Pride and Gender Ideology
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- Fr. Seraphim Holland is the priest at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Mckinney, Texas. You can find Fr. Seraphim at his channel below:
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. St Augustin
the only humility that matters is to be humble enough to receive the salvation offered by God by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ....humility to God is what matters not to man...
wicked people are humble in all kind of situations..doesn't mean they are angels of God or even saved.
@@iuliua without Saints don't even THINK you can reach God
@@iuliuasadhu sadhu sadhu
God delivered me from homosexuality and gender confusion! I was so traumatized but now I’m accepting the beauty that is being a woman and wanting to be a wife :)
Glory to God 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for destroying society, much appreciated.
God bless you sister in Christ! Glory to God for all things! Christ is Risen! ☦️
so happy for you, dear. God bless you!
@INFJEmpath I’ll pray for you. Living in confusion is difficult and painful. We must remember Lot’s wife, refusing to look back to what he has mercifully delivered us from
Some people are so open minded that their brains fall out.
🥰 Brilliant observation 👌🏽
@wandermychild feel free😂
Pride month has NOTHING to do with the pride in the bible.
There are much more famous homosexuals in history and presence than you think, because homosexuals do not identify over their sexual orientation but over what they do in their professions.
Many marry now and raise adopted kids in responsibility.
Thanks for the statement
I'm using this statement! Lol
It is really interesting to listen to American priests, because they are on the front lines of the battle. I am glad that Orthodoxy is growing in America, I think this is the only correct reaction to the modern world.
They truly are on the front lines of battle. Well said.
@ryanLocs86 Are you kidding me?!
Pride month?
Whats next?
Gluttony month?
Sloth month?
Lust month?
Wrath month?
Envy month?
Greed month?
haha sloth month sounds sick, theyre so cute
aren’t all those really just pride month?
Murder Month followed by Necrophilia Week
oh man beat me to it lol
Greed month is every month in this world…unfortunately.
My Orthodox friends have all gone to public school, and nearly each one has something bad to show for it. One friend now has mixed feelings about whether homosexual relations are sinful. Another has begun swearing and using foul language occasionally. And my younger sister has become increasingly distant from her family. I know these people well, and I have full faith that they will move past these issues with Gods help. As for me, I am still homeschooled, but I have sinned by viewing pornography. Please pray for us Orthodox teenagers, the current world is very hard on us. Its hard on everyone.
Go to church every week, pray every day and read the bible and the lives of the saints. Most importantly is fasting atleast once a week.
@@Unknown-DuelistWe fast two days a week. Best to ask one's Priest about such things.
@@Unknown-Duelist I do, I try to go to every service, I do confession regularly, and do evening prayers daily. The fasting part I don't do for health reasons, but my priest is fine with it. I started reading Everyday Saints just yesterday, its a great book.
@@LadyMaria
In the early church days Christians indeed fast twice a week in Wednesday and Friday. I read from Didache.
@@Unknown-Duelist Orthodox Christians are still obligated to do so.
Very good interview with Fr Seraphim! Keep up the good work.
This guy is not a seraphim. That sounds like pride. Taking on the name of the highest order of angelic beings.
More over pride is an individual issue which many have. The other matter here is its not same-sex relationships that's an abomination but, sodomy. Sodomy is both oral and anal sex and is an abomination because it is a perversion of what God intended for the reproductive organs.
Sexual immorality is rife in heterosexuals too. Today 80% of males and 40% of females are addicted to pornagraphy. Most men gay or straight look at others with lust. According to the Bible that is likened to committing adultery in their impure hearts. Pornagraphy falls in that category.
Why people want to throw stones at one group of people is mind boggling.
Homosexuals can choose their life partner. Homosexuals can have non-sexual unions. No sin in choosing a life companion. Marriage and propagation are individual choices.
I’m Catholic but this video is very timely. I’m downtown right now and there are pride flags everywhere and I would call it a parade but it’s a small town so it’s not that crowded. My Airbnb is covered in pride flags and I was not aware of that before booking it but I can’t get a refund so instead I’ll be praying and sprinkling holy water in it. 🙏🏻☦️✝️
Be strong!!! that’s a real test for you!! ❤️
Seriously huh. I just left Sacramento for a test I had to take and I was blown away at the gay and Tran representation. Also the homeless problem is insane.
Come to orthodoxy your one step away from the fulness of the catholic church was 1000 years ago. Praying for you loving you!
mate y do well, but know that what you have is not holy water, also you are in heresy to those you are. Pope church is clearly marriage lgtb and their kids.
That’s why you were chosen to be there ✝️💯
Take back Gods rainbow and to spread the Good news!
