Question: Is Mary the mother of God?” Answer: The phrase “mother of God” does not come from the Holy Bible but originated with and continues to be used in the Roman Catholic Church. The idea behind calling Mary the “mother of God” is that, since Jesus is God and Mary is the mother of Jesus, she is the mother of God. The major problem with this logic is that the term “God” implies the totality of Yahweh, and we know that Yahweh has no beginning and no end & He is immortal (Psalm 90:2/1 Tim 6:15-16). The second Person of the Trinity, Jesus, did have a beginning to His EARTHLY LIFE/MINISTRY when he was conceived in Mary’s womb and was born, but from eternity past He had always been the Son of God. Philippians 2:6–7 gives us a bit more insight on what transpired when Jesus left heaven to become man. “Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, He gave up his divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. A mother by definition precedes her child and at some point is more powerful than her child. So, to call Mary the “mother of God” gives the misleading implication that Mary preceded and at one time was more powerful than the Lord God Almighty. It is biblical to say that Mary was the human mother of the human part of Jesus, who was indeed God incarnate. But, she was not the mother of God, neither is she the ”queen of heaven,” another title given to her by the Catholic Church which has no basis in Scripture. God doesn’t have a mother, nor does He have a queen. He is an eternal, infinite Being, uncreated and unborn, self-sufficient and self-sustaining. To make it simple, my understanding is this - Mary being the mother of Jesus is about Mary being mother of the PHYSICAL BODY in which Christ Our Lord lived, brought about by a miracle conception through Holy Spirit. Mary is/was not the mother of Christ Our Lord who lived in the physical body of Jesus, and thus not even mother of Our heavenly Father.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 04:35:59 +0000
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