Did Mary, Jesus’ Mother, Ever Sin?
BY WAYNE JACKSON
“A friend of mine teaches that Mary, the mother of
Jesus, never committed a sin. Would you comment on this?”
The
Catholic Church teaches two errors with reference to Mary’s alleged
sinlessness:
1. It argues that the mother of Jesus
was conceived “immaculately,” i.e., she
did not inherit, as others supposedly do, the guilt of Adam’s “original sin.”
2. The Roman Catholic Church contends
that Mary never committed an actual sin.
Both
of these views are false.
It is
true that Mary did not contract the guilt of Adam’s original sin, because
nobody has. It has nothing to do with Mary’s conception. Guilt simply is not
inherited.
The
child does not bear the iniquity of the parent (Ezekiel 18:20). Human beings go
astray; they are not born that way (cf. Isaiah 53:6).
One is spiritually dead
because of his personal sin not due to the sin of others.
Further,
it is not true that Mary never committed an actual sin. In her magnificent
psalm uttered while carrying the Christ child, she exclaimed, “My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior” (Luke 1:47).
Observe
that she referred to the Lord as “my
Savior”—not merely “a Savior,” or “the Savior.”
No
sinless person needs a Savior. Clearly this statement implies that Mary was a
sinner just like the rest of us (Romans 3:23).
Doubtless
she was one of the noblest ladies ever to grace this planet; nevertheless, she
was not without sin (cf. 1 John 1:8, 10).
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