Hi DallasB78,
The problem with what you are claiming above is that it goes directly against what the word of God as to say about this issue:
"What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
"But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
According to the scriptures above, this would include Mary as well. Even Mary called Jesus, Lord. Mary, who is truly a blessed woman, was used by God to bring Christ into the world, but she was a sinner just as everyone else is and therefore, needed salvation. Mary, just like all of the other OT saints, will be resurrected when the time comes. On the other hand, there is no scripture to support any of the claims made regarding Mary by Roman Catholicism, including her being preserved from original sin. For scripture states:
"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned--"
Therefore, Mary being a human being is also included as being a sinner. Again, there is nothing in scripture that would exclude her as being free from sin. Please provide the scriptures that support anything about Mary that the RCC has claimed regarding her.
Thanks!