. Few Protestants understand two facts: 1. Mary obeyed God. 2. God obeyed Mary!
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Question 1: “How did Mary obey God?”
Answer: “She said ‘I will be the handmaid of The Lord.’ Her obedience to God let Him take Human Form in Her Holy Womb using Her Holy DNA.”
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Question 2: “When did God obey Mary?”
Answer: “John 2: 1-12 is clear! At The Wedding Feast of Cana, families were in trouble. They had run out of money and could not pay for the wedding dinner.”
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Question 2: “That would have been a terrible embarrassment! What happened?”
Answer: “Mary was aware of the problem.”
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Question 3: “What did Mary do?”
Answer: ”‘The Mother of Jesus said to Him, ‘They have no wine.’ The happy celebration was about to come to a sad, family-destroying end.”
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Question 4: “What did Jesus do?”
Answer: “He replied in a bantering tone: ‘Woman, why turn to Me? My Hour has not yet come.’”
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Question 5: “What did Mary say?”
Answer: “She said (to Herself) ‘O, Yes it has!’ She knew that Jesus would honor Her request. Then, Mary gave Her next Direct Order of the day: She ‘said to the servants, ‘Do whatever He tells you.’”
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Question 6: “Mary knew Jesus would do something! What did He do?
Answer: “He told them to fill six stone water jars, each holding about 25 gallons, with water.”
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Question 7: “Did the servants obey The Direct Order that Mary made Jesus give them?”
Answer: “Yes. Then, Jesus gave ‘the servants’ another Direct Order. ‘Take some to the steward.’”
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Question 8: “What did the steward say when he tasted the wine?”
Answer: “He was a wine connoisseur. After one sip, he said in amazement: ‘People generally serve the best wine first, and keep the cheaper sort until the guests have had plenty to drink; but you have kept the best wine until now.’”
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Question 9: Did that get the family out of financial trouble?”
Answer: “The remaining ‘stone jars’ of ‘the best wine’ may have been worth two hundred dollars for each of the remaining five hundred bottles!
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Question 10: “What allowed That Miracle to happen?”
Answer: “Catholics know Mary’s Place in Creation! The Living Son of The Living God, Jesus Christ, HIMSELF, obeyed Her Direct Order: ‘Do something!’”
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Question 11: “Does Jesus Christ still honor His Blessed Mother’s requests?”
Answer: “Only Catholics can Think Clearly about Hebrews 13:8. ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.’ Since He did as His Mother asked ‘yesterday’, He will do so ‘today’ and ‘forever’!”
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