Thank you Boatbums.
You mentioned they have a blindness they cannot see regarding their devotion to their mary. ...and for that a hyper sensitivity which we see consistantly on these threads.....which interesting we never see regarding Jesus, only because she is ‘central’ to their beliefs..
I agree.... that only the Lord can remove their blindess as it is so entrenched in their very beings... IF.... they have a desire to know what is true. I do think you have to ‘want to know’ the truth as God would have us, many simply are willing to settle for whatever they are told to believe.
I have a dear friend in CA. who many years ago I shared the Gospel message with ...and with this many questions she had having been raised in catholicism. One of the things which was so striking was how often, frequently with tears, she expressed how she was told many things about catholicism but not about Jesus....and that as she sought the Lord herself and His word on these matters she discovered these were not true....and harder for her was ‘all those years’ she never heard the gospel presented to her from the nuns nor the Priests...they only talked about Him but never about a relationship with Him.
Today she has bible studies in her home reaching other catholics who like her never came to know Christ while in their church...she is a mighty instrument in the hand of God and a passion for Him and the truth.
So there are those who HE does prepare to hear the truth and want to know it....moreso... they want Him over and above all else. This was what brought her to ask questions when we negaged about the things of God.
there are none so blind as those who have the truth and attempt to deny it....very, very sad...and the consequences could be......I don't even like to think about it......and those who led them astray.....WOW.....muslims have a better chance at salvation.