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1 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | jawz | 47717 | ||
Wholehearted agreement here. The Roman Catholics, with their doctrine of original sin, could not conceive of sinful flesh giving birth to the Holy Son of God. Jesus became flesh through the flesh of Mary, but if everyone is born in sin Jesus would have inherited the sinful nature of Mary's flesh. Thus they came up with the doctrine that Mary was somehow, by the grace of God, born without the sinful nature of the flesh. There is of course nothing in the bible which supports this. Original sin was never a doctrine taught by Christ and the Apostles though. When Adam sinned he brought death into the world by separating himself from God, the source of all life. We as children of Adam do not inherit his sin, God does not judge people for sins they themselves never committed, but we do inherit his fallen nature, that is we are born into a fallen world and as such will die. We are born separated from the source of life and are condemned to slowly decay and die. So there is no need for Mary to have been "immaculately conceived" for her to be without sin since we are all born that way. Did Mary remain without sin though? Paul says "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" but what about Enoch in Genesis 5:24 who "walked with God" and was taken up by God without tasting death? |
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2 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | Brian.g | 48087 | ||
jawz I've always understood Romans 5:19 to refer to orignal sin being passed down from through the generations. Can you offer any insight to this Thanks Brian |
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