Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, as we
study this very solemn subject
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this evening, we ask for the
guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
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Particularly I ask, not only
for those who are gathered here
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in this place, but for
all of those who are watching
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this program worldwide, I ask
Father, that You will give us
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clear minds, and You
will give us tender hearts
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to receive Your message.
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And I thank You,
Father for hearing my prayer,
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for I ask it in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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The title of our
study for this evening is
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Mary, the Rival of Jesus.
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And basically I would like to
begin by mentioning some of the
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things that we studied in
our first lecture about what the
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Bible has to say about Mary.
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And the reason I'm
handling my notes is because
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we're going to be reading
several statements this evening,
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and I would like
to have these in hand
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because they're
very, very important.
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Lets review what
we've studied about Mary.
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First of all the Bible
says that she was a great woman.
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No doubt about that!
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God chose the best available.
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We have no record whatsoever
about the birth of Mary;
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where she was born,
to whom she was born,
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or how she was born.
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We know that she
was from David's line.
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We know that she actually
had royal blood in her veins.
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We also noticed that
Mary needed a Savior,
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because she rejoiced
in the Lord her Savior.
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We also notice that
there's no record whatsoever
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of her
conception or of her birth.
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There's no idea that she
was conceived immaculately,
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and that she never sinned.
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Scripture does not
address that issue at all.
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We also don't find anywhere in
Scripture that she was a virgin
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after Jesus was born.
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In other words that she
was perpetually a virgin.
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We know from Scripture that
technically speaking she was not
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the mother of God,
because Jesus was her Creator.
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Jesus existed before she did.
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We also noticed that
Mary was not full of grace,
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but she was the
highly favored one.
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That is the proper translation.
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In other words she wasn't full
of favors to give to people,
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she was actually favored by God.
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And we also noticed that
the last reference to Mary
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in Scripture is in Acts 1:14,
where she is in the upper room
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with the apostles on
the Day of Pentecost.
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There is no
record of Mary's death.
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It shouldn't surprise us
because we don't have the record
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of most of the deaths
of the apostles either,
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and many other
heroes in Scripture.
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So the last reference
to Mary is in Acts 1:14.
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There's nothing in Scripture
about her ascending to heaven
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after her death, and after
her body not seeing corruption.
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The Bible simply is
silent on anything like this.
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Now I would like to dedicate the
next several minutes to portray
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for you the Biblical
picture of Jesus; who Jesus was.
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And I'm going to be referring
to a lot of Bible verses.
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I'm not going to
be able to read them
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because there are too
many, and our time constraints
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will not allow us to
read all of these verses.
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But I will share with you
the content of each verse.
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John 1:3 tells us that Jesus
was the Creator of all things.
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We also know that
Jesus was born The Holy One.
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According to Luke 1:35,
He's called That Holy Thing.
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In other words He was Holy
from the moment of His birth.
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We also know from Hebrews 4:15
that Jesus, during His life,
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was tempted in all
things, and yet He never sinned.
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Not even once. We also
know from John 1:14 that Jesus
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was full of grace and truth.
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So we know that Jesus
definitely was full of grace.
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We also know from
John 1:14 that Jesus was
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born with our flesh.
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The Bible says, the Word was
made flesh and dwelt among us.
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In other words,
He was our brother.
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He had our flesh. We also know
from John 3:16 that the Father
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gave His only begotten Son.
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In other words, the Son
was given by God the Father.
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You're going to see in a
few moments the reason why
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I am referring to
all of these things.
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Most of us
probably already know them.
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But you're going to
understand in a few moments,
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why I'm bringing all
of these things to view.
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We also notice in the gospels
that Jesus was a very loving,
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benevolent person.
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He healed the sick.
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He cast out devils.
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He gave encouragement.
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He forgave sinners.
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In other words, He was someone
that people could approach,
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someone who people could love.
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Also, we're told
in Hebrews 7: 23, 24,
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that Jesus is our high priest.
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In fact, in the book
of Hebrews He's called
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our only high priest.
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In 1 John 2:1 the Bible tells
us that Jesus is our advocate
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before the Father.
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That's very, very important.
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1 Timothy 2:5 tells us that
Jesus is our only intercessor.
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We have one
intercessor between God and man,
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Jesus Christ the man.
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And that's
corroborated by Hebrews 7:25.
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We're also told in Acts
4:12 that there is no name given
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under heaven whereby
we might be saved except
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in the name of Jesus.
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And that is corroborated
by Matthew 1:21 where His name
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is called Immanuel
because He will save the people
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in this world from their sins.
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We also notice in Scripture,
Hebrews 9:26, that Jesus
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sacrificed Himself.
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He was not
sacrificed by any priest.
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He was not
sacrificed by any person.
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He offered His own sacrifice
according to Scripture.
