{"id":6799,"date":"2019-06-23T12:33:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2019-06-16T20:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T00:34:10","slug":"elder-st-paisios-on-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=6799","title":{"rendered":"Elder St Paisios on Judgement."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"d3p9k\" data-offset-key=\"5ue60-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5ue60-0-0\">&#8220;We rush to judgment when we act based on logic. Only our brain is working, and this is the result. It would be good for those who have great minds if God took a screwdriver and turned the screws of these good minds a bit. The less logic works, the more Grace comes and fills our minds. When I say \u201cmind\u201d, I mean human judgment, egoism and self-confidence. From the moment we acknowledge that we may not have the right judgment and say, \u201cI risk making mistakes because my judgment is simply logical and lacks divine enlightenment; I should not use it anymore,\u201d God will enlighten us. We will be able to discriminate and truly discern right from wrong.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"d3p9k\" data-offset-key=\"943bg-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"943bg-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"943bg-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"d3p9k\" data-offset-key=\"8rp2s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8rp2s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8rp2s-0-0\">The devil makes bright people useless when they judge according to appearance.16 When we have only the human element in our nature, we judge based only on human standards and have therefore, committed a crime. Only when this human element disappears will our judgment become divine. A judgment based only on secular criteria is a wrong judgment. There is so much injustice in this world! People are tempted and scandalised all the time! This is why, if you want to ensure a good state for your soul, your thoughts must always be good. Human beings are a mystery! It is so difficult to know the inner self of the other person, to know what is on his mind!&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"d3p9k\" data-offset-key=\"f0p8f-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f0p8f-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f0p8f-0-0\"> &#8211; &#8216;With Pain and Love&#8217;<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"f0p8f-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6800\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dscn6713-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dscn6713-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dscn6713-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dscn6713.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We rush to judgment when we act based on logic. Only our brain is working, and this is the result. It would be good for those who have great minds [&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-6799","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\/6799","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=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6801,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions\/6801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}