Preaching the Gospel, saving the world, exposing heresies, heretics, antichrists can, without harming themselves, only those sent to this ministry by the Holy Spirit, that is – Christians! And while you are a catechumen (not yet clothed with power from on high – the Holy Spirit), do not dare to preach or expose anyone! Only those led by the Holy Spirit can (and must) preach the Word of God, instruct, expose, teach, prophesy! “How can they preach unless they are sent?!” Everyone watches themselves – be obedient to the Holy Spirit and, if you are a catechumen, obedient to friends-advisors (with discernment and counsel)! Seek Truth, Love, Humility – follow Christ! “What about others? – What is that to you, how they go – you follow Christ, carrying your cross and serving everyone with Love in the Holy Spirit!” (see John 21:19b – 23)! What benefit is it to you, human, if you self-proclaim (when no one (that is, the Holy Spirit) sent you, God did not bless you) “announce the whole world with the Gospel”, “expose all heresies and all heretics, antichrists”, “save” everyone, perform miracles and signs… but lose your soul, destroy yourself?! Be vigilant! Discern the spirits! Let us be obedient to the Holy Spirit, Hypostatic Truth, Humility, Gentleness, Love, Mercy!
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You have not forgotten that you are in a pharmacy (and not in your medicine cabinet (doing a revision), in which you carry the necessary medicines with you), so do not be horrified and do not be afraid of such a number of different shades of thoughts! And if you did not understand some paragraph, or it seemed to you as: “everything is heresy!”, or: “complete nonsense”, or: “what’s the point of this?!” or “what’s it from?!” – then do not approach those medicines-thoughts within a kilometer! The one who made, ordered, and assembled these medicines-thoughts knows what they are for; and do not pretend to be experts in “Orthodoxy,” do not make such a surprised, pretentious look and be humble: it is not us, but you who got lost in our forests, and it is you who have something hurting, since you came to the pharmacy… And to the weak ones, I remind you that there is also poison on the pharmacy shelf… Therefore, no self-treatment! All the thoughts presented here have their good use in different situations-illnesses, but great discernment is needed, that is, enlightenment by the Holy Spirit, to use them for salvation, and not for destruction!
Considering our frailty, especially our very short memory, let us (remind) say a few words about God’s Providence. The Lord directs any crime for the good of all: both the victim(s) of the crime and the perpetrator(s)! But woe to the person who does evil, from whom temptations come (everything happens for good by God’s Mercy, but: “it would be better for that person not to have been born” who commits evil… “it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and drowned in the depths of the sea”). The devil wants to destroy the entire universe, but he does exactly as much as necessary for the salvific, healing Cross of each one whom he is allowed (by God) to tempt, to fight (e.g., see the prologue of the book of Job). The devil releases all his malice, but the Wise God-Love doses this energy-power – as much as needed for the salvation-healing of each one according to their ability! God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength and at the same time does not take away freedom from the devil and evildoers (they release all their malice-hatred freely, but it reaches the target, the “victim” whom they wanted to harm, only as much as needed for salvation; e.g., in medicine, poison used to make medicines is given in small doses for treatment). Evildoers and the devil act freely (no one ties their hands or takes away their strength), but by God’s Mercy, evil at the exit, the crime, becomes good, reaching its goal! (For example, someone wants to kill someone and shoots the “victim” (even point-blank or from a distance of one meter… with a machine gun), but if it is not pleasing to the Lord that the victim should die, then: the criminal will shoot, he will realize his malice, but the bullet will either miss or wound non-fatally, that is, the “victim” will live!). We are struck with a force of ten thousand tons, and the blow, mitigated by God’s Providence, reaches us with a force of a few grams (just as much as I need… e.g., for a cosmetic massage). The evildoer strikes, does evil with all the power of hell, but the energy of evil (Transformed by God into good) reaches me in the dose necessary for my salvation (overcoming pain with pain). The Lord, the Wise Physician, heals pride-egoism with evil (which comes not from the Good God (God does not create evil!), but from a free creature), which God uses for the benefit of the creature – dosing each according to their need! Glory to You, God! Glory to You, God! Glory to You, God!
By God’s Mercy, evil turns into good, serves good. God has a no-waste production: all energy – both good and evil – is used for building the Kingdom of God. “The Son of Man goes as it is written about Him (as best for Him and for everyone! Each moment is a Gift of God – balance (alignment, redistribution, and dosing of all energies-wills-actions) of all wills for everyone’s Good – the best possible here and now for each one!), but woe to the person who betrays Him (generates evil, the energy of evil – pride-egoism); it would have been better for him not to have been born” – he will suffer greatly until he repents! Let us be vigilant, how we serve God: do we crucify His Son or are we crucified with Him! Let us be vigilant, for God will never take away this power-freedom from us! Let us have the fear of God! Let us ask God to grant us the fear of God! Let us be vigilant!