Hey Middle School Parents, have you talked to your son or daughter about the importance of the Virginity of Mary?
This is the Christmas season, why is Pastor Brandon posting something like this to make my life as a parent EVEN MORE AWKWARD?
1. Here’s the deal, we are saturated with a culture that speaks out against this train of thought. If the issue of purity is not brought to the attention of your middle schooler, they may not consider how important it is to God.
2. God’s word points this out, so we should as well.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
Luke 1:32-34 ESV
http://bible.com/59/luk.1.32-34.ESV
Consider John Piper’s words on The Virginity of Mary
Full Sermon by John Piper here
The virginity of Mary is important for two reasons.
1. She Is Sexually Pure
a) It means that she’s sexually pure. She has not slept with her fiancé, or any other man. That would have been fornication, and God abominates fornication.
Of course, not every woman in Jesus’ lineage is so clean. There was Bathsheba the adulteress and Tamar who seduced her father-in-law. These things can be forgiven, as many of you have discovered. But don’t overlook the importance of Mary. When God chose a mother for his Son, he chose a virgin. Virginity before marriage is important because the recipient of God’s best gifts ought to be pure.
2. She Wasn’t Pregnant Already
Mary’s virginity is also important because it meant she wasn’t pregnant. God aimed to make known that the conception of Jesus in the womb of a woman was owing to no man. So he chose a virgin. And a virgin conceived a child whose Father was God and not man.
In a world of sexting, sexual promiscuity, and curiosity, God’s Word points to a different standard. A standard that allowed Jesus Christ to enter as the greatest gift to humanity.
Purity is the perfect package for the gift of our Savior to our world.
Okay parents, AWKWARD Christmas Challenge: Talk about the importance of the virginity of Mary.
(Go ahead and catch them off guard with it like they spring crazy, awkward questions on you!)
Merry Christmas!
Pastor Brandon.
OakwoodMS Parents 