. . . with fingers precariously in cheek . . .
--she's not dead . . . at least she was a Believer . . . and she's gotttttta be outta purgatory BY NOW! Oh, Wait . . .
--she was never sinful. That's right. Our Magicsterical declared in umpteeump that she was always sinless. So that Christ could be sinless. Clever that. God had to have our Magicsterical finish that plan out so it would really fly.
--besides . . . being human and all . . . she's so much more easy to identify with . . . and to feel that she identifies with our struggles . . . even though she was always sinless and all . . . lofty Queen of Heaven that she always was . . . at least . . . according to our Magicsterical . . .
. . . HE WAS TOUCHED WITH THE FEELINGS OF OUR INFIRMITIES . . .
Yeah . . . Father . . . but . . . but . . . uhhhhh . . . but . . .
being a mother figure and all . . . ample bossom for nestling in like wayward needy children and all . . . so cozy . . . so touching . . . so picturesque . . . so warm and fuzzy . . .
COME UNTO ME, ALL YOU WHO ARE BURDENED AND HEAVY LADEN . . .
Yeah, Father . . . but . . . but . . . but . . . but . . . we just kind of find . . . uhhhh . . . . these "little" detours by Mary's fantasized lap soooooo comforting . . . soooooo human . . . so . . . familiar . . . soooo dreamy . . .
NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME . . .
Wellll, yeah, Father. OK. But . . . we just kind of needed to insert this little uhhhhh side trip . . . this little . . . excursion . . . uhhh . . . this little RESPECT, THAT'S IT--this little bow of respect for Jesus' Mother . . . I mean, without her, where would Jesus have been? So, clearly, we gotta honor her. Can't do without this little uhhh . . . side trip--to honor, respect . . . really, God . . . honor and respect, only. no bowing and scraping . . . . wellllllll, no scraping anyway.
ABLE TO RAISE UP ROCKS AS CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM . . .
Yeah, I know. And, I realize that THEORETICALLY You could have done without Mary--especially if You'd adjusted the prophecies accordingly ahead of time . . . but You didn't and so . . . we just feel these little side trips to pay HOMAGE uhhh, honor, just honor and respect and a few bows and maybe one little scraping . . . are soooo comforting. You know, God how much we take comfort in ritual and earning our own Salvation and all.
I WILL SEND YOU THE COMFORTER WHO WILL LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH . . .
Yeah, well, that's all well and good Father . . . but you see, we have this here Magicsterical to lead us into all truth. And, besides, Holy Spirit doesn't have this big soft uhhhh chest . . . to nestle into . . . figuratively, of course . . . just imagine how much it means to us to imagine nestling into all that big soft warmth and understanding of Dear Mother Mary Queen of Heaven . . . Soooo familiar . . . or if not familiar, at least so lonnnnnnggged for.
SEEK HIM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS . . . HE ALONE IS TRUTH . . . HE ALONE IS LIFE . . . HE ALONE DIED THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE ETERNALLY WITH ME . . .
Yeah, welll, Father, that's all well and good but we all kind of need all our little assists to faith . . . I mean, You don't mean us to take HIS WORD all raw and at face value without any gloves, robes, trappings, bells and whistles in between do you? Sounds kind of . . . welll . . . frightful . . . overly intense . . . I mean, THE LIVING GOD??? GOODNESS!
THAT YOU MIGHT CRY ABBA, FATHER, DADDY . . . the veil has been rent top to bottom . . . come directly into the HOLY OF HOLIES BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
There you go again, Father, all that blood stuff. Now our Magicsterical has a different slant on that . . . we do the blood thing crawling on our knees . . . some on broken glass . . . to show our contrition before Mary and to seek her support in our petitions . . .
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER--ONE INTERCESSOR--THE LAMB SLAIN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. HIS BLOOD IS ALL SUFFICIENT.
Wellll, yes, Father. We understand . . . sort of . . . ALL SUFFICIENT SOUNDS kind of complete but . . . welllll, it's just a bit much for us to wrap our minds and carnal habits around so our Magicsterical has graciously encouraged us to kind of use some in-between steps to sort of reach TOWARD THAT . . . without having to focus on such an AWESOME INTENSE CONSTRUCT all of a piece . . . I mean . . . ALMIGHTY GOD DAILY??? OH, DEAR. I wouldn't get half my quivering over in time to say word one in prayer. Now, whereas, Mary, all soft and warm and squeezable . . . at least in my imagination . . . is SOOOOOO approachable and all.
ACCESS TO THE FATHER . . . TO CRY ABBA, DADDY, COME UNTO ME ALL YOU WHO ARE BURDENED AND HEAVY LADEN; EXCEPT YOU COME AS LITTLE CHILDREN . . .
Wellll, exactly, Father. Just on that point, the little children part. Our Magicsterical has pointed out how suited the Queen of Heaven is in the role of facilitating all us little children in our RELIGIOUS duties . . . in such a much more approachable, comfortable, manipulatable handleable bite-sized way. I mean, approaching DADDY THROUGH CHRIST AND HIS BLOOD BY HIS SPIRIT ALL THE TIME??? What an overwhelming prospect that would be. No thanks. Just Mary and Me sees me along quite fine. Well, yes, she petitions Jesus in my behalf. She's so much better at it, you see.
