Replies

“She was a very special woman ...” — so I take it your opinion has changed from “just an ordinary Jewish girl”?

917 posted on 12/07/2010 5:41:15 AM PST by Cronos (Et Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis (And the word was made flesh, and dwelt amonst us))

To: RnMomof7; Quix; LowOiL

We like to believe that the Holy Spirit is all-powerful and He protected Mary from sin. Mary did nothing great, all of it was from God and by God, all Mary did was say yes, everything else was from God and is for the greater glory of God.

Do you think it impossible for the Holy Spirit to preserve a created being like Mary from sin?

920 posted on 12/07/2010 5:46:16 AM PST by Cronos (Et Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis (And the word was made flesh, and dwelt amonst us))

To: Cronos; RnMomof7

“She was a very special woman ...” When anyone fulfills the destiny on their life, that which God called them to, we often view as special. Moses, Abraham, Paul, Esther, David, etc., etc.

John the Baptist received the Holy Spirit when six months in the womb. NO ONE else experienced that. And spent his whole life in the desert preparing to be used to ‘prepare The Way’. I would say that is obedience supreme and very very special. Of course, that’s what ‘man’ does - assign a calling on how special a person is.

BUT that is not the way HIS KINGDOM (supernatural) operates, that is man/this world’s (natural) way. God knows what man is like, so He says.. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.

Evil - assigning to The Most Holy Pure God, the things of man/this world. God is no respecter of person, man is. His Ways are higher than ours. Hence, man made teaching/tradition do not exist in HIS KINGDOM. Hence, Mary and John the Baptist are who God’s says they are, His servants.

However, we should not think anyone is more special - the ‘call’ to establish His Kingdom ‘for us’ is special - His love for us - not the one who is assigned to that call.

1,079 posted on 12/07/2010 11:43:20 AM PST by presently no screen name (."Thus you nullify the Word of God by your tradition that you have handed down." Mark 7:13)

Can not an ordinary Jewish girl be a special woman ?

1,081 posted on 12/07/2010 11:48:52 AM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794