Finding Purpose and Repentance in Orthodoxy
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- 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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I was saved 14 years ago, as a Protestant. But in the past 4 months I’ve been watching many of these interviews with orthodox priests, and I feel God stirring in my heart that Maybe the Orthodox Church is where I belong.. please pray for me
Babtism at 2 months old in 63, Came to Christ in 1988/89, searched for the experience as it is written in N T. found it in 1995 in Orthodoxy, was received in 96 ... New every morning.
Pray for the truth. Pray every day for God to lead you to the truth and to give you the strength to follow the truth wherever it leads. That what I was praying for when I found the Orthodox Church
Devout Protestant for 33 years. Baptized into Orthodoxy last year. Best decision I ever made.
I pray for you. He is calling you to the truth.. He called me too.. From New age.
Glory to God for everything ♥️☦️
I pray for you. He is calling you to the truth.. He called me too.. From New age.
Glory to God for everything ♥️☦️
Please pray for me everyone. I am 17 and fighting a fierce fight against the temptations of masturbation and pornography. I rediscovered the faith (I was baptized orthodox) around late 2022 and early 2023 and have been learning and practicing since. One day, when I can drive, I’ll go to an Orthodox Church and become a catechumen if necessary.
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, the sinner. ☦️
Once you can drive 100% go to as many services as possible and become part of the family. So much of knowledge and understanding in Orthodoxy is experiential. I’m just recently baptized and feel your struggles. Confession helps - the sacraments are profoundly real in a way you can only know by participating. Persist and struggle brother. Sin is swift to snatch us but our Lord is faster to save for those who call on Him. Pray, and pray a lot. Pray the Jesus prayer.
@@wesleyerickson8661 thank you bro. The funny part about all of this is that I know everything you’ve told me. But knowledge is not enough. I need to actually experience it all and be part of it. Much love brother ❤️☦️
@@FollowerOfChrist_PX I know what you mean 100% I had the same experience.
In the meantime, there is no reason to be doing this alone. Contact a church or the one you were part of. Contact A PRIEST and start talking to him. Now...or very soon. We do not do this alone.
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Ask your Spiritual Father for guidance. Regular exercise and a good diet (good proteins, vegetables, fruits, good carbs) will help you a lot.
Convert from Judaism to Orthodoxy, my heart was hungry for Truth and healing. Glory to God!
Me too
Thats a bit unfortunate if Christianity is what going to offer you salvation sure. I am not a religious Jew but I don't think I will ever convert to anything. Once you are born a Jew you will always be a Jew no matter which faith you convert to. If I ever become religious I might go back to Orthodox Judaism.
@@viktormunez6692 Born in ignorance. Remain in ignorance if that is what you desire
@@jeromesilverman2106 Its better to be ignorant than a convert.
@@viktormunez6692if you believe it to be a false doctrine, why not read it properly to know the arguments to defeat it in detail?
Father, I'm Persian. Living in Thailand. Born and raised in a modern-age Muslim family in Iran. Came to Thailand in 2018 to sin in peace and also get rid of the ever-increasing madness of that rotten society. I've been sinning in all forms of it, an absolutely pathetic specimen of a man. Just about a year ago in 2023, I had an encounter with something that I could not and will not comprehend its nature while dying on an incident of overdose. Shook my existence. I can never reflect on it properly even if I tried for years. All I can say is that I'm so new to Christianity, furthermore, I see it as a miracle that the message in the video, has reached out to me. I wish it reaches out to everyone who is lost like I once was. Praise be the Lord. He is EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE. In every single atom from one end of the cosmos to the other, in all dimensions. In Jesus' name, I pray for everyone, and may God have mercy on us. Please pray so the Lord reaches out to my Mom who is the most innocent person I've ever met in my life. She's muslim and she doesn't know the real God Jesus Christ of Nazareth. May God bless every second of your life. Thanks ever so much🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi,
For some reason I was drawn to write this message to you. I have a some-what of a similar background. I was a Buddhist for 20+ years, visited Thailand, Singapore, India, Nepal, Tibet, etc.
Interested in talking with you, and processing this journey.