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Also we're told in John
1:51 that Jesus is the ladder
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between heaven and earth.
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We're told in John
16:26, 27, that we are to pray
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to the Father in
the name of Jesus.
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We are to pray to the
Father in the name of Jesus.
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We also notice in John 1:18
that no one has ever seen God.
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Jesus Christ has made Him known.
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In other words, we
come to know God the Father
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through Jesus Christ.
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We notice also in Hebrews
2: 17, 18, that Jesus helps us
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when we are tempted.
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In that He was tempted
He is powerful also to help
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those who are tempted.
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John 14:6 tells us
that Jesus is the way,
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In John 10:9 Jesus is called
the door which we must enter
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through in order to be saved.
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In Isaiah 11:1 Jesus is
called the root of Jesse.
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In Ephesians 1:7 Jesus
is called the only redeemer.
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He has redeemed
us through His blood.
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In Hebrews 6:18 we're
told that we are to flee
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to Jesus for refuge.
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In Hebrews 4:15, once again
we have the idea that Jesus
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gives us power to
overcome temptation.
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In that He was
tempted, He is able to help
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those who are tempted.
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Psalm 84:11 refers
to Jesus as the Son.
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In fact Jesus spoke of Himself
as the light of the world,
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referring to the sun.
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In Colossians 3:3, 4,
Jesus is called our life.
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In 2 Corinthians 3:18 we're
told that by beholding Jesus,
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we are changed
into His likeness.
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In 1 John 2:2 we're
told that Jesus is our
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propitiation with the Father.
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In other words Jesus
is the one who stands
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between us and God.
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Psalm 23:4 says that when we:
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In other words the Lord
comforts us when we face death.
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Philippians 4:13 speaks
of Jesus as being omnipotent.
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He is able to help those
who come to Him to overcome sin,
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and to do deeds of
omnipotence. It says there:
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Revelation 22:16
calls Jesus the star.
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In 1 Corinthians 15:45
Jesus is called the last Adam.
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In Genesis 3:15 we're
told that Jesus would crush
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the head of the serpent.
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In Exodus 13:21, 22 we're
told that Jesus was in the
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pillar of cloud, and He
was in the pillar of fire
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in the
wilderness guiding Israel.
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In Luke 10:17 we're told that
through the power of the name
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of Jesus demons can be cast out.
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John 4:13, 14 tells
us that Jesus is the
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fountain of living water.
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In other words He is
the aqueduct, if you please.
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In Ephesians 2:14
Jesus is called our peace.
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In Psalm 144:2 Jesus is called
our fortress, and our refuge.
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In John 12:32, 33 we're
told that Jesus draws all men
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like a magnet to Himself.
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In Romans 6:23 we're told
that Jesus is the One who gives
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eternal, or everlasting life.
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1 Timothy 1:1 tells us
that Jesus is our hope.
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Revelation 5:11-13 tells us that
Jesus is worthy to be praised
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by all of the heavenly
beings, all of the angels,
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and all of the
inhabitants of other worlds
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in the heavenly realms.
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And in Romans 8:34 we're told
that Jesus died, He resurrected,
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He ascended body and
soul, and He's seated
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at the right hand of
God, and that His body saw
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no corruption in the grave.
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Now you're probably
saying, Pastor Bohr,
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we knew all of this.
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We knew all of
these things about Jesus.
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And I'm sure that you did.
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Why have I taken the time
to mention all of these verses?
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For the simple reason that
now I am going to share with you
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the fact that the Roman Catholic
Church attributes to Mary
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everything that the
Bible attributes to Jesus.
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In fact I'd like to read you
a statement from the writings
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of St. Alphonsus Liguori,
who lived in the 17th century.
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On page 407 of his book, The
Glories of Mary, he gives us the
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principle that he applies to
teach that Mary has to be equal
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to Jesus in everything.
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Here's the statement.
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Now where is that
in the Bible? nowhere.
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It's a declaration of Liguori.
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Now you'll always find in
the writings of Roman Catholic
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writers expressions
such as it was fitting,
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it was necessary, it was
befitting that the mother
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experienced the same as her son.
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But we're going to notice
that in Roman Catholic theology
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what actually happens
is that Mary has become
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the rival of Jesus.
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Mary has overshadowed Jesus,
and has taken away the glory
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which belongs to Him alone.
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Now I'm going to read you
several statements from an
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author, a very famous author
of the Roman Catholic Church.
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His name is St.
Alphonsus Liguori.
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I'm going to tell you a few
things about him so that you
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know why I'm going to
take so many quotations
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from his writings.
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He lived in the 17 century.
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He wrote 22 volumes that
have been published so far;
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22 books in other words.
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He was canonized as a saint
of the Roman Catholic Church
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in 1839 by Pope Gregory XIV.
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He has been called a
doctor of the church.
