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1 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | srjosepena | 182980 | ||
Is it ok to have images of Virgin Mary at Home? | ||||||
2 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Brian.g | 183012 | ||
To have a picture or statuette of any human being (living or dead) in your home is not wrong. To worship that art form, as if it were a god, would be wrong. To view a form of art in remembrance of how that person lived their life as an inspiration, in the same manner in which the images within the stained glass windows in churches inspire and help us remember, is not wrong Mary is viewed as the perfect disciple of Christ. The perfect disciple of Christ is one who always serves Christ, never betrays or abandons Christ and always leads other to follow Christ. From the moment the angel came to Mary (Lk 1:38 Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid (servant) of the Lord) To the wedding a Cana (Jn 2:5 His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you.") Through the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus Other Disciples: Jn 13:38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times." Other Disciples: Lk 23:49 but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee and saw these events. Mary: Jn 19:25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala And following the instructions of Jesus to wait in the upper room, in prayer, for the Holy Spirit Acts 1:14 All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. From the very beginning and forever thereafter, there was only one perfect disciple of Christ who never wavered, who was always with Christ and who never denied or abandoned Christ. Mary, the mother of Christ, is that perfect disciple of Christ. Go ahead and put her picture in your home and I hope she inspires you to be like her as the perfect disciple of Christ and to lead others to Christ. Mary is the Christmas star – always leading others to Christ Brian |
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3 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Wild Olive Shoot | 183017 | ||
Brian, That’s quite a stretch to say Mary was perfect when the Bible never states that. In fact, Mary, as the rest of us, was far from perfect and even she herself admitted to needing a savior. Luke 1: 46-48: 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. That to me seems far from perfection. Romans 3:23 – 25: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. She may have been a great disciple, but not a perfect one. If God’s Word does not declare something, we should use caution in making that declaration ourselves. Just my thoughts. Stand in HIS grace, WOS |
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4 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Brian.g | 183035 | ||
WOS In your reply, you referenced Luke 1:46-48. "...from henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed" Blessed means to be make or pronounce as holy. To be holy means "perfect in righteousness and divine love : infinitely good : worthy of complete devotion and trust : commanding one's fullest powers of adoration and reverence" To be 'righteous' means conforming oneself to the divine or moral law. Lev 11:44-45 For I, the LORD, am your God; and you shall make and keep yourselves holy, because I am holy. You shall not make yourselves unclean, then, by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. Since I, the LORD, brought you up from the land of Egypt that I might be your God, you shall be holy, because I am holy. God would not expect man to be holy, if it was not possible. Mary proved it was and is, possible, as did Noah (Gen 6:9) and Abraham (Gen 15:6). Therefore, Scripture did say that Mary was perfect, in righteousness. Which is what we would expect from the perfect disciple of Christ. Brian |
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5 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | Morant61 | 183036 | ||
Greetings Brian! I was reading your post and I was a bit confused. Where is 'blessed' defined as 'to make or pronounce as holy'? All of the dictionaries (Greek) that I have define the word used in Luke 1:45 (makarios) as 'blessed, fortunate, or happy' or as ' a recipient of God's favor'. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Virgin Mary | Ex 20:4 | lionheart | 183039 | ||
Hey Tim, Greetings brother.This kinda got me curiouse so I did a quick word study and I came up with this. 1.barak-Bles,givge praise,extol ect5. 2.asre-Happy,highten statev of happiness and joy,oft resulting from Gods kind acts. 3.makarios-Blessed recieving of God's favor, good. 4,makarizo-Call blessed,considered blessed. This particular word is used 237 times,having a working knowledge where usage is concerned often cleares up many miunderstandings and misconseptions where certain words are concerned. It can make a major difference in how and what we perceive in God's Word. As always 2Timothy 2:15, lionheart |
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