@@Tryingtofindmyway That would be great, and a big help. Thank you, sir 🙏🙏🙏
@@Tryingtofindmyway please leave any feasible contact here and I'll reach out as soon as possible
I will pray for your mother
@@Tryingtofindmyway would you please happen to share your Instagram or email or anything feasible?
he became a heart surgeon in a different way ❤️☦️
It is not dishonest to say that I can scientifically prove God exists because
Once you realize that Earth IS NOT a spinning ball floating in space, once you realize that Space as we know it from Nasa does not exist,
then it will be much more simple for anyone to see that there is a Creator
The Bible even says "even demons believe"
Atheists are simply lost, dumb souls
They are deceived by satan
The whole theory of evolution, big bang, gravity, ball earth is a deception made by satan himself,
Scientifically, the globe is a hoax, it does not exist
Earth is stationary and it is the center of creation, and it has leveled surface, exactly as it says in the Bible
Terra is a leveled plane, surrounded by an ice wall and with water above and below the firmament
There is a firmament as it says in the Bible, that divides the waters above from the waters below - the oceans on earth
The book of Enoch which still exists in the Ethiopian Biblical cannon, talks in more details about the shape of Earth and about the Universe
Ethiopia is the first Christian Kingdom in the world, and the oldest bible is in Ethiopia
Dinasours never existed, they are a hoax together with evolution and big bang
All the dino bones you see in museums are fake
Dragons and giants and other creatures that The Bible talks about, did exist
There are no aliens, but "angels" and "demons"
The Moon is plasma, it is not solid, all the planets above are luminaries, non solid objects reflected in the firmament
Nasa or Nasha in hebrew means "to deceive". It is a satanic organization together with the majority of the Government.
nasa is satan, Earth is not a planeT, but a plane.
It is all an attempt from satan to make people atheists. The devil is real and he wants your life and your soul.
Look up "top 20 proofs earth is not a spinning ball", I cannot write the name of the channel because my comment will be automatically removed by yt algorithm
Things are much deeper and much worse than you imagine
Once you realize this, you WILL HAVE TO COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT the question is not if there is a creator, the question is who IS GOD?
And unless you come to the CONCLUSION that GOD is YESHUA JESUS CHRIST THE SON FROM THE TRINITY, THE MESSIAH,
unless you come to this, you are still asleep and not awake
THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE INTRODUCTION TO JESUS CHRIST THE TRINITY
"I AM THE WAY, THE LIFE AND THE TRUTH"
This is what you NEED to understand
The war is between Christ and satan
And they fight for our souls
JESUS CHRIST THE TRINITY IS THE ONE AND ONLY GOD AND THE ONE AND ONLY WAY
JEWS ARE THE CHOSEN ONES SO THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE
IF THEY DON'T, THEY ARE ASLEEP AND NOT AWAKE
THE ONLY TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS ORTHODOXY, NOT CATHOLICISM
May God Yeshua Jesus Christ THE TRINITY HELP YOU!!!
I’m a Protestant from north Texas and I’m feeling a new interest in the Orthodox Church.
Catholic here. The Orthodox Church holds a lot of wisdom for our salvation as well. God bless.
„You can’t be saved by works but you wont be saved without works“ powerful
Agreed! I"m Orthodox and also have befriended Sikhs who invited me to participate in their Seva, or 'Selfless Service' and it was very spiritually fulfilling. The focus, at all times, is on the giving, not a 'transaction', i.e., offering service and expecting something back. Just giving and serving. If you expect something back in return, you miss the point entirely and would be counterproductive. Works are important. Believe, live the belief, become, and 'DO'.
That is so true
Isn’t that basically just saying works save ?
@@RoyalDiadem91read James😊
@@deidrebuzbee5466James doesn’t say no works means hell. Says works is proof your saved to man. Romans says to the one with no works he is still saved.
Went to my first Orthodox church last weekend. An amazing experience.
This blessed me more than words can say. Thank you, Father, for sharing it with us. This is why I say that Orthodoxy was the true coming Home that my heart longed for. It took God 54 years to journey me east and I’m so thankful. So grateful for this beautiful, Orthodox Faith.💜✝️💜
Yes, i understand that long journey. I was close to that age myself when i was finally received into the church i had been looking for most of my life..
