Mary had favor from God. She had grace within her, because Messiah was within her. There is nothing she did to deserve it.
To say Mary was incorruptable is to preach to me a different gospel that I have heard of.
In reply to all of you about the footnotes, I read the KJV off of the internet, so forgive me for not having the "proper" translation according to you.
ΚΑΙ ΕΙΣΕΛΘΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΑΥΤΗΝ ΕΙΠΕΝ ΧΑΙΡΕ ΚΕΧΑΡΙΤΩΜΕΝΗ Ο ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΜΕΤΑ ΣΟΥ
Luke 1:28
ΚΑΙ [SIZE=-1]1) and, also, even, indeed, but [/SIZE]
ΕΙΣΕΛΘΩΝ [SIZE=-1]1) to go out or come in: to enter 1a) of men or animals, as into a house or a city 1b) of Satan taking possession of the body of a person 1c) of things: as food, that enters into the eater's mouth 2) metaph. 2a) of entrance into any condition, state of things, society, employment 2a1) to arise, come into existence, begin to be 2a2) of men, to come before the public 2a3) to come into life 2b) of thoughts that come into the mind[/SIZE]
ΠΡΟΣ [SIZE=-1]1) to the advantage of 2) at, near, by 3) to, towards, with, with regard to [/SIZE]
ΑΥΤΗΝ[SIZE=-1] 1) himself, herself, itself, themselves [/SIZE]
ΕΙΠΕΝ [SIZE=-1]1) to say, to speak 1a) affirm over, maintain 1b) to teach 1c) to exhort, advise, to command, direct 1d) to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say 1e) to call by name, to call, name 1f) to speak out, speak of, mention [/SIZE]
ΧΑΙΡΕ [SIZE=-1]1) to rejoice, be glad 2) to rejoice exceedingly 3) to be well, thrive 4) in salutations, hail! 5) at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute [/SIZE]
ΚΕΧΑΡΙΤΩΜΕΝΗ [SIZE=-1]1) to make graceful 1a) charming, lovely, agreeable 2) to peruse with grace, compass with favour 3) to honour with blessings [/SIZE]
Ο [SIZE=-1]1) the 2) this, that, these, etc.[/SIZE]
ΚΥΡΙΟΣ [SIZE=-1]1) he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord 1a) the possessor and disposer of a thing 1a1) the owner; one who has control of the person, the master 1a2) in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor 1b) is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master 1c) this title is given to: God, the Messiah For Synonyms see entry 5830 [/SIZE]
ΜΕΤΑ [SIZE=-1]1) with, after, behind[/SIZE]
ΣΥ[SIZE=-1] 1) you[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]And [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]to enter [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]with regard to [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]himself, herself, itself, themselves [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]to call by name [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]
1) to rejoice, be glad 2) to rejoice exceedingly 3) to be well, thrive 4) in salutations, hail! 5) at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]to make graceful 2) to peruse with grace, compass with favour 3) to honour with blessings [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]that [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]this title is given to: God, the Messiah [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]with [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]you.[/SIZE]
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at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting", but with grace, which is favor. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]If you read Luke 1:30, it says that God found favor with Mary.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Mary was given a promise by God, through his Angel, that she would have a child, just as Sarah was promised by God that she would receive a child with her husband Abraham. Both had God's favor for them. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]What is grace? Grace is a gift from God![/SIZE]
"More broadly, divine grace refers to God's gifts to humankind, including
life,
creation, and
salvation. More narrowly but more commonly, grace describes the means by which humans are saved from
original sin and granted
salvation. Grace is often distinguished from mercy in that mercy is seen as not receiving punishment that one deserves to receive, whereas grace is receiving a positive benefit that one does not deserve to receive."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_grace
Mary does not give grace or give it to anyone. She received grace from God like you or I, but especially because she was promised to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
But her grace is the same as yours and mine, but she was
greatly blessed because of it. She, just you and I, received the promised Messiah, which was God's grace upon us, through His New Covenant.
