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To: Quix
Even at 12 He was no longer BUSY HONORING MARY

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- Exodus 20:12

Are you saying that Jesus Christ did not fulfill the Law perfectly every day of his life?

Are you saying that he sinned? Not to honor his mother is a sin, according to the Law of Moses. The word translated "honor" literally means in Hebrew "bestow glory upon".

Incidentally, did you know that you are Jesus' younger brother? It's true: Romans 8:29.

What does that make Mary to you? A nice lady? Guess again.

374 posted on 04/30/2010 9:32:19 PM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed imposter")
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To: Campion

Given your

skyscraper built on a toothpick splinter

definition of honoring Mummy,

He wasn’t about to be tangled up in such outrageousness.


384 posted on 04/30/2010 9:41:31 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Campion; Quix
What does that make Mary to you? A nice lady? Guess again.

A sister.

Look what Jesus had to say to a woman who tried to honor Mary like you suggest. Luke 11: 27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you." He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

Matthew 12:46-50 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."

48He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" 49Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. 50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Mark 3:31-35 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you." "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

Luke 8:19-21 Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you." He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice."

Interesting, This event was recorded in three of the four Gospels. I think someone was trying to make a point. Jesus always downplayed the role His mother had to that of any other ordinary person.

His honoring her as His mother here on earth while He was under her authority as a child, does not mean that we are to honor her in the way that the Catholic church demands and teaches, nor does it justify it.

And Jesus doesn't love her more than us. He can't.

387 posted on 04/30/2010 9:43:59 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Campion; Quix
What does that make Mary to you? A nice lady? Guess again.

Well...actually, YES, a VERY nice lady, a great example of faith...but NO, not my "mother in Christ", nor any other Christian's.

Why do you think just because God uses the concept of family of God and him being Our Father and us being his children, brothers and sisters in Christ, that we MUST have a "mother", too? There are plenty of verses where God refers to himself in that figure type as well. I.e.:

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

397 posted on 04/30/2010 9:52:22 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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