Luke 1:34
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

Mary understood what Gabriel said! Mary believed what Gabriel said!

Mary’s question displayed her faith. How?

She asked how this event could occur because she was a virgin.

Her question reveals spiritual comprehension. Mary understood Gabriel was referring to a miracle child to be born while she was still a virgin, prior to her marriage to Joseph.

The birth of Jesus to a virgin is a miracle many people find difficult to believe.

Some say the reference to the Virgin Birth in Scripture is merely theological, not historical. But if believers intentionally made this up, they also caused all kinds of problems to go along with it, such as inviting the charge Jesus was an illegitimate child. Given this idea, Luke would have been far better off not giving this information. It would be too unbelievable. Luke reported it because it was true.

Note these three facts:
* Luke was a medical doctor, and he knew perfectly well how babies were made. It would have been just as hard for him to believe in a virgin birth as it is for people today, and yet he reported it as fact.
* Luke was a thorough researcher who based his Gospel on eyewitness accounts. He probably talked with Mary about the events that he recorded in the first two chapters. This is Mary’s story, not a fictional invention.
* Christians and Jews, who worship God as the Creator of the universe, should believe God has the power to create a child in a virgin’s womb.

Jesus’ miracles, transfiguration, and resurrection were all actual, historical events which defy explanation.

They were acts of God in a human world.

Jesus’ birth was no exception.

Mary asked “How?” and God answered!

What reason does anyone have to disbelieve?

We believe by faith not by reason!