BCP: Participants of the VII Religious Congress in Kazakhstan, put your hands on your heart! /Part 1: The essence of Christianity/
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Dear participants of the VII Congress of so-called world religions!
Many Christians and non-Christians ask themselves the question: What is the meaning and purpose of these meetings? When you meet, it seems a matter of course that everyone will briefly explain the essence of their faith. This year, the meeting will also be attended by the invalid Pope Francis Bergoglio, who has excluded himself from the Catholic Church by reason of his antigospel (Gal 1:8-9) and therefore cannot be its true head. So as orthodox Catholics, we will briefly present the fundamental truths of Christianity to all of you, the participants of the meeting, instead of him.
Our Creed says: “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.” We Christians call God the Father, because from Him we have our origin, our existence. We confess that this world is not the work of chance, but that He, God, is behind its creation as the supreme spiritual being. He has put wonderful laws and regularities into dead and living matter.
He created this earth, the whole universe, billions of stars. He created not only this visible world, but also the invisible world, the spiritual beings we call angels. They are divided into good ones, who stood the decisive test and remained faithful to God, and angels who rebelled against God in their pride and thus became bad angels, or demons.
God created man, who is like animals in body, but endowed with an immortal spirit he is like God. The first man was put to the test, but did not pass it. He committed the first sin – rebellion against God. Adam and Eve disobeyed God, did not believe Him, but believed the lie of the serpent. They thus brought down curse, suffering and death and brought themselves and their offspring under the rule of the devil and evil spirits, demons. Even today, demons are worshipped in some religious cults and great sacrifices are offered to them. In the history of non-Christian nations, there were also human sacrifices.
The holy, eternal God was offended by sin. Therefore, atonement for sin cannot be made by man. No angel or archangel could make a just atonement. But God had mercy and sent a Redeemer to save mankind. The only-begotten Son of God Himself assumed human nature, was born of a holy Virgin – the Mother of God – and offered an adequate atonement for original sin and the sins of humanity. God’s justice was satisfied.
Jesus Christ shed His blood and sacrificed His life for us on the cross in disgrace. By His death, He conquered the devil, the spirit of lies and death, and opened the door to eternal life for us. We confess about the Lord Jesus in the Creed: “I believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God…” He is God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father. Christians profess the mystery of the Holy Trinity. There is one God – one Godhead – but God is in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The first and greatest commandment is to love God with all our heart, all our soul, and all our strength. True Christianity, in addition to love for God, also emphasizes love for neighbour. We are to love our neighbour as ourselves, and we are to love ourselves to the extent that we are ready to make even the greatest sacrifices in order to obtain eternal life. Therefore, we must show the same readiness to save the immortal soul of our neighbour.
Above all, it is necessary to know that neither Buddha, nor Confucius, nor Muhammad obtained for us the forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins is given us only and only at the price of the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Therefore, there is salvation in no one else but only in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). Jesus not only died on the cross for our sins in disgrace, but He proved His divinity with His glorious resurrection and confirmed the truths He gave us in the Gospel. His resurrection is real and historical, not merely symbolic, eschatological, or mystical, as heretics falsely claim.
The Gospel testifies to God’s love and our salvation: “God so loved the world (and you) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (Jn 3:16) How did God love us? Not only did He give us material and spiritual existence; He gave His only begotten Son to die for you. Why? That you who believe in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
The risen and glorified Jesus said to the Apostle Paul: “I send you to the Gentiles to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins…” (Acts 26:18) Pagans are spiritually blind; they are in darkness and in the power of Satan. Salvation is opened to them by the word of the Gospel, and by faith in Christ they receive the forgiveness of sins. Then they can share with the elect in eternal life and happiness.
The reality of the dark inheritance that affects every person in this earthly life is that they have a source of evil within them. From this poisoned source came all the crimes, wars, cruelties and atrocities ever committed by mankind. This source of evil manifests itself in egoism and egocentrism, which blinds the spiritual eyes, so that the individual does not see and does not want to see the fault in himself. However, he finds fault with others, and even exaggerates it, and hatefully condemns them. The source of evil in man is rooted in lies and has a defence system against the truth.
God created us in His image because He loved us. He put an immortal spirit within us. Because He loved us, He also gave us His Son to deliver us from the penalty of sin. The Son of God is true God and true man. He endured great humiliation and suffering because He loved us. Scripture testifies that we were not redeemed with gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Jesus gave us His commandments to keep and thus achieve true peace on earth and eternal life after death.
The human ego loves a lie and rejects the just and necessary commandments of God to its temporal and eternal detriment. Evil in the soul, inherited from our first parents, is the seed of the serpent, the devil. But we have a solution: our Redeemer! With Him we can triumph over the lies and evil growing from this poisoned seed. We cannot overcome the evil in us on our own, but with Jesus we can. The condition is that we take His word seriously: “Deny yourself (your ego), and take up your cross, and follow Me.”
A sincere person looks for an answer to the basic question: What is the purpose of my life? The purpose of life is to seek God, to know Him, to fulfil His commandments and to obtain eternal life after death.