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First time watching something like this before in a long time im now 30. Ive been through many different strife in life, and felt pain, just like anyone else rape, assault, mental health, money woe, not feeling like I truly belong, not feeling like the world is correct, wondering my true purpose wanting to forgive the people who raped me, life has been just as life is. Im learning and realising how much brain washing and evil was placed before me, and I'm trying my best to find god and start my journey through healing to his love and light. My mother always instilled his love and glory, I just ignored it. I rebelled against the most high, being confused and hurt with the devils control, and this just concretes my feelings. Thank you Jesus. Thank you lord. I am working through my sins and will repent and ask for forgiveness. Please whomever sees this and feels his love, pray for me brother and sisters. And I will do the same for us all. Blessings and love to all. Amen.
Praying for you. I was homosexual too. God saved me from there. God bless you.
@Prbbly_nt1015 ❤️❤️🫂 praying for you to, blessings always 🙏🏼 amen
I’m Ethiopian Orthodox father god bless you we learned a lot about salivation thank you so much we need more orthodoxy videos from this channel
What a wonderful priest. Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me, a sinner.☦️
“Salvation is healing” never heard it put that way before.
Father Seraphim's description of encountering the True Church resonates with me. I remember thinking if I were to find the Church of the Apostles the question would no longer be "do they agree with me" but rather "do I agree with them". Everything else he said is also gold.
I was a young adult convert to the Roman Catholic Church. Later, after marrying and having our first child (baptized RC), I came across an article in the local paper (Minneapolis-St. Paul) about a Lutheran pastor who converted to Orthodoxy, and I felt (the Holy Spirit, no doubt) the overwhelming need to talk to this man. Long story short, I started attending Intro to Orthodoxy talks at the Cathedral of the Holy Protection (St. Mary's) in Minneapolis (OCA).
Like you, Father, I knew fully that I'd found the truth, and gradually felt the Spirit's urging to convert; my husband said his parents "will get used to it". I went to confession with our Catholic priest about my experience, and he said, "Oh, you don't want to get involved with the Orthodox - they're just a bunch of feuding factions." Last time I set foot in that church. I knew I truly was Orthodox.
Oh, Rebecca! Good for you! GLORY TO GOD! I have dear friends at St. Mary's.
Met them in sthrn CA.
The father, son, and daughter used to sing in the choir. Am not sure what is happening now.
My husband and i watched ST. MARY'S all the time during the lockdown and afterwards..
I still do.. at least i watch some and sing along with the choir and almost always hear the homily and forward links to it..
I think you are in very good hands there..
I assume you know the story of St. Alexis Toth..
I many ways rather applicable to your story.
CHRIST is RISEN! What a joy to read your comment.
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Christ is Risen ☦️
Indeed He is Risen 🙏
Thank-you & God bless you, Fr. Seraphim, for your teaching!!
Beautiful message🕯️
Благослови всех Господь☦May the Lord bless you all, and thanks for the video
I drink beer everyday after work, I know it's a sin and I have prayed to please let the Lord Jesus help me in this. I have so many horrible childhood memories of abuse. I know the alcohol is only a bandaid on a gaping wound. But the words pick myself up by my bootstraps is way easier said than done. Still I worship everyday and pray everyday that one day I will have the courage to be a better person. 😔
Don’t get discouraged brother, remember that God will always provide sufficient grace for you to overcome any difficult position you find yourself in. Although difficult, it’s absolutely not impossible and therefore you must pick yourself up time and time again and keeping fighting to overcome.
We can't do this alone bro, we need Christ, you have beer, I have cigarettes and some one have porn, we need the cross.
Drinking beer everyday isn’t a sin. Getting drunk every day would be sinful
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I think that allowing anything or any substance to replace our Christ is the sin.
Drunkenness is sin not alcohol consumption
Fr. Serphim explains repentance so simple, one can really see the years of experience. God bless this spiritual Father. 🙏 ☦️❤️
This has come at the perfect time for me. Thank you Father Seraphim Holland ☦️
I've been born and raised Orthodox in Romania. I admire your work, I enjoy these discussions with priests from US. I find it interesting and wonderful how indeed God loves everyone and wants to save everyone of us, by doing miracles everyday. May God bless u !
With this simple testimony I realized once again why I became Orthodox - it is because of application of reason in the faith.
Fantastic priest
Im out of the country right now and I’ve been away from my church. TH-cam videos like these are so valuable. Thank you Father
Thank you for sharing the more i hear about orthodoxy the more i love.
This was so excellent. Everytime I hear these teachings, I want to come to the Orthodox Church. I am reading a lot, yet also aware of my own passions that need cleaning up. Sometimes I fear that I might focus so much on my faults that I miss the simple joys of just living lightly. But the bible says, that come to Christ that your joy may be full! John 15:11.
