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"Mary was a good person and had a sinful nature like all of us." - the same could be said of Stephen.
Stephen "being full of grace"
Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
And in Stephen's case it is not just "full of grace" but "full of grace AND power"!
And what is true of Christ is that He was incarnated -- not procreated. Which is true of Christ alone - not any other human.
This is not a slam against Mary, or Stephen or Jesus. It is just what the Bible teaches.
Those who suggest that Christ could not be sinless unless His mother was born sinless - somehow grant His mother to be sinless without her mother having to also be sinless. Have they thought that through? Is something missing from their proposal?
Good thing we have Mary calling Christ her Savior. It is sinful humanity that needs a Savior - and praise God we have one.
Christ's response to being confronted with "blessed be Mary" was... "on the contrary"
Luke 11:27 While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!” 28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.”
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BTW - It is not very helpful to claim that anyone who differs with this post is attacking Mary, or Jesus or Stephen. That kind of statement proves nothing.
Stephen "being full of grace"
Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
And in Stephen's case it is not just "full of grace" but "full of grace AND power"!
And what is true of Christ is that He was incarnated -- not procreated. Which is true of Christ alone - not any other human.
This is not a slam against Mary, or Stephen or Jesus. It is just what the Bible teaches.
Those who suggest that Christ could not be sinless unless His mother was born sinless - somehow grant His mother to be sinless without her mother having to also be sinless. Have they thought that through? Is something missing from their proposal?
Good thing we have Mary calling Christ her Savior. It is sinful humanity that needs a Savior - and praise God we have one.
Christ's response to being confronted with "blessed be Mary" was... "on the contrary"
Luke 11:27 While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!” 28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.”
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BTW - It is not very helpful to claim that anyone who differs with this post is attacking Mary, or Jesus or Stephen. That kind of statement proves nothing.
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