Mary, the Mother of Jesus

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Mary, the Mother of Jesus

• A Godly Woman

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Erroneous Teaching About Mary

• Mother of God (Jn. 858)
• She had no sin (Rom. 323)
• Can pray to or through her (1 Tim. 25)
• Appears today in visions (Lk. 1627-31)
• Never had other children (Lk. 819)
• Never died physically (Heb. 927)

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Mary, A Godly Example

• A Virgin
• Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
  from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to
  a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph,
  of the descendants of David and the virgin's
  name was Mary.Mary said to the angel, How can
  this be, since I am a virgin? (Luke 126-27, 34)

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Mary, A Godly Example

• Submissive to Gods Will
• And Mary said, Behold, the bondslave of the
  Lord may it be done to me according to your
  word. And the angel departed from her. (Luke
  138)
• Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he
  will flee from youHumble yourselves in the sight
  of the Lord, and He will lift you up. (James 47,
  10)

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Mary, A Godly Example

• Faithful to the Law of Moses
• And when eight days had passed, before His
  circumci-sion, His name was then called Jesus,
  the name given by the angel before He was
  conceived in the womb. (Lk. 221)
• And when the days for their purification
  according to the law of Moses were completed,
  they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him
  to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the
  Lord, "EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB
  SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD"), and to offer
  a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law
  of the Lord, "A PAIR OF TURTLE-DOVES OR TWO YOUNG
  PIGEONS." (Luke 222-24)

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Mary, A Godly Example

• Faithful to the Law of Moses
• Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at
  the Feast of the Passover. (Luke 241)
• Not Impossible
• They were both righteous in the sight of God,
  walking blamelessly in all the commandments and
  requirements of the Lord. (Luke 16)

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Mary, A Godly Example

• In Subjection To Her Husband
• And Mary said, Behold, the bondslave of the
  Lord may it be done to me according to your
  word. And the angel departed from her. (Luke
  138)
• Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the
  Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Get
  up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to
  Egypt, and remain there until I tell you for
  Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy
  Him. So Joseph got up and took the Child and His
  mother while it was still night, and left for
  Egypt. (Matt.213-14)

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Mary, A Godly Example

• Willing To Wait Upon the Lord
• Therefore the soldiers did these things. But
  standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother,
  and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
  and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus then saw His
  mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing
  nearby, He said to His mother, Woman, behold,
  your son! Then He said to the disciple, Behold,
  your mother! From that hour the disciple took
  her into his own household. (John 1925-27)

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Jesus Invites You To Be His Servant

• Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden,
  and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you
  and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in
  heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For
  My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew
  1128-30)