I recall an incident: once in the 21st century (in 2014-2019), the Russian army “got lost” in Donbass, Russian soldiers were going to a training ground in Russia, and “accidentally” ended up in Ukraine (crossed the border (Ukrainian-Russian) and didn’t even notice this – apparently, there is very great “brotherly love” between Ukrainians and Russians!?) and began shelling Ukrainian villages and cities… Russian soldiers were convinced that this was training… and when they realized it was war… they said they were not there, then – that they got lost… later again convinced the world that they were not there… – in this world, anything can happen, but not in the situation with the Kingdom of God, the border with Which no one crosses without the necessary documents (a certificate of completion of the catechumenate school, and an “excellent” exam – faith in Jesus Christ) and no one gets lost in It, except in sweet dreams (delusions, heresies, illusions, madness, folly…). Without a battle, without a war, it is impossible to escape from occupation to freedom – only in sweet dreams! You, my dear ones, have been deceived by fraudsters (heretics of various kinds: with a tomos and without…, and similar canonical autocephalists…) that you are already Christians (since you were baptized in childhood or just performed the rite of baptism without catechism), that you are already in the Kingdom of God, you have already crossed the border… and further – come on, move yourself from the border deep into the Kingdom of God… but in fact these servants of Satan (heretics…) took you into the forest (of heretical delusion and devilish blasphemy), deep into the kingdom of the antichrist and, assuring you that this is already the Kingdom of God, – left you alone (everyone for themselves, save yourself) and fled, saying goodbye with the words: our money (for the services) is ours, and now your problems: further “everyone for themselves,” “save yourself”!?
But in the Kingdom of God, there is not even the concept of “self,” not to mention that someone can be lonely, – but you, poor ones, no one taught (no catechism-education!) to discern spirits, fraudsters, heretics, antichrists… so to this day, wolves are grabbing and scattering you on various mountains of heresies, delusions, paganism… Be vigilant, beware, be vigilant at all times and pray without ceasing, so as not to enter into temptation and to come out of delusion, in which you are; pray that the Lord by the Holy Spirit will enlighten your darkness! Be vigilant and pray at all times!
So, the Holy Spirit prepared humanity to accept Christ, “spoke through the prophets,” inspired them, revealing God’s will to people, guided people from generation to generation, until she was born, who could freely, consciously, voluntarily say with all her being to God: “Yes! I am the servant of the Lord, let it be to me according to Your word!!!”. A human accepted the seed of the Holy Spirit into her womb – conceived God; the Most Holy Theotokos voluntarily, consciously, wholly gave herself to God, created the necessary conditions for the eternal union of God and man! To this day, the Holy Spirit breathes in this world, prepares people for baptism by the Holy Spirit, for conception by God, for deification! He leads people to Christ, and in Christ, a treasure that cannot be taken away is given as a seed, seed, leaven… – the Kingdom of God, which grows (moves from strength to strength) and deifies the created hypostasis! To this day, the Holy Spirit breathes, and you hear His voice! Whoever has ears to hear, let them understand! But today
people have great problems with hearing (they do not hear themselves, do not hear each other, hate the truth, do not desire the truth, but on the contrary: through voluntary dwelling in delusion, lies, they have developed an allergy to the truth – how will they hear the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, how will they feel His breath?! They blaspheme the Holy Spirit, instead of listening to His voice and breath!?). Christians know what it is to feel the breath of the Holy Spirit, were in the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament state, before baptism, and what it is to be in the Holy Spirit in the New Testament with God when the Holy Spirit is your nature, and not something external in relation to you (as it was before baptism)! But we will talk about this in detail later, sometime – in the nth part of “Introduction…”. And now our word is about the most important thing in the work of salvation – about the beginning of repentance, about catechism!
So, a child can never be a Christian! A child can be in the Holy Spirit (for example, like John the Baptist), but will become a Christian only when they consciously, freely, voluntarily say to Christ: “Yes! I am the servant of the Lord, let it be to me according to Your word!”. The Most Holy Theotokos was the most in the Holy Spirit of all people of the Old Testament, from her conception to the Annunciation, she was prepared by the Holy Spirit for the conception of the Son of God, for the Incarnation! But when did the Mother of God conceive the Son of God: at 2 years old, at 4 years old? Only when she could freely, consciously, voluntarily say to God: “Yes! I am the servant of the Lord, let it be to me according to Your word!”. Baptism is the conception of the Son of God by the Holy Spirit in your heart (“Everyone who has been conceived by God…” – see 1 John 3:9). And the “Orthodox” all baptize infants and themselves were baptized when they were infants – this is the worst practice among all confessions (the best form is among the Protestants – there they “baptize” adults, in the Roman Catholics confirmation is performed on conscious adolescents 11-13 years old (after which comes the first communion), and in the Orthodox – complete catastrophe: infants are considered Christians after the rite of baptism, and no one speaks of catechism – the obligatory conscious renewal of baptismal vows – therefore the Orthodox churches are degenerating into synagogues of Satan, we testified about one such multi-million synagogue (now with a tomos) in Part III; and those who gave the Tomos to heretics… – the same synagogue, only with the prefix “Ecumenical”! “By their fruits you will recognize them!”. Here is the sad, catastrophic state of modern Christianity! Lord, have mercy!). Therefore, do not deceive yourselves, baptized in childhood, that you are Christians (with various ranks and titles, and degrees), but hurry to prepare for baptism, begin to catechize yourselves!!! Do not say within yourself: I was baptized as an infant, I am already a patriarch, I am already a metropolitan, I am already a bishop, and I am already a doctor of theology… and you say: prepare for baptism!? I know that you were “baptized” since childhood, that you are bishops, doctors, but you fulfill the desires of your father the devil – by their fruits you will recognize them! Do not deceive yourselves: whoever does not have the Holy Spirit, he (no matter what he calls himself and considers himself) is not Christ’s, not a Christian!!!