This article was chosen especially for those who pray to Mary.
No, the Bible does not teach that Mary is the mother of God, nor does it suggest that Christians should either worship or venerate Mary. *Consider:
Mary was Jewish by birth, and she was a direct descendant of King David. (Luke 3:23-31) She was highly favored by God for her faith and devotion. (Luke 1:28) God chose her to become the mother of Jesus. (Luke 1:31, 35) Along with her husband, Joseph, Mary had other children.—Mark 6:3.
Although the Bible shows that Mary became a disciple of Jesus, not much additional information is given about her.—Acts 1:14.
Why do some consider Mary the mother of God?
The earliest evidence of devotion to Mary dates from the late fourth century C.E. At that time, the Catholic Church became the State religion of the Roman Empire. As a result, many who had a pagan background became nominal Christians.
In 432 C.E., Pope Sixtus III ordered a church to be built in Rome in honor of the “Mother of God.” It was built near the site of an earlier temple erected in honor of Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth. One author described this church as “an enduring symbol of the assimilation of the Great Mother of the pagan cults to the cult of Mary after the Christianization of Rome.”—Mary—The Complete Resource.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO END UP IN HEAVEN OR NOT? CHECK EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVED TILL NOW!! DISCERN WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG. READ THE BIBLE, DO NOT FOLLOW TRADITIONS OF MEN, THEY WILL NOT SAVE YOU. GODS WORD WILL. DO YOU WANT TO WORSHIP GOD AND ONLY GOD OR WANT ALSO OTHER WAYS? JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY, PATH AND TRUTH. KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOUR THINKING IS NOT WHAT COUNTS, IT IS GODS THINKING.
For any further informations and much more visit this site:
https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2010/09/25/mary-queen-of-heaven-whore-of-babylon/
No, the Bible does not teach that Mary is the mother of God, nor does it suggest that Christians should either worship or venerate Mary. *Consider:
- Mary never claimed that she was the mother of God. The Bible explains that she gave birth to “the Son of God,” not God himself.—Mark 1:1; Luke 1:32. ( MY QUESTION IS: HOW CAN ANYONE GIVE BIRTH TO GOD?? GOD CREATED EVERYTHING INCLUDING MARY,)
- Jesus Christ never said that Mary was God’s mother or that she was worthy of special devotion. In fact, he corrected a woman who gave special attention to Mary’s happy role as his mother, saying: “No, rather, happy are those hearing the word of God and keeping it!”—Luke 11:27, 28. (BEFORE THAT ONE WOMAN SAID TO JESUS BLESSED BE THE BREASTS THAT YOU FED UPON, it means Marys breasts, Jesus removes focus from the flesh to the spiritual side of salvation, do not believe in the flesh, in ordinary people who neeed salvation like us: Mary and other saints....Do not rely on flesh, but rather believe Gods word, Jesus is word, Mary is not the word, read John 1)
- The terms “Mother of God” and “Theotokos” (God-bearer) are not found in the Bible. (WOULD YOU BELIEVE IN TRADITIONS, WHAT MEN SAY, OR WOULD YOU STICK TO WHAT SCRIPTURES SAY?, I WILL CHOOSE THE WORD.)
- The expression “Queen of Heaven” in the Bible refers, not to Mary, but to a false goddess worshipped by apostate Israelites. (Jeremiah 44:15-19) The “Queen of Heaven” may have been Ishtar (Astarte), a Babylonian goddess. (Also check out Babilonian and other Godesses, they carry a little child in their hands: the enemy is trying to diminish the role of Jesus, and put at an altar Mary, so that people would not worship Jesus-God-Creator but Mary-creation)
- Early Christians did not worship Mary, nor did they give her any special honor. One historian states that early Christians “would have rejected cults and probably feared that undue attention to Mary might evoke a suspicion of goddess worship.”—In Quest of the Jewish Mary.
- The Bible says that God has always existed. (Psalm 90:1, 2; Isaiah 40:28) Since he had no beginning, he cannot have a mother. Furthermore, Mary could not have held God in her womb; the Bible makes clear that even the heavens cannot contain him.—1 Kings 8:27.
Mary was Jewish by birth, and she was a direct descendant of King David. (Luke 3:23-31) She was highly favored by God for her faith and devotion. (Luke 1:28) God chose her to become the mother of Jesus. (Luke 1:31, 35) Along with her husband, Joseph, Mary had other children.—Mark 6:3.
Although the Bible shows that Mary became a disciple of Jesus, not much additional information is given about her.—Acts 1:14.
Why do some consider Mary the mother of God?
The earliest evidence of devotion to Mary dates from the late fourth century C.E. At that time, the Catholic Church became the State religion of the Roman Empire. As a result, many who had a pagan background became nominal Christians.
In 432 C.E., Pope Sixtus III ordered a church to be built in Rome in honor of the “Mother of God.” It was built near the site of an earlier temple erected in honor of Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth. One author described this church as “an enduring symbol of the assimilation of the Great Mother of the pagan cults to the cult of Mary after the Christianization of Rome.”—Mary—The Complete Resource.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO END UP IN HEAVEN OR NOT? CHECK EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVED TILL NOW!! DISCERN WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG. READ THE BIBLE, DO NOT FOLLOW TRADITIONS OF MEN, THEY WILL NOT SAVE YOU. GODS WORD WILL. DO YOU WANT TO WORSHIP GOD AND ONLY GOD OR WANT ALSO OTHER WAYS? JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY, PATH AND TRUTH. KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOUR THINKING IS NOT WHAT COUNTS, IT IS GODS THINKING.
For any further informations and much more visit this site:
https://www.discerningtheworld.com/2010/09/25/mary-queen-of-heaven-whore-of-babylon/
