A prominent, left-wing, Texas Senate candidate named James Talarico is misrepresenting (lying about) a biblical passage. He claims that Mary had to give God permission to conceive in her womb. Wrong.
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Without a long introduction, let me quote the whole passage, using the New International Version (NIV). The bold font has been added.
Readers can see many translations at biblegateway.com.
Readers can see for themselves that God did not ask for Mary’s consent or permission.
Luke writes:
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. For no word from God will ever fail.”
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“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. (Luke 1:26-38)
I put an important clause in bold because professional grammarians of ancient Greek sometimes see a command or imperative in the future tense (imperatival future). It is clear that the messenger Gabriel was issuing a command to Mary, and she surrendered to it. He did not ask for her consent.
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It is evil to twist Scripture to justify a diabolical act, like an abortion. Yes, God will forgive a woman who genuinely repents after an abortion. But we should not defend it, and certainly not with Scripture.
James Talarico is a false teacher. He needs to repent.
Texas should not vote for him.
James Arlandson’s website can be found at drjimsebt.com, where he has posted So What Are Apostles, Anyway?, Season of Judgment and Discernment: A List of Bad Doctrines and Practices, The Leftward Drift of the Church Must Be Stopped, The New Apostolic Reformation, and I Am a Christian ‘Kingdomist,’ Not a Christian Nationalist.
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