What is it about “the fall” that people don’t get. Mary was a normal young lady, who was a virgin. That does not make her “sinless” .. because .. when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate of the apple, ALL MANKIND FROM THEN TO THE DAY OF JESUS DEATH, WERE DOOMED TO BE DESIGNATED AS “IN SIN”.
Mary was chosen because she was a virgin, but there was actually another reason too .. God could read her heart, and He knew she loved Him. God already knew she would be willing to be the mother of Jesus; before she was asked .. because God created us with free will and the power to choose .. therefore, Mary had the same opportunity to say NO. Mary’s statement to the angel was, “Be it unto me according to Thy Will”.
The only way a person gets rid of “original sin” is to accept Jesus as their Savior. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. Mary did not have a way to become a “sinless” spirit person prior to the birth of the child she would carry.
It’s sad that people refuse to accept the truth.
When a person is saved, their spirit becomes renewed; or “sinless”. However, their flesh is still the same old stuff .. and Paul clearly taught us how to deal with our flesh. It’s a choice. Some people make better choices than others.
“Mary did not have a way to become a “sinless” spirit person prior to the birth of the child she would carry.”
You haven’t heard of the Immaculate Conception?
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm
Was Christ there with God the Father and the Holy Spirit at the very beginning of the Bible? (Read John 1)
Of course he was.
Thus, God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit at the beginning of time (remember that God has no timeline like we do) saw that Mary would be the Mother of Christ, born as an infant. Her original sin was then forgiven in advance, so that she could conceive through the Holy Spirit. (Luke 1)
Many seem to neglect this fact — that Mary was chosen in advance.
Have a blessed Eastertide.