Text: 13:11……Our salvation is closer now than it was when we believed. 12 The night is far spent and the day is at hand; let us cast off the works of darkness [...]
Text: 6 But we have different gifts, according to the grace given to us: prophecy, then in relation to faith, 7 or ministry, then in service, or
Text: 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Opposite of proverbs
Text: 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 With this
Speaking of the “new commandment” (John 13:34), meaning love, presupposes complete purity that the writer of these lines does not have, and therefore requires renunciation.
O Lord and Master of my life, free me from the spirit of idleness, curiosity, love of leadership, and idle talk, and bestow upon me, your sinful servant, the spirit of chastity.
If you are a Christian and you lose everything you have, everyone you love, even your life, then you have not really lost anything. “Lay up for yourselves treasures
The beginning of the speech: Are there still those who care about eternal life today? Are there anyone asking this question yet? And if they put it up
Part One: Introduction by Elder Dorotheos, Elder Charalambous, Elder Nicholas, Elder Pachomius, Father Tychen
11 And he said, “A man had two sons. 12 Then the younger of the two said to his father: Father, give me the portion of the money that is due to me. So he divided his living among them.
25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How can I be saved?
31 And as you would have people do to you, do likewise to them. 32 And if you love those who love you, what credit have you?