The one true holy catholic and apostolic church ❤
Thank you Father Seraphim, praying for you, your family & most importantly, your beautiful Daniel. ☦️
The examples this father gave were so beautiful and enlightening. I had it all wrong 😂☦️
I very much benefited from these analogies. Thank you so much.
Lord.Have mercy on me, a sinner.
Thank you father! Greetings from Orthodox Bulgaria 🇧🇬☦️🙏
From a child to Syriac orthodox parents and grandparents: GOD BLESS THIS PRIEST AND THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD ☦️
Christiany started in Anatolia, Syriacs was among if not the first Christians . The orthodox church have been persucated in that part of the world for so long even until today.
God bless you all
Your devotion is inspiring; but is it not the case that the first formal church of Christianity was the nestorians in Ethiopia?
Wow... I'm so happy to have found this channel... resonates tremendously.
❤✝CHRIST IS RISEN ☦❤
❤🕊️🙏✝ GOD GIVES US STRENGTH AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS ☦🙏⛪️💪
Thank you father
Brilliant.
I have been obsessed with my purpose in life since I was in college as well. 🙏
Such an important discussion!
Wow. There is so much instruction and wisdom packed into this short and powerful video. God bless Fr. Seraphim and God bless this channel for presenting so much instruction and wisdom from all of these Priests, including one from the parish I attend.
This is my favorite Orthodox Christianity channel. God bless you all!
This was very good, thank you Father Seraphim, may God bless you
The comparison to marriage is a great comparison!
Such a good definitive and convicting description of true Christianity. Thank you so much xxx
God bless you and Ortodoxy ❤
Christ is Risen!
This message is a message that speaks to me.
Thank you Fr. Seraphim Holland.
Thank you Roots of Orthodoxy.
Truly He is Risen!☦️
Amazing! Glory to God
thank you Fr Seraphim Holland for sharing with us, also i hope Roots of Orthodoxy has a chance to interview Fr Nicholas Park! i love watching all his preaching on Orthodoxnet channel
Благословен Бог наш всегда ныне и присно и во веки веков Аминь
Thank you father, from Ethiopian Orthodox.
Beautiful words🙏🏻
Thank you father 🙏🏻
I am so blessed to be Ethiopian Orthodox Christian 🙏🏽❤️ I will be lost without my faith. Thank you Lord🙏🏽
You are not Orthodox. You are Monophysite/Miaphysite heretic.
Cool. Ethiopian Orthodoxy is quite different than the Catholic Orthodox Church
This is Eastern Orthodox Church channel and you are Monophysite heretics who should not be calling yourself "orthodox" as there is nothing Orthodox in your heretical faith. You have been condemned at the 4th Ecumenical Council and ever since you live stubbornly in your heresy. Pity.
Thank you so much for this video. I have been where he was also. I am looking at the Orthodox faith. God Bless
Thank you for your talk, Father. I really needed to hear this today!
Lots more at @orthodoxnet.
Priest Seraphim Holland
Thank you father Seraphim!
God bless you Father and God bless yoj Roots of Orthodoxy! 🌹🌿❤
great job father , much needed video
Why you call him father?
Doesn't the Bible says don't call anyone father? In the book of Matthew?
Why you call him father?
Thank you so much for sharing this video. With prayers from Russia. God bless you all!
This was amazing. It really put my struggle with sin in perspective
One of the best videos to date. So relatable! ☦️🙏🏼
This talk is such a blessing
That’s was a flawless explanation. WOW you spoke like an angel! 🔥
27:00 ❤ gold AND 30:10
(Listening to this twice, as a Protestant, a Christian saved in Jesus Christ of Nazareth, blessed be our Holy Triune Holy God. I love you my brothers & sisters in The sacrificial pure Lamb of the God of Abraham, Moses, Esther & Ruth, David, Mary & Joseph, Elizabeth, of Jesus… ❤ )
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The teachings of the Orthodox Church are much like that of the 1st churches. Everything he is saying lines up so perfectly with the church described in Paul’s epistles, the letters from Peter, the letters from John, and the letters from James.
@@Brandon-gk1ds can you please show me the similarities because I can't see it.