Each of us faces the most certain reality, and that is death. Sooner or later you will die and God’s judgment awaits you, and then either eternal heaven or eternal hell, that is, eternal reward or eternal punishment. A wise man remembers the end – death, God’s judgment, and eternity. But he must admit that he has a poisoned root of evil in him and truly see its poisoned fruits, that is, the sins that proceed from this root. Only then does he really understand his condition and the fact that he cannot save himself by his efforts.
But we must cooperate in our own salvation. The only salvation is in the forgiveness of sins. This forgiveness is in Jesus Christ alone. The condition for us to obtain it is repentance. It means confessing our sins before God, i.e. the evil of which our conscience convicts us and which we have committed against our neighbour by transgressing God’s law. Jesus said to the apostles: “Repentance will be preached for the forgiveness of sins.” The forgiveness of sins and the perfect plan of our salvation is connected with the mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God and with His redemptive death on the cross. By His cross, Jesus delivered us from the path of self-destruction – from the path of sin that ends in hell.
A true relationship to oneself, to God and to our neighbour involves proper self-criticism, which educates our conscience and teaches us to walk in truth. Those who have abandoned God and rejected the moral principles given by Him seek false happiness in career and materialism, in adultery, in sinful and criminal paedophilia, sodomy, zoophilia, even sadomasochism… Gender ideology legalizes perversions which it is shameful even to speak of. They are associated with mental disorders, demonic possession, and disease. Such people become mediums of unclean demons, which Jesus did not tolerate but cast out.
The source of evil in man has a hidden goal, which is gradual self-destruction. Perverted sexuality is not a neutral matter; it fundamentally affects the human mind. Whoever becomes a slave to impure passion is disposed to commit other crimes, such as tyranny, occultism, murder, even rebellion against God and satanism… Hereditary sin is the root of criminality in man. Behind it is the spiritual power of evil that was passed on to our first parents through the hellish serpent, the devil. It works secretly in the soul, and everyone must stand against this power of lies and sin, because otherwise they will destroy their lives, both temporal and eternal.
Heresies in the Church have violated the basic dogmas of faith, which are the foundation of true morals. A person needs motivation and the power of saving faith to fight against sin and the source of evil in the soul. Whenever the pillars of truth and faith fell, so did morality. If lies have power, sin is denied and the Saviour and true Christianity are rejected. This spiritual suicide and betrayal of Christ, which is now at its peak in the Catholic Church, is the fruit of worshipping the god of the ego, whose father (author) is the devil (Jn 8:44).
The Catholic Church has rejected the foundation without which no one will be saved, namely true repentance (Lk 13:3). Those who reject it turn a blind eye to the most basic reality, which is death. But death is followed by God’s judgment and then eternal punishment in hell for those who notoriously refused to repent.
Thousands of people die every minute. Tens of thousands of people die every hour. How many die in a day? In a month? In a year? He dies a happy death who, at the moment of death, is free of mortal sin.
Death is immediately followed by judgment. Christ says: “Nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.” (Lk 8:17) Judgment will be immediately followed by reward.
The damned in hell will never see God, whom the human spirit and heart longs for. The damned are eternally tormented by evil demons in the lake of fire. They also suffer great mental torment that never ends. Saint Augustine adds: “It is just that God rejects the one by whom He Himself has already been rejected.”
What must we do so as not to fall into hell but gain eternal heaven?
We must turn from the false path of self-deception and sin, receive Christ the Saviour, give Him our sins and call on the name of God daily, at least before sleep: “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord, the name Yehoshua, shall be saved.” (Rom 10:13)
Dear participants of the Congress, what about each of you? What if by an extraordinary intervention you all suddenly found yourselves before God’s judgment seat? The greatest reality is that sooner or later each of you will indeed find yourself before God’s judgment seat. Therefore, I ask each of you personally: Where will your soul be after this judgment? In heaven or hell? Repent, all of you, while there is time. Maybe this warning is the last one for you. Repent, and believe in Jesus, the Son of God, who died for your sins. As a sign that you receive Him as your Saviour, now put your hands on your heart. Realize that until now you have walked a false path under the rule of the hereditary source of evil in your soul, behind which is the devil, the spirit of lies and death. With the gesture of receiving Jesus, you have separated yourself from the devil.
Call on God’s holy name, Yehoshua in Hebrew, daily with faith, and you will be saved. Jesus will deliver you from the power of sin and the devil and give you eternal life in heaven. If you reject Jesus, who is the Way to eternal life, you will remain on the path of self-deception and self-destruction, and hell awaits you, regardless of whether you are Catholic or non-Catholic, Buddhist or Hindu. You cannot have a dialogue with sin, lies and the devil. Such dialogue is a betrayal of the truth and a loss of eternal life. Whoever believes in Jesus Christ will be saved; whoever does not believe and rejects Him will be eternally condemned.
+ Elijah
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Methodius OSBMr + Timothy OSBMr
Secretary Bishops
3 September 2022