Did Mary Die for Our Sins? [podcast]

Mary is just one of millions of people who have obeyed their Maker. That doesn’t make the immaculate conception heresy correct, that doesn’t make her anything other than a sinner, which she admitted (Luke 1:47). If Mary had refused to obey God, He would have simply replaced her (Esther 4:14). Did Mary walk on water? Did Mary tell anyone to pray to her? Is there even one prayer in the Bible to Mary? No. Did Mary raise the dead, open blinded eyes, heal the lepers, or die for anyone’s sins? No.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES THAT MARY IS THE MEDIATRIX/co-redeemer:

Pope John XXIII 1959, stated:  “Mary is a SOURCE of SALVATION to the HUMAN RACE, 2003 OUR Sunday Visitor MAY edition. Also, “Mary is the MEDIATRIX of the GRACES that flow from her son’s Redemptive sacrifice.” Pope John Paul II, Cathechism #969 “Mary is the ALL HOLY ONE”. And #2677 “has a saving office and brings forth the gifts of eternal salvation.”

In order for Mary to be a co-redeemer,

1. Jesus Christ would have had to have failed in His mission and not been qualified. But when Jesus had perfectly accomplished the remission of our sins, He declared “It IS finished” which means “paid in full.” “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost” (John 19:30).  Or,

2. Mary would have to be divine and not a sinner. but Mary was a mere servant and admitted such which means she was and is not divine. “And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.⁴⁸ For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed” (Luke 1:47-48).

God’s Word foretold that the Messiah would be sinless, divine.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. ⁷ Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 9:6-7 

“But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Matthew 1:23

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. ” 1 Timothy 2:5-6

With no exception, there is no such thing as a Christian who prays and accesses God in any other name than the name of Jesus Christ. Every and all of Heaven’s treasures are in Jesus Christ alone.

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20

“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge… ⁹ For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. ¹⁰ And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” Colossians 2:3, 9-10,

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name (than Jesus) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12

Salvation is exclusively in Jesus Christ the Son of God and no one else.

To the name of Jesus, “EVERY knee shall bow” and not to the name of Mary, the pope, or catholic church.

“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” Romans 14:11

EVERY KNEE AND EVERY TONGUE!

“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11

God only forgives sin on the basis of Christ’s perfect sacrifice.

Jesus is the only Hope God gave us for forgiveness of sins – Jesus stated: “The Son of man hath power ON EARTH (not in “purgatory”) to forgive sins.” Matthew 9:6

“Many believe that the Catholic Church or the Pope is the Antichrist.  It is interesting that from their own church historians they have said, “The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ, Himself, hidden under the veil of human flesh“(Catholic National Magazine, 1895).  Pope Pius V was quoted as saying “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth” (quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, Cities Petrus Bertanous).  Can the Pope forgive sins?  Consider this written record from Alphonsus de Liguori, in Dignity and Duties of the Priest, “To pardon a single sin requires all the omnipotence of God…The Jews justly said: ‘Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ But what only GOD can do by His omnipotence, the PRIEST can ALSO do by saying ‘Ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis’ [I absolve you from your sin] (pages 34-35).” Unknown

Only Jesus Christ can forgive sins. No mere man, priest, Mary, pope, etc., can forgive sins. No sinner can forgive another sinner. Forgiveness can only and exclusively come from a divine source.

God’s Word informs us that Jesus Christ alone accomplished redemption.

“(The Father) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son (not Mary), whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had BY HIMSELF purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.” Hebrews 1:2-3

Jesus needed no help! He single handedly paid the price to redeem sinful fallen mankind with His precious, sinless blood.

“Anything that is promised and provided by

God is through the full payment of the blood

of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Any teaching that directs your gaze and heart

away from Jesus is

ANTI-CHRIST.” David Taylor

Are you seeking God based on His own Word, on what He Himself said, or some other message?

Jesus did not come to start a religion. He came to give you a relationship with Him. “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3).

“Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:104-105 

Jesus taught that anyone who will be His, must worship Him and the Father from their hearts and according to His instructions given us in His Word.

“The true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24

In Deuteronomy 4, the LORD makes it clear that it is through and according to His written Word and by His Holy Spirit – “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23-24) – that He is to be worshipped and not via the abomination of idols, idolatry.

Bible Fact: God will not be worshipped using any icon, idol, statue, rosary, Mary, or any physical object!

God has always taught His people to worship Him via HIS own Word and nothing else. Read Deuteronomy 4:1-10; Psalm 119; Mark 13:31; John 10:35.

Also:

“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.” John 12:48

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ¹⁷ that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17

“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. ²¹ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” 2 Peter 1:20-21

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: ¹⁹ and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Revelation 22:18-19

Satan has planted vile tares in the earth who teach otherwise, leading people, their prey, to worship at the altar of idols. For example, the person with a Mary statue was told things about Mary, a mere servant of God, a sinner, that are not what the LORD told us about her in His Word (Luke 1:46-51). Yet because they choose not to read God’s Word, and instead listen to the lies of wicked men, they are led to the slaughter, “destroyed for lack of knowledge” via false teaching, to worship statues of a mere woman, a sinner.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6

God’s people read His Word to find out everything about Him. And, in doing so, they realize that Mary herself told us she was a mere sinner, a servant: “For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden” (Luke 1:48). Her name appears in only 6 of the 27 New Testament books. Jesus Christ is the central theme, the Word, of all 66 books of the Bible. He is God (John 1:1-4; 10, 14, 18; 20:28; 1 Timothy 3:16, etc.) and He is the only Savior:

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” 1 Timothy 2:5-6