Favored One! Women Highly Favored.

To be called the favored one, as was called by the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is not the only favored woman in the Bible. Isaiah 7:14 The other distinguished favored women in the Bible includes Sarah Gen. 17:19 Rahab Joshua 2 Hannah 1 Sam 2:10, Ruth Ruth 1-4 Queen Esther Esther Deborah Judges 4&5, Abigail 1 Sam. What qualified Mary for the high favor was her chastity. Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. To obtain God's favor, you must have temperance and that is the quality of self-restraint. Such as abstinence from alcoholic drinks. Ladies an abstinence from sex before marriage.