GOD'S WORD CONCEIVED BY MARY !

GOD'S WORD CONCEIVED BY MARY ! Let's look at a contrast in the same chapter Luke chapter one. This same angel appeared to Mary. "And the angel came in unto her, And Said, Hail, thou that are highly favored, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." Luke 1:28 through 33). Mary didn't get into unbelief, but yet she asked a question. She simply didn't understand how this could happen. "Then said mirror unto the angel, how shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghosts shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the son of God." (Luke 1:34-35). Notice what Mary said in response, then compare this with Zacharias response. "And Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her." (Luke 1:38). If God is going to give the same treatment to everyone, why didn't He also strike her dumb ? God is no respecter of persons. Why would He strike Zacharias dumb and not strike Mary dumb ? God brought a message to her through Gabriel just like He brought a message to Zacharias. The problem was that Zacharias did not have faith to conceive it. So God just stopped his negative talking. But Mary received the Word of God. She actually conceived God's Word sent by an angel. Zacharias did. Mary agreed with God, after the angel explained to her that this would be an act of the Holy Ghosts. The Holy Spirit is the author of the Word of God. So the Holy Spirit will overshadow her. The Word of God came to Mary, "You are going to conceive and bear a child," contrary to all natural thinking and everything they knew. Too many people, it was impossible. But the Bible says it is not impossible for God to perform His every declaration. He releases sufficient faith in His words to cause it to come to pass. It will cause things to come to pass, if it is received in faith. Mary received the Word. Allow me to paraphrase what Mary said. "Look. You have found the woman who will believe you. Be it unto me according to your word." Faith is the ability to conceive what God has declared. Mary conceived God's word in the womb of her spirit. That is what it means to have faith in the heart: having the ability to conceive in the womb of the human spirit what God declares. Once that is done, it will manifest itself in the physical realm. In Mary's case it manifested itself in her physical body. It was through an act of the God kind of faith. God sent His word That to her. She heard the word, she conceive the word, she received it into her spirit and she spoke it. You will notice in (Luke 1:38). Mary said, . . . Be it unto me according to thy word. . . In today's language, Mary said, it is done unto me just like you said." Now compare that with what Zacharias said. He said, "How do I know you are telling the truth ? Give me a sign." Mary didn't need a sign. She went to Elizabeth's house and declared, . . . He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name." (Luke 1:49). How this is know ? She had no physical evidence whatsoever. All she had was the Word of God. She conceived it. Faith gave her the ability to conceive God's Word in her spirit.