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I have finished my course

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“Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore … Continue reading I have finished my course

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Don’t cling

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🕊️ Modern Paraphrase of Chrysostom’s Message: Let’s stay mindful of the incredible spiritual rebirth we’ve received from the beginning of our faith. Each day, we should set our sights more firmly on the heavenly realm, treating everything in this world as fleeting—like shadows or dreams. Imagine a king finding you poor and destitute, then suddenly adopting you as his child. You wouldn’t keep longing for your old, shabby cottage, right? But even that transformation—from poverty to royalty—is small compared to what God offers. So don’t cling to your former life or earthly attachments. You’ve been invited to something far greater. … Continue reading Don’t cling

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Not by ourselves

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On this account, therefore, the Lord Himself, who is Emmanuel from the Virgin, is the sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when Paul sets forth human infirmity, he says: “For I know that there dwelleth in my flesh no good thing,” showing that the “good thing” of our salvation is not from us, but from God. And again: “Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Then he introduces the Deliverer, [saying,] “The grace … Continue reading Not by ourselves

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Justice

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“For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.” – Obadiah 1:15-16 Judgment Day will be the day that settles all evils, and “they will be as though they had not been”—because God is all-loving, all-powerful, and perfectly just. When God has fully dealt … Continue reading Justice

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Which he imagines himself to have

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1. It is therefore better and more profitable to belong to the simple and unlettered class, and by means of love to attain to nearness to God, than, by imagining ourselves learned and skilful, to be found [among those who are] blasphemous against their own God, inasmuch as they conjure up another God as the Father. And for this reason Paul exclaimed, “Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth:”2 not that he meant to inveigh against a true knowledge of God, for in that case he would have accused himself; but, because he knew that some, puffed up by the pretence … Continue reading Which he imagines himself to have

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The proper order…

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If, however, any one do not discover the cause of all those things which become objects of investigation, let him reflect that man is infinitely inferior to God; that he has received grace only in part, and is not yet equal or similar to his Maker; and, moreover, that he cannot have experience or form a conception of all things like God; but in the same proportion as he who was formed but to-day, and received the beginning of his creation, is inferior to Him who is uncreated, and who is always the same, in that proportion is he, as … Continue reading The proper order…

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Yet I….

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“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength, And he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, And he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.” – Habakkuk 3:17-19 Continue reading Yet I….