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To: The Cuban
There are no implications to Mary being given God's grace.

Nothing that the Catholic church claims it means is anywhere supported in Scripture.

FWIW, ALL believers are grace d with the same grace that Mary was given.

Mary and Grace

The word grace used in this passage in Luke is used in one other place in the Bible and that is Ephesians 1 where Paul tells us that with this same grace, God has blessed us (believers) in the Beloved. IOW, we all have access to that grace and it has been bestowed on us all.

http://biblehub.com/greek/5487.htm

Luke 1:28 And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"

Ephesians 1:4-6 In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

Greek word "grace"

charitoo: to make graceful, endow with grace

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: charitoo

Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ee-to'-o)

Short Definition: I favor, bestow freely on

Definition: I favor, bestow freely on.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 5487 xaritoo (from 5486 /xarisma, "grace," see there) - properly, highly-favored because receptive to God's grace. 5487 (xaritoo) is used twice in the NT (Lk 1:28 and Eph 1:6), both times of God extending Himself to freely bestow grace (favor).

Word Origin: from charis

Definition: to make graceful, endow with grace

NASB Translation: favored (1), freely bestowed (1).

2,106 posted on 01/12/2016 4:38:59 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom; The Cuban
The question that brings this verse into context is to ask why is she highly favored?

The Good Doctor explains it in Luke 1:30. He says she's found favor with God because she's been chosen by God to give birth to Christ.

The context of the passage answers the bulk of the questions catholics seem to keep missing.

2,110 posted on 01/12/2016 5:11:34 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: metmom

Yea that’s nice, but it still says she was full of grace. Sorry.


2,129 posted on 01/13/2016 4:47:30 AM PST by The Cuban
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