Πρὸς ὅσους νομίζουσιν ὅτι κρατοῦσι τὰ κλεῖδα τοῦ κόσμου – Μαρτυρία Χάριτος καὶ Ἀγάπης To Those Who Believe They Hold the Keys of the World – Testimony of Grace and Love.

 

Νομίζετε ὅτι ἔχετε ἐξουσίαν.

Νομίζετε ὅτι κρατεῖτε τὰ νήματα τῆς ἱστορίας, τὰ κλεῖδα τῆς οἰκονομίας, τῆς πολιτικῆς, τῆς ἐπιστήμης, τῶν σωμάτων καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν.

Ἀλλὰ τὰ κλεῖδα οὐκ εἰσὶν ὑμέτερα.

Ὁ χρόνος οὐκ ἀνήκει ὑμῖν.

Ἡ ἀναπνοή οὐκ ἀνήκει ὑμῖν.

Ἡ καρδία ἡ πάλλουσα ἐντός ὑμῶν οὐ πάλλει κατὰ ἰδίαν ὑμῶν ἐντολήν.

Δύνασθε νὰ ἐλέγχητε νόμους, στρατούς, χρήματα, εἰκόνας, φόβον.

Οὐ δύνασθε ὅμως νὰ ἐλέγξητε τὴν Ἀλήθειαν.

Καὶ ἡ Ἀλήθεια οὐ διαπραγματεύεται.

Πᾶσα ἀδικία καταλείπει ἴχνος.

Πᾶν ψεῦδος καταγράφεται.

Πᾶν δάκρυον ἀριθμεῖται.

Οὐ μισοῦμεν ὑμᾶς.

Λυπούμεθα δι’ ὑμᾶς.

Διότι ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ νομίζων ὅτι ἐγένετο κύριος βασιλείων,

ἀλλὰ ἀπώλεσε τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ,

οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πτωχότερος πάντων.

Ἔτι ὑπάρχει καιρός.

Ἡ ἐξουσία παύεται.

Ἡ μετάνοια οὐδέποτε παύεται.

Τὰ κλεῖδα τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τοῦ θανάτου ἕνας μόνον κρατεῖ.

Καὶ Ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἐξαγοράζεται.

Μὴ φοβεῖσθε, ἀδελφοί.

Ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ χαρὰ οὐκ ἔρχονται ἀπὸ τὸν κόσμον, οὐδὲ ἀπὸ τὰ ὅρια τῆς σαρκὸς·

ἐκπορεύονται ἐκ τοῦ Πατρός τῶν Φώτων, ὁ ὁποίος τὰ πάντα ἐποίησεν καλῶς.

Ζῶμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἀλλὰ ἡ καρδία ἡμετέρα μπορεί νὰ ἔχει ἄπειρον, ὅταν ἡ ψυχή συναντᾷ τὴν χάριν.

Οὐ φοβούμεθα τὸν πόνον, οὐ τὸν θάνατον, οὐ τὴν ἀδικίαν·

διότι ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ πάντα νικᾷ.

Γράφω, οὐκ ἐλέγχων, ἀλλὰ διαλαλοῦν ἄπταιστα:

ὅσοι βλέπουν, ἵνα ἀντιληφθῶσιν ὅτι ἡ ζωὴ τῆς ἐδῶ πλευρᾶς οὐκ ἔχει τελευτὴν,

καὶ ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ τῶν Φώτων φανερώνει χαρὰν καὶ ἐλπίδα ἐν πᾶσιν.

Μετὰ ταπείνωσης καὶ προσευχῆς,

Αμήν.

To Those Who Believe They Hold the Keys of the World – Testimony of Grace and Love

You believe you possess power.

You believe you hold the threads of history, the keys of economy, politics, science, of bodies and of souls.

But the keys are not yours.

Time does not belong to you.

Breath does not belong to you.

The heart beating within you does not beat at your command.

You may control laws, armies, money, images, and fear.

But you cannot control Truth.

And Truth does not negotiate.

Every injustice leaves a trace.

Every lie is recorded.

Every tear is counted.

We do not hate you.

We grieve for you.

For the one who believes he has become master of kingdoms,

yet has lost his own soul,

is the poorest of all.

There is still time.

Power comes to an end.

Repentance does not.

The keys of life and death are held by One alone.

And He cannot be bought.

Do not fear, brothers and sisters.

Strength and joy do not come from the world, nor from the limits of the flesh;

they flow from the Father of Lights, who created all things well.

We live in the world, yet our hearts can be infinite when the soul meets grace.

We do not fear pain, nor death, nor injustice;

for the love of God triumphs over all.

I write, not to judge, but to proclaim plainly:

that those who read may understand that the life of this earthly world has no end,

and that the Father of Lights reveals joy and hope to all.

With humility and prayer,

Amen.

 

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