Catholics
adore and pray to a pagan goddess named
Mary--she is NOT the Mary of the Bible.
In fact, this goddess is known as
"The Queen of Heaven" in the
Jeremiah chapters 7 and 44. According to
Catholic blasphemy (otherwise known as
tradition), she was
- born without sin,
- helped Jesus pay
for our sins; and,
- intercedes for us
because God just wants to punish us
all the time!
Whoa! Serious
blasphemy! And none of it can be
supported by the word of God, the Bible.
In today's class we
are going to deal with the virginity of
Mary. The Catholic religion claims she
remained a virgin FOREVER and never had
other children. The Bible, on the other
hand, says that she was a virgin when
the Holy Ghost put Jesus in her womb.
After Jesus was born, however, she and
her husband Joseph had normal marital
relations and other children. Let's take
a look at what the BIBLE says:
Joseph had intimate
relations with Mary after Jesus was
born. He was her husband, what else
would you expect?!
Matthew
1:24-25, 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 (this means he did
not have relations with her) TILL SHE
HAD BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON:
and he called his name JESUS.
Jesus' unbelieving
neighbors were stupified by His power
because they knew His whole family--His
mother, Joseph, His SISTERS, and His
BROTHERS. When these unbelievers
referred to Jesus' brothers and sisters
they were in no wise be referring to His
disciples. It is obvious that they were
talking about His physical family who
they all knew and grew up with.
Mark
6:3 Is not this [referring to Jesus] the
carpenter, the son of Mary, the BROTHER
of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and
Simon? and are not HIS SISTERS
here with us? And they were offended
at him.
John's gospel records
a fulfilled prophesy from the book of
Psalms--in it, Jesus tells us He has
brothers and sisters.
John
2:17, And his disciples remembered that it
was written, The zeal of thine house
hath eaten me up.
Psalms
69:8-9 I am become a stranger
unto my brethren, and an alien unto
MY MOTHER'S CHILDREN. For the
zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Why was He an alien to
His mother's children? Jesus' brothers
did not believe in Him.
John
7:5 For neither did his brethren
believe in him.
The apostle Paul saw
the Lord Jesus' half-brother James.
Galatians
1:19 But other of the apostles saw I
none, save James the Lord's brother.
The Catholic religion
says the word translated
"brother" should be
"cousin". Wrong again. The
word "cousin" is clearly found
in the scripture and it means--you've
got it--cousin!
Luke
1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth,
she hath also conceived a son in her old
age: and this is the sixth month with
her, who was called barren. Luke 1:58
And her neighbours and her cousins heard
how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon
her; and they rejoiced with her.
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