{"id":6283,"date":"2019-03-31T12:27:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T16:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2019-03-02T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T18:30:56","slug":"elder-joseph-of-vatopaidi-on-grace-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=6283","title":{"rendered":"Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi+ on Grace Renewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fghf7\" data-offset-key=\"3u9v2-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3u9v2-0-0\">&#8220;Grace reappears after the test of partial desertion; the soul begins to triumphantly chant: \u201cYou my Lord removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy\u201d (Psalm 30,12). The presence of the divine grace grace after the testing period is of higher value and \u201csweeter than honey, honey from the comb\u201d (Psalm 19 10) because it enhances the perception of the divine love more than the soul had ever known before. Humility is also improved, since human worthlessness is being revealed compared to the might of the divine love and the soul confesses with crashed spirit: \u201cIt was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees\u201d (Psalms 119,72)\u2026 \u201cI know o Lord that you laws are righteous\u201d (Psalm 119,75)\u2026\u201cI have suffered much; renew my life o Lord, according to your word\u201d (Psalm 119,107). This deep sense of humility expands man\u2019s spiritual powers and introduces him to the realm of freedom. We come to perceive our \u201cgentle and humble in heart\u201d Jesus in humility and this is the meaning of \u201cyou will know the truth and the truth will set you free\u201d (John 8,32).&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6284\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Athos-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Athos-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Athos.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fghf7\" data-offset-key=\"3jhno-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3jhno-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3jhno-0-0\"> &#8211; \u2018Practical Repentance and its Fruits\u2019)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Grace reappears after the test of partial desertion; the soul begins to triumphantly chant: \u201cYou my Lord removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy\u201d (Psalm 30,12). The presence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modern-orthodox-elders","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6285,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6283\/revisions\/6285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}