“Because of you (‘Christians’, including irresponsible priests) the name of God is blasphemed among the pagans”. And the word of the Lord is in action:
“Do not cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and, turning, tear you as well”. When the Lord talks about swine, He does not consider anyone a swine, but merely quotes the prophet, saying how to baptize, to incorporate pagans (for a Jew, an unclean animal – swine, dog=pagan) into the Church. Do not perform Sacraments over “swine” (the unproclaimed), for there will be what the swine will tear apart the one who poured pearls into the trough before the swine (to eat), not grain (i.e., the one (will tear apart) who deceived it: instead of what the swine eats, poured something inedible for it – some Precious Pearls…). That is, what the unproclaimed person (human) hoped for: comfort, abundance, social and divine protection and cover for business, health, earthly governance (ruling) and prosperity – in short, everything that a carnal person living in the coordinate plane of this age with its godless values dreams of, and then they were “slipped a pig”: “They persecuted Me, they will persecute you too”, “there will come a time when everyone who kills you will think that by this he serves God”, “whoever wants to live piously – will be persecuted”, “people will hate you for My name”… Therefore, the unproclaimed person tears apart those who deceived her. (There are countless examples – the reader can provide them himself. All heresies, schisms – these are the consequences of casting pearls before… Especially the last heresy of secularism,   dematerialization,   despiritualization,   godlessness of ‘Christians’, who ‘are only flesh’, Christian paganism – these are all the consequences of ‘casting pearls’ – performing (magically, as in pagans) Sacraments without proclamation, without teaching). What the Jews did with Christ, when they realized that He was not the one they were waiting for, not the kingdom He offers them, about which they dream, and not the happiness He bestows, for which they long… On Palm Sunday, when the Lord as a King rode on a donkey into Jerusalem, everyone greeted Him as a conqueror, a commander, who would finally liberate Israel from Roman slavery and establish worldwide rule of the Israeli people. But realizing that they were deceived, – in rage (fury) they crucified Him… (The same dark “mass”, which shouted (exclaimed): “Hosanna”, “having seen”, “coming to their senses”, a few days later already shouted: “Crucify, crucify Him…”). Do not allow the present “Jews” (who live in each of us) through ignorance (“They do not know what they are doing”) to crucify the Body of Christ – the Church!
Do not consider anyone a swine, a dog (as the Old Testament Jews did) – speak the truth, preach Orthodoxy (i.e., Christ orthodoxy). Do not consider anyone inferior to yourself, do not speak condescendingly to anyone, considering them an idiot, dark, who understands nothing, do not divide information into general and secret, accessible only to the initiated… It is possible to convey the Gospel to each person: to the literate and illiterate, simple and educated… everyone, in everyone’s language; if you Love, you can convey (as much as needed for salvation – for proper spiritual life in Christ) the deepest and most subtle Christian truths-dogmas (about the Holy Trinity, Incarnation, Salvation, Dread Judgment, etc.).
It’s easiest to say: they are dark, they will not understand. The consequences of such “missionary” activity – the godlessness of ‘Christians’.
“Why do I need theology, understanding the dogmas of the Church – often students of the theological academy ask themselves, – it’s not needed in the village, to whom will I tell?!” That is, for them theology is not a map by which one should navigate in spiritual life, but something that can be discussed over a cup of tea, something to talk about, but it has no relation to life!? What a disaster and poverty!
Lord, have mercy! What light can be expected from such darkness?! As we said above: some read lectures, to lecture, and others – listen, to listen, and, in essence, for what this educational process is – neither the first nor the second know!? Therefore, such is the result: instead of Orthodoxy (correct spiritual life and knowledge) we have paganism with magical rituals (sacraments) and ceremonies (acts of consecration), which calls itself Orthodoxy!
If it is true what Orthodox Christians say, that we are all already saved – all creation is already deified (= resurrected), already exists as Divine Eucharist (in the Hypostasis of the Logos, Son of God Jesus Christ exists as God – in a Divine, Trinitarian mode of existence), then everything is sacred, holy, sanctified. That is, for those who have entered into a New Covenant with God, there is no division into sacred and profane, holy and mundane, that before which one can revere and that which one can despise, neglect, as less valuable. That is, all creation (nature) – is sanctified, deified! Then what then, if all is holy (Divine – Hypostatic), do the acts of consecration of water (the so-called act of Great Consecration of Water during the Sacrament of Baptism and at Epiphany and the act of Minor Consecration of Water), oil (for the sacraments of Chrismation and anointing), bread and wine at the Eucharist… and in general all other acts of consecration (of a house, car, field, other items…, in short, everything that a person has, is engaged in, and uses) signify. If all waters are already holy, then why consecrate them (annually at Epiphany or during each Sacrament of Baptism)? We said above that the essence of the Sacraments and consecrations – to manifest to the participant of the sacrament the reality, what a person is in Christ – the Divine Sonship, to manifest the deified world. Therefore, all acts of consecration and Sacraments (by the way – we pedagogically separate consecration and sacraments – and you should have already understood from the above that these are the same – every act of the Church is a Sacrament!) are directed not at nature, but at the person, hypostasis – participants of the Sacrament of consecration (for example, the presbyter at the Liturgy-Eucharist prays in the heart of the Sacrament for the manifestation of Reality, the presence at the Table of the Risen Christ, so that those who are at the Table at the Liturgy can meet and unite with Christ: “…send down Your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these Gifts offered, and make this Bread the Honorable Body of Your Christ – Amen, and that which is in this cup, the Honorable Blood of Your Christ – Amen. Having manifested (applied, sanctified, transformed) by Your Holy Spirit – Amen! Amen! Amen! – see below). Therefore, all Acts of the Sacraments, which the Church performs, and all verbal service of the Church (proclamation, teaching, preaching, theology) have one goal – to create the best conditions, under which (in which) a person (hypostasis) can meet Christ, receive the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the Holy Spirit descends, when it wants (the Spirit breathes, where it wants) and on whom it wants (God wants to deify everyone, but not everyone is ready to be a god by grace), and it does not depend on any acts and “sacraments”! Hence the absurdity, the criminality of formal, careless, irresponsible performance of rites of consecration (= sacraments)! Consecration without prayers OUT LOUD and IN UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE (where secret prayers – there paganism, magic, mysteries!!!), without preaching, without teaching – A CRIME! Such “assertion(!)” and “preaching(!)” of paganism flourishes on the largest, paradoxically, Christian (which struggles with paganism!?) holidays: at Easter (Easter), Transfiguration, Epiphany… By whom? – So-called “Orthodox” priests, who without sermons, without prayers, in which the essence of consecration (what the Church wants to say by this way, to hint to us – to pagans by spirit and by “essence”), – “consecrate” Easter cakes, eggs and other food, apples, grapes and other fruits, herbs, holy water is poured out until midnight… And they count: how many thousands of “pilgrims” came (accordingly how much money they made!?).