Born of the Virgin Mary

220 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Ti 2:8,9 “Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, 9 for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.” Last time we talked about the importance of remembering. There are many portions of Scripture where God commands us to remember. It would be a good exercise to get a concordance and look at all the Scriptures with the word “remember” in them. (Maybe even a good sermon series if you're listening pastor) Here, Paul commands Timothy to remember that Jesus Christ was born from the seed of David and raised from the dead according to what Paul and the other Apostles teach. Again the Christian creeds are a good tool for helping us rehearse or remember this basic tenet of the Christian faith. That Jesus was born of the seed of David and would suffer and die for our sins and then be raised from the dead is a matter of fulfilled prophecy. Let's begin with the prophecy that Jesus would come from the seed of David. Ps 132:11 says, “The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: "I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.” And: 2Sa 7:12 "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. And as Peter stated in Ac 2:29,30 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, As Christians this is part of what we believe about Jesus. He is both fully God and fully man. Paul preached it but because others held to their belief that Jesus was just a mere prophet or good teacher, he found himself in the hoosegow awaiting execution. Jesus is Immanuel, God with us, fully God fully human, and we steadfastly proclaim it and believe it no matter what the enemies of Christ may throw at us. Jesus, “born of the virgin Mary,” a confession of the Christian that affirms we believe He came from the seed of David just as the Scriptures say!