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December 17, 2015 By Martin Weber   |   16 Comments

The Virgin Birth and the Cost of Mary’s Faithfulness

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Faithfulness to God can disrupt your life and defame your reputation. That’s our Christmas story today.

Heaven’s chosen virgin told the announcing angel: “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). But Mary’s legendary submission to God’s will for her life did not spare her the pain or shame associated with radical faithfulness.

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Filed Under: Christian Living, Devotional Tagged With: advent, christmas, divorce, elizabeth, faithfulness, immaculate conception, john the baptist, joseph, luke 1, mary, matthew 1, mother of jesus, nativity, nazareth, obedience, virgin birth

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