Mary, 
Mother
Of GOD...
How could a little Jewish girl of
about 15 years of age become the Mother of GOD who created her?
Jesus Christ is one person who possesses two natures.
He has a Divine nature and a human nature. He is not a Divine person AND
a human person, as that would make Him two persons.
A person receives his nature from his father. His Father's
nature is Divine.
Therefore, He is also Divine, which makes Him a Divine person.
A person possesses a nature. A nature does not possess
a person.
Nature describes what a person can do, but the person does it.
Mothers give birth to totally complete persons, each with a nature, and
never to a nature alone.
Therefore, Mary gave birth to the person of Jesus Christ, who is a Divine
person, thus making her the Mother of GOD.
This is shown in Scripture:
John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD."
and taken together with...
John 1:14, "And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."
Elucidation...
The Word was GOD and the Word
was made flesh.
Who supplied the flesh and blood
of the Divine Word?
The Blessed Virgin Mary did.
She is the mother of the Divine Word Incarnate.
John 20:28, "Thomas answered and said to Him, "My
Lord and my GOD"."
Elucidation...
St. Thomas equated the words
"Lord" and "GOD" in this verse.
Throughout the New Testament,
the Greek word used for "Lord", is kurioj
"kurios".
The word refers to the Father or to the Son, depending upon the context.
See Matthew 1:22, and John 6:69, just to name two out of many examples.
Mary is called the "Mother of the Lord" in Luke 1:43, and the
"Mother of Jesus" in Acts 1:14. Since I have shown that Jesus
is a Divine person, either one of these titles for her supports the fact
that she indeed is the Mother of GOD. Anyone who says she is not, will
have to prove that Jesus Christ is not a Divine person.
Trying to prove that would force changes in Trinitarian doctrine as well.
Luke 1:41-43, "...And Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Blessed
art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb! And how have
I deserved that the Mother of my Lord should come to me"."
Elucidation...
Whose words did Elizabeth use
in these verses? When someone is filled with the Holy Spirit, it is the
Spirit who gives the words. Mary was called the Mother
of my Lord, meaning, the Mother
of GOD. She was called the Mother
of GOD by the Holy Spirit, GOD Himself. Can
anyone of us do less?
"God did
not derive his divinity from Mary; but it does not follow that it is therefore
wrong to say that God was born of Mary, that God is Mary's Son, and that
Mary is God's mother . . . She is the true mother of God and bearer of
God . . . Mary suckled God, rocked God to sleep, prepared broth and soup
for God, etc. For God and man are one person, one Christ, one Son, one
Jesus, not two Christs . . . just as your son is not two sons . . . even
though he has two natures, body and soul, the body from you, the soul from
God alone."
Martin Luther, (On the Councils
and the Church, 1539).
See, "In
Defense of The Blessed Virgin Mary" for
more.
©
Written by Bob Stanley, April
28, 2000
Updated June 11, 2001
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