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I don't know whether you're
aware, but the Roman Catholic
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Church has 32 doctors in
its almost 2,000 year history.
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And these are the individuals
who are the most authoritative
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writers in the history of
the Roman Catholic Church.
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He was actually
declared a doctor of the
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Church by Pope Pius IX.
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One of the books that he wrote
is called The Glories of Mary.
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And that's the book that I'm
going to quote from extensively
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in our study today.
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Now you might be thinking,
Well, what you find in this book
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is simply the opinion
of St. Alphonsus Liguori.
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It's just the opinion
of one man about Mary.
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Lest you think that, allow me
to share with you that this book
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does not contain
merely Liguori's opinions.
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In fact the book is composed
of a collection of the best
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writings of the early
church fathers, of the doctors,
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and of the saints of the Roman
Catholic Church about Mary.
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In other words it is a
compendium of the Roman Catholic
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wisdom about Mary from
the early church all the way
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till the times of the 17th
century when Liguori lived.
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Notice the reason that Liguori
gives for writing his book,
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The Glories of Mary.
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He says this: I endeavored
to collect, from as many authors
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as I could lay my hands, on
the choicest passages extracted
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from fathers and theologians,
and those which seemed to me
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to be the most to the point,
and and have put them together
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in this book in order that the
devout may, with little trouble
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and expense, be able
to inflame themselves
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with the love of Mary.
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And more particularly, to
furnish the priests with matter
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for their sermons wherewith
to excite others to devotion
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towards this divine mother.
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This book is composed of
many chapters, and the chapters
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are divided in three parts.
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The first part has a certain
teaching about a role that
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Mary plays in the church.
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Then towards the end of the
chapter he illustrates that role
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of Mary by, according to
him, a real-life episode.
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And finally he ends that
chapter with a prayer to Mary
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having to do with the
function that he has just
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described in that chapter.
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The addition of The Glories
of Mary that I am going to use
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was published in 1931 by
the Redemptorist Fathers.
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It has the imprimatur
of Cardinal Patrick Hayes,
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and the imprimatur
is from April 16, 1931.
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The imprimatur means that
this book is officially condoned
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by the Catholic church
to be read by the faithful.
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The preponderance of Liguori's
quotations in this book are from
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the apocryphal
books of Ecclesiasticus
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and Wisdom of Solomon.
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He has very few
quotations from Scripture.
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The places that he does
quote Scripture are mainly from
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Song of Solomon
and from the Proverbs.
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And texts there,
which apply to the church,
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he applies in his book to Mary.
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In fact as you read this book
you discover that constantly
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he tears Biblical
texts out of their context.
00:18:45.36\00:18:48.87
For example, he gives
this quotation on page 101
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of his book, If Mary is
for us, who can be against us?
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That's a quotation in Romans
8: 31, which applies to Jesus.
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Notice another example.
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And I could give you
dozens, and dozens of them.
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He says, Mary was pre-figured
by the dove which returned
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to Noah in the ark with
an olive branch in its beak
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as a pledge of the peace
which God granted to men.
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Now where in the
Bible are we told that that
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dove represented Mary?
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It's simply a human opinion.
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There's no
Biblical basis for that.
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That's page 202, by the way.
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On page 244 St. Alphonsus
Liguori quotes a psalm that
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says, Glorious things are
said of you, Oh city of God.
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And then he quotes St. Gregory,
who said, To whom can this refer
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but Mary, the city of God?
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In another quotation that
we find on pages 244 and 245,
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Liguori says this: Correctly
then, we can hearsay with
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St. Paul, having this seal,
the Lord knoweth who are His.
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And then he explains, That is
to say, Whoever carries with him
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the mark of devotion to Mary,
is recognized by God as His.
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You can read that text in
the New Testament and you will
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not find Mary anywhere.
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She's been
inserted in that passage.
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After Liguori died his
grave was opened in Nosara.
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Three fingers were cut off of
his writing hand and were sent
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to Rome by the
wish of Pope Pius VII.
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And Pope Pius VII said this
as the reason: Let those three
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fingers that have written
so well for the honor of God,
00:20:48.88\00:20:53.33
of the blessed virgin,
and of religion, be carefully
00:20:53.36\00:20:57.97
preserved and sent to Rome.
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Now you know some things
about St. Alphonsus Liguori.
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And I felt that it was
important for you to know,
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because I'm going to read
mostly quotations from his book,
00:21:07.55\00:21:11.07
The Glories of Mary, which is
an Encyclopedia of the history
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of the concept that the Roman
Catholic Church has had of Mary
00:21:16.57\00:21:20.55
in the course of the centuries.
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What we're going to discover is
that everything which the Bible
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attributes to Jesus,
the book The Glories of Mary
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attributes to Mary.
00:21:32.99\00:21:34.58
Now lets go through these
one by one, the ones that I
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mentioned at the beginning
of our talk about Jesus.
