When Protestants misapply a teaching from the Israelites to ignore what is plainly written in Scripture.
Yes it goes the same way for you as well.
A woman cannot remarry unless the husband is dead or incapacitated otherwise it is known as adultery. Why do you think that Joseph was going to let go of her in the first place as he was knowledgeable of the law himself.
And he was told to make Mary his wife. But he also knew that he could not consummate the marriage because it would make them both adulterers.
The facts are facts when it comes to laws of Moses. The error that comes with this teaching that Mary had children only is in the interpretation of what you read or how you read it afterwards.
There is no way possible that Mary could have had children with Joseph without breaking the law of Moses
God would not join the two as one in His covenant of marriage if what the Catholic applied be true.
1 Corinthians 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
To expound on what Catholic say if it was true then by the scripture above, no Christian can marry because each of us has joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
And the one thing Catholic overlook in hyping this practice towards Mary, none of the writings to the church in the N.T. had ever taught that practice when Mary was still alive and among them. They certainly were not making a point to honor Mary in the upper room at Pentecost. Did they have her as one of the choices when they casted lot to replace Judas Iscariot? No. The absence of this honoring of Mary is found wanting in the N.T., especially since Jesus deferred the woman from doing something far better and that is to hear the word of God & keep it. And yet by saying that, honoring Mary is not in His words to do in keeping that practice.
Luke 11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Honoring the Son is, if anyone wishes to truly honor the Father.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
The latter part of verse 23 is meaning that when anyone stops honoring the Son, and that means honoring Mary or even the Holy Spirit, then they have stopped honoring the Father.
Guess Who Mary, by example and Who the Holy Spirit, by example, honor? They both honor the Son. Mary as led by the Holy Spirit in her, honors the Father by only honoring the Son. There is no other way to honor the Father by.
Did you know that the founder of Islam came across a cult of Mary that believed Mary was one of the Trinity for why he was speaking against the "Trinity"? And you do not think no one from that cult made its way into the Catholic Church at Rome when Rome was the center of idolatry? You do not think the Church at Rome would be forced to make compromises to avoid what had happened to Peter? And they did by saying that through no fault of their own, if they do not believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ and "His Church", the heathens are saved in their Catholic catechism. Imagine the cult of Mary making trouble for the Church at Rome for denying their idolatry of Mary.
Better to believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ rather than the Catholic Catechism of their gospel of Jesus Christ and "His Church". The Roman church is clearly not applying this call to depart from iniquity below.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
We were never called to be disciples of a Church and that includes the Protestant churches too for they have errors that we should not be engaging in. So ask Jesus for help to be His disciple in seeking His glory and serve nothing else in His name in seeking that glory of the Catholic Church or Protestant Church or a movement of the spirit like the holy laughter movement or a movement of men like the Promise Keepes movement. Be only a disciple of Jesus Christ today.
