Mary the Mother of Jesus

Mary The Rival Of Jesus

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00:37 Shall we bow our heads for prayer?
00:38 Father in heaven, as we study this very solemn subject
00:43 this evening, we ask for the guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
00:47 Particularly I ask, not only for those who are gathered here
00:52 in this place, but for all of those who are watching
00:56 this program worldwide, I ask Father, that You will give us
01:01 clear minds, and You will give us tender hearts
01:03 to receive Your message.
01:05 And I thank You, Father for hearing my prayer,
01:07 for I ask it in Jesus' name, Amen.
01:10 The title of our study for this evening is
01:15 Mary, the Rival of Jesus.
01:20 And basically I would like to begin by mentioning some of the
01:25 things that we studied in our first lecture about what the
01:28 Bible has to say about Mary.
01:31 And the reason I'm handling my notes is because
01:35 we're going to be reading several statements this evening,
01:37 and I would like to have these in hand
01:41 because they're very, very important.
01:43 Lets review what we've studied about Mary.
01:46 First of all the Bible says that she was a great woman.
01:49 No doubt about that!
01:51 God chose the best available.
01:53 We have no record whatsoever about the birth of Mary;
01:59 where she was born, to whom she was born,
02:02 or how she was born.
02:04 We know that she was from David's line.
02:08 We know that she actually had royal blood in her veins.
02:13 We also noticed that Mary needed a Savior,
02:18 because she rejoiced in the Lord her Savior.
02:22 We also notice that there's no record whatsoever
02:25 of her conception or of her birth.
02:27 There's no idea that she was conceived immaculately,
02:32 and that she never sinned.
02:34 Scripture does not address that issue at all.
02:36 We also don't find anywhere in Scripture that she was a virgin
02:43 after Jesus was born.
02:45 In other words that she was perpetually a virgin.
02:48 We know from Scripture that technically speaking she was not
02:53 the mother of God, because Jesus was her Creator.
02:55 Jesus existed before she did.
02:58 We also noticed that Mary was not full of grace,
03:04 but she was the highly favored one.
03:07 That is the proper translation.
03:09 In other words she wasn't full of favors to give to people,
03:12 she was actually favored by God.
03:14 And we also noticed that the last reference to Mary
03:18 in Scripture is in Acts 1:14, where she is in the upper room
03:23 with the apostles on the Day of Pentecost.
03:25 There is no record of Mary's death.
03:28 It shouldn't surprise us because we don't have the record
03:32 of most of the deaths of the apostles either,
03:34 and many other heroes in Scripture.
03:37 So the last reference to Mary is in Acts 1:14.
03:42 There's nothing in Scripture about her ascending to heaven
03:45 after her death, and after her body not seeing corruption.
03:50 The Bible simply is silent on anything like this.
03:54 Now I would like to dedicate the next several minutes to portray
04:00 for you the Biblical picture of Jesus; who Jesus was.
04:06 And I'm going to be referring to a lot of Bible verses.
04:10 I'm not going to be able to read them
04:12 because there are too many, and our time constraints
04:14 will not allow us to read all of these verses.
04:18 But I will share with you the content of each verse.
04:21 John 1:3 tells us that Jesus was the Creator of all things.
04:38 We also know that Jesus was born The Holy One.
04:41 According to Luke 1:35, He's called That Holy Thing.
04:47 In other words He was Holy from the moment of His birth.
04:50 We also know from Hebrews 4:15 that Jesus, during His life,
04:56 was tempted in all things, and yet He never sinned.
05:02 Not even once. We also know from John 1:14 that Jesus
05:08 was full of grace and truth.
05:11 So we know that Jesus definitely was full of grace.
05:15 We also know from John 1:14 that Jesus was
05:21 born with our flesh.
05:24 The Bible says, the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
05:28 In other words, He was our brother.
05:30 He had our flesh. We also know from John 3:16 that the Father
05:39 gave His only begotten Son.
05:42 In other words, the Son was given by God the Father.
05:46 You're going to see in a few moments the reason why
05:48 I am referring to all of these things.
05:49 Most of us probably already know them.
05:51 But you're going to understand in a few moments,
05:54 why I'm bringing all of these things to view.
05:57 We also notice in the gospels that Jesus was a very loving,
06:02 benevolent person.
06:03 He healed the sick.
06:04 He cast out devils.
06:06 He gave encouragement.
06:08 He forgave sinners.
