When a human being living before God passively waits
for God’s mercy through the means of moral perfection and the minimization of
the struggle… In other words, when a person has a psychosomatic moral
disposition, this is purely the spirit of Protestantism – when the toil is
minimized, or it does not exist at all.
This kind of person is confused by hesychasm, he
cannot understand it, because hesychasm means being very active, it requires a
very active struggle.
But, why is this required? What does God need this
for?
Another mistake here is misunderstanding the Gospel.
God does not need anything, but did we forget the
words from the Gospel?
– “the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the
violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12)
It’s not obvious from these words that it is referring
to the toil, to the struggle of a human being with himself and to the necessity
of forcing oneself.
However, what does it mean to take something by force?
Does it mean to just go and pick something up? Does it
mean to be passive?
What does it mean that the owner of two talents has to
gain
two more, and that the owner of five talents has to
gain five more?
How will God judge the one who does not multiply the
talents?
Truly, seeking God requires great energy, because we
are coworkers of God.
This is a synergistic reality of seeking God and
having a relationship with Him.
We must do our part ourselves and we must put in a
very large amount of hard work.
Even in this world, nothing can be achieved without
hard work and especially difficult is the spiritual labor, because the fallen
nature and the demonic world fight most fiercely against a person’s choice to
be with God when he is actively searching for Him.
A person literally goes through hell at the time, when
he sees an absolute inability, on his part, to be with God.
Therefore, the hesychasm is martyrdom extended in time.
Archpriest
Theodore Gignadze
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