by Pastor Joseph Cortes Where Faith Actually Begins: The Virgin Birth Many people say the resurrection is the hardest doctrine in Christianity to believe, but that belief usually reveals something deeper. The resurrection is only difficult if a person has already stumbled earlier in the story. The true starting point of faith is not the empty tomb; it is the virgin womb. Long before Jesus ever walked out of a grave, God stepped into human history by placing life where life could not naturally exist. That moment forces every believer and skeptic alike to make a decision. The virgin birth is not an optional belief or a poetic metaphor. It is the first great act of divine intervention in the life of Christ. If God did not intervene here, then Christianity never gets off the ground. The incarnation precedes the crucifixion. The womb precedes the cross. Faith must begin at the beginning, not at the conclusion. You cannot remove the foundation and expect the structure to stand. This is why wrestling with later miracles while dismissing the virgin birth is backwards. The virgin birth came first. If God can create life without a human father, then restoring life after death is not a greater miracle—it is simply the continuation of the same divine power. Faith does not grow from believing small things first and larger things later. Faith begins by trusting God, where human reason reaches its limit. Isaiah did not speculate. He prophesied. His words were written centuries before Jesus appeared. History confirms this. The prophecy was not altered to fit events—it preceded them. God declared what He would do, then entered history to fulfill it. Faith begins when we accept that God intervenes, that He speaks, and that He acts exactly as He says He will. The virgin birth answers the fundamental question of faith: Can God enter human history and override natural limitation? Christianity stands or falls on that answer. If He can, then everything else follows naturally. If He cannot, then nothing that follows can be trusted.

Good day all, Taking the next couple of days off the God Damn The Devil and Coffee morning stream for a routine medical procedure. I expect to be back Thursday morning. Just the show, I'll be ever present otherwise. You all probably need a few days to catch up on all the morning shows you've missed. Right? HAH! Have a great day, do some discipling. What ON EARTH are you waiting for? -BigA

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