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To: BenKenobi

But then, how did Mary not be stained by sin? I thought that Bible says that sin is passed by the seed of man? Mary’s dad would have had to have been sinless for Mary to be sinless. However since Christ was born of a virgin by the hand of the holy spirit, then Christ, not being of the seed of man would have been sinless in the flesh.

That is why the Virgin birth was so important.


335 posted on 01/02/2012 8:53:43 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: American in Israel

“But then, how did Mary not be stained by sin?”

Through the Grace of God, in her immaculate conception. Christ chose her, preserved her from sin at her conception, so that she was sinless her whole life, in being free from original sin.

Christ was born OF Mary, and inherited her human nature, which he still possesses to this day in heaven.

“However since Christ was born of a virgin by the hand of the holy spirit”

He was CONCEIVED by the power of the Holy Spirit, BORN of the Virgin Mary.

The Virgin birth is important because Christ was not the sone of Joseph, but the Son of God. If Mary were not a Virgin, then Christ would not be the Son of God.


336 posted on 01/02/2012 10:58:20 AM PST by BenKenobi (Sky friend abase committal meets for Chemo)
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