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"Meditate On Christ's Virgin Birth"

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."

Luke 1:30-35  "Then the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.  And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.  He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.'  Then Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be, since I do not know a man?'  And the angel answered and said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.'"

John 1:1-4, 14  "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the Word became 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."

Insight: Jesus Christ was born of a virgin.  He was not a human creation, but He was and is the uncreated God.  Consequently, He had no imputed sin.  Meditate on Christ's virgin birth and what He means to the world.

Prayer: "Dear Lord, bless us and make us like You.  Thank you for being good and holy.  There is no other like You.  Praise You for being God and doing things that defy our comprehension.  Help us to meditate on the virgin birth.  Help us understand You, why You came, who You are, and why we should devote our life to You.  Thank you for being worthy.  Thank you for being able and willing to save us.  Bless us this Christmas.  In Jesus' name, Amen."

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) was a cosigner and "ratifier" of the U.S. Constitution and the first Secretary of the Treasury.

"For my own part, I sincerely esteem it a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests." - "One Nation Under God," by Christine F. Hart, 1787.

"In my opinion, the present constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banner bona fide must we combat our political foes, rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provided for amendments. By these general views of the subject have my reflections been guided.

I now offer you the outline of the plan they have suggested. Let an association be formed to be denominated "The Christian Constitutional Society," its object to be first: The support of the Christian religion. second: The support of the United States." - In a letter to James Bayard, written from April 16-21, 1802, and contained in the book, "The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton," by Allan M. Hamilton.

"I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man." - "Famous American Statesmen," by Sarah K. Boulton.

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(This explanation came from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained", by Dr. Jason Gastrich.  This book is on CD and gives over 4,000 answers to alleged Bible errors, regarding the entire Bible at http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org.  There is also a 300 question workbook that accompanies the CD-ROM.)

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