@@tinakarras7571I’m non denominational. But the orthodox church is about growing in relationship with God by becoming like him. Working with the Holy Spirit to advance us in the process of sanctification rather than staying still or regressing. All while understanding that love fulfills the whole law and Gods grace is enough.
Wonderful. I'm a Jay Dyer fan and now I'm a Post Modern Theology subscriber.
Enlightening discussion.
Thanks ❤
What he says about Judas is great. He did love God. Just as many of us do, we still sin and betray God. Some of us do it even more than Judas and betray God on a daily basis.
Thank you father. I am EO and I was pentecostal long ago. I dont know american churches but for me it sounds very strange that they do not teach holy life in other churches in america. Becouse in my country pentecostals focus lot in holy life. When I was pentecostal I was trying to live very ascetic life and tried to live holy life. I did not alow for myself worldly hobbies and I always thought that real christians need to sell everything had and give them to poor people. I tried to dedicate my life Lord fully. But later on I started to loose that zeal and I started to learn about church history and orthodoxy. Later on I joined my native orthodox church. But honestly i need to say that I did not become any better than I was. I dont hear teaching about holy life. When i was pentecostal i had zeal and i wanted to serve Lord in church and help other people know christ. Now when i am EO it seems that there is no purpose in my life. it seem i need to just give few minutes in a day to prayers and do fastings and live life just like secular people. i use to think i want to dedicate my life to missionary work and I did. I went to one islamic country and i lived there for years learning the language. Now when i am orthodox i cannot do missionart work and i cannot go back to that country that i sacrificed my youth for. I tried to speak with my priest but he is very busy and i think he misunderstood me. He thinks i want to be something special. I dont want to be anything special. I just want to have meaning in life. I really have deep feeling in my heart that i should go back to that country and continue life there. But as an orthodox it seems i cannot do that since orthodox believers cannot do missionary work. I even have lost good relations to my parents and siblings becouse I need to think they are heretics. I have been deeply depressed since i became orthodox. I would appreciate if you would have any thoughts about this. Thank you father.
God has brought you to Orthodoxy? Ask yourself why!
Have you obedience to a Spiritual Father or Mother?
May Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Seraphim of Sarov, Gabriel of Georgia, pray to God for you.
Have you placed yourself to try the monastic life?
Ask, seek ... You will not find your way ... Live the life and CHRIST will be your life ... Sing the hymns, pray for everyone you meet ... if you enter into the struggle with them there is no room for depression and self seeking.
Find peace and thousands around you will have peace (St Seraphim of Sarov)
God has brought you to Orthodoxy? Ask yourself why!
Have you obedience to a Spiritual Father or Mother?
May Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Seraphim of Sarov, Gabriel of Georgia, pray to God for you.
Have you placed yourself to try the monastic life?
Ask, seek ... You will not find your way ... Live the life and CHRIST will be your life ... Sing the hymns, pray for everyone you meet ... if you enter into the struggle with them there is no room for depression and self seeking.
Find peace and thousands around you will have peace (St Seraphim of Sarov)
That deep feeling is the Holy Spirit, it is written (Mark 16:15). Don't concern yourself with whether "this is the true church" or "that one is the true church," that was written too, (Mark 9:38-39). It will take great courage from your part and you will be risking your life to bring the Gospel to the Muslims because the elites of those countries need the legitimacy of a false prophet to keep their tyrannical grip on the population. You will most likely suffer in this mission like the apostles did, but your purpose will be clear and your mission in this world would be accomplished. Our Father will reward you with greater riches in Heaven that you could ever have on this fallen earth, it is written (Matthew 5:12).
@@Kaytee-miow thank you for you comment. I really appreciate it. I have spiritual father and i do ask his guidance. But as i said he is very busy and very seldom i have opportunity to talk with him. I just cannot talk about my problematic situation with him very well becouse he has so little time. I understand becouse he really has lot to do. I try to go liturgies but even there i find myself depressed becouse i see there very young people and i feel me too i tried to dedicate my whole life to Lord when i was in their age but i was in heretical church so i wasted my life. But i did not ask to born in Pentecostal family. And yes I know you are right i should be showing love to my family BUT it is opposite. I think I already ruined it. They have seen me deeply depressed and bitter for years now. And my mother even said to me that if she would see anything good in my life ever since i became orthodox she would maybe think about what i say about faith. But becouse she sees that i have became only deeply deppressed and bitter for life she cannot think i am in the right road. Its very hard for me to explain. I did not even find a wife in my life becouse i was trying only to serve Lord denying my self and now i feel i am already too old. Please pray for me if you remember me in your prayers. I was just praying i feel peace of God in prayer but other than that life seems only darkness.
