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Companions (Saint Nicholas Velimirovich)

Κατηγορίες: Χωρίς κατηγορία

The only companions of the soul in the next life are the person’s works, be they good or bad. Everything else which might be dear to them or valuable, are long gone. Only their works, down to the last one, accompany then on their departure from this life.

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‘If you Want to Enter Life, Keep the Commandments’ (Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian)

Κατηγορίες: Χωρίς κατηγορία

The rich young man in today’s Gospel reading seems to have metaphysical concerns and considerable spiritual interests. His young heart burned for the sublime, the eternal, the things to come. He approached the Lord with zeal and with a genuine willingness to learn. A desire and flame had awakened within him which forced him to approach Christ and ask Him the following question: ‘Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ The Lord replies: ‘Why do you call me good, since you consider me to be a normal person? No-one’s completely good except God alone’. Thereafter Jesus reminds the young man of the commandments of the Law of Moses: don’t commit adultery, don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t bear false ...

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There’s no justification (Saint John of Kronstadt)

Κατηγορίες: Χωρίς κατηγορία

Christians have no right to harbor feelings of ill-will towards other people. Such sentiments are the work of the devil. Christians should have nothing but love in their heart, which means they can’t think about wickedness and can’t have bad thoughts about others.

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The Aim of Christ’s Redemptive Work (Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian)

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In his First Epistle, Saint John the Evangelist tells us that the aim of Christ’s redemptive work was the abolition of the devil’s dominion over human nature: ‘The Son of God appeared so that He might destroy the works of the devil’ (1 Jn. 3, 8). The Lord didn’t just destroy the works of the devil, but the devil himself. We can see this happening in the temptations in the wilderness, in the healing of those possessed and, in particular, in His death on the Cross. 1. The temptations in the wilderness. After His baptism in the River Jordan, Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness, in order to face the temptations of the devil and defeat him. Through ...

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