Gratefulness of Christ to the special six…continuation of The Six Special Marys, Christ will ever remain grateful

As is typical of man, whoever does you a great deal, you shall ever remain grateful… so is Christ. For the motherly role Mary the virgin played in his life, she continues to wear the enviable crown of being the mother to the saviour of the world.

She had no mean a person, but God the almighty to be her spokesperson. Remember the said decision of Joseph to part ways with Mary, his to be wife after he has identified her to be pregnant? No amount of explanations could have saved such a situation, but for the timely intervention of an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream. Matthew 1:20 but while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Mary the virgin in modern times could have been taken for one of the gleeful mothers of her generation. Many a time; I have seen and heard parent express an opened delight, amidst praises from family friends, neighbours and the lot, all in cognise of one thing, “a genius performance by an offspring”. “This is out of your child’s generation” is but one of the numerous expressions of delight that might crown such assertions. Little Jesus, per the records, was such a delight. Teaching in the synagogue, asking mind boggling questions; challenging doctrinal deficiencies of Teachers, proving and exposing the hypocrisies of the perceived “paragons of virtue”, the Pharisees… the list continues.  This is the joy of motherhood every child can honour her mother with, and Mary certainly was not denied it.

In our today endeavours, if only we would delight ourselves in the lord, keep a sanctified life; we shall also be the ever pleasing mothers of children bringing us honour, instead of shame.

Our children shall save the world from the numerous challenges facing it in modern times. I believe this because, Christ attests to the fact that, whoever that believeth in him, shall do greater than he came to do.

For Mary, sister to Martha; her brother Lazarus did not remain in the grave after his death. He was raised from death. She had the honour of an enviable visitation by Christ to her home.

This is what it means to be a friend to Jesus Christ. Their friendship (Mary and Martha) alone warranted them a visitation from Jesus Christ. And it wasn’t a mere visitation, but one that led to the resurrection of their brother Lazarus who was dead for some days.

Being a friend of Jesus Christ means resurrection. He is the same Jesus of the Mary and the Martha days. He changes not, Jesus give him the chance to be part of your life and your situations (Hebrews 13:8).

 “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” Luke 5: 32, Matthew 9:13, Mark 2:17…

The above proclamation of Jesus ushers us into a discussion on our next character, Mary Magdalene. A prostitute and a demon possessed fellow who in our current times wouldn’t have befit a close association to any of us, holier than you Christians. Her meeting Jesus Christ was a miracle and deliverance. She was purged of anything demon, filthiness.

Her zealousness for Christ propelled her to want to be the first, in meeting Christ after his resurrection from the dead.

She availed herself to be the mouthpiece for announcing Christ’s resurrection to his disciples…Not only this, but even his subsequent ascension to his father.

Jesus was a man of practice. Whatever he says, he exemplifies that practically. And Mary Magdalene was the beneficiary and a perfect example of his coming not being for the righteous, but the lost.

No matter how critical you may have subsumed your situation, it is absolutely not critical beyond the remedy of the saviour, Jesus Christ.

Bible history may have not expatiated enough on the other Marys, but nobody serves Christ whole-hearted and goes unrewarded.

Take a clue…

The Six Special Marys, Christ will ever remain grateful

Mention Mary in any claimed Christian environment, and what first comes to the table is the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ; the saviour. In this my latest of write ups, I walk you through five other Mary’s apart from the known, Virgin Mary.

What’s worth emulating, apart from their individual contributions to the growth of the Christ ministry is their individual moral attributions.

First to discuss is the Virgin Mary. Obviously, she is the most popular among the lot for her role played in bringing into being, what arguably will be taken as the largest religion in the world, Christianity. As captured by scriptures; she is mother to Jesus Christ, the saviour of the universe.

 Luke 1: 30, 31, 34 and 35… “The angel said to her, don’t be afraid. Mary, for you have found favour with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and will call his name, “Jesus”

She is the only lady, apart from fictionist characters who in history conceived, and gave -birth still a virgin.34- Mary said to her, “how can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”35- The Angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most high will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the son of God

Mary, the virgin as known was also a relative or sister to Elizabeth (the wife of Zacharias, a chief priest) Luke 1:36 “…Behold, Elizabeth, your relative…

 The sixteenth book of Romans also gives an account of a Mary who also lived in bible times. Much was not said as to whom she was. But she for the purpose of this write up deserves the mention. She was by way of recognition mentioned by Tertius, a servant of Christ, in an epistle to the church in Romans as someone who really laboured for the course of the kingdom work. Romans 16:6, “Greet Mary, who laboured much for us”

The book of Acts also gives another account of a Mary, mother to John, whose surname scripture says is Mark. Acts 12:12, “Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark”. It was in her house, the saints gathered in the observance of their prayer activities during the arrest of Peter the Apostle by King Herod.

She is the first to meet Christ after he has risen from the death. She took responsibility for the announcement of Christ’s resurrection, and subsequent ascendance to the father to his disciples. One of her most remarkable experience with Christ was the opportunity of having been delivered of seven evil spirits. She is none other than Mary Magdalene.

Another Mary worth noting is Mary, who is sister to Martha and Lazarus, The one Christ rose from the dead. She exemplified a soul whose delight is in sitting under the feet of Christ to listen to the message of life, the gospel of the kingdom. Mary, unlike her sister Martha, was a typical of that who took no interest in many a fleeting thing of the world to the neglect of the gospel of Christ’s kingdom.

John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas …, Luke 24:13-32

The final but not the least, the Mary identified as being wife of Cleophas; also a follower of Christ in the early church days.