August 2018
Dear friend. Thank you for your participation in the room, it is nice to see you participate and share those details that touch your heart. That is one way to make ourselves known, by what we say & what we talk about, because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Luk 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth the evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
I was born in Venezuela and grew up in a Catholic family, so I understand very well the devotion that most Catholics in the world have for Mary, the mother of Jesus when He was here on Earth.
I guess, if we think about it for some time, we realize that everyone who comes to this world, at least in our western side of the world, becomes who he is by the concepts received and learnt from his parents first, nowadays then from television and Internet, then from school, from the church they attend to, if they attend one, then university if they get to study in one, also the country where they were born, the groups or associations they had relationships with, etc., so it is easy to deduce, that from the thoughts, concepts and ideas a person has absorbed, those end up shaping their personality. Can you see this?
Once we start growing up, one of the first things we realize is that our parents did not know everything, and then many times we realize that they were wrong about certain beliefs, issues, matters, etc., but as we look into the world around us, we realize that also not everything we learnt in school & other institutions is true, & from there, we proceed to pick and choose principles, concepts, ideas, definitions, etc., that for some reason or another, for us become true, or that we suspect closer to the true, and other things we categorize as lies or fantasies .
What very few people in the world come to realize is that in today's world, from the time we are born, we begin to be manipulated with the type of information we receive from the start.
It is important to do the same thing with churches as we did with our parents, and ask ourselves which of the things we have been taught are true and which are not?
If we call ourselves Christians, then we have to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, right? It is illogical to say that we believe in Jesus, if we don't believe and follow what He taught. Here are some of the warnings in God's Word we should ponder about.
Mat 5:13 You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its savor, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and to be trodden underfoot by men. (In other words, if the members of the Church become insipid, they will be thrown out and be trampled underfoot by men.)
Mat 24:4-5 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many will come in My name, saying, I am Christ, and will deceive many.
Mar 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give miraculous signs and wonders in order to seduce, if possible, even the elect.
Gal 1:6-9 I marvel that you so soon are being moved away from Him who called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel, which is not another, but some are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from Heaven preach a gospel to you beside what we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we said before, and now I say again, If anyone preaches a gospel to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.
Jesus is saying to us even today Take heed that no man deceive you! So seeing that as humans we are extremely prone to be manipulated and deceived, it is an obligation to turn to the Truth to know that we walk in the ways of truth. And the only one who always was and is truthful is the God of the Bible, the only one there is.
Nowadays there are multiple babblers saying that the Bible can’t be trusted because it has been tampered by men, etc. Well, because God is God, He has made sure we still have the originals where his men wrote inspired by the Holy Spirit, & we have several translations of those originals, so we can pick the best ones. Now some people rather believe in men in governments, others so called "scientist", doctors who are in their profession mainly for money, main stream media, popular actors, many religious people too, & many other liars, then no doubt they will be deceived by them.
Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me.
The TRUTH is contained in the Bible - THE WORD OF GOD!
The Bible affirms …
2Ti 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfected, thoroughly furnished to every good work.
What Gospel did Paul preach?
1Co 15:1-4 And, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and in which you stand; by which you also are being kept safe, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures;
Rom 10:9-10 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1Ti 2:5 For God is one, and there is one Mediator of God and of men, the Man Christ Jesus,
Peter: Act 4:12 And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
So what about the "Virgin Mary", is it true what the Catholic Church teaches about Mary? What does the Bible teach?
There is not even a single reference to Jesus' disciples preaching or teaching about Mary in the entire book of "The Acts", and it is only mentioned that she was with the disciples in the first chapter of the book . Act 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Now, there is not a single mention of Mary in all the New Testament Epistles, where Jesus is the central theme of the entire New Testament. Nothing in the Scriptures about Mary answering prayers, or interceding for the Saints. In the gospel of John chapter 2, there is an account of Mary asking Jesus to help with the lack of wine at a wedding party, in which Jesus turns the water into wine, & that is all the interceding we find from Mary in all the Bible, but we also find there are examples of other people asking Jesus for healing for a sick family, or friends also.
What about the appearances on Earth, of Mary as the Queen of Heaven..? The thing we are advised concerning the appearance of spiritual beings is to make sure whatever they say is not contrary to the Gospel that Jesus & the Apostles preached… If anyone preaches a gospel to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.
Let’s bear in mind Eph 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
If the spirit of those apparitions preaches another gospel, whether it proposes a way, or another intercessor before God the Father, apart from Jesus, and proclaims a salvation by religious works instead of the true Gospel of the Bible, that proclaims Salvation exclusively through Jesus BY FAITH in his redemptive work on the Cross. Then the spirit behind these apparitions is NOT OF GOD.
2Co 11:14-15 Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light? it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
I advise you not to believe anything that contradicts the Biblical teachings, so it is essential to be a student of the Word, so as not to be deceived. If you have questions, ask them here in the room and we will gladly answer them with what the Word of God has to say on the subject.
That is not to say that Mary the Mother of Jesus does not have or will not have glory and honor with Jesus in the Kingdom of Heaven, and that we should not love her, for certainly she was and is blessed among women for having been the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ here in our world, and she has and will have great rewards in Heaven and on Earth, and certainly we will be able to spend beautiful moments with her, when we are in Glory, Hallelujah!
Now as far as praying to Mary or petitioning her, why not simply follow Jesus' own instructions, who instructed us to petition the Father in his name in numerous passages, for example John 16:23-24, if we want answers to our prayers, guaranteed by God himself, the smartest thing to do is to follow Jesus' own counsel.
There is not a single passage in Scripture where we are instructed to ask Mary or any other "Saints" who have already gone before us into the presence of the Lord, we are also Saints for Jesus paid the price to sanctify us, and there are many passages which affirm so, I will just share one here, but you can find readings on this site that cover this matter in detail.
1Co 6:11 ... But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
I pray this thoughts are a blessing to you... Alejandro.
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