“We are presented here with the chief tax-collector; so, who of us would ever despair of himself, after obtaining grace after a deceitful life?” St Ambrose #Zacchaeus #salvation #Jesuscameforussinners #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox
“Who is He? He is the Word of Truth, the Word of non-corruption, who renews man, by bringing him back to the truth. He is the goad that provokes to salvation, He is the One who destroys perdition, and drives away death. He builds the temple of God in men, and makes them His dwelling …
Evangelists don’t just extend human beings’ lives a few years on earth. Rather, they guarantee unlimited numbers of years or rather an eternal number of years in heaven. They don’t open the eyes of the blind to enjoy seeing things for some time. Rather, they open the eyes of all to see eternal truth and …
The darkness is being turned into light. There is not, as some heretics argue, a nature so alienated that it cannot receive salvation. Those who receive salvation, the righteous, are “the light of the world.” Those who refuse, the unrighteous, are in consequence called darkness. The difference and distance between one and the other is …
“Notice that he did not say according to each one’s faith, lest those who do not have enough faith fall in despair, but he said according to the measure of Christ’s gift. The basic point is that all participate in the baptism and the salvation through faith, and all take God as their Father and …