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And I'm going to read you some
quotations in Liguori's book
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where he applies
all of these titles,
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and all of these
functions to Mary.
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How about the Creator?
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You say, certainly
Liguori could not say that Mary
00:21:52.18\00:21:56.71
was there creating with Jesus.
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If you don't
think so, think again.
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Allow me to read
you this statement from
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page 368 of his book.
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By the way, I read this
book with a fine tooth comb,
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very, very carefully in
preparation for this lecture.
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He says this, and he's
quoting St. Bonaventure:
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He's speaking about Mary.
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And these are the words.
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Now where in the Bible
do you find such a concept,
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that Mary was there
at the beginning creating
00:23:06.50\00:23:10.09
this world with Jesus?
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.31
It is absurd because
Mary obviously had an origin
00:23:12.34\00:23:17.40
long after the
creation of this world.
00:23:17.43\00:23:20.26
Now the Bible says
that Jesus was born holy.
00:23:20.29\00:23:23.64
And so St. Alphonsus
Liguori says, Mary must also
00:23:23.67\00:23:27.02
have been born holy.
00:23:27.05\00:23:28.12
Notice this
statement from page 296.
00:23:28.15\00:23:32.05
Notice that Mary was conceived
without sin so that Jesus
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could also be
conceived without sin.
00:23:47.55\00:23:50.28
Not only that, the Bible
says that Jesus never sinned
00:23:50.31\00:23:53.07
during His life, so of
course, Mary never sinned
00:23:53.10\00:23:55.95
during her life either.
00:23:55.98\00:23:57.07
Notice Liguori, page 299.
00:23:57.10\00:24:00.02
And in the Roman Catholicism
there are mortal sins,
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which are the most serious,
and there are venial sins,
00:24:12.57\00:24:15.34
which are less serious.
00:24:15.37\00:24:18.30
And so what Liguori is
saying is that Mary was not only
00:24:18.33\00:24:22.07
conceived without sin, but
he's saying that she actually,
00:24:22.10\00:24:25.62
during her whole
life, never sinned.
00:24:25.65\00:24:28.33
Now the Bible says that
Jesus is God in the flesh.
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Listen to this quotation.
00:24:31.78\00:24:33.26
This isn't from Liguori.
00:24:33.29\00:24:34.69
It's from Mark
Miravalle, who is from Spain.
00:24:34.72\00:24:38.03
He wrote a book called,
Mary Co-Redemptorex, Mediatrix,
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Advocate. Page 54 he
says this, speaking about Mary
00:24:41.57\00:24:46.78
and the Holy Spirit: Still
their union is so inexpressible,
00:24:46.81\00:24:52.20
and so perfect, that the
Holy Spirit acts only by the
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immaculata, in other words, by
the immaculate one, His spouse.
00:24:57.76\00:25:02.11
The third person of the blessed
trinity never took flesh.
00:25:02.14\00:25:06.13
In other words the Holy
Spirit never took flesh.
00:25:06.16\00:25:08.06
Still our human word spouse
is far too weak to express the
00:25:08.09\00:25:14.71
reality of the relationship
between the immaculata
00:25:14.74\00:25:18.59
and the Holy Spirit.
00:25:18.62\00:25:19.71
And here comes the amazing
portion of the quotation.
00:25:19.74\00:25:22.87
We can affirm that she is in
a certain sense the incarnation
00:25:22.90\00:25:30.61
of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:30.64\00:25:31.71
She would have to be
God to be the incarnation
00:25:31.74\00:25:37.16
of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:37.19\00:25:38.22
We noticed in Scripture
that Jesus is full of grace.
00:25:38.25\00:25:42.47
Of course Mary has
to be full of grace too,
00:25:42.50\00:25:44.65
because she's
actually competing with Jesus
00:25:44.68\00:25:48.32
in Roman Catholic theology.
00:25:48.35\00:25:49.74
Page 155, actually Liguori
is quoting Father Contenson,
00:25:49.77\00:25:55.09
and he says,
speaking about Jesus:
00:25:55.12\00:25:59.55
On page 159 and 160 we
find this amazing statement:
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And notice the quotation
he gives from St. Bernardine,
00:26:45.79\00:26:49.44
one of the great saints
of the Roman Catholic Church.
00:26:49.47\00:26:51.78
On page 161:
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You see, she's full of grace,
and therefore she is the only
00:27:19.05\00:27:22.38
one who is able to
impart all of the graces of
00:27:22.41\00:27:25.71
God to human beings.
00:27:25.74\00:27:27.55
Now, interestingly enough, the
Roman Catholic Church teaches
00:27:27.58\00:27:33.30
that she took the
nature of Adam before the fall,
00:27:33.33\00:27:36.43
as they believe that
Jesus took the nature of
00:27:36.46\00:27:39.34
Adam before the fall.
