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4. IN THE FULNESS OF TIME, SHE GAVE
CHRIST TO THE WORLD (GALATIANS 4:4)
B. MARY’S UNION WITH JESUS ILLUSTRATED WHEN
JESUS WAS 12 YEARS OLD PICTURES OUR UNION
(MARK 3:33-35; JOHN 12:26)
1. JESUS WAS SUBMISSIVE TO HIS PARENTS
(LUKE 2:41-42)
a. MARY HAD EXPECTATIONS OFJESUS
BASED ON HER RELATIONSHIP TO
HIM (LUKE 2:44)
b. JESUS DISAPPOINTED THOSE
EXPECTATIONS (LUKE 2:48; LUKE
2:43)
2. JESUS PRESENTED A PRINCIPLE TO MARY
WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD(LUKE 2:49)
HE HAD TO BE ABOUTHIS FATHER’S
EVERYTHING
3. MARY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE
PRINCIPLE BUT PONDERED IT IN HER HEART
(LUKE 2:51)
C. 18 YEARS LATER, WHEN JESUS BEGAN HIS
MINISTRY AND TURNED WATER INTO WINE,
MARY UNDERSTOOD (JOHN 2:2-5)
1. THE PRINCIPLE: WHATEVER HE
SAYS TO YOU, DO IT (JOHN 2:5; JOHN
12:26)
2. JESUS IS NO LONGER SUBMITTING
TO MARY; MARY HAS LEARNED TO
SUBMIT TO JESUS
3. UNION WITH JESUS IS LORDSHIP
III HOW UNION WITH CHRIST IS PICTURED BY
THE FLOW OF LIFE FROM THE BRAIN TO THE
BODY
A. JESUS IS THE HEAD
1. JESUS IS THE LAST ADAM, THE
FEDERAL HEAD OF THE RACE
2. JESUS IS THE HEAD OF ALL THINGS