pale in comparison to
this firm belief of mine. God bless you!

Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is our soon coming Lord
and Savior.

Pastor T.