00:27:39.37\00:27:40.58
On page 297 of Liguori
we find this quotation:
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You read Liguori's book and
you constantly find that Mary
00:28:01.03\00:28:04.42
is loving, kind, accessible,
compassionate, very sympathetic,
00:28:04.45\00:28:09.84
and very easy to approach.
00:28:09.87\00:28:12.26
It's interesting to notice
that the Roman Catholic Church
00:28:12.29\00:28:15.45
also teaches in The Glories
of Mary, through the writings of
00:28:15.48\00:28:18.96
Liguori, that Mary was a
priest because she offered
00:28:18.99\00:28:22.88
her son on the cross.
00:28:22.91\00:28:24.83
In fact let me
read you that statement.
00:28:24.86\00:28:27.91
On page 394 we find
this, according to Liguori:
00:28:27.94\00:28:33.27
Constantly you will find the
idea that Mary immolated Jesus.
00:28:38.03\00:28:43.50
Immolated means to what?
to sacrifice or to offer.
00:28:43.53\00:28:47.85
Now if she offered
Jesus, she must be a priest
00:28:47.88\00:28:52.26
in order to be
able to offer Him.
00:28:52.29\00:28:54.21
And so you find several times
in the book of Liguori that Mary
00:28:54.24\00:28:58.37
was a priest, but of
course, Jesus was a priest also.
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.52
Also in the book of Liguori
several times you find the idea
00:29:01.55\00:29:07.96
that Mary is the advocate,
or the mediator, which the Bible
00:29:07.99\00:29:15.29
says that only Jesus is
the advocate and the mediator.
00:29:15.32\00:29:18.76
Notice on page 124 he
quotes St. Bonaventure.
00:29:18.79\00:29:24.51
What picture of
Jesus does that give?
00:29:44.65\00:29:47.05
On page 196 Liguori says:
00:29:47.08\00:29:50.94
So you need a
mediator with the mediator,
00:30:12.48\00:30:15.89
because the mediator, Jesus,
is basically unapproachable.
00:30:15.92\00:30:20.69
Notice this
statement from page 246:
00:30:20.72\00:30:25.64
Can you imagine prayers being
answered more quickly going
00:30:44.09\00:30:47.60
through Mary than
going directly to Jesus?
00:30:47.63\00:30:50.18
Where in Scripture
do we find such an idea?
00:30:50.21\00:30:53.28
Page 246 Liguori says this:
00:30:53.31\00:30:56.80
That's blasphemy folks.
00:31:40.55\00:31:42.94
When you say that Mary is more
compassionate than Jesus is,
00:31:42.97\00:31:49.28
it totally flies in the
face of the Scriptural evidence.
00:31:49.31\00:31:53.06
On page 256 Liguori
quotes St. Fulgentius:
00:31:53.09\00:31:59.35
He also quotes a
prayer by St. Ephraim,
00:32:10.18\00:32:14.89
and this is
incredible. Page 273:
00:32:14.92\00:32:18.68
St. Bernard, according to
Liguori, prayed this prayer:
00:32:39.85\00:32:46.31
According to Liguori's book
Mary is not only our Advocate,
00:32:55.69\00:33:00.99
but she's also our
mediator and our intercessor.
00:33:01.02\00:33:04.43
Listen to this amazing
quotation from page 117,
00:33:04.46\00:33:08.55
and this is a prayer.
00:33:08.58\00:33:10.95
Did we notice that Jesus
is all of those three things:
00:33:19.12\00:33:24.10
our life, our refuge, our hope?
00:33:24.13\00:33:26.36
Page 164:
00:33:46.11\00:33:48.20
That's a
quotation from Scripture.
00:33:51.83\00:33:54.50
Page 38. There's so many
of these that I could read.
00:34:07.45\00:34:11.39
He says, Earnest Archbishop
of Prague also remarks that the
00:34:11.42\00:34:17.48
Eternal Father gave the office
of judge and avenger to the Son
00:34:17.51\00:34:21.56
and that of showing
mercy, and relieving the
00:34:21.59\00:34:24.09
necessities to the mother.
00:34:24.12\00:34:26.63
On page 43 he says, Although
Mary is under an infinite
00:34:26.66\00:34:31.32
obligation to the Son for having
chosen her to be His mother,
00:34:31.35\00:34:35.52
yet it cannot be denied that the
Son is under great obligation
00:34:35.55\00:34:39.86
to her for having
given Him His humanity.
00:34:39.89\00:34:42.84
And therefore Jesus to pay, as
it were, what He owes to Mary,
00:34:42.87\00:34:48.29
and glorying in her glory,
honors her in a special manner
00:34:48.32\00:34:53.04
by listening to, and
granting all her petitions.
