How Can This Be?

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 2 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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When an angel announced to Mary that she would bear a Son, the virgin responded in astonishment, "How can this be?" (Luke 1:34). Today, R.C. Sproul marvels at the power of God in bringing His Son into the world for our salvation.

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0:00.0	We come to at Christmas time not to celebrate the birth of a baby.
0:03.5	We come to celebrate the incarnation of God who was conceived by the Holy Ghost
0:10.0	and born of the Virgin Mary. The Virgin Mary. is not a nice to have of Christianity. It's an essential truth that separates
0:25.5	the historic Christian faith from imposter religions. So why is it then when we
0:31.6	read and sing about Jesus being conceived by the Holy Spirit and
0:36.0	born of the Virgin Mary that some question if this could literally be true?
0:41.3	Even Mary, after hearing the news from an angel, asked the question, how can this be?
0:47.0	Hi, I'm Nathan W Bingham and welcome to this Saturday edition of Renewing Her Mind. For the month of December, each Saturday
0:56.0	you'll hear various Christmas messages from R.C. Sprawl, and today you'll hear a message that
1:01.7	has never been featured on renewing your mind before.
1:04.4	It was given back in 2008 at a special Christmas gathering of Ligonier
1:09.4	friends and supporters. But before we hear that message, we're also offering a new resource from
1:15.2	R.C. Sproll titled The Advent of Glory. Its 24 Advent readings based on messages
1:22.0	from Dr. Sproll along with daily prayers written by Sinclair Ferguson, Johnny Eric Santata and others.
1:28.0	Request this new Advent Devotional at renewing her mind.org. Well here's Dr Sprawl with a Christmas message
1:36.1	titled How Can This Be? I would like to read from the Gospel according to St Luke, from the first chapter beginning
1:49.4	in verse 26 and I'd ask if you would please stand for the reading of the word of God.
1:55.0	Now in the six months the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose
2:10.0	name was Joseph of The Virgin's name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said
2:20.6	to her, rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you.
2:25.0	Blessed are you among women.
2:29.0	But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying and considered what manner of
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