**She became the Mother of God**
Not possible. God has no beginning or ending, cannot be added to or decreased. God cannot die. The Son of God died. “Him God raised up”. (from Peter’s testamony to Cornelius. You would do well to read it again very slowly a few times. (Peter defines the Godhead much better than the RCC or Luther.)
“But to us there is but ONE GOD, the FATHER, OF WHOM are all things, and we IN him;(semi-colon) and one Lord Jesus Christ, BY WHOM are all things, and we BY him”. I Cor. 9:6 (Paul defines the Godhead much better than the RCC or Luther.)
verse 7: “Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge..”. (boy, that’s the truth!!)
**It needs to be pondered in the heart what it means to be the Mother of God.**
Neither Peter, or Paul, appear to have pondered such a gross misunderstanding of the scriptures.
Jesus explained the Godhead quite simply in John 4:23,24. and taught that the Father is in him, and he in the Father. He taught further that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father.
The Father is THE source of all things divine, and dwells, with unlimited power, in Jesus Christ.
I first read the whole Bible about ten years ago, which really brought me to the Lord and changed my whole life and way of seeing things, although I was a believer before. I considered for the second time in my life what church to follow since the Lutheran didn’t seem right to me and knew just to follow the Bible. The area I’d lived my whole life in at the time was 80% Catholic, so I considered Catholicism, but decided after a time that it didn’t follow the Bible as it should. I was still mostly positive on it, though, but over time with experiencing more of the Lord and learning more, I’ve become more and more troubled by it.
Back 8 or so years ago, though, I would listen to Catholic radio and watch its TV for spiritual food still, and once on an EWTN program the host concluded with something like, “in the name of Mother, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” I even saw the show’s replay so I know I didn’t imagine it. I’m only sorry that I wasn’t more skeptical then of the RC Church (Cont’d)
so I would have exactly remembered what the host said beyond all doubt. But to the best of my recollection, that is the exact phrase he used, although it still amazes to think that he actually did.
These statements do not contradict each other. "Mother of God" does not mean that God had a beginning or an ending, nor that He could be added to or decreased. God has been alive from all eternity, without a beginning.
To say "Mary is the Mother of God" is to say "Jesus is God co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit) and at a point in time, that same everlasting and eternal Person was born on earth and had an earthly mother."
It does not imply that His mother had divine status. She was a creature. He is the Creator. She gave birth to, but did not give existence to, her Son,
who in fact created her and infinitely surpasses her in every possible way.
Do not misinterpret "Mother" to mean "ultimate source." Christ is a divine Person; Mary a human person.