Posted on 04/08/2010 2:47:10 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
This study seeks to present from God's Holy Word what the Bible teaches about Mary of Nazareth, the young Jewish virgin that bore the Messiah, the Savior of the World. In this study we will seek to look at EVERY Bible verse found in the Holy Scriptures that pertains to Mary of Nazareth. Be sure to check out all the links for this study, for they will provide a deeper perspective into the person of Mary.
Introduction
In beginning this study, the clarifying statement should be made that the Bible, God’s infallible (reliable) and immaculate (perfect) Word, is the FINAL AUTHORITY when it comes to ALL matters pertaining to the truth of Christianity, which includes Mary (2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 3:16).
The Lord Jesus Christ gave countless warnings to BEWARE false teachers and false teachings. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man DECEIVE YOU (Gospel of Saint Matthew 24:4).
Saint Paul also warned us to BEWARE of false teachings and fables. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
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It wouldn’t be very logical that Christ was including Himself given that He asserted He was God The Son etc.
Nice try.
No cigar.
Not by a trillion trillion light years’ worth.
what i personally believe is beside the point. The Bible tells us that, after his bull session in the temple, he returned to Nazareth, and “was subject to” Joseph and Mary. He was a home school lad, who was mocked for his lack of formal credentials, but who profited from the example of his earthly parents.
The Pharisees believed all manner of extra Biblical stuff for centuries, too.
We know God’s attitude toward their !!!!TRADITIONS!!!! of man.
Some folks are teachable about such object lessons and some are not.
Now now.
You should know that logic and reason are no match for
fossilized gilded !!!!TRADITION!!!!
You know who I am? Wow. Your god has given you psi powers?
I KNOW who I am in Christ for It IS WRITTEN.
Gnosticism was rightly condemned as heresy over 1900 years ago.
In YOUR opinion, KNOWING and BELIEVING God's written Word - is ARROGANCE.
Nice to see you get this wrong as well. Your mind reading skills are a tad underwhelming.
I know His voice.
Can you post an audio tape for us? How do you know it is His Voice?
Everything I lay my hands to shall prosper.
Yes, Bill Gates; I understand who you are now.
I have everlasting life.
With this attitude, you might have a different destination than those who will be saved.
I am a child of The Most High God.
We all are.
All His promises to me are yes and amen.
Luke 18: 9 He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. 10 "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity--greedy, dishonest, adulterous--or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' 13 But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.' 14 I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
I see that you've taken up your position.
Just as God could have raised up rocks to be children of Abraham,
He could have raised up a mother for Jesus from any rock in the land.
Moses was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Elijah was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Ezekiel was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Esther was blessed to do her job. She did it.
David was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Daniel was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Rahab was blessed to do her job. She did it.
Mary was blessed to do her job. She did it.
Theological skyscrapers founded on a splinter off a toothpick aren’t grand enough for a gnat’s chapel.
forgot to ping my cohorts.
Just as God could have raised up rocks to be children of Abraham,
He could have raised up a mother for Jesus from any rock in the land.
Moses was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Elijah was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Ezekiel was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Esther was blessed to do her job. She did it.
David was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Daniel was blessed to do his job. He did it.
Rahab was blessed to do her job. She did it.
Mary was blessed to do her job. She did it.
Theological skyscrapers founded on a splinter off a toothpick aren’t grand enough for a gnat’s chapel.
I wonder what all these folks quibbling about
UNTIL
would do if
The police called them up and said . . .
He didn’t touch your daughter until after the intermission.
He didn’t touch your daughter until after they reached the park.
He didn’t touch your daughter until he got the leather out of his trunk.
He didn’t touch your daughter until he unlocked his camper.
He didn’t leave your daughter alone until he was well spent.
He didn’t stop hammering your dauther until he fell over in a drunken stupor.
I wonder how many such quibblers would be arguing about how uninformative “until” was, then.
The traditions of man cannot be trusted. From Adam’s early perfect walk man’s traditions progressed to Sodom. For all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. This includes Mary and all Popes. My Bible states that I need no mortal ‘go between’ for myself and my Creator, only to be a born again blood bought believer in Jesus Christ. I do not need a preachers or a priest’ absolution, I pray to my God only. Go and twist The Word and convince yourself the Bible does not mean what it says.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
INDEED.
I think they are trained to ignore and rationalize away
GOD’S WORD when it doesn’t fit their !!!!TRADITIONS!!!! of men.
You posted scripture in a way that misleads, my friend. The subject begins at verse 13 and is “where are the dead?”
Paul goes on to correct your type of misunderstanding in 2 Thessalonians ch 2 v 3, saying that Christ Jesus WILL NOT return until after antichrist accomplishes his appointed task.
It is wickedness, and will not be tolerated by this pastor.
Shame on you. LOL
Well did Peter give you a warning to pay diligent attention to Paul’s teachings. 2 Peter ch3 v16
LEARN BEFORE YOU TEACH
INDEED.
UTTER HOGWASH GONE TO SEED pretending to be theology.
Sounds to me like your perspective is the one grossly askew from 2 Thes.
Where'd you get the idea that Mary was greater than John??? Jesus never said that...She was called blessed...God blessed her among women because someone of her low estate was chosen to bear Jesus...
Luk 1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
And Mary did NOT say that from henceforth all generations shall call ONLY ME blessed...
You're trying to make the scriptures line up with your theology...And as you can see, it doesn't work...
INDEED.
Spelling and grammar help.
ONLY those that KNOW HIM, personal relationship, and FOLLOW His Word as His children. John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I KNOW them, and THEY follow ME.
Not so fast. Who does the knowing and who does the believing? God does the knowing and His people are supposed to do the believing. Scripture does not say what you claim it says. For instance, this personal relationship that is so often bruited about. Where does it say that in the Bible? Chapter and verse please.
those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. My own righteousness? I never said 'my own'.
Your posts blare it out in capital letters. Besides, Jesus said those words when applied to someone who was full of religious pride. Very applicable here.
You are too quick to condemn that your deceit guides you to error.
Take it up with the words of Jesus. Comfy in your position now?
YOU, who say, following and believing God's Word is arrogance will surely lie.
I never said that. Following and believing God's Word is doing as He tells us. Bleating about God saving you and prospering you and waving your status about in capital letters is not following God's Word. It is simply Pharasaical.
I am a son of God and heir to all the promises.
With that attitude, you may not get to collect.
My God provides all my needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Your God? Your own personal god that you have created in your own image? Is that the god you are referring to? You also said nothing about needs previously. You are changing your tune.
And all His promises to me are YES and AMEN!
You may wish to revisit 2 Corithians 1 to find out what Paul actually says.
Are you getting it yet - these are the promises of God to HIS CHILDREN. And you don't believe it - kinda shows were you stand.
I believe in the teachings of Christ, not the ravings of unlettered lunatics let free from the ruins of the Reformation or the rubble of the Restoration.
And you can't do one thing about me being blessed and highly favored, except whine!
1 Peter 5: 5 4 Likewise, you younger members, 5 be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: "God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble." 6 So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
You cannot exalt yourself in the eyes of God. Nice effort, though.
God's Word REIGNS!
Not currently in this world.
bye bye to naysayers of HIS WORD.
You have to know Him before you say bye bye to Him.
My friend, please understand that Scripture was given to the Church, and must be understood in conjunction with Sacred Tradition, retained in the Catholic Church, but rejected by fundamentalists such as yourself. I reiterate that you are ignorant of the true meaning of Scripture, which is determined by the one body with the authority to teach it, the Catholic Church. Mary was, indeed, born without the stain of Original Sin, through the grace of God, and is the closest creature to God.
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