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My friend’s argument…
Isaiah 7:14 and Matt. 1:23 only prove that Jesus was born via virgin birth but it doesn’t say the virgin after giving birth will remain a virgin. RCs assume too much.
Matt 2:11: there is no debate that Mary was the mother of Jesus so what does this prove in this debate? Nothing.
Luke 1:35: indeed called Jesus holy, but you won’t find the Bible calling Mary the Mother of God. Again here, the RCs assume too much.
Luke 1:38 also proves nothing for the Lord Jesus said in Luke 8:2, “And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.” Anyone who hears the Word of God are the Lord’s mother and brothers not just Mary.
Luke 1:43 while Elizabeth called Mary “the mother of my Lord” it doesn’t follow that we should extol Mary as the mother of God. No apostle ever addressed Mary the mother of God why should we?
In Luke 1:48 we find the RCC again assuming too much. We read that Mark 14:9 something similar is said about another woman, “Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.” And in Matthew 5:3ff the Lord said, the poor in spirit are blessed, they that mourn are blessed, those who are meek are blessed, etc.etc.
The RCC abused Eph 1:1, Phil 1:1 and Col 1:2 because no one in the scripture is called the greatest saint of all!
In Luke 2:35 the RCCs make too much out of it. They try to make a relation with Mary’s suffering as a mother of the Lord to our suffering however this is what the Lord Jesus said, “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.” (Matthew 5:11) That is, believers will suffer for the sake of Jesus not because God ordained that we suffered because Mary suffered.
The RCC abuse we find with regards to Exo 25:11-21; 2 Sam. 6:7; 1 Chron. 13:9-10; 15 and 16; Rev 11:19; 121, 2, 17; Isaiah 66:7; Jer. 13:21; Hos. 13:12-13 ; Micah 4:9-10 are products of pure speculations, they flow from the premise that Mariolatry is right before God but we know that it is not sanctioned in the scriptures nor did the Apostles sanctioned such speculation.
In Luke 1:39-56 we read, “And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda.” There is no comparison at all. Of all abuses this is the most miserable.
Gal 4:19 speaks of Paul’s travail in birth, has nothing to do with Mary’s travail in the birth of all her children.
Rom. 8:22 speaks of the travail of God’s creation because of sin (see. v.22) the RCC here reveals her ignorance of God’s word by ignoring the context of the text.