Posted on 12/02/2017 7:18:48 PM PST by ebb tide
Is this before or after faith in Christ?
How do you square your position with:
8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 NASB
13In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—
having also believed,
you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:13-14 NASB
Who begat Eve?
“I believe what I think the word off God says, any thing
Else may be a lie.”
Pascal stuck to that idea when he said the Scriptures only speak of Mary’s virginity up to the birth of Christ. Of course, this was written off as “Jansenist error” by one of the “sides” you alluded to.
My issue has never been with Mary. She clearly understood the idea behind Jesus’ statement:
“So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty’.” (Luke 17:10)
My issue is the New Age gobbledygook surrounding the apparitions, devotions and obsessive focus on her. Very serpent-like logic is used to twist her role into something other than what The Father intended. This COUNTERFEIT Mary might be used by Satan to deceive the world along the way again, as she seems to have a lot more fans than the Lord Jesus Christ.
Billions prefer the folksy, sensual (counterfeit) Mama to the Risen Son who John—John!—saw and “...fell at his feet as though dead”. (Revelation 1:17) Even so, Jesus comforted John with awesome words. HE and he ALONE is the answer to all our needs.
Who begat Eve?
God made woman........from the man:
“.....She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Gen. 2:23
Bible basics for Roman Catholics should be a required course before posting in the Religion section!
New age gobbledygook.
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I agree 100 percent.
I thought the same thing when I read what the apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Lourdes and others supposedly said. Devote your self to "me", pray your rosary to "me", "go to confession", etc.. Very little was directed towards Jesus Christ and so much was suspiciously Roman Catholic-specific that I question their genuineness. It's no wonder Catholics defend them so strongly and accuse non-Catholics of Mary hatred when we reject them.
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