{"id":11698,"date":"2022-09-04T12:07:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T16:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=11698"},"modified":"2022-09-03T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T12:08:23","slug":"elder-st-porphyrios-on-delusion-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=11698","title":{"rendered":"Elder St. Porphyrios on Delusion in the World\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

We frequently see saintly people nowadays, but we also sec deluded people who have gone astray. You can go to a hermit or an ascetic. and as soon as he sees you he will greet you by name and say .’Why weren\u2019t\u00a0 you more careful? Now you\u2019ve got yourself involved in such and such a situation.\u2019 Without knowing you, he calls you by your name and tells you about a situation which is known only to you. And you exclaim, \u2018The man\u2019s a saint! He knows my name and my secrets!\u2019 Then you go to a medium \u2014 and mediums and charlatans making pots of money have sprung up all over the place \u2014 and he also tells you where you\u2019re from and where you\u2019re going. So you are bewildered and you ask yourself,<\/p>\n

‘What\u2019s going on here? Where is the truth? The saint told me the truth and so did this wizard. He also knew my name… Is he a saint too?\u2019\u00a0 That\u2019s how we get mixed up.<\/p>\n

Holy Scripture enlightens us and enables us to make discrimination\u00a0 of spirits. That\u2019s why we must know Scripture and listen to its words\u00a0 with acuity. The inebriation of the Apostles through the divine grace of the Holy Spirit is one thing, and the inebriation of the [pagan sorcerers] in which unmistakably, you see the spirit of Satan, is quite another. What happens with the medium is delusion, spiritual solecism. The contrary spirit appears as an angel of light. If you do not know his wiles, you are 2 Cor. 11:14 unable to say that this does not come from the Holy Spirit and you may be led astray, believing that this enthusiasm is good. Many people fall into this trap.\u201d<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u2018Wounded by Love\u2019<\/p>\n

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