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To: Mrs. Don-o
We should glorify God by recounting to every generation how God has raised her up.

We should glorify God by recounting to every generation how Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Any Mary obsession detracts from that. Every Mary prayer is a prayer NOT sent to Jesus. Matt. 3:9 states God can raise sons of Abraham from stones if He so desires. To elevate the creature equal/above the Creator is displeasing to God. It is idolatry. Jesus alone died for our sins and He alone is our Redeemer. There is no other.

301 posted on 06/01/2016 12:25:09 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: BipolarBob
You have asserted repeatedly that honor for Mary detracts from honor for Christ. But nothing is proven by mere assertion.

The commandments, which Jesus not only obeyed but perfectly fulfilled, say "Honor thy father and thy mother." Does it dishonor or detract from Him that He honored His mother? And we are not to honor her, whom He honored?

The entire Bible, the whole thing, includes repeated re-tellings of great things that God did for His people, together with the exhortation that these things must not be forgotten, but must be recounted to generations yet unborn. Just as one example out of hundreds, the book of Hebrews (Chapter 11) recounts an Honor Roll of great People of Faith for whom the Lord did great things.

Yes, failing to honor them is failing to honor God.

Praising the beauty of the Moon does not detract from the Sun, but makes us appreciate the Sun all the more, since the Moon's light is pale and reflected from outside, whereas the Sun's is robust and generated from within. The Moon is no rival to the Sun, it is a reflection of Sun's glory. The same is true of Mary: she is not the Lord's competitor, she is His mirror.

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; for He has looked upon His handmaid's lowliness, and behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed."


A Great Sign provided by God (Rev 12) that makes us praise Him all the more. We do not ignore her. We rejoice greatly with her, our blessed Mary!

302 posted on 06/01/2016 1:15:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (All generations will call me blessed.)
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To: BipolarBob
" To elevate the creature equal/above the Creator is displeasing to God. It is idolatry."

We're all in agreement on that.

303 posted on 06/01/2016 1:16:16 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (All generations will call me blessed.)
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