The Performance of the Seed of the Woman - The Virgin Birth of Christ

Temple Baptist Church - 12-14-2025

Matthew 1:18-25

 

Introduction: 

 

A.  At least once a year, especially around the Christmas Season, I preach on the precious doctrine of the Virgin Birth of Christ. 

 

1.  The Virgin Birth of Christ is often called “The Doctrine of Holy Ground!”  “The Pearl of The Ages!”  So, this morning, let us spiritually “remove our shoes” as we approach God as Moses did at the Burning Bush and Joshua did before the Captain of the Lord’s Host!

 

2.  The virgin birth of Christ is the pivotal point between Promise or Prophecy and the Performance of the “Seed of the Woman.”  It is the Centerpiece of Time as the event marks our calendar.  “A day that will live in infamy!”

 

3.  Both the Julian and Gregorian (the calendar that we now use) Calendars mark the Birth of Christ: BC means Before Christ, while AD (Anno Domini) means The Year of Our Lord.

 

a)  The Prophecy of Israel’s Messiah looked forward to His First Advent.  The coming of Israel’s Messiah and our Saviour. 

 

1)  While Israel missed their Messiah, “HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT,”

 

2)  Thank God, “AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM” speaks to us, trusting Christ as our Lord and Saviour.

 

b)  The Performance of the birth of Israel’s Messiah was the Fulfillment of that Prophecy.

 

B.  The Book of Matthew portrays the Lord Jesus Christ as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the coming of the King of Israel. 

 

1.  Matthew 1:1-17 shows the lineage of Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.  In these verses, we find the names of men who “begat” sons divided into three time periods. 

 

2.  From Abraham to David, from David to the Babylonish Captivity, from the Babylonish Captivity to Christ.

 

C.  In Matthew 1:18, we find the words: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise.” 

 

1.  Showing a deviation from, a differentiation of the natural births of the last 42 generations mentioned, where the seed of men begat men. 

 

2.  The bible is very detailed concerning the virgin birth so that there is no confusion.  Yet, many religions continue to confuse their congregations on the matter.

 

“Espoused wife” and “before they came together” declare a birth like none that preceded it and none that would come after it. 

 

D.  The word “espoused” in Matthew 1:18 speaks of Mary’s relationship to Joseph and is also found in Luke 1:27 and Luke 2:5.  Espoused means betrothed or engaged to. 

 

1.  The virgin birth is well explained within Matthew’s context:

 

Matthew 1:18 - “before they came together”

 

Matthew 1:23 “a virgin shall be with child”

 

Matthew 1:25 - “and knew her not till”

 

2.  The Virgin Birth is further explained in Luke’s Gospel.  Luke 1:34  Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

 

E.  The Virgin Birth of Christ is a doctrine both sweetly adored by God’s children and severely attacked by the unbelievers. Loved by God’s people and hated by Satan’s people. 

 

A birth like none other.  There has never been nor will there ever be another virgin birth. No man or woman, since Adam and Eve, except for Jesus Christ, came into the world through a virgin birth or without the seed of man involved. 

 

F.  The Virgin Birth of Christ is:

 

1.  The mystery of mysteries, the jewel of all ages, the hope of mankind, and the love of God manifested for the sinner.  The love, compassion, mercy, and grace of God extended as an Olive Branch to humanity.

 

2.  It was a miraculous event.  A miracle is a phenomenon that cannot be explained outside the realm of supernatural intervention. It is an event that supersedes natural law.

 

1 Timothy 6:16  Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

 

3.  The immortal became mortal that the mortal may become immortal.

 

a)  Immortality and eternality are attributes of God.  1 Timothy 6:16a “Who only hath immortality” 

 

b)  Mortal became Immortal in Christ.  1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

 

4.  The Unapproachable became approachable, The Untouchable became touchable.

 

a)  The Unapproachable God – 1 Timothy 6:15-16  Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;  (16)  Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

 

b)  Became the Touchable Saviour – Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

 

1 John 1:1  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;.

 

G.  The Virgin Birth was necessary because:

 

1.  The Child born was to be the God-Man.  100% man on His mother’s side and 100% God on His Father’s side.  As three distinct Persons represent the Trinity, Jesus Christ is represented by two distinct persons.  Uniting the fullness of humanity with the fullness of Deity. 

