So, what do we see throughout the Bible?
Well, in the Old Testament, one of the major themes of the Old Testament is the prophesying
of the coming Christ, right?
The prophesying and the birth of Jesus Christ.
God was going to visit his people and this is the moment that everyone basically
anticipated which is the coming of Jesus Christ, the virgin birth, okay?
Now I'm going to give you some of the elements of the birth of Christ from 1 Timothy
chapter number 3.
Get into his birth and why it's important.
Number 1, let me start off by saying this is that the virgin birth or God being made
manifest in the flesh is without controversy.
Look what it says, and without controversy, greater than the mystery of God than is
God was manifest in the flesh.
What does that mean?
It's not up for debate.
The fact that Jesus Christ came was born of a virgin, that the word of God was made
flesh and dwelt among us, that Jesus Christ came to this earth 2,000 years ago, that is
not controversial at all amongst Christians.
Now obviously the unsaved world, they come up with some weird teachings.
Obviously they don't believe the Bible and they have the wisdom of this world and it's
foolishness with God and it's nonsense and we shouldn't adhere to that type of teaching,
but amongst churches, Bible believing churches, people who claim to be Christians, this
should be not controversial, right?
Not up for debate, not up for dispute.
This is something that is foundational.
We believe that God was made flesh 2,000 years ago, that he came to this world, was
born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, died on the cross, was buried and resurrected
the third day.
This is not controversial at all.
At least it shouldn't be.
So it's not up for debate.
The Bible tells us, say there in 1 Timothy, it says in Genesis 3.15, and I will put
enmity between thee and the woman between thy seed and her seed and it shall bruise
thy head and thou shall bruise his heel.
Isaiah 7.14 says, therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign, behold a virgin shall
conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.
That is later reiterated in Matthew 1.23 where it says, behold, a virgin shall be
with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name Immanuel, which
being interpreted is God with us.
Now there is no dispute in the fact that these prophecies of old who were foretold
by these prophets was true.
Everyone in the Bible believed these things, who were studying the word of God.
And you even have some of the Pharisees who were not wicked people, these people
were sincere in their worship, they got saved because they understood what the word
of God said.
Now go with me if you would to, hold your place in 1 Timothy, go to Matthew chapter
2.
You see, this was not only believed in those days amongst prophets and believers and the
wise men, but it was also even believed amongst the secular people as well.
Look what it says in Matthew 2 verse 1, now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of
Judea and the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
saying, where is he that is born king of the Jews?
For we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him.
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Now why would he be troubled if he didn't believe it, right?
He understood that the scriptures were true, King Herod was not a Bible believer,
in the sense of he wasn't a Christian, he wasn't saved, right?
This person, in fact, didn't like the fact that Jesus Christ was going to come
because he didn't want to be replaced, but yet when he hears of this prophecy,
what did he do?
He was troubled, the Bible says.
Why?
Because it was without controversy, and he was not saved.
Because it was without controversy that he knew this thing was going to take place.