@@chungusmaximus526 thank you for you thoughts. I was living seven years in one islamic country and I learned their language. Yes there were some religous people hating me and even said they will kill me. But i did not scare them. I matter of fact i did not have any fear. I think it was from the Lord. Also i did live in very poor conditions just like locals. But i love ascetic life and dont like to live in luxury. Now in my homecountry i feel my self always depressed and meaningless. Life is save and calm here and materialistic but i feel emptiness. Honestly sometimes i wonder should i just return to that country but i cannot understand how could i do that as an orthodox. And if i would not be orthodox then i dont see any apostolic church and i dont know how could i share a gospel if i dont know the gospel.
This is so powerful and true testimony of the christian orthodox. As an orthodox i agréé with him. Praised be the Holly Spirit because he is our strenght and happiness. I have anyway a mention to do: not all catholic churches are the same. Many of them are doing fasting and prayer. I agréé that salvation is forgiveness and healing. May Lord Jésus Christ help us walk with him daily and help us have good purpose for our soul. And for the souls. Ame one more thing: Jesus gave saints in both churches : orthodox and catholic. So we are brothers 😊🌿🙏
Oh, 'roots', ANOTHER JEWEL OF AN INTERVIEW..
My goal is not to criticise but this verse came to mind regarding „asceticism“: Colossians 2:18 „Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,“
Wouldn’t that statement be a criticism of the legalism of the Pharisees? He did explain the asceticism of the Orthodox Church is not an endeavor of legalism
@@elkpants1280Well I guess the verse is about those who insist on asceticism.
Thank you . Vielen Dank
“What good is it to be forgiven if you’re still a sinner?”
Thank you for sharing!
I am a great Sinner I repent everyday
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a Sinner
"You can't make a rule based on exceptions... " ❤
I see, so confession is a healing process. It's that people still hold onto that sin, that guilt rather than just letting the past be the past. Am i understanding this, right?
18:16 Great wisdom here
Man this guy is good
Once read that….
Our Spirit has been saved from the penalty of sin (death,hell, eternal separation from God)
Our soul (will, intellect, and emotion) is being saved from the power of Sin (sanctification)
Our body (the flesh) will one day be saved from the presence of sin.
Thank you for your openess!!
I also have been watching struggling.And i'm also looking like a prayer
I’ve just recently started attending an Orthodox Church in Indianapolis! I’m converting from Roman Catholic to Orthodoxy.
What Church was this?
I will say, im catholic now. But when I grew up in the protestant Church of Christ, they were definitely about struggling against your sins.
Are you sure? Seems like embracing the life of a rockstar and lining your pockets isn't really struggling against sin…
I greatly appreciate your testimony of the gospel of Christ. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints my entire life, you are helping me appreciate even more the teachings and encouragements I received during my lifetime. Repentance, fasting, loving God and your neighbor, confession, given what you can to God, allowing God to transform you, and overcoming your passions to be more like God. Thank you for sharing this.
“If you don’t have a spiritual life, you’re a plaything for the devil” - explains a lot.
Be blessed.
I met the Lord in 1959 and since that time He has shown me how to carve Prophetic Sculptures based on dreams that I have (i never carved a sculpture before this time). The "Ring Of Fire" (logo) was a dream where I saw my arm joined to the Holy Spirit and we were touching the Horn of God (Power). Let me know what you think.
It is not a question of choosing the most adapted religion BUT to follow Christ Jesus and make him the master of our life. Orthodoxy is the same as any other religion, it is not perfect, it can be idolatry with its gold, rituals and appearance.
The church is not a building but The body of Christ and everyone who accepts Jesus and follow him belongs to this body. That is why the first disciples were called « Christians » and not Catholics, Protestants or Orthodoxes. On the other side I agree with what this man says about salvation. He really loves Jesus.
Amennnn!!!! Perfectly said
This was very edifying!
Isaiah 14:12-14
[12]How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
[13]For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
[14]I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
"The whole point of being an Orthodox Christian is for illumination, to become perfected and to know God. That's it. That's the whole reason."
I love Father Seraphim, he is so authentic.
