What The Bible Teaches About Mary vs The False Doctrine of Rome

And it says he did not know her, which is a euphemism for knowing her carnally.

It says he did not know her until now.

What does that tell you?

He did not know her until it tells you that they did

eventually, right?

Which tells you they were a normal married couple.

They had physical relations.

I mean, that's partly what marriage is about.

If there's none of that, then you're more like friends, right?

And the only reason I point this out is because of the teachings of the Catholic

Church that say that Mary was a perpetual virgin.

That she was not just the Virgin Mary when she gave birth to Jesus, which we agree with, but they say she

was a virgin her entire life.

Matter of fact, they teach that she was a virgin while giving birth, that Jesus sort of just beamed out of her

that he didn't actually come out the normal way.

I know you think I'm kidding, but that's, that's a teaching within because Mary is

so.

Exalted.

She can't be corrupted in any way.

Not that that's corruption because God's the one who came up with the idea, but

so he did not know her until.

Uh, so Mary was a virgin while she gave birth to Jesus, but not

afterwards.

And then in Matthew, I shouldn't, I shouldn't have had you turn there so quick, but Matthew also said that she

brought forth her first born son.

What does that tell you that there were other sons, Jesus is just the

first born.

And then in Matthew 13, 55 and 56, the people say about

Jesus, is this not the carpenter son is not Mary, uh, his mother and

his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas and his sisters.

Are they not all with us?

So according to Matthew chapter 13, Jesus has four brothers and at least two

sisters.

So this whole idea that Mary is the perpetual virgin, um, it's not biblical.

Uh, the Bible teaches the exact opposite, you know, sort of like remember on Wednesday nights we went through the faith

matters column and just week after week after week, they were teaching the exact opposite of what the

Bible says just consistently.

So why did Rome do that?

Well, uh, basically they tried to make Mary out to be like some sort of goddess

figure, uh, going as far as to call her the queen of heaven where people bow

and pray to her.

More recently, just a couple more comments.

I think it's good that you know this because, you know, I've been preaching on last week.

I preached on Mary to a large degree.

She found favor with God.

And then my Christmas sermon is also on Mary and sometimes Protestants and

evangelicals don't like that too much.

When you talk about Mary, she, she does hold it in a very important place.

So I want to make sure everybody knows I'm not buying into all the, the hype, but

in more recent history, the Catholic church in 1854 declared that Mary

was sinless.

In 1950, it was made a dogma that instead of dying and being buried,

Mary was taken up into heaven.

You see what they're trying to do?

All the things that Jesus did, Jesus was sinless while she's sinless to Jesus ascended into heaven

while she, she did too.

Jesus was born of a virgin.

They say Mary was immaculately conceived.

Did you know the immaculate conception?

Most people think that refers to Jesus being born of a virgin.

No, the immaculate conception is in reference to Mary's birth, that she was born perfect

and without sin.

So, and then one, there are current discussions right now in the Catholic church

to declare Mary as co -redeemer.

If all of that wasn't bad enough, they want many people within the Catholic church want to

make it a dogma that Mary is co -redemptrix, that Mary and Jesus

together have saved the human race.

So it's unfortunate to say the least, but at least that has not yet been

declared, but it may in the future.