Mary From A Biblical Perspective

Mary From a Biblical Perspective 1. One of the unique glories of God is declared in the following Scripture: This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:22,23). Only God is sinless, which includes Jesus, whereas all other people have sinned. No exception is found in the Bible for Mary. Furthermore, over 50 times God is declared to be the Holy One in the Bible. Never is Mary identified this way; neither are we pray to Mary (nor any saint or angel), but only to the Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus, according to God's Word. 2. There is no shred of evidence in the Bible that Mary was resurrected bodily into Heaven. 3. According to the Book of Revelation, the Church in Paradise is centered around the Heavenly Father and Jesus (Rev. 4:2-5:10), with no mention of Mary, even in the slightest way. 4. There is no shred of evidence in the Bible that Mary was the cause of her own salvation nor the whole human race. In no salvation message, that is recorded in the Bible, is Mary mentioned by name or even implied! 5. There is no shred of evidence in the Bible that Mary was redeemed at the point of her conception. All evidence leads one to conclude that she was in no way different from any other person who needs forgiveness and salvation. 6. There is no shred of evidence in the Bible that Mary is the ark of the covenant. 7. There is no shred of evidence in the Bible that Mary's name, when improperly used, is a violation of the Second Commandment. (In fact, it is really the Third Commandment that forbids the misuse of God's name. The Second Commandment forbids the making and bowing before of images. See Ex. 20:47.) To include Mary, or any other human, as a misuse of God's name is to lower God to a mere human level. 8. The gospel, which is the plan of salvation, doesn't mention Mary in the slightest way: Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have

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believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:1-4). 9. In the Bible, the Advocate and Mediator is Jesus (1 John 2:1; 1 Tim. 2:5) and the Helper is the Lord (Heb. 13:6), with no mention of Mary being any of these; neither is she Benefactress. 10. All through the New Testament Jesus is called life (Jn. 14:6; 8:12; 6:35; 1 John 5;12; etc.) There is no mention in the Bible of Mary being life. 11. Without a doubt, Christian worship has nothing to do with, even in the slightest way, devotion to Mary. Please see John 4:23,24. 12. There is no mention in the Bible of Mary being venerated, called Mother of God, Mother of mercies, ever-virgin, Queen of Heaven, the new Eve, the daughter of Sion or co-operating in the Savior's work. (The only Queen of Heaven, mentioned in the Bible, was a pagan, female goddess that the Israelites got in trouble with God over. See Jer. 7:18-20; 44:17-30.)

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