Can he explain the difference between the orthodox and the catholic opinion between if the Holy Spirit is from god the father not or emanating from both god the father and also from Jesus Christ? I am struggling to grasp this . Please some people n depth clarification is sorely needed 🙏🙏🙏
The Lord Jesus Christ said that the Holy Spirit proceeds from God the Father, that is why the Orthodox say so, in 325 the first part of the Orthodox creed was decided, and in 381 the second part about the Holy Spirit. Then there was only one Church and the Catholics and Orthodox. In 1054 the western part (Catholics) wanted to be bigger and came with other teachings and that's how it came to the separation from the eastern part (Orthodox)
The Orthodox view is that the Holy Spirit proceeds (is caused by) the Father alone, but that He was sent to the Church by The Son (but does not have His cause in the Son.)
Originally many said the Filioque (and from the son) referred to the temporal mission (being sent into the world) and not cause. However, over time as Rome began to innovate after cutting themselves off from the Church, they had their own councils where they explicitly said that the Spirit proceeds (has His cause) in both Father and Son
Yes, quite a lot and yet not too hard to understand..
There are videos about this.
I think that Fr. Spyridon Bailey, and Fr. Peter Heers, and PATRISTIX, which is an excellent site for such explanations can help..
ALSO an Orthodox Study Bible, even if you only get the NT at first, is a great help in many ways.
@@lindaphillips4646 thank you, I will get an orthodox study Bible, and I’ll look at those other videos 🙏
@@livingwellness7909you are most welcome..
There are plenty of books out there that also deal with the subject..
I didn't mention the 'roots' channel but i didn't need to because you have found it..
Seems to be filling a great need.
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I'm orthodox Christian and I didn't know it. Very cool
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I’m curious about your thoughts on Ascetic necessity for salvation. In the past I’ve read Colossians 2 as needing to avoid ascetic practices (in Paul’s case, eastern religious [perhaps even buddhist] and Stoic beliefs, and instead, removing yourself from the situation where you would fall prey to temptation, as well as it being okay to lean into your emotions rather than deny them. Jesus wept, but Marcus Aurelius (correct me if I’m wrong on that, but I believe it was he) would say “when you kiss your son before going to bed each night, remember one day he will die” so that you don’t get too attached. My question is what is the orthodox reading of that chapter, and how can I understand it better from your perspective?
Wow, my journey is so close to yours.
This makes so much sense. I hate how denominations split off because they want to do their own thing. No. There is only one way. Follow it!
If he trimmed the sides of his beard but left the goatee part the same length he'd look way better. Don't know why im thinking that but it's what keeps popping up in my head while I watch.
Sometimes, I think it is more appropriate to keep the things that pop into one's head..in one's head, and not shared on a public forum...I think this is one of those instances😊 Peace.
If I am a believer in Jesus Christ, and die while not in communion with the Orthodox church, will I go to hell?
Wrong question, communion with the Church is communion with Christ. If you believe in Christ, seek Him fully and you will find yourself in His church.
@@adecarion why be so evasive, can't you be direct in your response? Just say yes that is what we teach, if that is what you teach....
There is a saying that we know where the (Orthodox) Church is, we don't know where it isn't. It's the equivalent of Noah's Ark, but there are people on rafts outside, bearing the storm. Would you rather be sure of your salvation inside the boat, or chance it on a raft?
Not up to us it’s up to God. That’s the answer and has always been. We just implore you to get the fullness of the faith to aid your salvation.
@@Snougaloogie That is a false analogy, Christ is the Ark, not the institution of the Orthodox Church. All who are in Christ (through faith) are saved, not all who are in the Orthodox Church are saved. See the difference?
I agree with what you say. One thing that disturbs me about every religion is the idea of leadership.I believe that churches takes away the role of the father/ husband of the family.It is the father/ husband who is responsible for his family!! He should be the priest and not give that responsibility to a congregation leader.I think Peter and Paul and rest of the apostles taught the WORD to the people and then gave them the responsibility. Sure they( apostles) were overseerers, but not in charge of anything!! Yes there are deacons and prophets mentioned in Pauls epistles, but the father/ husband was still supposed to be the priest of his own family. In my opinion!!!! Jesus is the WORD OF GOD and still speaks to HIS people, even if there are no bibles or churches to go to. This may be something that may be coming soon, if you know what I mean.(Tribulation)
This was so insightful. Thank you for this.