Peace be with you brother/sister in Christ God bless you and may the Lord be with you and may the light of Christ burn bright within you! 💯🙏
Shalom
I've been telling people, we can't accept heterosexual fornication sin, yet condemn homosexual sin. We have to be able to differentiate between our personal prejudice and our calling to tell the truth. I'm just a man that wants to be better, and i need Christ to help me.
Not just heterosexual fornication but the pornagraphy and lust.
Even if a man looks upon a woman with lust he has committed adultery with her in his heart.
Moreover, the issue isn't same-sex companionship, i.e., life partners it's sodomy that's the abomination.
Sodomy is both oral and anal sex and is not exclusive to same-sex relationships.
Heterosexuals need to also be called out for sodomy.
It is the abomination because it's a perversion of what God intended reproductive organs for.
This is also an abomination in the marriage bed.
Again it's sodomy that's the actual abomination not same-sex relationships which can be intimate and non-sexual.
The difference is that one is how God intended it at least as far as mechanics, the other is a d3viation that causes medical harm in males (and in women who allow men to do so, which is equally as bad). Both are fornication in this scenario, which is sin, but one is more h3in0us than the other.
@LadyMaria NO! One is not worse than the other.
Sodomy is both oral and anal sex and is an abomination in God's sight. It is perversion of what God intended for the reproductive organs. That's propagation of our species.
It doesn't matter who is doing it.
@LadyMaria SODOMY is an abomination regardless of who is engaging in it. SODOMY is both oral and anal sex. It's a perversion of the reproductive organs and propagation of our species.
This is not exclusively a homosexual issue. People need to call out the abomination of sodomy not specific people.
Same-sex attracted people can have non-sexual unions. Who we share our life/time with is choice. You do not have to be in a sexual relationship for intimacy. No sin in that.
Some people simply have no desire for the opposite sex and sexual relationships with someone of the opposite sex. Some have little sex drive or no sex drive, making them asexual. We are all different.
@@AL-wn2tt That isn't 100% unlike the h0mosexual side.
❤✝ CHRIST IS RISEN ✝❤
❤💪🙏✝ GOD BE WITH US AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS ✝🙏⛪🕊
Truly he has risen!
Pride is the queen of all vices and vice is the pride of all queens.
This should be the Quote of the Month 👍🏻
Zing!
wise words
I’m not sure I agree with that. Pride is the root of all evil and sin. A vice isn’t a sin. It’s a habit.
@user-ov6bv9cn1o have you ever hear of the difference between dialectic and rhetoric?
The original quote is an example of true rhetoric.
Vice has come to mean active, repetitive sin.
You can get as technical as you want, but no one ever won the minds of men by technicalities.
Beautiful! This is why Orthodoxy will remain and prevail. God Bless you all!
GK Chesterton said that when men stop believing in God the danger isn’t that they won’t believe in anything but that they will believe anything. They will believe that a man can become a woman, or that being a woman is simply a state of mind, or that men can menstruate or give birth. A very short time ago these ideas would have rightly been judged as absurd…but no longer.
Most people see this as absurd 😢. Most people know it's wrong. Gender identity is the new abortion. Abortion has lost and will continue to be questioned and law restrictions. So Devil came up with a new controversy...Gender Identity. That's how I see it.
I'm made to obtain His likeness. This gave me so much perspective. Praise the Lord!
The pride parade in Toronto started as a 1 day thing. Then it was viewed as a money maker. Now it's a religion.
Correct, we now have "pride season" from June to September.
Disgusting.
I can’t imaging basing my entire identity and value on what gender I’m attracted to, or what gender I feel I am… what a horrible depressing and waste of a life to live
The stats literally bear out exactly what the last part of your clause asserts.
Yes it is comical to think, that their entire obsessive-compulsive activism... all boils down to our genitalia, and what we can or cannot do with it? Sounds demonic to me. #HumilityMonth
I know. They pretty much base their entire existence on sex............. Then they wonder why they are so miserable!!!
But you do. Thats why you are watching this. Your pride and desire to cast stones at people you feel have committed worse sins then acknowledging your own as well not seeing the hypocrisy of your comment.
Your comment is completely against the teachings of Jesus. You have rejected Jesus and attacked the little ones.
Wailing and Gnashing of teeth is where you are. Come back to God brother
Others identified them with their sexual orientation, and they were killed for it. They had enough and exited the bars and said they exist. Even now, within this video they are all grouped as one so they became a family. Because the Christians kicked then out of the church because their sin might infect others. They were told they are an abomination, some have never even heard the good news.
Christians take pride in following Christ. Vegans announce they are vegan. All minority groups label themselves.
I forget who says it but "love the faithless man, but not his faithlessness."
That's a great quote, I will definitely use it
This is VERY real.
