Mary is not deity but she deserves our admiration. Again I say Mary is not deity but she carried Deity within her. Read her song, hear the humility. Father God knew just what He was doing when He chose her.
Luke 1: 46 And Mary said:
“ My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
49 For He who is mighty has done great things for me,
And holy is His name.
50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
54 He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,
55 As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and to his seed forever.”
Let me say it again. Mary had the peculiar privilege to be the Mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. No other woman in eternity has that distinction. Mary was actually impregnated with the SEED of GOD and in the fullness of time, she gave birth to God. I do not understand it but I know it to be true.
I know something else that is true. Mary is not the only one to carry Deity within her. You and I do too.
Every man, woman, boy or girl who has traded their sins for Jesus’ Righteousness, carry DEITY within.
Romans 8: 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Question is are we like Mary? Do we magnify the Lord we have within us? Do we rejoice in God our Savior? Do we know that God Almighty has regarded our lowly estate and has lifted us to be sons and daughters of the Most High God? My Dear Ones, if we know this, then we need to inform our faces, our thoughts, our words, and our deeds because there is a world out there that has no idea it’s CHRISTMAS.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Father, Holy Spirit, this is too much for us to take in alone. So I am asking You to break this Word open to us and feed it to us precious morsel by morsel until it lives in us and through us.
Prayer Reports:
Lukas is improving, so our prayers are being answered and now is NO time to stop. This link will give you more of an update. http://www.strafford1st.com/page25/page26/page26.html
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family. Every IDOK church.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N. T. Palin. John L. Richard M. Adam M. Bobby G. (added 12/16/08)
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: Brandon B.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Tommy T. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Lee. George.Travis N. Hawk. Justin G.
Injured: Lukas S. (11/30/08)
Ill: Coleman H. (12/17/08)
Injured and brought State side: Anthony.
Military at home adjusting – Tim. Mack. The 226. Troy. Brad. Tommy. Desi. Edward J. Lyndon A. Jason G. Captain Tran
Still praying but no recent update: Hector. Corpl. Light. Bradley T. Albert R III.
The Peace of Israel.
Revival in America.
As I post this it is 34°F and clear in Al Asad, IQ & the time there is 8:40AM AST – on December 17, 2008.
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