Traditional Orthodox Churches? Title should not be plural

хорист · Post by **хорист** » Sat 28 January 2006 5:30 pm

Orthodox6 wrote:
ultra_sinful wrote:
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

That is a great idea. I look forward to the start of seeing good -- in the form of good will -- from your posts.

I was thinking along the same lines ... sigh

joasia · Post by **joasia** » Sat 28 January 2006 7:18 pm

ultra_sinful

You call yourself that and yet you do not exibit any humility. You say that you were baptised in 2003. You are a new soul. You are filled with hostilities in your heart; it is the spiritual warefare. The evil one is always waiting to snatch our souls from our path of salvation. I know, very well, the path of a convert. I am one too. You will have to go through all the phases. It is a painful transformation. The painful part is accepting the lessons of humility. Bp. Sergei knows me well. He knows what I went through. Even now, I have gone through many trials. And I'm still learning the lessons of humility. But, if you are sincere in your faith, then with time, you will be guided, by God. You will stumble and fall many times, but if you have a concrete conviction to be Orthodox because it is the one True Church of Christ and you feel that you cannot go against that, because it would be going against what you feel in your heart, then Christ will guide you in that spiritual development.

Of course, I'm saying this based on the fact that you are telling the truth about being a convert. There are many people who try to just cause trouble. In the most part, if you are telling the truth, then I can say, that I see you as I was on my third year.

You believe that you are defending true Orthodoxy. You feel that others are so corrupt as to be outside the Church of Christ. You are appalled at how loose everybody seems to feel. You feel so blessed to be in the right place. You refuse to consider anything anybody says that is contrary to your beliefs because they are not with the true Orthodox tradition. Orthodoxy should be exibited in others with spiritual perfection. Any clergy that steps outside that spectrum is an heretic. Am I getting warmer?

I know where you are coming from. I was there. And I always believe in the True Church of Christ. The thing that I noticed about myself over the years is that I didn't have a heart that truely cared about the souls involved. I cared about the politics. But, have you read the writings of the holy fathers? They talked about alot more than the church situations. Look at it this way...we are ALL struggling for our salvations. It doesn't help when we attack each other. The devil laughs everytime we do that. We are made in God's image. Would Christ want us to argue or to love? I'm not saying to accept heretical teachings, but to exercise Christ's law of love for others. And in doing that, we can express our thoughts with humility.

In Christ,

Joanna

ultra_sinful · Post by **ultra_sinful** » Sat 28 January 2006 9:23 pm

I really don't know what to answer anymore. I love you all, otherwise I would not write on this forum. to preserve the Truth dosen't imply automatic hatred to those not following the Truth. If I have written caustic words or display hatred on this forum, please tell me where and I'll ask for forgiveness. I'm joyful that God bring me to the True path, and I would want everybody to follow it too, but at the same time, I know it is impossible.