Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Things that are fascinating to me

I understand the basics, but it still blows my mind

The virgin birth

I understand the basics, but it still blows my mind

It’s okay to believe even if we don’t understand

Sometimes we have to embrace the mystery

We will never fully understand God

“One problem in describing God is that we use ourselves as a pattern, push that up into the heavens, and say that is what God is like…When we try to describe God this way, we end up with a caricature of God, a God that is not worthy of our worship.

Too many people are worshiping the God of their own imaginations.”

A.W. Tozer Delighting in God, p.114

Scripture

Defending Orthodox Faith

“Now there is widespread rhetoric of the UMC being a theological ‘big tent.’

In a delegation interview last month, this top CT staffer was asked if it was important for United Methodists to at least agree on who Jesus is.

In response, Bigham-Tsai confidently declared, ‘No, it is not important that we agree on who Christ is.’

She went on to raise questions of if she really believes in basic orthodox doctrine of the incarnation, of God becoming flesh in a particular human body in a particular time and particular place.

In Bigham-Tsai’s words: ‘God became flesh, but not particular flesh.

There’s no particularity around that.

God became incarnate in a culture, but not one culture.’”

- https://juicyecumenism.com/2022/10/27/united-methodist-general-agencies/

1 John 4:2-3 “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.”

1 John 4:2-3 “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.”

Article by J.I. Packer

https://www.crossway.org/articles/why-is-the-virgin-birth-so-important/?utm_source=Crossway+Marketing&utm_campaign=d326d88cfc-20221212+Bible+Study+-+Virgin+Birth+Important&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0275bcaa4b-d326d88cfc-294672809

What the Virgin Birth Accomplishes

Jesus did not inherit the sin nature from man

Jesus did inherit all the flesh of man

Jesus was the second Adam, just like the priesthood a new beginning was needed

Jesus was in a unique position to appeal to both God and man while also speaking for both