He’s failed to notice that about a third, or a half, of his cut-and-paste actually proves the opposite of his point.
One trend in Protestant churches (except some of the more careful and scholarly like, say, Dutch Reformed) is to do a “Bible Search” where you look at an interesting verse, then pick a keyword out of it, and trace other uses of that word in the Bible, on the (man-made!) principle that “Scripture interprets scripture” and that therefore, two verses which share a word or phrase in common, *necessarily* have relevant bearing on understanding each other.
This makes for some pretty strange conclusions, like someone quoting Simeon’s word s to Mary “Your own soul a sword shall pierce” and jumping from that to Hebrews 4:12 about the Word of God being living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, able to separate soul and Spirit” and from that saying Mary was present at Pentecost — despite his fellow troll fairly shouting that it WASN’T in the Bible that Mary was at Pentecost. And doing that while posting two verses out of Acts, one showing Mary was with the disciples, and then the other verse saying they were all together in one room at Pentecost.
Someone without a slavish, cult like devotion to limit everything solely to the written text (and that without anyone keeping an eye on them), might have remembered about Pentecost, “Oh yeah, Mary was at the Cross when Jesus told her “Woman behold your son” and told John “Son, behold your Mother.” and so if John was with the other disciples, he probably wouldn’t have left Mary alone at home by herself just a few weeks later.
This this speculation?
Seems like a safe road to travel, if you ask me.
Romans 15:3-4
3. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
4. For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
You haughty Catholic perspective is glaring. Is the soul physical, like the body? Is the Word of God able to separate soul and spirit? I stand by what I oposted as something I asked if you had ever considered. You are a nasty little twister, grey. Cult apologists are like that. Are you an apologist?
It does come across as word search and cut & paste. This is an abhorrent use of the Word of God.
Completely reasonable that John would not leave Mary after Jesus said “Son, behold your Mother”.
Why is there such vitriole toward the Mother of Christ? I have never understood this, even as a child when neighbor Baptist kids would make fun of my family Catholic beliefs. Yes we were ‘fish-eaters’ every Friday. We pray the Rosary.
Live and let live. My Faith is a gift passed to me by my Memere… God rest her soul! Now I am Memere to two beautiful grand daughters… 5 year old is learning her prayers and her Faith formation inspires the adults around her. She has a prayer wheel on the dining table that reminds everyone of every moment of the day they can pray. It is a simple Faith in Jesus as our Savior…and an all powerful loving God.
Why not?
Someone has to do the dishes and make the beds.