 

2.  The Child was born to be the sinless Son of God.  Sin came through Adam’s seed, but Christ went through the Woman’s Seed without Adamic sin.  Sin came through Adam’s seed, not Eve’s.

 

3.  The Child was born of a virgin to guarantee that salvation would come through Christ alone and not man.  Born sinless because of the absence of the Adamic seed.

 

a)  Sin came through the seed of Adam - Romans 5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

 

b)  The Saviour came through the seed of the woman - Galatians 4:4-5  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,  (5)  To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

 

H.  The Virgin Birth Prophesied.  Genesis 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

 

Isaiah 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

J.  The Virgin Birth Performed.  Matthew 1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  (“On this wise” sets the birth of Christ apart from the “begats” of the first 17 verses!)

 

K.  The Virgin Birth Purposed.  Matthew 1:21-23  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 

 

a.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Sin.  Disobedience to God and God’s hatred for sin.

 

b.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Sinners.  God’s love for the sinner despite sinfulness.

 

c.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Separation.  Man hiding and God seeking.

 

d.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Substitution.  The innocent died for the guilty so that the guilty could become the innocent.

 

e.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about the Saviour.  The coming of Messiah, Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world.

 

f.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Salvation.  Free to all who would repent and believe.

 

g.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Security—eternal restoration, eternal life, everlasting joy, through an eternal Saviour.

 

L.  Dr. Herbert Lockyer said it this way, “The incarnation is the most stupendous miracle comprehending and involving all other miracles, and because it is a theme both deep and delicate, infinite and incomprehensible, how about “finding out acceptable words”.  The ground we approach is holy calling for the putting off of our shoes.”

 

M.  G. Campbell Morgan said that in the presence of such a holy miracle “there can be no fitting attitude of the human intellect save that of acceptance of the truth without any attempt to explain the mystery.”

 

N.  Another writer expressed it this way, “I will seek to believe rather than to reason, to adore rather than to explain, to give thanks rather than to penetrate; to love rather than to know; to humble myself rather than to speak.”

 

                    The Ancient of Days became a babe at Bethlehem.

          He who thunders in the heavens, crying in a cradle.

He who gives to all their meat in due season, nursing at his Mother’s breast.

                    He who made all flesh now made of flesh.

He who could summon legions of angels, while wrapped in infant’s clothes.

                    The mighty God, now a helpless child

          God and man became one Person.

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Conclusion:  The Virgin Birth was an event beyond human comprehension!  The Seed of the Woman: a conception and birth without man.  The God-Man, our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Virgin Birth of Christ

Temple Baptist Church - 12-18-2022

Genesis 3:15; Matthew 1:18-25

 

Introduction: 

 

A.  It is the Christmas season, in which we normally celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God, the Seed of the Woman. 

 

B.  The Virgin Birth of Christ Prophesied – 6,000 years ago in the Garden of Eden.

 

Genesis 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

 

C.  The Seed of the Woman – The Virgin Birth of Christ.

 

Isaiah 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

1.  One of the most precious of all doctrines is that of the Virgin Birth of Christ.  How important it is to the salvation of the child of God! The Virgin Birth of Christ is often referred to as “The Doctrine of Holy Ground!” 

 

2.  The wording in Matthew 1:18 differentiates the birth of Christ from the series of “begats” found in the preceding verses. 

 

a)  “Espoused wife” and “before they came together” declares a birth like none other that preceded it. 

 

b)  A birth like none that would come after it.

 

3.  No man or woman since Adam and Eve, except for Jesus Christ, came into the world through a virgin birth or without the seed of man involved.  As God created the world to bring forth after its own kind, so man brings forth after his own kind.  Adam and Eve had no predecessors, and the Father of Jesus Christ was God.

