Originally posted by Seth3:
I'm sorry But I am not a Roman Catholic I'm a follower of Christ. Because of your hatred or perception of an instutition I have no ties to whatsoever has clouded your judgement.
I doubt very much that you are qualified to speak on hatred or love.
Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:
I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore
I hate every false way.
Psalms 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and
I hate every false way.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Mary is SYMBOLIC ONLY. Expressed in scripture by Woman born UNDER THE LAW in whom Christ was born to REDEEM those under the Law. All is Allegory.
Mary is not symbolic, not even in that passage. Christ was made of a woman born under the law. The emphasis is that He was conceived of a virgin thus not inheriting the sin nature of man. The fact that God chose Mary is totally irrelevant to the thelogical teaching being taught here. He could have chosen any virgin. Mary was only a vessel used at that time and point in history to bring Jesus into the world. He had to use someone. To elevate Mary on a pedestal above all, is sin.
Two Trees in the Garden= Tree of knowledge of good and evil (The Law) and Tree of Life (Faith in Christ) these each BEAR FRUITS in whatever you are trusting in, in your heart.
Mt Siani (Law)= Death darkness fear
Mt Zion (Faith)= Life Faith and love.
The problem with you is you cant see a pattern unless its laid out for you in black or white. It contradicts nothing. It VALIDATES Christ alone who IS THE TRUTH.
You read too much into the Scripture. All the Scripture is not to be allegorized. Will you allegorize the death, burial and resurrection of Christ also, as the J.W.'s allegorize the resurrection of Christ?
Your fruit condemns you because you believe that Truth is a bunch of facts you fill your head with and look down your nose at others. When in fact it is Jesus Christ Himself and anyone in Him would no do the things you do to others.
You are not one to judge. You don't know what fruit there has been or is in my life. You have set yourself up as a god. I don't judge according to my own opinions. I judge according to the Word of God. If a doctrine is not according to the Word of God, it is wrong. Most doctrines of the RC church are man-made doctrines and are quite heretical. I know. I have been there--for twenty years. Thank God, the Lord saved me out of that heretical institution that damns the souls of men to hell every day.
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, MADE UNDER THE LAW= Mary a SYMBOLIC PERSON whose REALITY was in those UNDER THE LAW to REDEEM THEM FROM IT. and God also SENDS HIS SPIRIT INT

UR HEARTS and CHRIST IS FORMED IN YOU (If you have His Spirit). That CHRIST may DWELL IN OUR HEARTS BY FAITH. For the law made NOTHING PERFECT. We are MADE PERFECT BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. God found FAULT with those UNDER THE OLD COVENANT. The NEW COVENANT He REMEMBERS THEIR SINS NO MORE IN CHRIST. JUSTIFIED BY THE FAITH OF CHRIST.
Seth3
All of this has nothing to do with Mary, per se, as I previously explained to you. God's Holy Spirit only dwells in man, if man chooses to accept Christ as his personal Saviour. He does not force himself on any person.
DHK