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Originally Posted by awareness
This is the virgin birth implications thread. What's the implications if the virgin birth wasn't true? Does it affect or salvation here today? I know it will make a difference to the Jesus is God folks, but it won't be a fatal blow. Does the virgin birth either way, happened or not, have anything to do with receiving the Spirit today; with being born again, or living by the Spirit?
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To me the identity of Jesus Christ is a matter of life or death. If I accept that Jesus is God, he redeemed me on the cross from my sins, He rose from the dead to give me life, then the virgin birth may be a non-issue which it seems to be in the Acts and the epistles in the early church.
But if the virgin birth is recorded in two of the Gospels as the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy, and I reject it, then I begin to question other aspects of who He is. Then I open the door for other questions, like Eve did in the garden. Did Jesus really live? Is He just a regular sinner like me? Did He really die on the cross? How could He rise from the dead? Isn't that a little ridiculous? How can I be sure of anything?
But don't listen to me. Timotheist made it clear that I have been well indoctrinated since my youth. Perhaps it was my mom's Christmas scene that got be going.