06:09 In other words, He was someone that people could approach,
06:12 someone who people could love.
06:15 Also, we're told in Hebrews 7: 23, 24,
06:20 that Jesus is our high priest.
06:26 In fact, in the book of Hebrews He's called
06:28 our only high priest.
06:30 In 1 John 2:1 the Bible tells us that Jesus is our advocate
06:37 before the Father.
06:38 That's very, very important.
06:40 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us that Jesus is our only intercessor.
06:45 We have one intercessor between God and man,
06:48 Jesus Christ the man.
06:51 And that's corroborated by Hebrews 7:25.
06:55 We're also told in Acts 4:12 that there is no name given
07:01 under heaven whereby we might be saved except
07:04 in the name of Jesus.
07:06 And that is corroborated by Matthew 1:21 where His name
07:11 is called Immanuel because He will save the people
07:16 in this world from their sins.
07:18 We also notice in Scripture, Hebrews 9:26, that Jesus
07:24 sacrificed Himself.
07:26 He was not sacrificed by any priest.
07:28 He was not sacrificed by any person.
07:31 He offered His own sacrifice according to Scripture.
07:36 Also we're told in John 1:51 that Jesus is the ladder
07:45 between heaven and earth.
07:47 We're told in John 16:26, 27, that we are to pray
07:53 to the Father in the name of Jesus.
07:58 We are to pray to the Father in the name of Jesus.
08:02 We also notice in John 1:18 that no one has ever seen God.
08:09 Jesus Christ has made Him known.
08:13 In other words, we come to know God the Father
08:16 through Jesus Christ.
08:19 We notice also in Hebrews 2: 17, 18, that Jesus helps us
08:25 when we are tempted.
08:26 In that He was tempted He is powerful also to help
08:31 those who are tempted.
08:34 John 14:6 tells us that Jesus is the way,
08:43 In John 10:9 Jesus is called the door which we must enter
08:49 through in order to be saved.
08:51 In Isaiah 11:1 Jesus is called the root of Jesse.
08:58 In Ephesians 1:7 Jesus is called the only redeemer.
09:04 He has redeemed us through His blood.
09:06 In Hebrews 6:18 we're told that we are to flee
09:11 to Jesus for refuge.
09:13 In Hebrews 4:15, once again we have the idea that Jesus
09:19 gives us power to overcome temptation.
09:23 In that He was tempted, He is able to help
09:25 those who are tempted.
09:27 Psalm 84:11 refers to Jesus as the Son.
09:32 In fact Jesus spoke of Himself as the light of the world,
09:36 referring to the sun.
09:37 In Colossians 3:3, 4, Jesus is called our life.
09:44 In 2 Corinthians 3:18 we're told that by beholding Jesus,
09:50 we are changed into His likeness.
09:53 In 1 John 2:2 we're told that Jesus is our
09:58 propitiation with the Father.
09:59 In other words Jesus is the one who stands
10:03 between us and God.
10:05 Psalm 23:4 says that when we:
10:15 In other words the Lord comforts us when we face death.
10:19 Philippians 4:13 speaks of Jesus as being omnipotent.
10:24 He is able to help those who come to Him to overcome sin,
10:30 and to do deeds of omnipotence. It says there:
10:36 Revelation 22:16 calls Jesus the star.
10:42 In 1 Corinthians 15:45 Jesus is called the last Adam.
10:48 In Genesis 3:15 we're told that Jesus would crush
10:53 the head of the serpent.
10:55 In Exodus 13:21, 22 we're told that Jesus was in the
11:02 pillar of cloud, and He was in the pillar of fire
11:05 in the wilderness guiding Israel.
11:07 In Luke 10:17 we're told that through the power of the name
11:12 of Jesus demons can be cast out.
11:15 John 4:13, 14 tells us that Jesus is the
11:21 fountain of living water.
11:23 In other words He is the aqueduct, if you please.
11:25 In Ephesians 2:14 Jesus is called our peace.
11:32 In Psalm 144:2 Jesus is called our fortress, and our refuge.
11:40 In John 12:32, 33 we're told that Jesus draws all men
11:46 like a magnet to Himself.
11:49 In Romans 6:23 we're told that Jesus is the One who gives
11:54 eternal, or everlasting life.
11:56 1 Timothy 1:1 tells us that Jesus is our hope.
12:03 Revelation 5:11-13 tells us that Jesus is worthy to be praised
12:08 by all of the heavenly beings, all of the angels,
12:11 and all of the inhabitants of other worlds
12:15 in the heavenly realms.
