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Matthew chapter 1, verse 20.

But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream,

saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her

is from the Holy Spirit. In this passage, you put yourself in Joseph's shoes and you're preparing to

divorce your wife quietly

because you know you've not yet consummated marriage,

she's pregnant, you're wondering, okay, how do we cover this up?

I don't want to embarrass her, but this is not good.

And then you receive this message from an angel of the Lord saying to you,

what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit,

that this is quite literally a supernatural child.

And yet, so this is the mystery of the incarnation, he is fully divine, this baby,

is fully divine and fully human. So that's part of how the incarnation is a reality through

this conception from the Holy Spirit. Now, obviously, this is not. And I, when I talk with Muslim friends

or go to different places in the world where I'm talking with people I meet who are Muslim,

and they say, wait a minute, yeah, no, we don't, we don't believe that God the father and Mary got together and had a baby.

I mean, and I say, well, I'm glad you don't believe that because I don't believe that either.

And that's not what the Bible teaches.

What the Bible teaches is that God did a miraculous work in Mary's womb by bringing about his son into the world, God in the flesh.

And I don't pretend to be able to explain all the mystery of the incarnation, but this is

clearly what the Bible teaches. And it's glorious because, because Jesus is

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