‘While he was still talking to the multitudes,
behold, his mother and brothers stood outside,
seeking to speak with him. Then one said to him,
‘Look, your mother and your brothers
are standing outside, seeking to speak with you.’”
Matthew 12:46-47
It is amazing how consistently the devil twists the Scriptures and forms entire false doctrines out of them. The Catholic church promulgates the false doctrine that Mary, the mother of Jesus, remained a virgin all of her life, and that because of this, she is elevated to a position of being worshiped, with masses of people bowing down on their knees before statues of her.
This is a false doctrine, a “damnable heresy.” (2 Peter 2:1)
Jesus had at least four brothers mentioned in Scripture, and the Word of God says he had sisters as well. In the passage above, we simply see in plain black and white text that the mother of Jesus, along with his brothers, came to where he was preaching desiring to speak with him.
If Jesus had brothers and sisters, obviously Mary was not a virgin. The miracle of the virgin birth was that Mary WAS a virgin when she conceived him who would become the Messiah, and remained a virgin UNTIL Jesus was born.
“Then Joseph being raised from sleep
did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him,
and took unto him his wife, and knew her not
UNTIL she had brought forth her firstborn son,
and he called his name Jesus.”
Matthew 1:24-25
Let’s look at the word “until”using Strong’s concordance:
UNTIL: Strong’s number G5088, a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance of time and place.
If he had been the only son, Scripture would have said “until she had brought forth her son.” But the Scripture makes it clear, he was her FIRST son.
Scripturally, there is no reason Mary would have had to remain a virgin. The miracle of the virgin birth was just that, a virgin gave birth to the Messiah. The reason behind the virgin birth is that it had to be clear that God himself was the true father of Jesus, the Son of God. But having fulfilled this prophecy, the deed was done. And when the “until” was over, Joseph then was free to “know” his wife. Had that not been the case, Mary would actually have been in sin, refusing her husband his marital rights. There was no longer any need or purpose for Mary to remain a virgin.
Procreation is the purpose of marriage. Had God seen fit to keep Mary a virgin, there would have been no need for a marriage. Joseph could have then gone on to marry a woman of his choosing. But instead, he was told by God to take his WIFE and not “know” her UNTIL the child was born. And after Jesus was born, being the firstborn, Mary and Joseph went on and had at least four more sons and some daughters as well.
WHY would Satan inspire the heresy of “the blessed Virgin Mary?” And of course it’s obvious. Satan does all he can to divert worship away from his hated arch enemy, Jesus Christ. Satan has greatly succeeded in raising Mary up to the status of one worshiped. This is out-and-out idolatry and a great offense to Mary.
There have been many “apparitions of Mary” throughout the world, deceiving millions. How do we know that the apparition was NOT Mary, the mother of Jesus? We can be sure of it because a person from heaven would never, EVER, tell people to make statues and medals to her, that they might bow down before them.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image,
any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
YOU SHALL NOT BOW DOWN to them nor serve them.
For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…”
Exodus 20:4-5
The Catholic church has gone even further, proclaiming Mary the “Co-Redemptrix,” meaning she is the Redeemer along with Christ. This is heinous heresy, obliterating one of the most important Scriptures in all of God’s Word, the fact that there is ONLY ONE Redeemer, ONLY ONE mediator between us and the Father.
“For there is one God and ONE MEDIATOR
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus…”
1Timothy 2:5
“Nor is there salvation in any other,
for there is NO OTHER NAME under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12
Jesus said:
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
John 14:6
If you have been brought up to believe the Catholic church’s lies about Mary, this article will probably be offensive to you. I ask you to do one simple thing: ask God to confirm this message to you, to show you whether it is true or not, to make it clear to you that Satan’s goals are what is behind all the many lies he forges against the Lord Jesus Christ our one and only Savior, the one and the ONLY one we are to worship.
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