12:17 And in Romans 8:34 we're told that Jesus died, He resurrected,
12:24 He ascended body and soul, and He's seated
12:28 at the right hand of God, and that His body saw
12:32 no corruption in the grave.
12:35 Now you're probably saying, Pastor Bohr,
12:37 we knew all of this.
12:39 We knew all of these things about Jesus.
12:42 And I'm sure that you did.
12:44 Why have I taken the time to mention all of these verses?
12:49 For the simple reason that now I am going to share with you
12:53 the fact that the Roman Catholic Church attributes to Mary
12:59 everything that the Bible attributes to Jesus.
13:02 In fact I'd like to read you a statement from the writings
13:06 of St. Alphonsus Liguori, who lived in the 17th century.
13:10 On page 407 of his book, The Glories of Mary, he gives us the
13:16 principle that he applies to teach that Mary has to be equal
13:21 to Jesus in everything.
13:22 Here's the statement.
13:33 Now where is that in the Bible? nowhere.
13:37 It's a declaration of Liguori.
13:52 Now you'll always find in the writings of Roman Catholic
13:56 writers expressions such as it was fitting,
14:01 it was necessary, it was befitting that the mother
14:06 experienced the same as her son.
14:09 But we're going to notice that in Roman Catholic theology
14:13 what actually happens is that Mary has become
14:17 the rival of Jesus.
14:18 Mary has overshadowed Jesus, and has taken away the glory
14:24 which belongs to Him alone.
14:26 Now I'm going to read you several statements from an
14:30 author, a very famous author of the Roman Catholic Church.
14:34 His name is St. Alphonsus Liguori.
14:38 I'm going to tell you a few things about him so that you
14:40 know why I'm going to take so many quotations
14:42 from his writings.
14:44 He lived in the 17 century.
14:46 He wrote 22 volumes that have been published so far;
14:50 22 books in other words.
14:53 He was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church
14:58 in 1839 by Pope Gregory XIV.
15:02 He has been called a doctor of the church.
15:07 I don't know whether you're aware, but the Roman Catholic
15:09 Church has 32 doctors in its almost 2,000 year history.
15:14 And these are the individuals who are the most authoritative
15:18 writers in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
15:21 He was actually declared a doctor of the
15:24 Church by Pope Pius IX.
15:27 One of the books that he wrote is called The Glories of Mary.
15:32 And that's the book that I'm going to quote from extensively
15:36 in our study today.
15:38 Now you might be thinking, Well, what you find in this book
15:41 is simply the opinion of St. Alphonsus Liguori.
15:45 It's just the opinion of one man about Mary.
15:48 Lest you think that, allow me to share with you that this book
15:54 does not contain merely Liguori's opinions.
15:58 In fact the book is composed of a collection of the best
16:04 writings of the early church fathers, of the doctors,
16:08 and of the saints of the Roman Catholic Church about Mary.
16:12 In other words it is a compendium of the Roman Catholic
16:16 wisdom about Mary from the early church all the way
16:22 till the times of the 17th century when Liguori lived.
16:26 Notice the reason that Liguori gives for writing his book,
16:30 The Glories of Mary.
16:31 He says this: I endeavored to collect, from as many authors
16:37 as I could lay my hands, on the choicest passages extracted
16:42 from fathers and theologians, and those which seemed to me
16:47 to be the most to the point, and and have put them together
16:51 in this book in order that the devout may, with little trouble
16:57 and expense, be able to inflame themselves
17:01 with the love of Mary.
17:03 And more particularly, to furnish the priests with matter
17:07 for their sermons wherewith to excite others to devotion
17:12 towards this divine mother.
17:14 This book is composed of many chapters, and the chapters
17:20 are divided in three parts.
17:21 The first part has a certain teaching about a role that
17:26 Mary plays in the church.
17:27 Then towards the end of the chapter he illustrates that role
17:31 of Mary by, according to him, a real-life episode.
17:36 And finally he ends that chapter with a prayer to Mary
17:40 having to do with the function that he has just
17:43 described in that chapter.
17:45 The addition of The Glories of Mary that I am going to use
17:49 was published in 1931 by the Redemptorist Fathers.
17:53 It has the imprimatur of Cardinal Patrick Hayes,
17:59 and the imprimatur is from April 16, 1931.
18:02 The imprimatur means that this book is officially condoned
18:08 by the Catholic church to be read by the faithful.
