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These titles are appropriate fo Mary because she is blessed by God and His Son in her womb, and blessed within humans by this heavenly event. Motther of God - becuse she said yes to Father's plan for j+her and she is pregnant with God the Son and she will give birth to this Son although she from her side gave some kind of incubator. I think God will do it in some other way if she wasn't obedient and humble enough to accept His plan. But becuase of her attitude as a gift she get this titles of love and honour.

The essence of her positive response is that she didn't mind for world, what someone will say, think or do to her - she can be stoned at that time if she is pregnent and still not married. She said YES, and she accepted all God's wanted without reasoning or asking something in return or offering her conditions. I think that is the thing we must learn for our livs -to say yes to God when He has some plan with our lives. Mary was informed about the way of her conception, but I think it was no information at all because it is something totally strange and unacceptable without aith even in our times. When we consent to God we consent to ALL He has in plan - we never know how big, little, longterm or difficult it will be, but with our faith we have the courage to do so.

Jesus is not human - He is of the same substance as God Father - he is SOn of God; the other miracle is that such a Son is the offspring of Mary the human and God. This doctrine of being of the same substance as Father is so important that Credo of our faith was changed in its expression at Nicene to stres it more - it is the same nature, same substance, same essence, not just conceived by God nd born of Mary.

Zechariah's "How?" arose from unbelief, and he was also sarcastic, so he did't speak till the baby was born and he had to name him. Mary's "How?" was different - she simply wanted to understand how can it be because he was never intimate with man. As she accepted God's will and was humble in her attitude she get the answer.

Angel told that her son will be The Son of God, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. He will inherit the throne of David and His kingdom will last forever.

Becuase it will be the proof that there is God father, Son and Holy Spirit and everything they say is thr truth. I don't think anyone (enemy or disciple) really expected him to rise - one hoped it and other fear it.

I think it is the same as He is life - with His death He defeated death and through Him we also have life; and with His resurrection we get it also, without Jesus it will be impossible, all what God Father have for us we get through Jesus' life and death.

The result of ressurection for the righteous will be life - for ever.

Job's vision is new and different from visions after death before in Old Testament. He says he will see God with his own eyes in his own flesh. Jews before thought of Sheol as a place of despair and emptyness, as nothing is possible - not to see God or give Him praise. This is progressive revelation - from nothing to knowing that after death we will still exist, like from Jews to Job and later in Bible.

I am not sure if I can explain tbut I think it is belief that God exists, that he sent Jesus for us and Jesus let Holy Spirit to come to help us. But it is just a credo - and if I just say so it is not faith, it become faith when I live it, it must be seen through my lifestyle, through my works and through my contacts with other people. In some way we can have some credit for our faith but first God shows us the truth and after we become believers we can take some credit if we trully try to live by God's law, as in Romans - we must resist ti sin till we bleed (sorry - I don't have english translation of Bible, I try to explain what i think the best I can). Faith means that you can always be sure that God watch over you and gives you the best thing for you.

We are created to do good works - these are works of love which God prepare long before we were even born.These works were ment to be done not to merit God's blessings or salvation but as light, as witnessing of our faith in God aand as a proof that we are trully His children. Difference is that works on which Paul thinks are laws made by men and people thought if they follow these laws they earned God's salvation. I did good and you god must give me what I earned - and it is not faith or love it is something done without heart.

Saved menas that you are kept from danger of being dead at first place, but can also means that you are rescued from earthy realms and dangers of everyday life. God save us because it was the only way for us to be with Him in eternity, in our real and eternal life.

I think it is because we never get that kind of love, (grace is not something we can give) and have never gave it. It is something what we can never experience, our love is never unconditional, we always expect something in return, grace is unknown form of behaviour for our human nature. Grace is a kind of gift what is given to you and you don't have to do anything to get it, and only good God can give it to you. It is a kind of gift which helps you do be better.

It means that we are above earthy and demonic realms - we people who doesn't deserve such a gift. It can be only God's nature becuase to our human mind it is impossible to know and accept, only with God's mercy we can understand such thiings. But very often we are not aware what this gift menas for our daily life - we don't know the autority which we get and often we don't use it (you can not use something which you don't know to have). In our prayers we must pray for wisdom and open eyes of our heart to understand what we have and what can we do.

God gives us mercy and grace. His character is uniqe because only God gives grace - we people always give something to gain something, only He is the apsolute giver, grace is one-sided gift, moreover it is gift which we are not and will never will earned. In Christ we get LIOFE.