“God and the kingdom of Caesar” – this is the doctrine of the antichrist! “The Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Caesar, the kingdom of the antichrist” – an absurdity, heresy (see III ch.). We must incorporate everything into the Church, bring it into the mystery of Christ, and what cannot be incorporated into the Church, to be in Christ, Christ’s – it is from the evil one, from the antichrist! Whoever has ears to hear, let him understand!
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God is Love! If you have been in the “orthodox church” for a long time and do not feel love for yourself (that you are loved more) – then this is a warning signal about your spiritual state. It means you are not changing for the better, not healing, and the reason for this is: either this “orthodox church” – is a synagogue of Satan, or you do not follow all the prescriptions of the Physician-Savior-Healer, are not announced at all or orthodoxly! With marriage, the same situation: if you do not feel love for yourself (and more and more often accuse each other: you don’t love me!), it indicates that you are not changing for the better, not healing, not loving, that is, not humbling yourself (the problem is not outside you: not in the wife, not in the husband, but within you, who does not feel love for yourself, while you are Divinely Loved every moment!)! Therefore, you do not need to change your companion (husband or wife) (to love me!?), but you need to change yourself (I am already Divinely Loved, and even before marriage was Loved, and entered marriage to acquire what I do not have – to learn to love!), I need to love, to love! Do you want love?! – Love and enjoy love all the time – love! And do not worry about reciprocity, you are already loved! And happy is not the one who is loved, but the one who loves!!! “It is more blessed to give than to receive!”. Don’t run from place to place, from monastery to monastery, from parish to parish, from one marriage to another (second, third…). (Changing parishes, spiritual fathers, monasteries is possible when you are looking around, testing yourself and the “elders” (whom you want to trust your announcement), looking (“seek and you will find”) suitable for you. Just like a boy or girl before marriage: they choose a companion, look, test, and if they see that they are not suitable for each other, they part and responsibly look further. But once you have sworn fidelity – endure, “fight, strive for Truth and Love to the blood (your own, not your neighbor’s!)”). Work hard first, make an effort, fight (“you have not yet resisted to blood!”), and only then, when you are convinced that there are no changes (and you have done everything you could!?), change the place of struggle, monastery, parish. Do not forget, trust is based on Truth and Love! And live your life in vigilance and constant discernment! Often check your state – gains, losses! But to achieve the result, you need to endure, endure a lot! Because the result is not immediately visible, but the signs of the truth of the path (Truth and Love) are immediately apparent, and always need to check the path to the Goal by them! Be vigilant! Endure! Longsuffer! Discern, advise, knock, seek, ask, be sincere, truthful, guileless and the Lord will give you the Holy Spirit, give you Love! He who endures to the end (Truth and Love), will be saved-healed!
Love = Humility, Love = Humble Yourself! (From people (created beings) – humility, and Love – from God!). That is, to begin to love = to begin to humble yourself. He who humbles himself more, loves more (contains more Love, which is a gift of the Holy Spirit, which is given only to the humble! He who humbles himself more, contains more grace in himself, that is, receives more Love and loves more. The Mother of God loves the most, because she is the humblest!). Therefore, if you do not humble yourself in the Church – disaster! In marriage do not humble yourself – disaster! Our job is to humble ourselves – by zealously fulfilling deeds of love (God’s commandments, the will of God-Love), and the humble God gives Love in due time (term)! Orthodoxy = humility = Love! More humility – more Love! The humble feel Love, that he is Loved – accepts everything as a gift and only he is capable of thanksgiving, thanking – that is, loving! The proud never thanks (though he may sometimes or even very often say the word “thank you”), and, as a consequence, loves no one! Only the humble love! Love = Thanksgiving = Good-service! The proud does not thank, because he considers himself worthy of all blessings – both earthly and heavenly, therefore he is never satisfied with anything, complains about everything: why are all these blessings (which he is worthy and deserving of!?) not served to him on a plate here and now!? How will such a person thank, how will he feel love, how will he love?! No way! And the only way out of this hellish state: to humble yourself! We have one enemy – pride-egoism, and the goal – humility, which causes the revelation in us of the Kingdom of God, the Holy Spirit, Divine Love! We are unhappy, deprived, no one loves us… until we humble ourselves! Humbled yourself, and you are the happiest person in the world – you are surrounded on all sides and everything comes to you as gifts (you feel that you are Divinely Loved), all creation and God Himself – a gift to you, it is all for you, it is all yours (“everything is yours!” – see 1 Cor. 3:21-23)! Therefore, Love, to Love – is not from us, it is a gift of the Holy Spirit!