18:12 The preponderance of Liguori's quotations in this book are from
18:18 the apocryphal books of Ecclesiasticus
18:21 and Wisdom of Solomon.
18:22 He has very few quotations from Scripture.
18:25 The places that he does quote Scripture are mainly from
18:30 Song of Solomon and from the Proverbs.
18:34 And texts there, which apply to the church,
18:37 he applies in his book to Mary.
18:40 In fact as you read this book you discover that constantly
18:45 he tears Biblical texts out of their context.
18:48 For example, he gives this quotation on page 101
18:53 of his book, If Mary is for us, who can be against us?
18:58 That's a quotation in Romans 8: 31, which applies to Jesus.
19:03 Notice another example.
19:05 And I could give you dozens, and dozens of them.
19:08 He says, Mary was pre-figured by the dove which returned
19:13 to Noah in the ark with an olive branch in its beak
19:17 as a pledge of the peace which God granted to men.
19:22 Now where in the Bible are we told that that
19:24 dove represented Mary?
19:25 It's simply a human opinion.
19:27 There's no Biblical basis for that.
19:29 That's page 202, by the way.
19:32 On page 244 St. Alphonsus Liguori quotes a psalm that
19:40 says, Glorious things are said of you, Oh city of God.
19:44 And then he quotes St. Gregory, who said, To whom can this refer
19:49 but Mary, the city of God?
19:52 In another quotation that we find on pages 244 and 245,
19:58 Liguori says this: Correctly then, we can hearsay with
20:04 St. Paul, having this seal, the Lord knoweth who are His.
20:10 And then he explains, That is to say, Whoever carries with him
20:15 the mark of devotion to Mary, is recognized by God as His.
20:19 You can read that text in the New Testament and you will
20:23 not find Mary anywhere.
20:24 She's been inserted in that passage.
20:27 After Liguori died his grave was opened in Nosara.
20:33 Three fingers were cut off of his writing hand and were sent
20:39 to Rome by the wish of Pope Pius VII.
20:43 And Pope Pius VII said this as the reason: Let those three
20:48 fingers that have written so well for the honor of God,
20:53 of the blessed virgin, and of religion, be carefully
20:58 preserved and sent to Rome.
21:00 Now you know some things about St. Alphonsus Liguori.
21:04 And I felt that it was important for you to know,
21:07 because I'm going to read mostly quotations from his book,
21:11 The Glories of Mary, which is an Encyclopedia of the history
21:16 of the concept that the Roman Catholic Church has had of Mary
21:20 in the course of the centuries.
21:22 What we're going to discover is that everything which the Bible
21:28 attributes to Jesus, the book The Glories of Mary
21:32 attributes to Mary.
21:34 Now lets go through these one by one, the ones that I
21:38 mentioned at the beginning of our talk about Jesus.
21:41 And I'm going to read you some quotations in Liguori's book
21:45 where he applies all of these titles,
21:47 and all of these functions to Mary.
21:49 How about the Creator?
21:52 You say, certainly Liguori could not say that Mary
21:56 was there creating with Jesus.
21:58 If you don't think so, think again.
22:00 Allow me to read you this statement from
22:02 page 368 of his book.
22:04 By the way, I read this book with a fine tooth comb,
22:07 very, very carefully in preparation for this lecture.
22:10 He says this, and he's quoting St. Bonaventure:
22:19 He's speaking about Mary.
22:41 And these are the words.
23:02 Now where in the Bible do you find such a concept,
23:06 that Mary was there at the beginning creating
23:10 this world with Jesus?
23:12 It is absurd because Mary obviously had an origin
23:17 long after the creation of this world.
23:20 Now the Bible says that Jesus was born holy.
23:23 And so St. Alphonsus Liguori says, Mary must also
23:27 have been born holy.
23:28 Notice this statement from page 296.
23:42 Notice that Mary was conceived without sin so that Jesus
23:47 could also be conceived without sin.
23:50 Not only that, the Bible says that Jesus never sinned
23:53 during His life, so of course, Mary never sinned
23:55 during her life either.
23:57 Notice Liguori, page 299.
24:09 And in the Roman Catholicism there are mortal sins,
24:12 which are the most serious, and there are venial sins,
24:15 which are less serious.
24:18 And so what Liguori is saying is that Mary was not only
24:22 conceived without sin, but he's saying that she actually,
24:25 during her whole life, never sinned.
24:28 Now the Bible says that Jesus is God in the flesh.
