Marry

I have heard that some pastors have taken the idea of a virgin birth to task. As well as the idea God could cause a women to become pregnant without sex. I find this to be so short sighted, I find it wrong as well. For a pastor to come to this conclusion is beyond me, they would have to delete the request from God of Mary in Luke 1:35-38, those pastors also take this to mean Mary was raped. The reference to the Holy Spirit coming upon her, this is the same reference of the holy spirit coming upon king Saul. The old testament 1 Samuel 10:6 then the spirit of the Lord will come upon you and you will prophesy with them. you will be changed into a different person. The Spirit of the lord does not physically attack you. It comes upon you like a gentle dove, then it changes you for God purposes. The next line God will overshadow you, Psalms 91 He/she that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Rape requires another element that is missing here, it requires an unwilling participant Mary was not unwilling she said “yes I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen according to your word”. In those same days Mary went to see her cousin Elizabeth, why? To verify the word of the lord, did she know for sure she was pregnant, I believe that the moment when Elizabeth pronounced that her child leaped in her womb. That was the moment Mary knew, for sure all that had been said had become true. What does this mean? If Mary had been raped she would have known something had happened to her, She would not have gone to her cousins to check the word of the Lord.

This has been weighing on my mind for a long time, mainly because pastors who believe this theory delete the virgin birth which deletes the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus. and that is just not true.

Love you all more later.