MARY THE VIRGIN

MARY THE VIRGIN

(The Teaching Ministry of Dr. Joel Dabbas)

Anchor Scripture: Luke 1:26-38 KJV

"And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
[27] To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
[28] And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
[29] And when she saw him , she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
[30] And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
[31] And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
[32] 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:
[33] And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
[34] Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
[35] And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 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.
[36] And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
[37] For with God nothing shall be impossible.
[38] And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her."


Let me begin by saying that whatever God will do and whoever God will use to fulfill His assignment there are criteria that must be met for that to happen. Pertaining the birth of Jesus Christ it was prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 KJV saying that "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." The question now is why will heaven be particular about a virgin becoming the mother of Jesus and what is the relative importance of this to everyone to note and learn from?

Now, we live in world where people debate against values such as virginity. Virginity is the state of being, a state whereby a person has not known a man or a woman. This in essence means that a person has not opened his or herself to another person to come into them or become intimate with them. Sex is a very powerful portal of entries for several things into the spirit, soul and body of a person. I have ministered to people who where raped and from that day they became Gynophobic or androphobic. The presence of the opposite sex stirs fear in them this is because there was an illegal entrance that brought a demonic entity into them.

There are people who opened themselves illegally to others and their destiny is bastardized and have not recovered.

For example Samson opened himself to strange women and that wrecked his ministry, anointing and assignment.

The spiritual realm is a very legal realm so whenever a person engages in illegal sex, a law is activated against that person.

Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV states that "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him."

Many are not married but are breaking the systems of their covering in the spirit and exposing themselves to spiritual invasions. Some are married and not keeping themselves to the marriage covenant, they are breaking their spiritual hedge and exposing their soul to demonic systems.

Mary kept herself for God and her man (Joseph). They vowed and said "we will never have carnal knowledge of ourselves until we are legally married in the sight of God."

Just as virginity is a big deal physically so is it spiritually.

Virginity in the Spirit life

1. Speaks Of Consecration

 Consecration means to be set aside for God. Everyone knows if you are truly consecrated unto God – God knows, angels know, the devil knows, friends and enemies know.

Consecration is the bedrock for power and usefulness in God.

Marks of consecration are:

i. Addiction to God
You can’t do without God
You are entirely hooked and sold out to God

ii. Dedication to God
The covenant of entirely given unto the Lord

iii. Devotion to God

iv. Committed to God

v. Submission to God
Absolutely surrendered to God

vi. Donation unto God
Means there is no other claims on your life or on anything you have. Nothing and even the devil can't lay claim on you.

vii. Affection
You are at the point that God has conquered your heart. You are utterly in love with the Lord.
And absolutely hooked to Him.


2. Speaks Of the virtue of chastity

Chastity is sexual purity. Those who are chaste are morally clean in their thoughts, words, and actions. Chastity means not having any sexual relations before marriage. It also means complete fidelity to husband or wife during marriage.

Two (2) laws of chastity:

Law #1 : Sexual relations should be reserved for marriage between a man and a woman.

Mary and Joseph didn't say because we are betrothed to each other it is time to begin frolicking and exploring each others sexually.

A chaste heart, spirit and mind is powerful in living a chaste life.

By reserving sexual intimacy for marriage, we obey the law of chastity by controlling our thoughts, words, and actions. Jesus Christ taught, "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart" (Matthew 5:27–28)

Law #2 : In marriage, complete fidelity and loyalty to one's spouse after marriage must be adhered unto.

This means no cheating in marriage.

Chastity strengths your spirit and gives you confidence before the presence of God


Five powerful impact of Virginity on the life of Mary
1. She became a candidate that would fulfill God's ancient prophecy.

2. She became an avenue for strange supernatural possibilities

Never has it happened in the history of humanity that a lady who knew no man became pregnant and gave birth. She showed spiritual possibilities.

3. Unusual supernatural encounters

People who are truly given to God enjoys supernatural encounters ( Luke 1:26-28)

4. Favoured (Luke 1:30)

5. Open to the possibilities in the word of God to them

Luke 1:38 KJV
"And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her."

One thing corruption does to the soul of a person is that it makes the mind complex. Holiness makes our soul simple and easily accessible to God.

A complex heart is very logical analytical because it has been exposed to another civilization.

A simple mind is only exposed to the civilization of God and so believes God absolutely in all things even if it does not make sense.

God walks with simple men and not complex men.