24:31 Listen to this quotation.
24:33 This isn't from Liguori.
24:34 It's from Mark Miravalle, who is from Spain.
24:38 He wrote a book called, Mary Co-Redemptorex, Mediatrix,
24:41 Advocate. Page 54 he says this, speaking about Mary
24:46 and the Holy Spirit: Still their union is so inexpressible,
24:52 and so perfect, that the Holy Spirit acts only by the
24:57 immaculata, in other words, by the immaculate one, His spouse.
25:02 The third person of the blessed trinity never took flesh.
25:06 In other words the Holy Spirit never took flesh.
25:08 Still our human word spouse is far too weak to express the
25:14 reality of the relationship between the immaculata
25:18 and the Holy Spirit.
25:19 And here comes the amazing portion of the quotation.
25:22 We can affirm that she is in a certain sense the incarnation
25:30 of the Holy Spirit.
25:31 She would have to be God to be the incarnation
25:37 of the Holy Spirit.
25:38 We noticed in Scripture that Jesus is full of grace.
25:42 Of course Mary has to be full of grace too,
25:44 because she's actually competing with Jesus
25:48 in Roman Catholic theology.
25:49 Page 155, actually Liguori is quoting Father Contenson,
25:55 and he says, speaking about Jesus:
26:17 On page 159 and 160 we find this amazing statement:
26:45 And notice the quotation he gives from St. Bernardine,
26:49 one of the great saints of the Roman Catholic Church.
26:51 On page 161:
27:19 You see, she's full of grace, and therefore she is the only
27:22 one who is able to impart all of the graces of
27:25 God to human beings.
27:27 Now, interestingly enough, the Roman Catholic Church teaches
27:33 that she took the nature of Adam before the fall,
27:36 as they believe that Jesus took the nature of
27:39 Adam before the fall.
27:40 On page 297 of Liguori we find this quotation:
28:01 You read Liguori's book and you constantly find that Mary
28:04 is loving, kind, accessible, compassionate, very sympathetic,
28:09 and very easy to approach.
28:12 It's interesting to notice that the Roman Catholic Church
28:15 also teaches in The Glories of Mary, through the writings of
28:18 Liguori, that Mary was a priest because she offered
28:22 her son on the cross.
28:24 In fact let me read you that statement.
28:27 On page 394 we find this, according to Liguori:
28:38 Constantly you will find the idea that Mary immolated Jesus.
28:43 Immolated means to what? to sacrifice or to offer.
28:47 Now if she offered Jesus, she must be a priest
28:52 in order to be able to offer Him.
28:54 And so you find several times in the book of Liguori that Mary
28:58 was a priest, but of course, Jesus was a priest also.
29:01 Also in the book of Liguori several times you find the idea
29:07 that Mary is the advocate, or the mediator, which the Bible
29:15 says that only Jesus is the advocate and the mediator.
29:18 Notice on page 124 he quotes St. Bonaventure.
29:44 What picture of Jesus does that give?
29:47 On page 196 Liguori says:
30:12 So you need a mediator with the mediator,
30:15 because the mediator, Jesus, is basically unapproachable.
30:20 Notice this statement from page 246:
30:44 Can you imagine prayers being answered more quickly going
30:47 through Mary than going directly to Jesus?
30:50 Where in Scripture do we find such an idea?
30:53 Page 246 Liguori says this:
31:40 That's blasphemy folks.
31:42 When you say that Mary is more compassionate than Jesus is,
31:49 it totally flies in the face of the Scriptural evidence.
31:53 On page 256 Liguori quotes St. Fulgentius:
32:10 He also quotes a prayer by St. Ephraim,
32:14 and this is incredible. Page 273:
32:39 St. Bernard, according to Liguori, prayed this prayer:
32:55 According to Liguori's book Mary is not only our Advocate,
33:01 but she's also our mediator and our intercessor.
33:04 Listen to this amazing quotation from page 117,
33:08 and this is a prayer.
33:19 Did we notice that Jesus is all of those three things:
33:24 our life, our refuge, our hope?
33:46 Page 164:
33:51 That's a quotation from Scripture.
34:07 Page 38. There's so many of these that I could read.
34:11 He says, Earnest Archbishop of Prague also remarks that the
34:17 Eternal Father gave the office of judge and avenger to the Son
34:21 and that of showing mercy, and relieving the
34:24 necessities to the mother.
