What you do not know about the Lord is that.... He will always have a way to get His will done.
If Mary had not agreed to the calling the Lord put before her... you can be assured the Lord would have found another righteous woman as there were other women in Israel that were upright before the Lord.
And there you have it Dan.
Mary was just another girl.
You know what the problem is?
Maybe Catholics venerate Mary too much.
Maybe Protestants don't venerate her enough.
God chose Mary from the beginning of the world to be the mother of His Son,,,the 2nd Person of the trinity/Godhead.
She was at the foot of the cross while her SON was hanging there after having been almost whipped to death. Do you ever wonder
how that would have felt? And killed by His very own people.....the Jews that were His "brethren". MY LORD MY LORD WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME....Jesus was all alone....it felt like even God had forsaken Him in that moment. And Mary saw all of this.
She raised Jesus. She was not just some woman that could have said NO to God. She was chosen and special.
Elizabeth said: BLESSED AMONG WOMEN ARE YOU.
BLESSED AMONG WOMEN.
OF ALL THE WOMEN ALIVE AT THAT TIME.
Mary said:
GOD HAS HAD REGARD FOR HIS HUMBLE HANDMAIDEN.
Elizabeth exclaimed when Mary entered her home.
The only other times the word EXCLAIMED is used is in the OT and in regard to the Ark of the Covenant.
Could Mary be the new Ark of the Covenant?
Consider what was inside...
You just contradicted yourself... If Marry was sinless then the Lord would need to edit Romans 3:23, otherwise it's a lie!
She was not sinless as Jesus was... if she had been sinless, then she could have gone to the cross instead of Jesus.
I cringed when you said this Dan.
Mary was sinless, but Jesus was still her Savior in that HE is the one that would get her into heaven.
If you remember....the gate to heaven was closed until Jesus died.
Matthew 27:51
Mary would be able to enter into heaven...Jesus was her Savior, as well as the savior of the whole world...past, present and future.
Romans 3:23 is speaking of people, not Jesus Who is God's Word manifest in the flesh.
So sad you lack this understand to have to ask this faulty question!
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Cute emoji.
But, really, Dan....I was asking you a question to make you think....
If Paul says ALL....does that mean even Jesus?
No.
Then YOU are the one that has to adjust your understanding of that verse.
God has had favor upon many others.... they just weren't called to give birth to the Lord's flesh so God's Word could become a man.
Yes. Looks like you explained your own statement.
God favored Abraham, David, Moses, etc, etc so let's no play like Mary is equal to Jesus and was sinless because that's just idolatry and Mary worship.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Did you notice that Mary is not even mentioned here???
She did her part which was to be the avenue for God's Word to take upon flesh... after that, she's out and not involved in salvation in anyway.
She's out and not involved?
So she was just a uterus that God used?
Than ks for the attempt at gaslighting... I'll pass.
I don't know what gaslighting is.
But I KNOW FOR SURE that the CC does not teach that Mary is to be worshipped.
As I've asked....could you post something that states this?
All one has to do is read that poem of false doctrine the rosary to know better.
The rosary exists because people were not educated like we are today.
The rosary teaches about the LIFE OF CHRIST....not about the life of Mary.
The rosary is biblical and is useful for praying and for learning.
HAIL MARY
FULL OF GRACE
THE LORD IS WITH THEE
BLESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMEN
AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB
JESUS
It's beautiful !
Yes... Jesus IS actually a person.
Those that think He's not does not have fellowship with Him and does not actually know him.
1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
You don't understand then, what we were discussing.
Jesus was 100% God and 100% man.
God in the flesh.
The 2nd Person of the Trintiy.
The Son of God.
God incarnate.