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Text Box: Christ are therefore calling Christ a liar. They are saying Christ was lying when He told the Apostles when they did what He had just done they would be doing what He had just done. They are saying Christ was a liar when He gave the Apostles the “Power of the Keys”. Holy Communion - Unworthy Reception There are also those who ignore the requirements which the Church has established for proper reception of Holy Communion. They view reception of Holy Communion as a right, and many view reception of Holy Communion as a social event. The Church has established requirements for the reception of Holy Communion through the “Power of the Keys”. Those requirements have been established out of respect for God, that He not be placed in the presence of Satan in a person filled with spiritual vileness and filth. And those requirements have been established for the protection of the one receiving the Sacred Eucharist, that they realize what is happening when they receive Holy Communion, and that they not receive the Eucharist unworthily, for as Saint Paul and other Evangelists have informed us, those who receive the Body and Blood of Christ unworthily - while in the state of having a soul devoid of Grace, a state of Mortal Sin - are guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ. If they die without true repentance through Sacramental confession and absolution, they probably are destined for eternal punishment and depravation of the Beatific Vision in Hell. Purgatory There are those who say they do not believe in Purgatory. Both Saint Peter and Saint Paul wrote that when they would die, after a brief period of purification, they would receive the crown which awaited them. They both made it clear that the

Text Box: purification process would be akin to gold or silver being purified in a furnace, by fire. The similarity to the fires of Hell are unmistakable, except that the experience of Purgatory is temporary while the experience of Hell is permanent and eternal. Those who do not believe in Purgatory should shout their belief for all to hear and should include instructions that no one pray for them after they die. They should show the courage of their convictions. And they should especially instruct each and every Priest and Bishop with whom they ever have contact, that they exclude them from their prayers for the dead. One can be sure every Priest and Bishop will be most unhappy to honor such a request, and if the non-believers are blessed by God the Priests and Bishops will ignore such a request. But if they do honor such a request, those who do not believe in Purgatory will regret that request if they are fortunate enough to actually go to Purgatory, and not go to Hell. Those who call Christ a liar by refusing to believe what Christ very clearly stated can not truthfully call themselves Christians and in calling themselves Christians they prove they themselves are the liars. Probably damned liars. 1 John 5:4-10; John 20:19-31 +

Text Box: SEEK THE “QUIET” GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT True Orthodox Christians have great sorrow for all the people who ignore the reality of God, and for all the people who have created for themselves a god whom they can manipulate for their own temporal benefit - a false god which does not exist, yet whom they believe they can have provide worldly benefits for themselves while they presume to attain a happy eternity without effort. True Orthodox Christians have this great sorrow because they fear for the eternal safety of those who believe in that false and non-existing god. Though there is no presumption to judge these people, to know how they will spend eternity, it is valid to assess their eternal happiness as being in grave jeopardy. Many of those who erroneously presume about God make reference to the Holy Spirit, and how they use His powers. If such persons could in some manner be lead to comprehend that this world is a testing place, a place where those who wish to follow God’s direction and therefore are, or can be made to be, fit to live in God’s house, are separated from those who do not wish to follow God’s direction in preference for pursuing and following their own self satisfaction, and therefore are not fit to live in God’s house and will not live in God’s house; then, perhaps, those people would be induced to give up attempting to manipulate God, and begin attempting to please God. Then they would have a realistic opportunity of attaining eternal happiness. God is within the reach of every individual. He can be touched in innumerable ways: through sorrow for just one sin because that sin hurts or is offensive to God; through love of or for God; through thankful acknowledgment to God for His having created the individual, or for having made something; and through many other ways.

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