34:26 On page 43 he says, Although Mary is under an infinite
34:31 obligation to the Son for having chosen her to be His mother,
34:35 yet it cannot be denied that the Son is under great obligation
34:39 to her for having given Him His humanity.
34:42 And therefore Jesus to pay, as it were, what He owes to Mary,
34:48 and glorying in her glory, honors her in a special manner
34:53 by listening to, and granting all her petitions.
34:57 On pages 136 and 137 he quotes St. Anselm in the following way:
35:05 When we have recourse to this divine mother not only
35:10 we may be sure of her protection, but that often we
35:14 shall be heard more quickly, and be thus preserved if we have
35:18 recourse to Mary, and call on her holy name, than we should
35:23 if we called on the name of Jesus our Savior.
35:26 And what is the reason Anselm gives for this?
35:29 That to Jesus as judge it belongs also to punish,
35:35 but mercy alone belongs to the blessed virgin as a patroness.
35:41 Page 137, he says this: Many things are asked from God
35:49 and are not granted.
35:50 They are asked from Mary and they are obtained.
35:54 Do you remember that we read that Jesus is the Savior
35:58 according to Scripture?
35:59 Listen to this quotation that we find in chapter 8,
36:04 which the title of this chapter is: Mary Our Salvation.
36:09 It's amazing! He quotes Novorinus who says,
36:15 Loving mother no sooner hears them call...
36:21 The loving mother no sooner hears them call upon her
36:25 than she offers her prayers to God, and these prayers
36:29 as a heavenly dew immediately refresh them
36:33 in their burning pains.
36:34 She's talking about those who are burning
36:36 in the fires of purgatory.
36:38 He also quotes, on page 247, the prayer to Mary,
36:45 which is titled, Salve Regina.
37:11 According to Scripture who is the only Savior? Jesus Christ!
37:16 But because in all things Mary has to be like Jesus,
37:19 Mary also is declared the savior.
37:23 On page 170 we find these words of Liguori,
37:28 speaking about Mary as savior:
37:53 The Bible says that Jesus offered His life as a sacrifice.
37:59 Notice, according to Liguori, who offered
38:03 Jesus as a sacrifice. Page 49.
38:22 And this is only one quotation of many.
38:24 The Bible says that God gave His Son.
38:27 Well, if God gave His Son, of course, Roman Catholics say,
38:30 Mary had to give her Son, too.
38:32 So on page 35 we find this statement:
38:50 That's page 35. You remember the Bible says
38:53 that Jesus is the ladder?
38:54 Notice this statement, page 20 of Liguori.
38:58 He's quoting St. Bernard.
39:15 Notice this one on page 83.
39:32 So she's the ladder.
39:33 What about prayer?
39:36 We're supposed to pray to the Father in the name of Jesus.
39:39 The idea, according to Liguori, time again in the book
39:43 is that we are to pray to Jesus through Mary.
39:46 Notice this statement on page 162.
39:49 He's quoting, actually, the words of the
39:52 Venerable Abbot of Celles. He says:
40:13 I don't know about you, but I'm simply amazed
40:19 at reading these statements.
40:20 And these are only a sampling of the statements that we find
40:22 in this book, The Glories of Mary.
40:25 Now the Bible says that we know the Father through Jesus.
40:28 Notice page 171 of Liguori's book.
40:58 So the only way that we can know Jesus and the Father,
41:01 according to Liguori, is through the instrumentality of Mary.
41:07 The Bible says that Jesus helps us when we are tempted.
41:10 Well, obviously we must conclude that Mary has to help people
41:13 when they are tempted.
41:14 Notice page... this is a different book.
41:17 No, it's actually The Glories of Mary, page 58.
41:46 Now, the Bible says that Jesus is the door.
41:49 Of course Mary would have to be the door, too.
41:52 Notice Liguori, page 153:
42:12 On page 160 we find this quotation:
42:27 On page 239 he quotes St. Abrose who says this:
42:46 Finally, on page 43 we find this remarkable statement.
42:51 Supposedly Mary appeared to St. Bridget and said these words:
43:07 You see, Jesus is no longer the door; Mary is the door.
43:11 Do you remember the rod of Jesse?
43:14 It says in Isaiah 11:1 that Jesus is the rod of Jesse?
43:18 It's a Messianic prophecy.
43:20 Listen to Liguori, page 101:
43:51 Quoting Isaiah 11:1 and applying it to Mary.
43:56 The Bible says that Jesus is the Redeemer.
