Do you hear what songs this fiery patriot sang after knowing the Risen Christ (= when he became a Christian, baptized by the Holy Spirit), who before that fiercely hated the occupiers (they were pagans for him—they were nobody, dogs, filth, cannon fodder…)? And later he preached the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to them in their language, the language of their culture, traditions, customs. (If Paul were from Galicia, he would have learned Russian and gone to preach the Gospel to the peoples of Russia (Muscovy, Tataria) in the language of the culture of these peoples, and not forced Mokshans to learn the Galician (Hutsul, Boyko, Lemko…) dialect of the Ukrainian language and greet each other with “Glory to Ukraine” and “Glory to the nation” (and how to respond—everyone already knows)… Paul became all things to all people (with Muscovites as a Muscovite, with Chukchi as a Chukchi…), to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For him, it no longer matters what language someone speaks, who honors and glorifies which patriot, national hero, who fights against whom and for what (for which cabins on the sinking ship they fight—defend or seize them—all this madness is the same from the point of view of the Kingdom of God, Christianity). From the point of view of Eternal Life (which Christians already live) – this is all the same “skubala”! Whoever has ears to hear, let him understand!
Therefore, one who has met-known the Risen Christ (who has become a disciple of Christ, a Christian, a bearer of the Spirit), can no longer preach (to anyone: neither relatives by flesh, fellow citizens, nor foreigners, foreigners) neither Bandera, nor Abraham, nor any other national hero, patriot, but only Jesus Christ: the Precious Pearl, the Divine Treasure, the Divine Beauty, the Divine Wisdom, the Divine Joy-Gospel…
Let’s note that Jesus, Who is for the Christian (Bridegroom, Husband)—Beloved, Jealous, does not allow anyone (anything) to stand next to Him: Jesus Christ and mammon, Jesus Christ and nationalism-patriotism, Jesus and…; there must be only “Jesus!”. Therefore, when Christians have a feast (agape) for some reason, they sing (by the Holy Spirit) spiritual songs of praise to the Father, the Son of the Father Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, not national-patriotic songs… If some priest or arch-priest (theologian or arch-theologian) praises national heroes or fervently speaks about them, or sets them as an example to follow… – know that this child of God has not yet met Christ, is still a pagan (not even a catechumen, not a candidate). (One who knows Jesus, can he enthusiastically talk about Bandera, Abraham?.. – it would be a great crime before those people he communicates with; “a former patriot-nationalist (son of Abraham) decided to speak only about Jesus Christ among people, and Him crucified; decided not to know anyone (anyone), except the Risen Jesus and everything that is in Him, in the Holy Spirit!”). A disciple of Christ (that is, a Christian, and even a candidate) cannot be an earthly nationalist, patriot! Whoever has ears to hear, let him understand!
I will tell you about one painful allergic reaction to our medicine. When “Christians”, that is, baptized pagans, heard that “Christians do not kill anyone and do not bless anyone to kill” (this theorem-truth is proven-attested in III part), they first laughed arrogantly at us, saying, blind backward peasants do not see obvious things: Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants shed blood throughout history (it is enough to recall the two world wars in “Christian” Europe in the 20th century, where baptized “Christians” fought among themselves: Orthodox, Catholics, and Protestants); when this hysterical laughter subsided, we asked “Christian” “theologians” to refute our arguments-proofs. To which they, having nothing to say against theological arguments, went on the offensive, asking tricky questions: what will you do when an occupier, terrorist-fascist comes and kills your children, rapes girls, women, mothers?! Huh?! What will you sing then, zealous militant pacifist?! (Well, what will you say now, how will you break our ironclad argument? That’s all your theology, stupid peasants… Ha-ha-ha… And immediately these pagans rush to uncork champagne and celebrate victory—checkmate, and the discussion is over…). And these questions are asked by those “Christians” as if the opponent has no way out—they are 100% sure of their rightness. And they rush to celebrate victory over another heretic, muttering, like a mantra, a hackneyed thesis: Christians have received a commandment to lay down their lives for their friends, that is, fearlessly destroy enemies in equal and unequal conditions, not afraid to die in battle. Christ Himself was the first to give this commandment and all “Christians” still fulfill it (in this interpretation) to this day…
We will not now prove-testify the heresy of such an interpretation of the commandment of Love (see in detail in III part), but we will answer these questions posed to us by baptized pagans. As soon as I heard about such a reaction to the Truth, episodes of discussions of cunning hypocritical Pharisees and heretics-Sadducees with Jesus Christ immediately came to mind. They also hoped, asking their questions, that this Galilean homeless man (and even a pacifist) would find himself in a hopeless situation (in zugzwang)… But each time they left ashamed. Remember at least: to give tax to Caesar or not?! If He says: yes! – He will go to the people’s tribunal, zealots-patriots; if He says: no! – He will go to the occupiers’ tribunal! But the Divine Hypostatic Wisdom (in the Holy Spirit) laughs at human wisdom (= madness)! And remember how the heretics-Sadducees were shamed, receiving the Divine answer of the Wisdom of God full of the Holy Spirit to their question: whose wife will she be in the resurrection, for all seven brothers had her as wife?! Therefore, for every trap-temptation of cunning “theologians”, “Christians”, by which they tempt us, unable to refute the Truth, the answer is given not by us, but by the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth, what and how to do in every crisis situation. It was precisely about this that the Lord comforted all His disciples: “Be wise… Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you” (see Matthew 10:16-20). Therefore, when pagans (“Christians”) ask you (tempting): “what will you do if the occupier-terrorist comes?!” – your answer is simple: “I will do what the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit says!!!” (Every person is unique, unrepeatable, therefore, will receive from the Lord in specific (unique, unprecedented so far—even pagans say that you cannot enter the same river twice) crisis conditions-situations a unique Love command-suggestion-advice! Christians are led by the Holy Spirit; and the perfect ones generally do not speak from themselves, but only what the Lord reveals to them by the Holy Spirit!!!). Glory to You, Father-Love! Glory to You, Lord Jesus! Glory to You, Holy Spirit!