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To: aMorePerfectUnion

At the wedding feast at Cana, Mary tells Jesus, “They have no wine.” He tells her it is not time yet for him to reveal his divinity by performing a miracle. Mary knows that he is going to do it, anyway, because she has asked him, so she tells the stewards, “Do whatever he tells you.” And Jesus responds to her request.

The gospel does not tell us about this incident just to make chit-chat. The gospels were written to tell about the realities of the spiritual economy.

We who are in need (the couple who are out of wine) go to Mary to make our needs known to her. Mary intercedes with her Son, and he responds to her requests.

Mary’s function as an intercessor for us with Jesus is taught to us in the gospel account of the wedding feast at Cana.


120 posted on 08/18/2015 12:40:25 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

“The gospel does not tell us about this incident just to make chit-chat. The gospels were written to tell about the realities of the spiritual economy.”

Neither is it a blank check that can mean whatever one wants to impose onto it. Your teaching didn’t come from the passage, but is imposed upon it from outside the Bible.

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140 posted on 08/18/2015 7:09:56 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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