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To: ravenwolf; Elsie
I am inclined to not believe so, in some apocryphal writings it states...

Apocryphal writings are not inspired scripture. So while Jesus raising dead birds to life when He was a child might sound very nice, there is no historical or inspired confirmation about such events. Same with Joseph.

This little girl was in Gods hands, i can not believe he would dump her out for grabs after she bore his holy child.

Mary wasn't dump out for grabs after Christ was born. God doesn't dump any of us out. The honorable Joseph was considering what to do about Mary and his situation when God intervene. Joseph disappears between Christ's twelve birthday and the time they are standing in front of the house. So that would mean at least twelve years (and most likely more) would go by in which time Joseph and Mary would not have sex. I think Elsie brings up a very important verse that would contradict this claim if one considers Joseph to be a righteous man.

Just because one is forty doesn't mean they give up having sex.

92 posted on 10/20/2017 9:52:09 AM PDT by HarleyD ("There are very few shades of grey."-Dr. Eckleburg)
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To: HarleyD

ASk any 75 year old dudes if THEY have given it up!


95 posted on 10/20/2017 4:05:07 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ravenwolf; Elsie; Gamecock
This conversation is interesting and is an example of how heretical doctrine is formed.

No, our Lord was not married to Mary Magdalene. He specifically tells us why he was not married:

Mat 19:12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it."

Paul states the same thing:

1Co 7:6-8 Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.

No, our Lord was not married and deliberately stayed single for the sake of the kingdom.

And, yes, there is far more support that Mary had sex with Joseph AFTER the birth of our Lord Jesus. Otherwise Joseph would have gone against scripture. There is nothing wrong with Mary and Joseph having sex. People need to read the Songs of Solomon.

People get all sorts of heretical ideas instead of studying the word of God.

97 posted on 10/21/2017 2:39:51 AM PDT by HarleyD ("There are very few shades of grey."-Dr. Eckleburg)
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