VII. WHY WAS THE VIRGIN BIRTH NECESSARY?
THERE are many earnest, honest Christians in these modern days, when naturalistic criticism is at work to destroy the very foundations of human belief, who feel that the virgin birth of Jesus was unnecessary. They ask in all sincerity, Why could not Jesus be Divine, the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, and still be the son of Joseph? They urge that perhaps the Bible account was a later invention of men, and say frankly that they do not see any need of it.
The question implies a lack of careful, discriminating thought. It arises from the desire to hold on to the truth of the deity of Jesus which they recognize, and to explain away the apparent difficulties which spring from materialistic conceptions.
We have already answered the question, but we shall do so again: The answer is, Jesus being