 

D.  In Biblical Theology, the Virgin Birth is referred to as the “kenosis of Christ”. 

 

1.  The word “kenosis” comes from an ancient Greek word that was Romanized and means “the act of emptying.” 

 

2.  Most theologians take this term far beyond biblical truth as they think that Jehovah God gave up all His attributes when “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us”, but this is false doctrine.

 

3.  The description of the kenosis of Christ is found in Philippians 2:6-8 which reads:  “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

 

4.  The truth of the kenosis of Christ is found in 1 Timothy 3:16:  “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

 

a) God was manifest in the flesh!  Christ Jesus was the “God-Man”!  100% God and 100% man. 

 

b)  No place in the Bible does it say that Jehovah God emptied Himself.  He was Jehovah God, the great “I AM THAT I AM”, the Word of God that created all things (John 1:1-3), the Voice of God that walked in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. 

 

c)  Jehovah God, walking in flesh, losing none of His attributes, but condescending to the form of sinful man (without sin) and dying for the sin of the world.

 

John 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

 

1 John 1:1  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

 

E.  The world worships a “babe in a manger” and celebrates a Christmas without God.  They worship Mary giving birth, while we worship God becoming flesh: Israel’s Messiah and our Saviour and Lord.

 

1.  The Virgin Birth Prophesied.  Genesis 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

 

Isaiah 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

Isaiah 9:6-7  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  (7)  Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

 

2.  The Virgin Birth Performed.  Matthew 1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  (“On this wise” sets the birth of Christ apart from the “begats” of the first 17 verses!)

 

Matthew 1:21-23  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.  (22)  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,  (23)  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

 

Luke 2:6-11  And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.  (7)  And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.  (8)  And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  (9)  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.  (10)  And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  (11)  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

 

3.  The Virgin Birth Purposed.  Matthew 1:21-23  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 

 

a.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Sin.  Disobedience to God and God’s hatred for sin.

 

b.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Sinners.  God’s love for the sinner despite sinfulness.

 

c.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Separation.  Man hiding and God seeking.

 

d.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Substitution.  The innocent died for the guilty that the guilty could become innocent.

 

e.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about a Saviour.  The coming of Messiah, Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world.

 

f.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Salvation.  Free to all who would repent and believe.

 

g.  The Virgin Birth of Christ was about Security.  Eternal restoration, eternal life, eternal joy.

 

Conclusion:  The Virgin Birth was a thing beyond human comprehension!  Dr. Herbert Lockyer said it this way,

 

“The incarnation is the most stupendous miracle comprehending and involving all other miracles, and because it is a theme both deep and delicate, infinite and incomprehensible, how about “finding out acceptable words”. 

 

The Virgin Birth:  It is a doctrine both Sweetly Adored and Severely Attacked.  It the mystery of mysteries, the jewel of all ages, the hope of mankind, and the love of God manifested. 

 

The Virgin Birth: The Doctrine of Holy Ground!  The immortal became mortal that the mortal may become immortal; The untouchable became touchable that the mortal may touch Him; God became a child that we may become His children.

The Virgin Birth Of Christ

 Temple Baptist Church - 12-20-2020

Genesis 3:15; Matthew 1:18-25

 

Introduction: 

 

A.  It is the Christmas season, in which we normally celebrate the incarnation of the Son of God, the Seed of the Woman. 

 

B.  The Virgin Birth of Christ Prophesied – 6,000 years ago in the Garden of Eden.

 

Genesis 3:15  I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

 

1.  It was about Sin.  Disobedience to God and God’s hatred for sin.

 

2.  It was about Sinners.  God’s love for the sinner despite sinfulness.

 

3.  It was about Separation.  Man hiding and God seeking.

 

4.  It was about Substitution.  The innocent died for the guilty that the guilty could become innocent.

 

5.  It was about a Saviour.  The coming of Messiah, Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world.

 

6.  It was about Salvation.  Free to all who would repent and believe.

 

7.  It was about Security.  Eternal restoration, eternal life, eternal joy.

 

C.  The Seed of the Woman – The Virgin Birth of Christ.

 

Isaiah 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

1.  One of the most precious of all doctrines is that of the Virgin Birth of Christ.  How important it is to the salvation of the child of God! The Virgin Birth of Christ is often referred to as “The Doctrine of Holy Ground!” 

