#Apologetics #Original_Faith

https://youtu.be/ANtBZS6Yvo8?si=uJaBuZxJRdIq5WO-

#Salvation #Knowing_Jesus

Colossians 3:8-12
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10. And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11. Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

#Reflection #Salvation

Evil thoughts

#Salvation #Knowing_Jesus

Colossians 3:13-14
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

We know from our dogmatic theology that God is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. It means that He is everywhere (like air, only He is not limited at all), He knows everything and He is powerful over everything.
At first it can be difficult to understand such things, but it comes with spiritual growth. And to grow spiritually we need to be part of Church life, read and learn, pray and trust God and His Church.

“It is easier to measure the entire sea with a tiny cup than to grasp the ineffable greatness of God with the human mind.”
Saint Basil the Great

#Family #Knowing_Jesus

Colossians 3:18-21

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Bible is considered to be the most printed and read book in the world. No matter how many times you've read it, it's wonderfully how God opens new spiritual depths in it each time. But be careful, pray before reading and read Church Fathers interpretations as well. The Bible is the part of the Church and Sacred Tradition , and we can only understand it right within it.
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“The Bible is a scented garden, delightful, beautiful, it enchants our ears with birdsong in a sweet, divine, and spiritual harmony, it touches our heart, comforts us in sorrow, soothes us in a moment of anger, and fills us with Eternal joy.” - Saint John of Damascus

My Wanderer
https://orthochristian.com/163957.html

Artemy Slezkin

Here on earth all of us humans are Wanderers and strangers. We are guests who have been allowed to wander here for a short time to collect treasures that will be useful to us in Heaven.

#Salvation

Colossians 3:22-24

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

#Persecuted_Church #Satans_Synagogue
#Worldly_Matters

— 🇮🇱/☦️ NEW: The Israeli Defense Ministry is negotiating with the family of David Bogdanovsky, a Christian Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in December, to remove a cross symbol from his headstone.

This policy is based on a ruling by the IDF Chief Rabbi, who stated that 'the holiness of the Jewish cemetery is harmed by the cross.'

@Middle_East_Spectator

#Persecuted_Church #Satans_Synagogue #Worldly_Matters

"The Christians of the West's silence is defeating"

https://x.com/khaliljeries/status/1849477048030355729

#Knowing_Jesus #Miracles

John 2:1-3
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

#Reflection #Salvation

It took Noah a hundred years to build his ark; log upon log he dragged to the construction. Do as he did; drag log upon log to your construction, patiently, in silence, day after day, and do not inquire about your surroundings. Remember that Noah was the only one in the whole world who ‘walked with God’ (Gen. 6:9), that is, in prayer. Imagine the crowding, the darkness, the stench, that he had to live in until he could step out into the pure air and build an altar to the Lord. The air and the altar you will find within you, explains St. John Chrysostom, but only after you have willingly gone through the same narrow gate as Noah.

– Tito Colliander

#Jesus_Words #Knowing_Jesus

John 2:4-6
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 6. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

#Family #Millstone

Incredible mother. What a woman..
When God takes something from you He endows you with the strength to deal with it.

https://t.me/myLordBebo/48692

#Reflection #Original_Faith


☦️🕯️"The leaf that you needlessly ripped off the tree is green. This is not a sin, but you still regret it for some reason, for once the heart has learned to love, it pities every creature. Man is a great creation. If you see a man who is lost and dying, then cry and pray for him if you can, or, if you cannot, then at least sigh for him before God. The soul that does so is loved by God for it becomes like Him."🕯️☦️

♰ Saint Silouan the Athonite ♰

https://t.me/orthodox_church/20558

#Jesus_Words #Knowing_Jesus #Miracles

John 2:7-8
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.