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1 | 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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2 | 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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3 | 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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