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Can the Real Mary Hear?by JWing
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Crowning Mary-Feb 2018
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I feel it necessary to address the false teachings about Fatima or Mary, as we are seeing a massive increase in Maryian apparitions and statues doing strange things.(a) These apparitions are coming with messages to Catholics everywhere telling them to believe in her immaculate conception, her ability to save people at the moment of death, to repeat her rosary, and pray to her. Catholics have even given her the title of 'Queen of heaven'. The fact is that none of these match the Mary, mother of Jesus, found in even the Catholic Scriptures. It quite simply is Satan's way of replacing Jesus Christ with his mother.
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One lesser know fact is that Mary worship didn't start with initial Church in Antioch. Rather Mary worship began in 431 AD with prayers being directed specifically to her in 600 AD.
(a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_statue, Apologetics - Rapture Ready
(a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_statue, Apologetics - Rapture Ready
Mary the Sinner
The TRUE Mary only spoke a total of 4 times. In one of those 4 times in Luke 1:46-48
The TRUE Mary only spoke a total of 4 times. In one of those 4 times in Luke 1:46-48
Luke 1:46-48 (RSVCE)
46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God MY SAVIOR, 48 for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; |
In these passages alone many things become apparent. Far from the exalted Queen of Heaven Catholics exalt her to be, Mary herself sees her "estate". She not only fully
indicates she is a servant when compared to God, nowhere close to being at the
same level as God or Jesus as the Catholics attribute to her, but also in need
of a Savior that God is. If she needs a Savior, that would mean she needs
saving from her sins. This is a full confession of her sinfulness and dire need
of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Mary had to give a sin offering:
Mary had to give a sin offering:
Luke 2:22-24 (RSVCE)
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS.” |
This is for the sin offering mentioned in:
Leviticus 12:6-8 (RSVCE)
6 “And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, 7 and he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her; then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. 8 And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take TWO TURTLEDOVES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS, one for a burnt offering and the other FOR A SIN OFFERING; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.” |
Far from the immaculately conceived and sinless person that gives her the right to be a mediator, we see rather a sinful woman who not only recognized her need for a savior but also offered the sacrifices, admitting her own sin. She might have been blessed because received the privilege of carrying her Savior in her womb but she couldn't even save her herself from her own sins, let alone anyone else's. But she was still a sinful woman needing a Savior.
Her Instructions to Mankind
Also in John 2:5 her instructions to other humans, in this matter is simple.
John 2:5 (RSVCE)
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever HE TELLS YOU.”
Why not, do whatever I tell you, if she is supposed to be co-redeemer and part of the Trinity? Because Mary knew only Jesus could do what God did. Again far from what the Mary apparitions instructing us to do what she says and to follow her, the true Mary of the Bible told us to follow Jesus’ instructions. One can only wonder if there is something demonic posing as Mary, who would instruct us in a way so diametrically opposed to what the real person had said in life.
The Ever Virgin?
Also in John 2:5 her instructions to other humans, in this matter is simple.
John 2:5 (RSVCE)
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever HE TELLS YOU.”
Why not, do whatever I tell you, if she is supposed to be co-redeemer and part of the Trinity? Because Mary knew only Jesus could do what God did. Again far from what the Mary apparitions instructing us to do what she says and to follow her, the true Mary of the Bible told us to follow Jesus’ instructions. One can only wonder if there is something demonic posing as Mary, who would instruct us in a way so diametrically opposed to what the real person had said in life.
The Ever Virgin?
Matthew 13:55-56 (NRSVCE)
55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And are not all his sisters with us? Mark 6:3 (RSVCE) Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” |
So much for Mary being a virgin still. Obviously she and Joseph had many children after the virgin birth of Jesus.
The Rosary
The Rosary
First of all the Rosary is not even alluded to once in the Catholic Bible. This practice shares more in common with Buddhism, Hinduism, Silkhism, Bahai, and Islam than with true Biblical Christianity.(b) We are told only to pray to Jesus, not a saint and certainly not Mary. The rosary is prayer recited over and over to Mary daily using prayer beads as counters. You say 10 Hail Mary prayers and then 1 Our Father prayer. But even this is condemned even by Jesus.
Matthew 6:7 (RSVCE) “And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Matthew 6:7 (KJV) But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. For more information on the Rosary and what the Scripture has to say about it, click here. (b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_beads Queen of HeavenVirgin |
What few know is the term 'Queen of heaven' only started in the 11th and 12th century. Also a lesser known fact was that this title is used twice in the Bible but not referring to Mary.