 

2.  The wording in Matthew 1:18 differentiates the birth of Christ from the series of “begats” found in the preceding verses. 

 

a)  “Espoused wife” and “before they came together” declares a birth like none other that preceded it. 

 

b)  A birth like none that would come after it.

 

3.  No man or woman since Adam and Eve, except for Jesus Christ, came into the world through a virgin birth or without the seed of man involved.  As God created the world to bring forth after its own kind, so man brings forth after his own kind.  Adam and Eve had no predecessors and the Father of Jesus Christ was God.

 

D.  The world celebrates a Christmas without God and while others make Christmas about Mary as much as about the birth of Christ.  Christmas is not Christmas without Christ!  IT IS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, ISRAEL’S MESSIAH, OUR SAVIOUR. 

 

E.  The Virgin Birth Was Performed - Matthew 1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  (“On this wise” sets the birth of Christ apart from the “begats” of the first 17 verses!)

 

F.  The virgin birth of Christ was the pivotal point between Prophecy and Performance. 

 

1.  It is a doctrine both Sweetly Adored and Severely Attacked.  It the mystery of mysteries, the jewel of all ages, the hope of mankind, and the love of God manifested. 

 

2.  It was a miraculous event.  A miracle is a phenomenon that cannot be explained outside the realm of supernatural intervention. It is an event that supersedes natural law.  No other child born of man has been born without the seed of the man.  The “seed of the woman” combined with the seed of the Holy Ghost to bring forth the God-Man!

 

3.  The immortal became mortal that the mortal may become immortal - 1 Timothy 6:16a Who only hath immortality

 

1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

 

4.  The untouchable became touchable that mortal may touch Him - 1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

 

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

 

1 John 1:1  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;.

 

G.  The Virgin Birth was a thing beyond human comprehension!  Dr. Herbert Lockyer said it this way,

 

“The incarnation is the most stupendous miracle comprehending and involving all other miracles, and because it is a theme both deep and delicate, infinite and incomprehensible, how about “finding out acceptable words”.  The ground we approach is holy calling for the putting off of our shoes.”

 

The Importance Of The Virgin Birth:

 

1.  Scriptural Credibility Depends Upon It - Isaiah 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.  (If the Scripture errs on this point, how can we trust any other supernatural event such as the death, burial, and resurrection?)

 

2.  The Deity Of Christ Depends Upon It - 1 Timothy 3:16  And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.  (If the Scripture errs on this point, then anyone could have been His father and He would not be the only begotten Son of God!)

 

Matthew 1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

 

3.  The Sinless Humanity Of Christ Depends Upon It - John 1:1-2, 14  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God…And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.  (If the Scripture errs on this point, then the blood of Christ was tainted with the sin of Adam and Christ would have had an Adamic nature!)

 

1 John 3:5  And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

 

2 Corinthians 5:21  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

1 Peter 2:22  Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

 

Hebrews 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

 

4.  The Vicarious Atonement Of Christ Depends Upon It - Exodus 12:5  Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:  (If the Scripture errs on this point, then the blood of Christ could not save!)

 

1 Peter 1:18-19  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

 

Mark 10:45  For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

 

5.  The Ultimate Defeat Of Evil Depends Upon It - Hebrews 2:14  Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.  (If the Scripture errs on this point, then evil would ultimately win and Satan would reign!)

 

1 John 3:8  He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

 

6.  The Security Of The Believer Depends Upon It - Hebrews 7:26  For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;  (If the Scripture errs on this point, then the blood of Christ would ultimately corrupt and we who were lost would perish!)

 

1 Timothy 2:5  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

 

Hebrews 2:17  Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.