Pride it's in the name. A sin that promoted, if a brother turns to be gay and I warn him about what's coming for him and he donse't listen out of love we let him go. But if it's promoted and forced upon the masses we do NOT ACCPECT.
It's like saying that you can't use a computer mouse if you're allergic to rodents. It only works in English, because you use the same word for two different concepts.
In Polish for example, what is promoted in pride month is called "duma", and the sin is called "pycha"
"Duma" is pride from your accomplishments, from who you are, or not being ashamed. It's used in sentences like "I'm proud of my son", "I'm proud of successfully finishing university" or, well... "I'm proud to be gay", meaning "I'm not ashamed of my sexual orientation".
"Pycha" is a lack of humbleness, being full of yourself, or "pride" as you call it. One of the 7 deadly sins in the Catholic Church.
Do you really think parents can't be proud of their children, or that you can't be proud of your nationality? That would mean that patriotism is sinful.
@@annj281 uhggg you get the point the pride I talk about is thinking you better off without God
@INFJEmpath I hope you know it's a sin and you can't just live in ignorance and follow God. You can keep living the rest of your life in ignorance but don't be surprised if God rejects you because you rejected him first
@INFJEmpath a gay conservative that a bit contradictory listen either love God or leave him but do not disrespect our religion.
@INFJEmpath I am not saying that but it's very contradictory
8:54 The priest's grandchildren "playing Pascha" is one of the most precious things I've ever heard! What a blessing it is to them to have him as their grandfather.
Yes, we devote an entire month to homosexuality in this country.
Father‘s comments about our culture are correct. 100% guaranteed that someone who disagrees with him listening to this video would call what he says hate speech. that’s how far gone we are as a people.
Father makes reference correctly to “abnormal sex“. In today’s world, it would be referred to as “hetero normal“. Unfortunately, it’s more “hetero“ than “normal“.
This is postmodernism.
Yes it is comical to think, that their entire obsessive-compulsive activism... all boils down to our genitalia, and what we can or cannot do with it? Sounds demonic to me. #HumilityMonth
Which is a branch of atheism, which is the root of all corruption.
@@BrandonTheInquirer Only Christ Almighty can save us from this nightmare. Amen! ✝
Then June is the month of the Sacred Heart and we should all pray the Rosary every single day in June to counteract pride month
And not one person knows why it’s a month.
That’s the sad part.
If any of you knew why we celebrate pride, or anything about our history, you’d understand it should be longer than a month.
The prayer for purity has been a permanent part of my eveing prayer rule for a while now.
It is an amazing prayer for anyone struggling with lust.
Is there a good place I could find it online? I don't know that I've ever come across it in my prayer books, but that's not to say it's not in one of them.
@@Big_Boy_Tank It's in the little red prayer book which can be purchased from the Antiochian Village bookstore.
It's also in the Orthodox study Bible.
It may be found on the antiochian website.
@@Big_Boy_Tank
O Master, Lord my God, in whose hands are my lots, help me according to thy mercy and do not allow me to be destroyed by mine iniquities, nor permit me by my will to follow the desires of my flesh against my spirit. I was fashioned by thee, do not forsake the works of thy hands. Turn not thy face away from me, have pity and do not despise me, neither forsake me, O Lord, for I am weak and it is to thee, my protecting God, that I have fled for refuge. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. Save me for the sake of thy mercy, for upon thee have I cast myself from my very youth. May those who war against me be put to shame, and may those who seek to separate me from thee through immodest acts, unseemly thoughts and unprofitable recollections be turned back. Chase from me every impurity, that foul effuence of evil. For thou alone art holy, thou alone art immortal, having unfathomable power against the devil and his might. For unto thee are due all glory, honor, and worship, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen
@@Big_Boy_TankSorry for any typos but it should all be there
I hope more Christians start to stand up against this stuff
Historical precedent says, eventually we will. Crusades are real.
Amen 🙏🏻
Jesus doesn't preach judgement and hate. So going up to an lgbt person saying they will burn in hell and corrupted by demons just for being something that they cannot change because it really isn't a choice just because people want to believe it is, is judgment and trying to take away the free will of others. Focus on your own doings, not the doings of others. Love thy neighbor. God bless.
It's a choice, it can be changed, stop the cap. There are many people who found God and stopped being sexually immoral.@@daught3rofyahweh
I’m so thankful for having found this channel. My heavenly father is always guiding me through the right ways ❤🙌🏼
Eastern Orthodox Church is ORIGINAL CHURCH from year 33(NO DEVIATIONS).
Catholicism became HERESY in 1054.
Protestantism is man-made SECT from 1517.
Found this channel a week ago. And it's been pure gold.
Im so glad I found the Greek Church and was recently bought in as a Catechumen. The world is getting too crazy to ignore.
