Jesus asked.....
Mat 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Mat 12:49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Mat 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Although Mary was Jesus's biological mother according to the flesh, Jesus points out that spiritual relationships are much more binding, and everlasting. Anyone who does the will of God the Father is Jesus's mother, brother, and sister.
This is my point- are you misinterpreting this and believe He is discounting His birth mother and His brothers ? He would not break His own commandments, "Honor thy Father and thy mother".
scripture does not contradict itself. If He is called Mary's Son and she is called the mother of the Lord, in parts of scripture, and through your interpretation is being denounced in others, you are saying the scriptures contradicted each other.
I say your interpretation contradicts the Word.
Mat 12:50 For
whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Are you saying it is the Fathers will to dishonor Mary?
Mat 12:49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! He calls them this why? Because they do the Fathers will in heaven
Mat 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him,
Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? well He tells us who His mother and brethren are- those who do the Will of His Father in Heaven. Through this false interpretation you have been indoctrinated by through the tradition of the father -in -laws you think Christ is disrespecting His chosen earthly mother. Not true!
Full context of the dialogue:
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
31Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
32and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
33But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
34Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
Did Mary do the will of His Father in Heaven? Yes, so is He saying she is not His mother?
Why did they stop Him from speaking, because they thought it was more important for Him to acknowledge His mother and brothers than to acknowledge them. They held them in high esteem. and Christ is telling them that those who do the will of His Father in Heaven are too like His mother and brothers, sisters, to aspire to their highest good.He would not break His own commandments and disregard prophecy concerning what was purposed for His mother and contradict Himself. This is why when I say I understand the Titles given Mary- because they are Title given to all who do the will of His Father in heaven and are like His mother- A God Bearer = bring Christ forth to others, arks of the covenant which means we are Holy vessels unto God in which His word is placed upon our hearts and minds. But this was done in her first, Blessed among woman and the least called greater than John the Baptist because she is a woman.
Jesus Testifies about John Matthew 11:10-12
…10This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ 11
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.…
Mourning Turned to Joy Jeremiah 31:32-34
…32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. 33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD, I will put My law in their minds and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity and will remember their sins no more.”…
Ezekiel 11:19
19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
The heart of stone is removed because now the Word is written on the heart of flesh not tablets of stone.
Ezekiel 36:26
26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Christian Living
11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing. 12
But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor
among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction. 13In love, hold them in highest esteem because of their work. Live in peace with one another.…
Do Mary and the apostles preside in the Lord? Do they labor among us to this day? From whom do we get the original teachings of Christ? If the Word is among us they who are in the Word are too among us
It is NOT the Fathers will to disregard and show no esteem for Mary and the Apostles, that would be to contradict the Word. So your understanding and interpretation must be wrong if it is disregarding other parts of the Word.
For God is not the author of confusion but the father of lies is . Misinterpretation therefore , is the only contradiction, and is a stumbling block to the faith. Mary is Christ first perfected work of Christianity and can not be cut off that would not be to do the Will of his Father. In Mary who too is a type example- is what Christ church will be.
