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IF MARY WAS BORN WITHOUT ORIGINAL SIN WAS SHE DEVOID OF FREE WILL?

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Annunciation  by Vasily Surikov, 1914

Annunciation by Vasily Surikov, 1914

  • Dan Slama

    12/7, 6:36pm

    D S

    Please explain. If Mary was born without sin because she was destined to carry Jesus, was she devoid of free will?

     
     
  • NO. THE BLESSED MOTHER IS NOT DEVOID OF FREE WILL BECAUSE FREE WILL IS A VERY SPECIAL GIFT OF GOD TO EACH HUMAN PERSON. IT IS NEVER REMOVED BY GOD TO EACH PERSONS IT IS GIVEN. ALSO, FREE WILL IS GIVEN BY GOD PRIOR TO ORIGINAL SIN. IT IS PROVEN BY THE FACT THAT GOD ORDERED ADAM AND EVE NOT TO EAT OF THE FRUIT:

    Gen 2:16-17 [KJV] “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

    EVEN PRIOR TO THE FALL ADAM AND EVE KNEW THAT THEY WERE FREE:

    Gen 3:2-3 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

    BUT THEY STILL FREELY DISOBEYED GOD DUE TO THE TEMPTATION OF THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL ONLY SEDUCED THEM TO EAT BUT ADAM AND EVE WHO WERE BOTH SINLESS THEN COMMITTED THE FIRST SIN ON THEIR OWN WILL OR VOLITION [cf. Gen 3:6].  

    SO, FOR THE BLESSED MOTHER HER BEING SINLESS DOESN’T MEAN ABSENCE OR REMOVAL OF HER FREE WILL.

     
  • Dan Slama

    12/7, 6:40pm

    D Sl

    But did she have a choice to say yes or no to the angel Gabriel?

     
     
  • THE BLESSED MOTHER SAID YES. SHE HAD. SHE SAID: “YES” TO THE ANGEL GABRIEL WHO WAS SENT BY GOD: 

     Lk 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 
    MARY’S FIAT OR “LET IT BE” PROCLAIMS HER BEING “FREE” IN MAKING THAT CHOICE.
  • Dan Slama

    12/7, 6:58pm

    D Sl

    Luke 1- Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. This WILL happen. You SHALL name him. It’s a declaration, not a question.

    Understand Father, I am only questioning because I want to understand.

     
     
  • IT’S IN A FORM OF DECLARATION BECAUSE GOD IS THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY BUT THE ANGEL EXPLAINED TO HER AND WAITED FOR HER CONSENT. THE NARRATIVE ENDED WITH HER FIAT (YES).  

    ACTUALLY, THE ANGEL SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN TO HER THE PLAN OF GOD. THE ANGEL SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD. IT WAS SAID IN A MANNER WORTHY OF GOD: SURE, DIRECT AND WITH FULL AUTHORITY. HOWEVER, MARY’S CONSENT WAS STILL GIVEN WHICH IS PROOF OF HER BEING FREE. NO COERCION HAPPENED.


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