‘Yes, This Really Happened.’
2 Corinthians 12:2-5.
a) 2 Corinthians 12:2. Apostle Paul knew a man in Christ who had this experience.
b) 2 Corinthians 12:2. This man was caught up to the third heaven.
c) 2 Corinthians 12:2. Apostle Paul did not know if this man’s experience was spiritual only or physical and spiritual.
d) 2 Corinthians 12:3-4. This man was caught up into Paradise and heard words that cannot be revealed.
e) 2 Corinthians 12:5. Apostle Paul gloried in this man but he could only glory in his own weaknesses.
(This QT convinces me that Yes, This Really Happened)
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‘This Really Happened Too.’
Matthew 1:18-25.
a) Matthew 1:18. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph, but before they married, she learned she was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.
b) Matthew 1:19. Joseph did not understand:-
1- He was a good man.
2- He did not want to disgrace Mary publicly.
3- He wanted to hide her away.
c) Matthew 1:20-21. While Joseph thought about these things, an Angel of the Lord came to him in a dream. The angel said, "Joseph, descendant of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the baby in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a Son, and you will name him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."
d) Matthew 1:22-23. This was all already prophesied in the Old Testament: "The virgin will be pregnant. She will have a Son, and they will name Him Immanuel," which means "God is with us."
e) Matthew 1:24. Joseph then took Mary to be his wife with confidence.
f) Matthew 1:25. He had no sexual relationship with her until she had given birth to the Child and Joseph named the Child Jesus.
(This Second one reminds me that This Really Happened Too)
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Chris.
The Holy Spirit is a Creator. The Baby in Mary’s womb was from the Holy Spirit. If we think back to the original Creation Scriptures in the Old Testament Book of Genesis, there too we find the creative works of the Holy Spirit. Even in these modern days there are sometimes creative miracles that the Holy Spirit works in the Name of Jesus.