I appreciate everything Fr. Seraphim says. This is great
I love being orthodox and it is absolutely amazing
Finally someone talking about the relationship between trauma and sexual perversion. We can't solve problems we don't understand and so many people dance around the causes of things like homosexuality.
That's because the alphabet group is extremely dishonest about it and aggressively try to side-step any responsibility related to those past issues because they don't want to be helped.
@@Billy-bc8pk Yes, some of them hide their by pretending the symptoms of their abuse are 'just natural variation', just like Hollywood.
But the amount of 'normal' people who seem so certains gays are born that way yet absolutely do not want to discuss potential causes is astounding. I suppose the implications coming out of such a discussions are too painful for them.
Its even more then that, the birthcontrole pill plastics that behave like estrogen, all play a factor
Sin and trauma go hand in hand...
@@Billy-bc8pkto heal from trauma without God is impossible. I have years of therapy to attest to this. Jesus Christ is the true healer
Prayers for you and your ministry. Thank you ❤
None of us are Godly. And it would be arrogant and heretical to say that we could be as such. Even the best of us, the chaste monks and nuns, even they cannot come close to Godliness. Thus is why penitence is what we should strive for. The orthodox Jesus prayer is such a wonderful example. We ask for God's grace and mercy all the time.
Just to add, we are called to be God-like, and holy.. to be perfect like God the Father is perfect.. which we cannot due of ourselves.. thus Grace.
Thank you for sharing … discerning ‘love’ from ‘acceptance’ … is foundational … straight is the gate and narrow is the way … 🙏🇬🇧
Blessed Fr. Seraphim of Platina was a homosexual Taoist before his conversion to Christ. Many cradle Orthodox struggle with sexuality and gender issues, too. Some of us have lost our children to this cultural shift - myself included. I wish others would say as Fr. Seraphim has here that our position toward people with such struggles, as with any struggle, should be one of love and concern rather than mockery and condemnation of the person, as is often seen elsewhere (unfortunately, among some internet popular clergy). Thank you for this thoughtful interview.
Yes, but when their attitudes want to shove it down our throats to force us to agree with them, is not acceptable. (those that are gay) When they have lost their way or abandoned their own sex that God gave to them at birth. I believe it happens because that child was hurt very deeply. When a parent is insensitive to a child's needs, temperament, or personality, it is like cutting off their own sex and being, so that they are disconnected, and later want to discard who they are or were in exchange for another sex to become. It is sad, but very sick too.
Really appreciate the story of the "uncle"-very good piece of wisdom to add for these discussions!
You put into words some of my thoughts, and eloquently built upon them, thank you Father!
You know when I was in college, I was super liberal. And it's interesting I'm not 25, and I made the painful and difficult journey back to the Catholic Church how I was raised. And i am only now understanding what it means. It's never been about creating an us and them or a liberal vs conservative, it's all been about some folks really just dig into a sinful and toxic habit, and slowly take a decline. And the thing about orthodoxy/Catholicism is that they are pointing out all the things that tarnish your soul
Amen
The truth may hurt, it may point out things that we hate to hear
But the truth is never spoken to hurt us. It is spoken to save us.
@@crystalpapers6590except when y’all force your beliefs on us, it kills us.
You think we are forcing something on you, yet, it’s the other way around. We’ve dealt with your religious crap for 2 centuries.
My friends died at the hands of people with your thinking.
I had to fight off two men trying to burn cigs in my face.
I had a coke can thrown through my window as I was driving down the freeway.
I’ve been told every waking day of my life that I’m going to hell.
Y’all won’t stop. We kill ourselves because of you. YOUR religious beliefs kill people who don’t do anything to you.
And you think gay pride is about sexuality. You think gay pride is forcing something on you.
Shame on you.
Homeschool your kids. My wife did. I worked hard to pay for it. And helped where I could. It’s all online now.
We're hoping to start one or two faithful Orthodox schools here. Please pray for us. 🙏
@@LadyMariaAllow for homeschool students to take a class if need be to get in more students, both full time students just for the school or part time home schoolers
@@ProtestantismLeftBehind We are working on something, funding is another thing.
Jesus said,if you love me you will keep my commandments
If my doctor asked my children what pronouns they use, that would be the last visit to that office.
That’s easier said than done in this society, unfortunately.
Absolutely
Thank you Father! Great talk, God bless 🙏🙏♥️
Such great wisdom
At about 5:00, Fr. Seraphim was trying to think of a term. I think the term he was thinking of was "community"
_"Homosexual Community"_
_"Transgender Community"_
And of course there's no "heterosexual community" because that would be phobic, and heteronormativity is not allowed according to the current orthodoxy of the woke.