WHICH PART OF "COME UNTO ME" DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
In fact, it says the opposite:
Blasphemous dogma, “sinless Mary”< detracts from the sinlessness of Christ, who ALONE was born of a virgin and immaculate. The Bible nowhere says Mary was sinless. It says “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). The only exception is the Lord Jesus Christ, who alone is “holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens” (Heb. 7:26). Mary knew her own sin and acknowledged her need of a Saviour (Luke 1:47). None of the Lord’s Apostles exalted Mary; none of them applied to her such titles as sinless, immaculate, ever-virgin, Mother of God, Blessed Virgin, Holy Queen, Queen of Heaven, Our Lady, Co-Redemptress, Immaculate Virgin, etc. The Apostles taught us that Jesus Christ ALONE is the Mediator between God and men (1 Timothy 2:5). The Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine of Mary is blasphemous error. Mary cannot answer prayer. She cannot aid in man’s salvation. She cannot intercede with Christ in behalf of God’s people. She is not Queen of Heaven. The only Queen of Heaven mentioned in Scripture is an Old Testament idol (Jeremiah 44:18-19). Every prayer addressed to Mary is idolatry. If the Roman Catholic Church did not hold any false doctrine other than its dogmas pertaining to Mary, the Bible would require us to reject it as a false church on this basis alone.
When we look at the genealogy of Christ in Luke 3, which is the genealogy from Mary’s side, we see that God takes Mary’s genealogy all the way back to Adam which means she, like every human being, was a descendant of Adam which carries the sinful Adamic nature. Does the Bible bear this out? Let us see how many (pre-salvific) righteous people there are in the world.
(Rom 3:23 KJV) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
ALL includes, Mary!
Notice the term which God uses in this verse, “all have sinned.” God is not saying some or a few or even the majority, He is definite in His usage of “ALL.” This means that Mary was part of that “all.” Below in 1 John 3:4 we see the biblical definition of sin which is the transgression of God’s law. There is no division of sin into either venial or mortal classifications but only one class and that is sin. (James 2:10 KJV) For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. Since Mary was part of the human race at that time, she was guilty of sin as every other human being was.
(1 John 3:4 KJV) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Since Mary was born before Jesus (obviously) we should also look for confirmation of the fact of universal sin and how everyone is affected by it, no matter who we are.
(1 Ki 8:46 KJV) If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
Here we see this verse included in a passage of Scripture detailing Solomon’s dedication of the temple which puts this verse about 900 years before Mary’s birth. God is also detailing the fact that there is not one who does not sin.
(Psa 14:1-3 KJV) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. {2} The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. {3} They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
See also Psalm 53:1-3
Here we have Psalm 14 which is another OT proof that God’s assessment of all humans is the same, that there is none that does any good or no one which does not sin. The Bible has a uniformity on this matter doesn’t it?
(Psa 58:3-4 KJV) The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. {4} Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Here is a verse which details when human beings start to sin. It informs us that we begin to sin as soon as we are born. This means that Mary did not have an immaculate conception, rather, she was subject to the same sinful nature everyone else was and that right from the womb.
(Rom 3:10-20 KJV) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: {11} There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. {12} They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. {13} Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: {14} Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: {15} Their feet are swift to shed blood: {16} Destruction and misery are in their ways: {17} And the way of peace have they not known: {18} There is no fear of God before their eyes. {19} Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {20} Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Here is probably the most succinct description of the entire pre-salvific human being. God takes the quotes from Psalm 14 & 53 and brings it into the New Testament because He wants to show that just because we live on the New Testament side of the cross does not mean we are exempt from sin and its catastrophic effects. God re-emphasizes the fact of universal sin but also includes how heinous that sins makes a person in His sight and why salvation is needed so badly. People who think they are good in God’s sight are brought back to reality when they read this revealing passage. Mary too was part of this description of the human race since she was part of the human race.
(Gal 3:22 KJV) But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
We will take this verse as our final verse in this section showing that the entire human race was plunged into sin because of Adam’s sin. This verse does not reveal any exceptions to the universality of sin.
Mary Needed A Savior!
(Luke 1:47 KJV) And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Here is an extremely revealing verse taken from her magnificat. If Mary was born without sin, then she would have been able to fulfill the demands of God’s holy law without the benefit of a substitutionary atonement. In essence, she would have no sin and therefore would be perfect before God. That is not what the Scriptures are teaching, they are telling us that Mary needed a Savior which means she was under the curse of sin with the rest of the world and had to be atoned for before she could even consider going to Heaven, never mind, carry the Lord Jesus from a Holy Spirit conception.
Mary is not a mediatrix!
(1 Tim 2:5 KJV) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Those in the Roman Catholic Church teach that Mary is a mediator between Jesus and us. This teaching is erroneous because the Bible teaches that Jesus is the ONLY mediator between God and man. The Bible does not teach anywhere that the redeemed of God in Heaven have any intercessory authority or ministry for those still remaining on earth.
Mary Was not a Perpetual Virgin!
(Mark 6:1-3 KJV) And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. {2} And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? {3} Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
(Mat 13:54-56 KJV) And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? {55} Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? {56} And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
Another teaching which the Roman Church teaches is that Mary remained a perpetual virgin. The Bible refutes this in the two passages which I have listed here. The Bible teaches that Jesus had brothers and sisters, and if Mary was the mother of Jesus, then these men and women named in these Scriptures were from the same woman, namely Mary. Notice how God specifically names Mary as their mother. The perpetual virginity of Mary is a fallacy which does not exist in history nor the Bible. If someone chooses to believe in the perpetual virginity of Mary, they must do so in opposition of Scripture, a dangerous place to be.
Quix, if you want to deny what GOD states, rather clearly in the Bible, that is up to you. Just understand that others who are Christians, know and see what you post as blasphemy.
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