First Baptist Church of Westwood Lake
The Miraculous Birth
These are notes for our morning service on December 9, 2018.
Locations & Times
First Baptist Church of Westwood Lake
5801 SW 120th Ave, Miami, FL 33183, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
Junior Church Christmas Store
December 15 at Noon<br>The Junior Church Christmas Store is coming soon and we need your help! Donations of small gift items for men, women and children are needed. Cash gladly accepted! Please see Lydia Mortensen for details.
Teen Christmas Party
December 15 at 5:30 PM
Christmas Cantata
December 16 at 10:30 AM<br>Invite your friends and family to join us for A Celebration of Carols.
No Evening Service
December 16 and December 23
Church-Wide Christmas Caroling
Tuesday, December 18
Christmas Eve
December 24 at 6:00 PM<br>You are invited to join us for our special candlelight Christmas Eve service.
New Year Fellowship
December 30 at 5:00 PM<br>You are invited to a time of fellowship at the Mortensen's house instead of the evening service.
Revival 2019
Join us from January 6-11 for our annual revival services. The meetings will be led by the Coffey Ministries team.
Virgin Birth was one of the most discussed doctrines in 20th century of American evangelicalism.
Pew Research Center said. Overall, 66 percent of Americans believe Jesus was born to a virgin, down from 73 percent in 2014. While some might expect nonbelievers to wrestle with doubts about the Christmas story as relayed in the Bible, the new research says there are actually signs of growing doubts from Christian groups as well.
- Mary was a virgin. She had integrity. The word Parthenos in this context means "one who has not yet had sexual relations."
- The angel Gabriel called Mary "highly favored one," meaning one who is enriched with grace.
- God chose her to bear His Son.
- Only God can bestow grace on sinners.
Mary would bear God’s Son
- This is fulfilled in Luke 2:21.
- 'Jesus' is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua.
- The original full form of His Hebrew name is Jehoshua or Yeshua. You will call his name Joshua—Yahweh is salvation, Yahweh saves, Jehovah will save. God the Father named Him for He will be the One who will accomplish redemption.
Jesus' Greatness
- "He will be great." He will be called the Son of the Most High.
- He is the Son of God.
- He is the Son whose throne will be established forever.
- “How shall this be, seeing I know not a man: I am a virgin?”
- This further proves the truth of the Virgin Birth. “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord.”
For-runner: John the Baptist (Luke 1:36-37)
- The conception of John the Baptizer was in a sense miraculous.
- It is a miracle that this could happen to people well advanced in years.
Fulfilled Promises (Luke 1:37)
Servant (Luke 1:38)
In this passage we see the three elements involved in our personal salvation.
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