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2. What do You Think About Christ's Miraculous Birth?
Never will any person be born like Christ, because he is the son of Mary. Ishmael is called son of Abraham, John, the son of Zachariah and Muhammad, the son of 'Abd Allah'. In like manner, all people inherit their names from their fathers. Why then was Christ only named after his mother? The answer is that he has no father comparable to other fathers. He was born of a virgin. His birth depended on Gods power and eternal purpose.
Seven hundred years before his birth, Isaiah the prophet prophesied the manner in which this birth would come about: "A virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel (that is: God with us)" (Isaiah 7:14). God fulfilled his promise because He is faithful and just, and nothing is impossible for Him.
Did you know that Christ is the Word of God? Read the inspired gospel words that proclaim: "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God...and the Word became flesh and lived for a while among us" (John 1:1,14). All the creative power of God that was at work in his holy words was united in Christ the Word. And if you meditate on the happenings surrounding His birth you would be amazed because no human is born like the Son of Mary and none is comparable to Him. He is unique in His birth.
Do you remember that God created Adam from clay? All of us are sons of Adam, and even the prophets are nothing but creations from this clay. All of us are earthly - from below. But Christ is from above because Hi came down from heaven. He is pure, without blemish, and clean, whiter than snow. But we are all guilty, defiled, and sinful because we are from the world and were not born of the Spirit of God.
In the Holy Bible we read a strange expression, that Christ came into the world to save sinners. No man can take the place of Christ because we were all born of earth, but He was born directly of God.
He did not refuse us, troublesome people that we are, but chose to save this miserable world and to purify us mortals.