Sub culture?
Yes, that's it
Boo hoo
@@ryanjaceodonnell do what now?
Thank you Father for the wise words!
We need to be such active participants in the lives of our children. There’s NO WAY AROUND IT! You have to want to protect and help nourish the souls of your children more than the secular State wants to.
May we pray for God’s mercy and guidance.
How can this happen when we are all forced to work longer hours to make ends meet?
Is it a coincidence that Greece, an orthodox country has allowed employers to impose a 6 day working week?
It's all about breaking the family.
Just throwing this out there: the Bible advocates for a balanced parent-child relationship, where respect and honor are mutual. Parents are called to exercise their authority with love, wisdom, and compassion, so as not to cause pain, resentment or discouragement in their children. Too often people take the text literally ("the rod of correction" - Proverbs 29:15) and abuse children thinking they're following Christianity. But the goal is to guide and correct, not to harm or humiliate. When you've had abusive parents, honoring them does not mean tolerating abuse or maintaining a harmful relationship with them for the rest of your life, but rather setting limits, and honoring your own mental health first. They may have given you life, but that has never been a ticket to justify any kind of abuse. Your healing process is a form of honoring your parents by not allowing their actions to define or control your future.
Here are some relevant examples from the Bible:
OT: Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Deuteronomy 4:9; Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 29:15
NT: Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21; 1 Timothy 3:4-5; 1 Timothy 5:8; Titus 2:4; Hebrews 12:7-11
Understand
Thank you for writing this comment.
So good. Everything he said is right on point biblically.
Amen. ❤❤❤ Thank you Father.
This is so important. Bring your sin to christ in confession.
Limit or eliminate the multi media video games. No social media for your kids. Raise them in the Church. An actual physical Church. And talk to them a lot.
God bless and keep us ☦️☦️☦️
Great advice. A lot of parents dont realize that giving kids access to the internet is letting someone else raise them.
And screen out all popular culture, no cable television either. And no smart phones for the kids.
@@mht5875 definitely no phones or cable. I still plan on showing my kids movies and tv, but only stuff that has a positive impact.
Unrestricted internet access melted my brain as a youth more than video games ever could.
@@crystalpapers6590 it’s not the content of the video games necessarily. It’s the unrestricted vocal interactions with ‘adult men’. Listening to the way people interact on there…it’s abominable. Kids then learn that sort of speech is how you deal with the world
Lord have mercy on us and protect us from the evil one
💯, gos bless you father and god save our souls
This excites me, my generation!! MY generation and the next generation which my siblings are of, imagine the saints who will fight against this evilness that we have been taught! Imagine the Hesychasts, the ascetics, the fools! All the saints who are of my generation will fight against this pride!
Glory to Christ and his Holy Orthodox Church ☦️
Brother you are literally in every orthodox comment section.
🗿💪🏽🫡☦️
St. James said. "I will show you my faith by my works"
Prayers for purity please.
I am drawn to the Orthodox Church for a while now. In an hour or so of listening to two Orthodox priests and preachers, I ve learned more than my whole life time especially on prayer and the sacredness of sexuality. I look forward to more teaching about the crucifixion atoning for sin and the trinity.
The prostrations were helpful. Thank you
Amazing truth that this whole world needs to hear I pray I learn to live like Jesus.
Very well said: "If you recognise something is toxic to you THEN you struggle against it."
Orthodoxy is the ONLY solution to the material sinful world.
Our hearts should break for people who support Pride Month, which should lead to Christians reaching out with the Gospel. It's awesome to hear a preacher speak about sexual sin across the board, and not just the LGBTQ community. If more Christians admitted to the problem of sexual sin for hetero-sexual people (many who are Christians), I believe God would use that to open the door to many in the Pride community to reflect on their sinful behavior.
Excellent interview and explanation.
❤🙏❤️ The procession.
I used to play to have first communion as a child...dressing up with curtains and flowers. I miss that innocence
I think the "temptation is sin" thread is very interesting. It helps me to make sense of it to think that if I was apart from Christ and left with no guide or light to my life, my temptations could and likely would easily overtake me. Therefore, I am always reminded that within myself dwells no good thing and I am a sinner and in need forever of Christ's sacrifice leadership in my life.
Thank you
God bless you father. We need people to wake up
❤🙏❤Congratulations!!! Our Lord Christ Bless you Father ! Thanks a lot !!! From Greece!
They call it Pride for a reason, it's coming from somewhere. It was a tiny manoriry of humans until the culture abandoned religion and religious protection.
Can't wait to go to a orthodox church 😊
Sending my children to a catholic school.
You can love someone without loving what that person does to harm themselves or others.
