[Invincibly Ignorant]

The importance is not that Mary was made full of grace, it is that she was this way before Jesus was even sacrificed. She was the first to be saved.

Do you know for a fact Stephen wasn't alive when Jesus gave us atonement?

[SoothingDave]

Do you know for a fact Stephen wasn't alive when Jesus gave us atonement?

What are you talking about?

Mary, when she was told she would conceive was already referred to as full of grace.

This is before Jesus was born.

Stephen wasn't made full of grace until later, after Jesus had preached and Stephen became a follower.

This was after Jesus was born.

Mary was the first to be saved.

SD