Affection Waning

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October 17 (30)

Col. 2:20-3:3; Lk. 9:23-27

Do not be ashamed to confess Lord Jesus Christ the incarnate Son of God Who has redeemed us by His death and by His resurrection and Ascension opened to us the entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven: “For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He shall come in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels" [Lk. 9:26].

In the modem society it is fashionable to black out anything related to Lord Jesus Christ and our salvation through Him — while in the past this subject was in the focus of virtually any human interaction. Our words are driven by the affection of our heart; is it true, then, that the affection to the Lord is waning in people nowadays? Yes. precisely this conclusion has to be made based upon what people currently say and write.

Some people do not know Him at all; others are lukewarm to Him; anyone who still loves Him, wary both of these and those, would not speak about Him in public; and the clergy stays quiet. Thus, the most crucial subject — Lord the Savior and salvation of the human race — is completely excluded from people’s everyday reading and conversations.

Someone would raise objections, saying: “Is this the only subject to speak about?” No, not at all. But everything ought to be thought and spoken about from the Christian standpoint, in the Christian spirit. Then one would easily tell a Christian from a pagan, while now there seems to be no difference, either in spoken or in written word. Browse our magazines: which sort of trash would you not find there! But no one would speak out as a Christian. What a convoluted time we are going through!

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