Brothers and sisters pray for me as I struggle with these sin and desires. Because i know it’s better to be a honorable man for my significant other and little one but still desire the cravings that i developed as a young man
My husband has struggled with sexual deviancy throughout our marriage (bdsm) it only recently occurred to me it could be childhood trauma. If I try to talk to him about it he becomes defensive and very angry
Be careful and make him speak to a priest and/or therapist
I can’t believe you’re still with this man and give him sexual access to your body. What you know about him is just the tip of the iceberg. The viruses he could pass on to you are the stuff of nightmares. They lie latent (stealth viruses) and symptoms appear years after infection. Run for your life lady.
Not therapist 😂@@GALA89
He needs help of your Priest for sure. These are demons oppressing him.
I was listening and walking- I kept saying Amen! Thank you for bringing out it is our identity as made in Gods image. Turning away from God as our creator- turning away from who we are made. It keeps reminding me of 2 Thessalonians2- the powerful delusion. Those who refuse to love the truth. It is not whether we even know the truth- but do we love it? Or are we in conflict with it? God calls us to make a case if we are in conflict with the truth….yet are we encouraging people to make their case to God? So it can be seen truly why their heart is not at peace in who they are? With God as God?
"Abolition of the family! Even the most radical flare up at this infamous proposal of the Communists"
-Karl Marx in The Communist Manifesto ☭
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
Our Lord went out for 40 days and nights to be tempted in the desert, yet he did not sin. And because He was human, he felt the full brunt and weight of that temptation. So much so, that he had to have angels come and minister to him afterwards. It wouldn't have been much of a temptation if he wasn't tempted. It's right there in the very word. "For we do not have an high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet he did not sin." Hebrews 4:15. I agree wholeheartedly with everything else this man is saying, but that's where we part ways. If you're prepared to say that just feeling tempted is, in itself, a sin, even though it's not acted upon, you're going to have to make a case for how our Lord didn't sin when he was tempted if you want me to follow you down that road.
You forget that Christ is also 100% God. He was presented with temptations but didn't entertain them in thought or action. To say Christ was tempted to sin is against God.
God Blesse orthodoxy ❤
priDE MONth.
@@JUANS3F no. I'm Orthodox and I'm merely pointing out the fact that the word "demon" is embedded in the phrase "pride month".
Thanks for the message never saw the hidden message good spotting
There are no coincidences. There are those that celebrate the sin, in the name of sin, and the sin celebrates in their participation.
Do not be mistaken, you don't need to be gay or trans to celebrate the pride of those sins. You need only contribute to the celebration, or even just stand idly by while your neighbors turn to sin. Love your neighbors, speak out against satan's madness, do not tolerate the festivities of degenerate wickedness.
Wow thank you sir your wisdom in Jesus Christ is amazing !!!! Really love to hear from you give me spiritual good to !! Good bless you everything you touch and your ministry !!!!! Glory to Jesus whom I serve Hallelujah in Jesus name 🔥🦁👑🦁🔥🔥🔥👑👑👑
People forget love equals care. If you love someone, you’ll jump in front of a bullet for them, you don’t even think , it’s just automatic. If you don’t live them, you run as soon as you hear the bang. Enabling bad , destructive behaviour is not live, it is hateful behaviour
this world is foing crazy...
stay humble and trust in god.
Pride comes before a fall..... thankfully
God is here. AND HE IS GOOD.
Shame month.
A few questions:
1) When you speak of Satan, is this a literal person who has power over earth? Why doesn't God overpower Satan? Does Satan's power undermine God's providence? Or if Satan operates within God's providence, how is God not responsible for Satan's activity? What supernatural activity requires Satan to explain it? Couldn't all activity on earth be explained by natural laws and human nature?
2) "We are made in the image of God." - What does this mean?
Do we look like God? No, God has no body.
Do we think like God? No, God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts. (Isaiah 55)
There is a dilemma here: The more God is like us, then the lesser God is. But the greater God is, the less he is like us, and the less we are made in the image of God.
3) Is all pride a sin? So when a father is proud of his son, this is evil?
4) What is our purpose? Where in the Bible can an individual find their individual purpose? Be fruitful and multiply? - even those with severe genetic diseases that will pass down to their children? Is it God's purpose that we become lawyers and doctors and engineers - or do we become those things because we must to survive? Isn't it curious that our "God given" purposes happen to correspond with jobs that are necessary for survival? Find someone who survives purely by God alone and I will be impressed.
5) God's commands are a reflection of who God is. What about God's commands to kill the Canaanites? What does that say about God, who clearly has the power to achieve the same ends without violence?
