You're putting the cart in front of the horse.
Luke 1;28 says Mary was Blessed
“”And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.””
Lets bring in the anti Catholic Quix and ask if he thinks Mary was not Blessed and tell us scriptures lie?
Quix- do you believe Mary was Blessed?
Quix- Do you think Mary was the incubator and not Blessed
Rob Roy- Do you think our Lord has Blessed you and not Mary?
Rob Roy-Do you think your mother was an incubator so she could produce a know it all son like you that does not square what all of the early Christians who gave up their lives believed?
Why do you think your scripture interpretations are above over 2000 years of all of the Saints?
Are you some kind of prophet who did nothing that we are supposed to follow? I see you as another Jim Jones self loving person who thinks God is guiding him
What have you done to make me believe you? Nothing!
You're posts pretty much prove this!
Scripture calls Mary blessed—of God.
I see no reason to disbelieve Scripture, ever.
I believe Mary was blessed of God . . . as were all Believers who walked by faith with God—OT and NT.
I do not believe all the skyscrapers full of junk that the RC edifice loads onto the sliver of a balsam wood toothpick of a Scriptural foundation . . . the simple sentence that Mary was Blessed.
Reading tons of hogwash into that verse doesn’t destroy the simple accuracy and beauty of that verse.
>> You’re putting the cart in front of the horse.
Luke 1;28 says Mary was Blessed
“”And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.””<<
With all due respect, I believe it is YOU that is putting the cart before the horse.
Let me offer an explanation of the scripture with an analogy. Imagine you buy a lotto ticket and the state knows who has what number. Imagine the state has determined you the winner and the representative of the state says “the state is with you, blessed art thou among lotto ticket owners. Does it mean you deserved to win, or that you were the winner?
And what do you suppose “full of grace” means when considering what the word “grace” means within the context of Christianity?
The message from the angel is simple. He is telling her that she has been chosen by God, through his grace, to be the bearer of the Son who will be the savior of the world. Nowhere does it imply she DESERVED it above all other women. She is blessed by His gift, “not of works, lest any man should boast.
You are reading meaning between the lines that is simply NOT there...
>>Rob Roy-Do you think your mother was an incubator so she could produce a know it all son like you that does not square what all of the early Christians who gave up their lives believed?<<
People that think they know it all really annoy those of us who do.
>>Why do you think your scripture interpretations are above over 2000 years of all of the Saints?<<
I don’t. All interpretations I have ever read (that can be taken seriously) agree with the kernel of what I am saying. It is nothing new. Further, the bible is written so that any that believe it and ask God for wisdom can understand it’s meaning.
It is really pretty clear. You have to make some pretty wild inferences to believe otherwise.
Mary was blessed BECAUSE God chose her to bear His son, not the other way around.
>>Are you some kind of prophet who did nothing that we are supposed to follow? I see you as another Jim Jones self loving person who thinks God is guiding him<<
I’m sorry you feel that way. Seriously.
Unlike Jim Jones, I am not asking people to follow me.