00:34:53.07\00:34:57.54
On pages 136 and 137 he quotes
St. Anselm in the following way:
00:34:57.57\00:35:05.11
When we have recourse to
this divine mother not only
00:35:05.14\00:35:10.17
we may be sure of her
protection, but that often we
00:35:10.20\00:35:14.57
shall be heard more quickly,
and be thus preserved if we have
00:35:14.60\00:35:18.78
recourse to Mary, and call
on her holy name, than we should
00:35:18.81\00:35:23.32
if we called on the
name of Jesus our Savior.
00:35:23.35\00:35:26.74
And what is the
reason Anselm gives for this?
00:35:26.77\00:35:29.92
That to Jesus as judge
it belongs also to punish,
00:35:29.95\00:35:35.25
but mercy alone belongs to the
blessed virgin as a patroness.
00:35:35.28\00:35:41.55
Page 137, he says this:
Many things are asked from God
00:35:41.58\00:35:49.30
and are not granted.
00:35:49.33\00:35:50.49
They are asked from
Mary and they are obtained.
00:35:50.52\00:35:54.88
Do you remember that we
read that Jesus is the Savior
00:35:54.91\00:35:58.65
according to Scripture?
00:35:58.68\00:35:59.74
Listen to this quotation
that we find in chapter 8,
00:35:59.77\00:36:04.03
which the title of this
chapter is: Mary Our Salvation.
00:36:04.06\00:36:09.56
It's amazing! He
quotes Novorinus who says,
00:36:09.59\00:36:15.95
Loving mother no
sooner hears them call...
00:36:15.98\00:36:21.64
The loving mother no
sooner hears them call upon her
00:36:21.67\00:36:25.19
than she offers her prayers
to God, and these prayers
00:36:25.22\00:36:29.57
as a heavenly dew
immediately refresh them
00:36:29.60\00:36:33.41
in their burning pains.
00:36:33.44\00:36:34.74
She's talking about
those who are burning
00:36:34.77\00:36:36.58
in the fires of purgatory.
00:36:36.61\00:36:38.03
He also quotes, on page
247, the prayer to Mary,
00:36:38.06\00:36:45.21
which is titled, Salve Regina.
00:36:45.24\00:36:47.99
According to Scripture who is
the only Savior? Jesus Christ!
00:37:11.72\00:37:16.07
But because in all things
Mary has to be like Jesus,
00:37:16.10\00:37:19.36
Mary also is
declared the savior.
00:37:19.39\00:37:23.21
On page 170 we find
these words of Liguori,
00:37:23.24\00:37:28.90
speaking about Mary as savior:
00:37:28.93\00:37:31.26
The Bible says that Jesus
offered His life as a sacrifice.
00:37:53.41\00:37:59.50
Notice, according
to Liguori, who offered
00:37:59.53\00:38:03.67
Jesus as a sacrifice. Page 49.
00:38:03.70\00:38:06.32
And this is only
one quotation of many.
00:38:22.25\00:38:24.73
The Bible says
that God gave His Son.
00:38:24.76\00:38:27.09
Well, if God gave His Son,
of course, Roman Catholics say,
00:38:27.12\00:38:30.36
Mary had to give her Son, too.
00:38:30.39\00:38:32.17
So on page 35 we
find this statement:
00:38:32.20\00:38:34.86
That's page 35. You
remember the Bible says
00:38:50.07\00:38:53.67
that Jesus is the ladder?
00:38:53.70\00:38:54.80
Notice this
statement, page 20 of Liguori.
00:38:54.83\00:38:58.16
He's quoting St. Bernard.
00:38:58.19\00:38:59.72
Notice this one on page 83.
00:39:15.37\00:39:17.92
So she's the ladder.
00:39:32.67\00:39:33.78
What about prayer?
00:39:33.81\00:39:36.58
We're supposed to pray to
the Father in the name of Jesus.
00:39:36.61\00:39:39.27
The idea, according to
Liguori, time again in the book
00:39:39.30\00:39:42.99
is that we are to
pray to Jesus through Mary.
00:39:43.02\00:39:46.46
Notice this
statement on page 162.
00:39:46.49\00:39:49.28
He's quoting,
actually, the words of the
00:39:49.31\00:39:52.15
Venerable Abbot
of Celles. He says:
00:39:52.18\00:39:56.75
I don't know about
you, but I'm simply amazed
00:40:13.70\00:40:19.11
at reading these statements.
00:40:19.14\00:40:20.33
And these are only a sampling
of the statements that we find
00:40:20.36\00:40:22.94
in this book,
The Glories of Mary.
00:40:22.97\00:40:24.97
Now the Bible says that we
know the Father through Jesus.
00:40:25.00\00:40:28.58
Notice page 171
of Liguori's book.