43:59 Well, you would have to conclude that Mary is also the Redeemer,
44:04 or Co-Redemptrix. We're going to talk about this a little bit
44:06 later on in our series.
44:08 I have to move on.
44:10 Do you remember that we're supposed to flee to Jesus,
44:13 who is our refuge?
44:14 Notice Liguori, page 119.
44:36 Constantly he says that we're to flee to Mary for refuge.
44:39 In Hebrews 6:18 it says we're to flee to Jesus for refuge.
44:44 In Hebrews 4 we're told that we're supposed to come
44:48 to the throne of grace for help in time of trial.
44:52 Notice Liguori, page 257.
44:54 He's quoting St. Antoninus.
45:12 Hebrews says that it was Jesus.
45:15 We noticed that Jesus, according to Scripture, is the sun, SUN.
45:22 Liguori says on page 90:
45:41 Page 55.
45:55 SUN. You remember the Bible says that Jesus is our life?
46:00 Well, Mary would have to be our life
46:02 according to Roman Catholic theology. Liguori, page 91.
46:30 The Bible says that we're transformed by contemplating
46:34 Jesus, by beholding Jesus.
46:36 Notice what Liguori says about how we're changed. Page 70.
47:23 Scripture says that we're protected from the power
47:25 of Satan through Jesus.
47:26 Notice this statement in Liguori, page 148.
47:30 As wax melts before the fire, so do the devil's lose their
47:36 power against those souls who often remember the name of Mary,
47:40 and devoutly invoke it, and still more so if they also
47:45 endeavor to imitate her virtues.
47:48 Scripture says that Jesus is our propitiation.
47:52 Page 178 of The Glories of Mary we find this
47:57 statement of Liguori.
47:58 It's actually a prayer of his at the end of a chapter.
48:02 He says, I do not even fear an angry God for a single prayer
48:07 of thine will appease Him. That's page 178.
48:12 Does God need to be appeased?
48:14 Doesn't God love us?
48:15 The Bible says that Jesus has a name that is exalted
48:19 above every other name.
48:20 Notice this amazing statement. Page 260.
48:38 That's Philippians 2.
48:41 It applies to Jesus there.
48:43 You remember the Bible says that when we die
48:46 our hope is found in Jesus?
48:48 Well, notice page 103 of Liguori,
48:51 speaking about Richard of St. Lawrence,
48:54 he asks, Who would dare accuse one who is patronized by the
49:01 mother of Him who is to judge?
49:03 Mary not only assists her beloved servants at death
49:08 and encourages them, but she herself accompanies them
49:12 to the tribunal seat of God.
49:17 Well, you have two problems there: the state of the dead
49:20 problem, and you have the problem of her accompanying
49:25 the person who has died to the tribunal of God.
49:29 The Bible says that Jesus is omnipotent.
49:31 He can do all things.
49:32 Listen to this amazing statement.
49:35 Page 181. He's quoting Richard of St. Lawrence.
49:57 On page 275 he quotes a prayer of St. Germanus
50:02 of Constantinople.
50:03 Oh Mary, thou art omnipotent to save sinners,
50:08 nor needest thou any other recommendation, for thou art
50:14 the mother of true life.
50:16 Jesus is the morning star so, of course, Mary has to be the star.
50:20 Page 122, he quotes St. Bernard.
50:24 If thou wouldest not be lost in the tempest cast thine eyes
50:30 on the star and invoke Mary.
50:33 The mercy seat that was above the ark of the covenant
50:36 represents the throne of God.
50:38 But, of course, in Roman Catholic theology,
50:41 the mercy seat is Mary.
50:43 Notice this quotation from page lll.
50:46 In the book of Exodus we read that God commanded Moses to make
50:51 a mercy seat of the purest gold, because it was thence that He
50:56 would speak to him.
50:57 St. Andrew of Crete says that the whole world embraces Mary
51:02 as being this propitiatory, which is actually the meaning
51:07 of the word mercy seat.
51:09 The Bible says that Jesus is the last Adam, so, of course, Mary
51:14 has to be the last Eve.
51:16 Now notice this statement.
51:18 This is found on page 113.
51:22 Hence St. Irenaeus remarks that as Eve was seduced by a fallen
51:28 angel to flee from God, so Mary was led to receive God
51:33 into her womb, obeying a good angel.
51:36 And thus by her obedience repaired Eve's disobedience,
51:42 and became her advocate and that of the whole human race.
