Virgin Mary (Mother of Jesus)

1 John 1:8-10

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceiving ourselves and the Truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forive us and to cleanse us from all the unrighteousness. If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make Him a liar and His word isn’t in us.”

Mary is not a God. She is just an instrument that God used to bring Jesus Christ into this world as a mortal (Which means that Jesus isn’t a man, he became a man). But we need to respect her. Respect, not worship. She is just a sinner/imperfect person like you. She needs a Savior too. How come a God (told by man) needs a Savior? Think about it. If you are not yet satisfied ‘bout what I say, these are some stuffs that I’ve researched.

• She doesn’t have an Immaculate Conception.

Many respected people had a vision ‘bout Mary’s Immaculate Conception, including Bridget of Sweden. But many popes and nuns had a vision too about it being false like The Great Italian Mystics, Catherine of Siena.

The Catholic Church cited two verses to justify that this dogma is true: Genesis 3:15 and Luke 1:12

But this verses aren’t enough to prove that Mary is Immaculate of her Conception.

Mary,  herself claimed that whether a person is holy or not, they need a Savior and that is our God and Jesus Christ, our Lord not her.

These are some verses stated that there are only two Holy:

1.   Mark 1:24
2.   Acts 3:14
3.   1 Peter 1:26
4.   1 john 2:20
5.   Revelation15:4

• She is not Perpetual Virgin

The doctrine of the Perpetual Divinity of Mary was published by the Council of Trent as a reaction to the opposite beliefs of the Protestants. The Church doesn’t want to be scolded at or dictated, wanting to be different eventhough it is unbiblical or worse, against the Word of God.

•  Around the year 150. In their content, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ found in the bible were turned into stepbrothers and stepsisters from Joseph’s first wife (before Mary).
• Saint Ambrose. The first respected and influential person who had a vision about  the Perpetual Divinity of Mary. He stated that Mary never had children after Jesus using a totally unrelated verse of Ezekiel 44:2.
• Saint Jerome. He turned stepbrothers and stepsisters into cousins. He insisted that it will be “Godless if we will think that Joseph had a first wife before Mary”. He also rejected the  suggestion in the book of James that Joseph is a widower because he stated that as the Father of the Lord, he should remained pure.
• Peter Lombard. In his book, Four books of Sentences, that the brothers of Jesus Christ are the sons of Mary’s cousin.

But in the present, the Catholic Church said that the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ aren’t from Mary(Virgin) but from Mary’s sisters, Mary Cleophas and Mary Salom.

The Bible  teaches about Mary’s Perpetual Virginity is alter from what the Catholic says.

• She is not our Mediator

Mary is definitely not the mediator between God and man because that title is for Jesus Christ.

Catholic says that Mary is the way for us to know God but in John 14:6, Jesus says “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.“ which means that what the Catholic says ’bout this issue is altered from what the Bible says. Praying to her for her to pray for us isn’t good too. Can we pray directly to our Lord? Ofcouse, yes. Hence, what is the reason why we need Mary for us to pray? There’s no reason. We are required to pray directly to God and there’s no shortcut or other way to be close to the Father except through our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Reference: The Darkside of Catholicism

(My researches aren’t done)

We can be a positive child in this negative world

You can raise successful children even in this fallen world!

In our days, children like me and you confront a negative world. A world of fear, sadness, unrighteousness and Christ-less. Everyday, we are on top of a situation that we can’t handle. We are force to think, to see and to do violent and wicked things like drugs, smoke, alcohols and sex. Our parents are losing their hope because of this world’s theory. Even if they are teaching the Word of God to us, because of this world, it is useless and inefficient. We don’t listen and we just think that it’s not important and it’s out of the “in”.

In short, we are just fooling around with the devils and ignoring the truth.

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: That it may be well with you and you may live long on earth.” -Ephesians 6:1-3

Do you ever think that in every short time of happiness that this world brings, there’s always a negative equivalent for each? Every laughter, there is pain. Every smile, there’s frown and every glee, there’s a suffering.

We are really a fool! We always choose the bad things with happiness that don’t persist rather than the happiness that comes from the Lord that persists.

Reference:

Effective Parenting in a Defective World by Chip Ingram