6) The Bible says one thing and we filter it through our reasoning. When the Bible says "Thou shalt not kill", we immediately realize that it's strictly false. Killing in self-defense is okay. (Not to mention God kills a lot in the Old Testament, so do the Israelites at God's command.) When the Bible says pride is a sin, we immediately realize that there are different kinds of pride, and being proud of one's sobriety after a battle with addiction, or proud of one's parents-these aren't cases of evil pride. God says be fruitful and multiply, but we recognize that this doesn't apply to infertile couples, or couples with recessive genes that would result in their children having Cystic Fibrosis.
So inevitably Christians filter the Bible through their own reasoning.
Now here's a question. What's wrong with a woman marrying a woman? Or a man marrying a man? How does reason bear on this?
Great questions. Sit with a preist to break it down for you because I am not good at articulating. Father Serephim can answer these questions without judgement. God be with you.
"Is Satan a literal person who has power over earth?"
Satan is a spirit being who affects the Earth through humans.
"Why doesn't God overpower Satan?"
The scripture is an explicit prophecy that that's exactly what he will do. Why not do it sooner? To give more time for people to repent, to save as many souls as possible.
"Does Satan's power undermine God's providence?"
Providence is divine guidance and care. Yes, evil spirits, the worst of which is Satan, undermine divine guidance and care. Like a parasite that blocks you from seeking help.
"If Satan operates within God's providence, how is God not responsible for Satan's activity?"
Satan had God's providence, but rebelled against it. God gives no providence to demons. We have free will and our responsible for our own actions. Including Satan.
"What supernatural activity requires Satan to explain it?"
This question is nonsensical. Our activities aren't supernatural. No activity "requires" Satan. Satan just is, and will influence your Earthly activities unless defended against.
"Couldn't all activity on earth be explained by natural laws and human nature?"
Yes. And natural laws and human nature are fundamentally spiritual. We are inseparable from God. You will find that everyone who attempts separation from this truth, will fall in their pride.
"Do we look like God? No, God has no body."
We are God's body. If you deny God's ownership of your body, then yes, it seems like God has no body. Because you've taken prideful ownership of your own body, and God seemingly has no more space to occupy in this physical reality. But then demons take over your body.
"Do we think like God? No, God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts."
If you let God think for you, you'll find that your thoughts become more like God's.
"There is a dilemma here: The more God is like us, then the lesser God is. But the greater God is, the less he is like us, and the less we are made in the image of God."
God does not become lesser by connecting with his own creation. Also note we are continuously REMADE. Let God control you and you'll be remade in his image, again and again.
"Is all pride a sin? So when a father is proud of his son, this is evil?"
Yes. The father didn't made the son, God did. A prideful father assigns credit of creation to himself. That will leads to taking credit for many other things. Sooner or later, pride is all he's got. And then comes the fall.
"What is our purpose? Where in the Bible can an individual find their individual purpose?"
This you will discover when you study scripture in religious community. We are not individuals, this is a flawed line of questioning. You FEEL like an individual because you're LOST. When you find God, you're not an individual anymore, you're God's body.
Since I took the time to reply, I also took the time to phone God directly. He says your purpose is to become a loving husband and good father, trustworthy and fair in your business, and appreciative of arts.
"Be fruitful and multiply? - even those with severe genetic diseases that will pass down to their children?"
You're hung up on exceptions preventing you from accepting rules. Most people are perfectly capable of multiplying.
"Is it God's purpose that we become lawyers and doctors and engineers - or do we become those things because we must to survive?"
Lawyers, doctors, and engineers were absent for most of human history, yet we survived. It's possible that a given person is destined to become these. Just seems like a weird question.
"Isn't it curious that our "God given" purposes happen to correspond with jobs that are necessary for survival?"
Who says lawyers are necessary for survival? 😂
"Find someone who survives purely by God alone and I will be impressed."
You don't seem very impressed by Jesus. Maybe you should try harder. Many people sacrificed EVERYTHING to bring you their discovery of this very person you speak of. Yet you speak as if he never existed. While living in a civilization that counts time since Jesus was born.
"What about God's commands to kill the Canaanites? What does that say about God, who clearly has the power to achieve the same ends without violence?"
What end? Absolute obedience to God is the beginning. Act against God and you will be destroyed, one way or another.
"When the Bible says "Thou shalt not kill", we immediately realize that it's strictly false."
The Bible is a general instruction manual to life. God may instruct you personally to act otherwise. Why doesn't the entirety of scripture contain specific instructions for every person for all time? Well, not enough paper.
"When the Bible says pride is a sin, we immediately realize that their are different kinds of pride, and being proud of one's sobriety after a battle with addiction, or proud of one's parents-these aren't cases of evil pride."
