Something incredible
The Gospel of Luke records,
“In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.
You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:26-33.
Here Luke records the most momentous day in human history. Mary was about to give birth to the Son of the Most High God, Jesus.
It must have been an overwhelming experience for Mary. At the same time Mary’s faith in God must have been incredibly deep for God to choose her out of all the women in Israel.
The other aspect is. Luke asks his readers to believe what at first glance seems an incredible story.
Luke here doesn’t leave room for debate. Whether it is true or not. He and the other apostles certainly believed it to be true as dose every Christian even today.
That being said, every person when confronted with this statement of Luke’s must decide for him or herself if it is true.
Did God use a Virgin from a small Galilean village to bring His One and Only Son into the world or not?
What do you believe?
Please think about it.