00:40:28.61\00:40:32.14
So the only way that we
can know Jesus and the Father,
00:40:58.78\00:41:01.83
according to Liguori, is through
the instrumentality of Mary.
00:41:01.86\00:41:07.24
The Bible says that Jesus
helps us when we are tempted.
00:41:07.27\00:41:10.48
Well, obviously we must conclude
that Mary has to help people
00:41:10.51\00:41:13.84
when they are tempted.
00:41:13.87\00:41:14.90
Notice page... this
is a different book.
00:41:14.93\00:41:17.41
No, it's actually The
Glories of Mary, page 58.
00:41:17.44\00:41:20.52
Now, the Bible says
that Jesus is the door.
00:41:46.35\00:41:49.88
Of course Mary would
have to be the door, too.
00:41:49.91\00:41:52.07
Notice Liguori, page 153:
00:41:52.10\00:41:56.15
On page 160 we
find this quotation:
00:42:12.78\00:42:16.46
On page 239 he quotes
St. Abrose who says this:
00:42:27.46\00:42:33.64
Finally, on page 43 we
find this remarkable statement.
00:42:46.99\00:42:51.61
Supposedly Mary appeared to St.
Bridget and said these words:
00:42:51.64\00:42:56.30
You see, Jesus is no longer
the door; Mary is the door.
00:43:07.50\00:43:11.96
Do you remember
the rod of Jesse?
00:43:11.99\00:43:14.66
It says in Isaiah 11:1
that Jesus is the rod of Jesse?
00:43:14.69\00:43:18.77
It's a Messianic prophecy.
00:43:18.80\00:43:20.81
Listen to Liguori, page 101:
00:43:20.84\00:43:23.73
Quoting Isaiah 11:1
and applying it to Mary.
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The Bible says that
Jesus is the Redeemer.
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Well, you would have to conclude
that Mary is also the Redeemer,
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or Co-Redemptrix. We're going
to talk about this a little bit
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later on in our series.
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I have to move on.
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Do you remember that
we're supposed to flee to Jesus,
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who is our refuge?
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Notice Liguori, page 119.
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Constantly he says that we're
to flee to Mary for refuge.
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In Hebrews 6:18 it says we're
to flee to Jesus for refuge.
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In Hebrews 4 we're told
that we're supposed to come
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to the throne of grace
for help in time of trial.
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Notice Liguori, page 257.
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He's quoting St. Antoninus.
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Hebrews says that it was Jesus.
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We noticed that Jesus, according
to Scripture, is the sun, SUN.
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Liguori says on page 90:
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Page 55.
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SUN. You remember the Bible
says that Jesus is our life?
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Well, Mary would
have to be our life
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according to Roman Catholic
theology. Liguori, page 91.
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The Bible says that we're
transformed by contemplating
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Jesus, by beholding Jesus.
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Notice what Liguori says about
how we're changed. Page 70.
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Scripture says that
we're protected from the power
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of Satan through Jesus.
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Notice this
statement in Liguori, page 148.
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As wax melts before the fire,
so do the devil's lose their
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power against those souls who
often remember the name of Mary,
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and devoutly invoke it,
and still more so if they also
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endeavor to imitate her virtues.
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Scripture says that
Jesus is our propitiation.
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Page 178 of The
Glories of Mary we find this
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statement of Liguori.
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It's actually a prayer of
his at the end of a chapter.
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He says, I do not even fear
an angry God for a single prayer
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of thine will
appease Him. That's page 178.
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Does God need to be appeased?
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Doesn't God love us?
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The Bible says that Jesus
has a name that is exalted
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above every other name.
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Notice this amazing
statement. Page 260.
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That's Philippians 2.
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It applies to Jesus there.
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You remember the
Bible says that when we die
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our hope is found in Jesus?
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Well, notice
page 103 of Liguori,
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speaking about
Richard of St. Lawrence,
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he asks, Who would dare accuse
one who is patronized by the
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mother of Him who is to judge?
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Mary not only assists
her beloved servants at death
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and encourages them, but
she herself accompanies them
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to the tribunal seat of God.
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Well, you have two problems
there: the state of the dead
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problem, and you have the
problem of her accompanying
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the person who has
died to the tribunal of God.
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The Bible says that
Jesus is omnipotent.
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He can do all things.
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Listen to this
amazing statement.
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Page 181. He's quoting
Richard of St. Lawrence.
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On page 275 he quotes
a prayer of St. Germanus
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of Constantinople.
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Oh Mary, thou art
omnipotent to save sinners,
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nor needest thou any other
recommendation, for thou art
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the mother of true life.
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Jesus is the morning star so, of
course, Mary has to be the star.
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Page 122, he quotes St. Bernard.
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If thou wouldest not be lost
in the tempest cast thine eyes
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on the star and invoke Mary.
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The mercy seat that was
above the ark of the covenant
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represents the throne of God.