51:47 On page 165 he quotes St. Bernard, "that as a man
51:52 and a woman cooperated in our ruin, so it was proper
51:57 that another man and another woman should cooperate
52:01 in our redemption; and these two were Jesus and His mother Mary.
52:06 The Bible says that Jesus crushed the head of the serpent.
52:09 Notice in Liguori, page 141, according to him
52:14 who crushed the head of the serpent.
52:24 Who would obtain over the serpent? Our what? Our Queen.
52:42 On page 142 we find this statement about Genesis 3:15.
52:47 Mary then was this great and valiant woman who conquered
52:52 the devil and crushed his head by bringing down his pride.
52:56 And as it was foretold by God Himself,
52:59 she shall crush thy head.
53:01 Some doubt as to whether these words refer to Mary,
53:05 or whether they do not rather refer to Jesus Christ.
53:08 For the Septuagint renders them, He shall crush thy head.
53:12 But in the Vulgate, which alone was approved by the sacred
53:17 Council of Trent, we find she and not He.
53:20 And thus it was understood by St. Ambrose, St. Jerome,
53:24 St. Augustine, and a great many others.
53:26 Quoting tradition, quoting the fathers.
53:29 Scripture says that Jesus was in the pillar of fire
53:33 and the pillar of cloud.
53:34 Guess who is in the pillar of fire and the pillar of cloud
53:37 according to Roman Catholic theology?
53:40 Page 147. It is said in the Old Testament that God guided
53:44 His people from Egypt to the land of promise,
53:47 by day in a pillar of cloud and by night in a pillar of fire.
53:51 This stupendous pillar, at times as a cloud at others a fire
53:56 says Richard of St. Lawrence, was a figure of Mary.
54:00 Fulfilling the double office, she constantly
54:04 exercises for our good.
54:05 As a cloud she protects us from the ardor of, or the burning of
54:10 divine justice, and as fire she protects us from the devils.
54:15 The Bible says that we're supposed to cast out devils
54:18 in the name of Jesus.
54:19 Liguori says it's supposed to be done in the name of Mary.
54:23 Notice page 96. This is a very humorous example.
54:28 Bernardine de Bustis relates that a bird was
54:32 taught to say Hail Mary.
54:34 A hawk was on the point of seizing it when the bird
54:37 cried out, Hail Mary!
54:38 In an instant the hawk fell dead.
54:41 God intended to show thereby that if even an irrational
54:45 creature was preserved by calling on Mary,
54:48 how much more would those who are prompt in calling on her
54:52 when assaulted by devils be delivered from them.
54:56 Page 265. He quotes Thomas a Kempis.
55:16 Our time is just about up.
55:18 But, you know, Jesus is the water of life,
55:21 so guess who is the aqueduct according to Liguori?
55:25 This is page 159, quoting St. Bernard.
55:29 Before the birth of the blessed virgin, a constant flow
55:34 of graces was wanting because this aqueduct did not exist.
55:39 Jesus, according to the Bible, is the peace maker.
55:42 Notice Liguori, page 197.
55:45 He's quoting a prayer of William of Paris.
55:48 Since then, Oh Mary, thy office is to be the peace maker
55:53 between God and man, let thy tender compassion,
55:56 which far exceeds all my sins, move thee to succor me,
56:01 and that is to help me.
56:02 She's called the tower of refuge.
56:05 That's on page 201.
56:08 On page 205 we're told that Mary draws all men to herself.
56:14 On page 243 we're told that she gives eternal life.
56:19 She's, according to Liguori, page 29, she's worthy of being
56:25 praised and glorified by all of the heavenly hosts.
56:28 Notice this quotation.
56:29 If all the tongues of men were put together, and even if each
56:33 of their members was changed into a tongue, they would not
56:36 suffice to praise her as much as she deserves.
56:40 She's called our hope.
56:42 We are saved by her merits.
56:45 She's called the rainbow.
56:47 And finally, Roman Catholic theology teaches,
56:52 and we'll study this later on, that when Mary died
56:55 her body saw no corruption.
56:57 She was buried, she resurrected the third day,
57:00 she ascended to heaven, and she sat at the right hand of Jesus.
57:05 Now you tell me where the Bible gives any of this
57:10 scenario about Mary. Nowhere!
57:13 What has happened is this book has totally stolen the glory
57:17 which belongs to Jesus, and it has given it
57:21 to a creature, Mary.
57:22 Our only hope, folks, is found in Jesus, not in a creature.


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