Comments on: A Child Has Been Born—for Us! http://kingdavid.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/a-child-has-been-born%e2%80%94for-us/ a man after the Father's heart... Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: King David http://kingdavid.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/a-child-has-been-born%e2%80%94for-us/#comment-624 King David Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:23:11 +0000 http://kingdavid.wordpress.com/?p=2313#comment-624 I have briefly looked at your arguments but in my humble opinion, they are more of questions by the uninitiated and bewildered on the "flimsy and unsustainable" claims of Jesus' virgin birth. An attempt to discredit the divinity birth of Jesus Christ. I can probably debunk those arguments point by point in time. Then again, unless the need arises, we will see... <em>The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.” So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense. But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25</em> I have briefly looked at your arguments but in my humble opinion, they are more of questions by the uninitiated and bewildered on the “flimsy and unsustainable” claims of Jesus’ virgin birth. An attempt to discredit the divinity birth of Jesus Christ. I can probably debunk those arguments point by point in time. Then again, unless the need arises, we will see…

The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. As the Scriptures say,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

]]> By: T Crosthwaite http://kingdavid.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/a-child-has-been-born%e2%80%94for-us/#comment-623 T Crosthwaite Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:36:19 +0000 http://kingdavid.wordpress.com/?p=2313#comment-623 You may find these articles on virgin birth of interest and coming from an unusual angle http://www.wallsofjericho.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26 and, similarly the debate on TheologyWeb: Forum — General Theistics 101 Thread — Does the Bible teach that Mary was a virgin when Jesus was conceived? http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/forumdisplay.php?f=160 You may find these articles on virgin birth of interest and coming from an unusual angle

http://www.wallsofjericho.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26

and, similarly the debate on TheologyWeb:

Forum — General Theistics 101
Thread — Does the Bible teach that Mary was a virgin when Jesus was conceived?

http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/forumdisplay.php?f=160

]]>