Is the praise that the Catholic Church gives to Mary hold up to scripture? Mary is worshipped as a goddess by the catholic community, however surprising little is said about Mary in the Bible. According to the Catholic Church, they have declared dogmas of Mary elevating her to goddess (don’t believe me, click on the links all from Catholic sources). Let’s examine
Sixth Dogma: Mediatrix"This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation . . . . Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix."
Now that Mary is in said to of risen to heaven she now intercedes between the Church and Christ as Mother of us all. I have already shown that following, which this dogma hinges on, are false
But continuing on we investigate the ramifications of this dogma. The bible declares that there is one mediator between God and Man and that’s Christ.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
According to the Catholic Church they say that this scripture does not discount mediators between Christ and Man but this shows a lack of understanding of the scriptures or a deliberate twisting of Paul’s teaching as warned by Peter (2 Peter 3:15-16). We must ask ourselves, why do we need a mediator?
When we sin, we sin against God and no one else. When David sinned with Bathsheba he said in the Psalms that he has sinned against God and only against him
Psalm 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
As a result of our sin we have been separated from God
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
When you wrong another person where they don’t talk to you what can one do? Simply, you need a mediator whom the other person, the one you want to reconcile with, will listen to and intercede on your behalf. This is where Christ comes in.
Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Jesus died for us so that he may bare our punishment and intercede to the Father on our behalf. We don’t need another intercessor as Christ himself came in the flesh, in person, talking with people one-on-one without an intercessor. Mary did not intercede for him on the earth nor did any one else for that matter thus why is there a need for an intercessor between us and Christ as our sin is against the Father not against Christ. When you understand Christ is the God of the Old Testament (see
Divinity of Jesus) he was always the mediator between God and mankind and there never was an intercessor between Christ and man and never will be. For this reason the scriptures tell us to approached the throne with boldness
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
It is no point if Jesus just intercedes to God to cleanse our sins and we keep on sinning. As such we need to stop sinning by changing our hearts. This is done by the new covenant but to understand this we need to go back to ancient Israel with the covenant made with them
Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Simply put, Israel was to keep the commandments of God in exchange for God’s blessings to make them a great nation. But there was a problem with this covenant not with God but with man. The scriptures show that man did not have the heart to keep God’s law
Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
As such God will change the man’s heart from heart of stone to a heart of flesh where the commandments of God instead of written on stone will be written in our hearts. This is done through God’s spirit!
Jeremiah 31:31-33 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
The new covenant is for us to receive God’s Spirit so we can obey God’s law! For this reason Jesus blood had to be spilled. Once Christ has died for our sins he can then give us his Spirit by which the new covenant is in place
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
John 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
The new covenant is also referred to as the "better covenant" of which Jesus is the mediator of
Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Notice the Old Covenant had a fault but not with God but with the people. For this reason a new one, a better one, was required. This new covenant is better because it offers us forgiveness of sin, the spirit of God to help us keep God’s law and promise of eternal life!
Hebrews 8:7-12 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant.
Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.
It is by this new covenant we are reconciled to God and presented perfect to the Father!
Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
So put your trust in Jesus not in the false doctrine of Mary. Jesus and he alone is our mediator and by him and him only we are saved (Acts 4:12).
God Bless, In Jesus Name
And ye shall know the truth, andthe truth shall make you freeJohn 8:32
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