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But, of course, in
Roman Catholic theology,
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the mercy seat is Mary.
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Notice this
quotation from page lll.
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In the book of Exodus we read
that God commanded Moses to make
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a mercy seat of the purest gold,
because it was thence that He
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would speak to him.
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St. Andrew of Crete says that
the whole world embraces Mary
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as being this propitiatory,
which is actually the meaning
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of the word mercy seat.
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The Bible says that Jesus is the
last Adam, so, of course, Mary
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has to be the last Eve.
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Now notice this statement.
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This is found on page 113.
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Hence St. Irenaeus remarks that
as Eve was seduced by a fallen
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angel to flee from God, so
Mary was led to receive God
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into her womb,
obeying a good angel.
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And thus by her obedience
repaired Eve's disobedience,
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and became her advocate and
that of the whole human race.
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On page 165 he quotes
St. Bernard, "that as a man
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and a woman cooperated in
our ruin, so it was proper
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that another man and
another woman should cooperate
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in our redemption; and these two
were Jesus and His mother Mary.
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The Bible says that Jesus
crushed the head of the serpent.
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Notice in Liguori,
page 141, according to him
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who crushed the
head of the serpent.
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Who would obtain over the
serpent? Our what? Our Queen.
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On page 142 we find this
statement about Genesis 3:15.
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Mary then was this great
and valiant woman who conquered
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the devil and crushed his
head by bringing down his pride.
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And as it was
foretold by God Himself,
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she shall crush thy head.
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Some doubt as to whether
these words refer to Mary,
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or whether they do not
rather refer to Jesus Christ.
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For the Septuagint renders
them, He shall crush thy head.
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But in the Vulgate, which
alone was approved by the sacred
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Council of Trent,
we find she and not He.
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And thus it was understood
by St. Ambrose, St. Jerome,
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St. Augustine, and
a great many others.
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Quoting tradition,
quoting the fathers.
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Scripture says that
Jesus was in the pillar of fire
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and the pillar of cloud.
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Guess who is in the pillar
of fire and the pillar of cloud
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according to
Roman Catholic theology?
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Page 147. It is said in the
Old Testament that God guided
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His people from Egypt
to the land of promise,
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by day in a pillar of cloud and
by night in a pillar of fire.
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This stupendous pillar, at times
as a cloud at others a fire
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says Richard of St.
Lawrence, was a figure of Mary.
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Fulfilling the double
office, she constantly
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exercises for our good.
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As a cloud she protects us from
the ardor of, or the burning of
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divine justice, and as fire
she protects us from the devils.
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The Bible says that we're
supposed to cast out devils
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in the name of Jesus.
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Liguori says it's supposed
to be done in the name of Mary.
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Notice page 96. This is
a very humorous example.
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Bernardine de Bustis
relates that a bird was
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taught to say Hail Mary.
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A hawk was on the point
of seizing it when the bird
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cried out, Hail Mary!
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In an instant
the hawk fell dead.
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God intended to show thereby
that if even an irrational
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creature was
preserved by calling on Mary,
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how much more would those
who are prompt in calling on her
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when assaulted by
devils be delivered from them.
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Page 265. He
quotes Thomas a Kempis.
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Our time is just about up.
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But, you know, Jesus
is the water of life,
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so guess who is the
aqueduct according to Liguori?
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This is page 159,
quoting St. Bernard.
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Before the birth of the
blessed virgin, a constant flow
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of graces was wanting because
this aqueduct did not exist.
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Jesus, according to the
Bible, is the peace maker.
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Notice Liguori, page 197.
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He's quoting a
prayer of William of Paris.
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Since then, Oh Mary, thy
office is to be the peace maker
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between God and man,
let thy tender compassion,
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which far exceeds all my
sins, move thee to succor me,
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and that is to help me.
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She's called
the tower of refuge.
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That's on page 201.
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On page 205 we're told that
Mary draws all men to herself.
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On page 243 we're told
that she gives eternal life.
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She's, according to Liguori,
page 29, she's worthy of being
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praised and glorified by
all of the heavenly hosts.
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Notice this quotation.
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If all the tongues of men were
put together, and even if each
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of their members was changed
into a tongue, they would not
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suffice to praise her
as much as she deserves.
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She's called our hope.
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We are saved by her merits.
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She's called the rainbow.
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And finally, Roman
Catholic theology teaches,
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and we'll study this
later on, that when Mary died
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her body saw no corruption.
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She was buried, she
resurrected the third day,
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she ascended to heaven, and she
sat at the right hand of Jesus.
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Now you tell me where
the Bible gives any of this
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scenario about Mary. Nowhere!
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What has happened is this book
has totally stolen the glory
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which belongs to
Jesus, and it has given it
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to a creature, Mary.
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Our only hope, folks, is found
in Jesus, not in a creature.
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