Where there is a demonstration of juggling quotes (that is, when this “circus performer” clown is in the state: “I have nothing to say!” (that is: “I know nothing”)); about this state of emptiness read the story about one “theologian” (bishop) whom a spiritual elder helped to realize his emptiness, helped him enter a state of truth about himself, and one aspect of this bitter (and at the same time salvific (to reach this state of openness and humility, one must labor greatly in obedience to the Spirit-bearers, in fulfilling God’s commandments, and endure many sorrows through which the Lord breaks the strongholds of our egoism and selfhood)) truth was that he has nothing to say (about the Kingdom of God, the Church, because he is not a Christian, a Spirit-bearer, does not know the Holy Spirit, and in the Spirit – Christ, and in Christ – the Father, that is, he is a pagan, in this case already announced, preparing for baptism into the Kingdom of God (the Church) by the Holy Spirit) – there is scholasticism, that is, the carnal mind interfering in an area inaccessible to it and generating fantasies (not testimony), which in the presence of self-praise, vanity, and pride turn into heresies, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (details about heresy below).
The Holy Spirit testifies to the catastrophic state of the churches! And what we will speak is only the expression in words of the testimony of the Holy Spirit! The purpose of this testimony (prophecy) is one – repentance and happiness of those to whom the prophecy is addressed! The desire is one – with the word of truth (testimony of the Holy Spirit) to protect brothers and sisters from delusion and great troubles (as a consequence of being in demonic delusion). We protect not the Church, not the Truth, but people from delusion – with the Truth and the Church! All this (testimony of the Truth, prophecy) is for the sake of all people, but primarily those who are in delusion, thinking they are in the Church with God – while they are being prepared for the verdict: “I do not know you!” It is difficult to hear the prophecy (Truth) for one who in pride (self-confidence, self-exaltation, vanity, and judgment) thinks he serves God, that he is pleasing to Him – therefore such a “holy man” (holy Satan) seeks to kill (and on occasion kills, being convinced that by doing so he serves God (see John 16:2)) the one who preaches the Truth (prophet).
Therefore, to those who rush to dispute or accuse us of heresy (sorry for repeating the thought several times – this is one of the fundamental principles of communication by which I seek to ensure that we thoroughly understand what is being discussed and do not lose sight of it while talking about the Kingdom of God, the Church…), I first ask: what do YOU (having testimony (knowledge) in yourself and not in external rational thoughts-quotes) yourself can say (testify) what do YOU know (not what others say they know)? If you know nothing, then what does the quote of a saint in your mouth mean (as a witness to what experienced by YOU reality you call others)? And if you say something from yourself (and call it theology), I ask: who is the source of the testimony – yourself or the Holy Spirit testifying in you, or are you just wise with your mind?! If you are wise with your mind (speak from your mind) and call it theology (God’s word; the Holy Spirit knows the depths of God, being Himself God, and those in the Holy Spirit by grace know the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God), then you are a heretic, an Arian, or in great delusion (which borders on heresy).
We also say that facts themselves are not the testimony (the main thing is the spirit that creates forms for itself and not the letter, information, form by itself). They are only confirmation of the truth of the prophecy (testimony of the Holy Spirit). Therefore, we present facts not as proof (if then (fact) then our hypothesis (assumption, conjecture) is true) but as evidence (testimony) of the truth of our testimony (the reality of things is as we testify, look – the signs of the times (facts) also testify to this). Christians speak about facts based on the essence of events, knowing in the Holy Spirit the cause of all that exists and all processes occurring in history (the perishable form of existence in leather garments), while pagans (those who have not received the Holy Spirit) try to speak about the essence based on facts, forms. We have said (in Part II) that a historian is not a guide to a theologian. A historian, relying on facts (forms of reality), tries to speak about the essence (causes) of events, while a theologian (God-seer, Spirit-bearer) judges everything independently of form, knowing in the Holy Spirit the principles of all that exists! The difference between these two epistemologies (knowledge of the essence) is analogous to the difference between heaven and earth, and the value of the fruits of those knowledge-visions is comparable to the value of the perishable to the value of the imperishable, eternal! Thus, scholastics (pagans) prove, and Christians testify (that is, they are martyrs (participants in the Eucharist of the Church, witnesses of the resurrection of Christ and their own in Him) who manifest the Kingdom of God (about which they testify that it has come) as a visible presence of God’s glory in history (in the perishable form of existence))! Christian “proof” is not the construction of rational, logically coherent (non-contradictory) theories through logical rational reasoning; “to prove” something to someone (e.g., the Kingdom of God has come; Happiness has come – we are already Happy!) is to help a person experience the reality (point the way – the Church and help with the Eucharist (parish; parish – Eucharistic life in the Holy Spirit) to walk it to the Goal – deification), the truth of which is “proved”. Therefore, when we cite quotes, facts – we are only in the language of the recipient (announced) and methods understandable and convincing to him, conveying to him the understanding of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God…