Yes, they are. If you assign credit for your sobriety to yourself, in the form of pride, then you will fall into alcoholism again. That's what pride does, it's a demon. Proud of your parents elevates parenthood above God, and you will become the proud parent who thinks he knows better, producing prideful children, who spiral deeper into sin. PRIDE IS A SIN. All glory should be accredited to God. You should serve as his instrument with humility and grace.
"God says be fruitful and multiply, but we recognize that this doesn't apply to infertile couples, or couples with recessive genes that would result in their children having Cystic Fibrosis."
No, YOU recognize that. Maybe their ancestors fell so far from God that their punishment is being realized by their children. Maybe they have a special mission that's an exception from general rules. If you want, I can ask directly about a specific couple.
"So inevitably Christians filter the Bible through their own reasoning."
This is true for every single written word you could ever read in any setting. It fails to diminish the significance of scripture that, despite this fact of lossy communication, endures to this day.
"What's wrong with a woman marrying a woman? Or a man marrying a man?"
Neither produces children. Easy.
I wish Father Holland could come to visit my old church. My old church really needs to listen to his discussions regarding sexual deviances of all kinds. They have become caught up in the "unclobbering movement".
I’m 49 yrs old and I believe I’ve believed Im gay because of trauma 💯
Praying for you
May God help you!
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Thank you 🙏 ❤
Do the work and repent, god dont like sinners. You will burn, even if you were a victim, you choose your behaviour
I think a major thing that you touched on is finding purpose after trauma. You said 1 in 3 has experienced trauma. I think when someone has experienced trauma, they don’t have the guidance or help to know how to unpack that & heal. And may take comfort in whatever “sin“ they’re in. Mostly out of wounded ignorance. The church being a hospital I see it as important to love people where they are so they have the opportunity to experience mercy & healing.
No one is judging them in their struggle. They are obviously deluded, clearly worshipping themselves, but it IS A distortion of the Truth, and if we truly love our neighbor, we don’t validate or accept that in order for them to feel inclusive.
@@angeleyes7401 the person who caused the other trauma was worshiping themselves. Let’s not victim shame.
@@NicoleDionne everyone has some sort of trauma. People can choose to continue being a slave to their traumas… or not.
@@angeleyes7401 healing from trauma is exactly as simple as you stated. You’re right! Since it’s so simple then humanity has no need for mercy or salvation.
I will never forget playing “church” with my older brother when we were little boys. We would walk down the hallway with our arms crossed and pretend to take Eucharist
Man and the world keeps moving the goal posts and making themselves their own God. Gods word is good yesterday, today and tomorrow for all time. His counsel shall stand and He will do all his pleasure. He declared the beginning from the end.
Last years pride month lasted 365 days
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I’m drawn to Christian orthodoxy but not sure where to start. I’m Australian English speaking and Christian. Do I attend Greek Russian, Ukrainian Indian ??? Confused ❤
The magazine Death to The World turned me towards Greek. I highly reccomend it. Read righteous propaganda.
Hey, im australian too, from perth specifically. If ur looking for a Orthodox church, for new commers greek churches tend to have more converts, at the end of the day myself am a convert and I am being received into the church currently. If u have any more questions we can chat sometime, if ur interested I can drop my discord
Choose an Eastern Orthodox English speaking parish....don't worry about choosing via ethnicity
@@icxcnika9493 I disagree, if u do somehow find a parish that is 'english' it is mostlikey heretical in a way. Never have I found a parish that is in complely english that's not ecumenist or western rite. So pls do stick to a ethnicity, if they have english liturgy's along side the ethnic one, no problem.
Indian is not Orthodox, it's from the Oriental communion. The others are in the Orthodox Church. Greek, Russian, Ukranian (not OCU), Bulgarian, Romanian, Serbian, Georgian, Orthodox Church in America, Antiochian, etc. These are canonical.
I recommend the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR).
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Beautiful.
Pride Month? never heard of it.
It's an American thing. Every June they have Pride month, meaning "proud to be LGBT" (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender). It's a cultural thing for them, a lot of companies and organizations having events, like parades or publishing books, etc. cultural events in recognition of LGBT people over there. That's about it. They also have a Black History month (to honour black people and their history in the US) and there are others, but Pride month and Black history month (I think that's in February) are the most famous thematic months. Don't think of them as official celebrations, as much as cultural, informal celebrations.
@@octavianpopescu4776 i was kidding. i live in minneapolis minnesota unfortunately
The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Lord, have mercy on us ❤️🙏🏻
@@octavianpopescu4776Gay pride is in many countries not just America. Even Israel has gay pride month.
You mean they would dedicate a WHOLE MONTH to sin? Why would someone do that?
What is the term for the intrusive distracting thought that arrive in your head? The cc shows me "logus me" but I don’t think it’s correct as I can’t find anything further online…
Logismoi
As a protestant this is the s good