Jeremiah 7:18 (NRSVCE)
18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah 44:17-25
This title referred to Ishtar, an Assyrian and Babylonian goddess also called Ashtoreth and Astarte by various other groups. She was thought to be the wife of the false god Baal, also known as Molech. The motivation of women to worship Ashtoreth stemmed from her reputation as a fertility goddess, and, as the bearing of children was greatly desired among women of that era, worship of this “queen of heaven” was rampant among pagan civilizations. Sadly, it became popular among the Israelites as well and now Mary adorers everywhere today.
a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarte,http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/39661/Astarte,Goddess in the Spotlight
Mary the Idol
Jeremiah 7:18 (NRSVCE)
18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah 44:17-25
This title referred to Ishtar, an Assyrian and Babylonian goddess also called Ashtoreth and Astarte by various other groups. She was thought to be the wife of the false god Baal, also known as Molech. The motivation of women to worship Ashtoreth stemmed from her reputation as a fertility goddess, and, as the bearing of children was greatly desired among women of that era, worship of this “queen of heaven” was rampant among pagan civilizations. Sadly, it became popular among the Israelites as well and now Mary adorers everywhere today.
a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarte,http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/39661/Astarte,Goddess in the Spotlight
Mary the Idol
Exodus 34:17 (NRSVCE)
You shall not make cast idols. Exodus 20:4-6 (NRSVCE) & Deuteronomy 5:8-9 (NRSVCE) 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; Leviticus 26:1 (NRSVCE) You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no carved images or pillars, and you shall not place figured stones in your land, to worship at them; Psalm 31:6 (NRSVCE) You hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 10:14 (NRSVCE) Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols. 1 John 5:21 (NRSVCE) Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
Instead of encouraging the use of statues in religious context. The Catholic Scriptures actually forbids even creation of such idols much less allowing the worship of them. Clear and simple, idols/statues are not to be made nor worshiped. PERIOD.
(c) http://www.catholic.com/tracts/do-catholics-worship-statues
Mary the Co-mediator?
(c) http://www.catholic.com/tracts/do-catholics-worship-statues
Mary the Co-mediator?
John 14:6 (RSVCE)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. Acts 4:10-12 (RSVCE) 10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 1 Timothy 2:5 (RSVCE) For there is one God, and there is ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, |
Ironically Acts 4:10-12 was spoken by the apostle Peter, the one whom the Roman Catholics credit with starting their church and being their first pope. Even Peter demolishes the idea there can be a co-mediator, who can save men. Peter makes it clear it is through the Jesus whom they crucified and rejected, that salvation given to all men. No mention of Mary being a co-mediator is even hinted. You can go to no one else but Jesus alone to get to God. Jesus said
"No man comes to the Father but
by me."
Strangely enough the idea that Mary was sinless and thereby able to be a mediator along side her son Jesus Christ was never the view of Catholicism until recent years (c). Up until that time the Church tradition was that Mary was just a common woman given the blessed privilege of bearing the Son of God. (c) Should the Catholic Church Elevate Mary's Status to Co-Redeemer, Mediator of All Graces, and Advocate of Mankind This was echoed by two Roman Pontiffs, Gregory the Great and Leo I, who both said: |
"Christ alone was conceived without sin."
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One of the Catholicism's greatest scholars, Anselm the archbishop of Canterbury (AD. 1033-1109), said of Mary:
"The virgin herself was conceived in iniquity and in sin did her mother conceive her, and with original sin was she born, because she too sinned in Adam in whom all sinned."
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So why the sudden change in stance, if not to draw away the true believers, if that were possible?
Matthew 24:24 (RSVCE)
For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Mark 13:22 (RSVCE) False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. |
Last time Mary is mentioned is:
Acts 1:13-14 (RSVCE)
13 and when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. |
Notice, she was praying along with everyone else among women not above women. And she was a sinner who needed to pray to God. There is no mention of an ascension anywhere in the Scriptures, either. So if she is not up in heaven, how can your prayers be heard by her. If she is not a mediator between man and God what use is it to pray to her? Clearly church tradition has replaced the true mediator Jesus Christ with an impotent mediator a mortal woman back only by myths and legends. Would you like to know the REAL mediator, Jesus? For only He and He alone can save you, allowing you into Heaven to be with God.
Dear Lord God. I know I am a sinner and need your gift of salvation from my sins. I BELIEVE IN JESUS, the Son of God, as my personal Savior. I believe that His death on the cross and resurrection provides forgiveness for ALL my sins past, present, & future. Please forgive all my sins and come into my heart and life. I hereby trust in Jesus FINISHED WORK alone, and NOT upon me & my "good works", as sufficient to make me right with you and fit for Heaven. Please forgive ALL my sins and come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Seal me with your Holy Spirit until the day you come to take me home. In your Son Jesus’ name. Amen.
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