Sergey Nakul: From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

Sergey Nakul: From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

Everything originates in a person’s heart, and is voiced through the mouth. The heart is the greatest secret. When a person begins to speak, his words make it possible to determine who this person really is: either wise, truthful, worthy of respect, or crafty, deceitful and empty. No matter how a person tries to hide his essence, his words will give him away.

NEW HEART – NEW WORDS

Having been defeated through the sin of the first people, Adam and Eve, we inherited a corrupted nature, and this sinful corruption cannot be corrected or changed on our own. But the Lord said:

“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you” (Ezek. 36:26). This is what happens when a person accepts Jesus Christ into his heart and is born again. Then human nature changes. He begins to think and speak differently. He can already pronounce words of life, words of blessing, because Christ lives in him, Who said: “I came that they might have life and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Therefore, “that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:17).

Kindness also means telling people words that inspire hope, give inspiration, strength and the desire to start something over again, and change their attitude towards something, to look at circumstances through the eyes of faith.

Jesus Christ spoke words that raised from the dust. It was not for nothing that fornicators, publicans and sinners followed Him: He healed them with the word, because God’s words carry life. And you and I, having a new regenerated heart, are called to speak as this world cannot speak. After all, we know that we will never be abandoned by God, that He who protects us does not sleep or slumber, that He knows everything, and He is with us all the days until the end of the age.

WHAT IS THE HEART FILLED WITH?

If your heart is saturated with the Word of God and faith, then you will begin to speak words of hope and consolation. If you are full of doubts and fears, then your speech will turn out to be appropriate, and life will follow the channel of these words.

This is written about in Proverbs: “You are entangled in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth” (Prov. 6:2). And the Apostle James said the following: “Behold, ships, no matter how large they are and no matter how strong the winds blow, are guided with a small rudder wherever the pilot wants; so the tongue is a small member, but does a lot. Look, a small fire ignites a lot of substances!” (James 3:4-5).

Through your words you can influence your own life. “Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles” (Prov. 21:23). Elsewhere it is said: “For if anyone loves life and wants to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking evil” (1 Peter 3:10). The Lord wants us to speak only words of blessing, words that bring healing and hope.

If you think and speak like a worldly person who has not received a new nature and heart, if you evaluate the situation only on the basis of circumstances and visible things, from the perspective of human resources and capabilities, without taking into account God’s capabilities, then God will not show His power in yours. life.

But if you look at circumstances from a position of faith, if the word of the Lord enters your heart and passes through your mouth, then God Himself will bring these words into your life.

RIGHT WORDS - RIGHT ACTIONS

When people listened to Christ, they were surprised: “He speaks as one who has authority,” because the words of Jesus Christ were embodied. So our kind words will become embodied in life if we remain in faith, in humility, in love for God and for people. Therefore, we first of all need to guard our heart, from which all sources come. When our heart is pure, our lips speak the right words and give the right direction to life.

Agree, sometimes it happened that they thought one thing, but said something else, and what they said began to influence reality. For example, we decided in our hearts to forgive a person, but we spoke words dictated by resentment, and immediately saw how the relationship between you and that person was changing for the worse. And it happened that we felt pain in our hearts, but at the same time we understood that it would be correct to say:

“I forgive you, I will support you” - and indeed the relationship changed for the better.

The power of language is life and death. And just as the helmsman steers the ship, so we direct the ship of our life with our lips onto the paths of God or onto the path of sin. God has given us new hearts, we are in a covenant relationship with Him, and He prompts us, instructs us, teaches us what to say and how to act.

OUR POSITION

We need to be holistic and understandable both for ourselves and for those around us. Our position is this: I am a Christian, I live in this world, but I do not belong to the world, I am a person dedicated to God; even if God does not give me much that I would like, I still thank Him for what He has given me, because it is written: “It is great gain to be godly and content” (1 Tim. 6:6). If I lose something, I bless the Lord, because He said: “Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you.” If something incredible and unexpected happens, I know that “all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28).

I can confess all this only if my mind is saturated with the Bible, if the Word of God abides in my heart. And all these words will later turn out to be the rails along which my life will begin to move tomorrow, because what we say today shapes what we will encounter tomorrow. And this applies to all areas of life.

Words of blessing are a truly amazing tool that God has given to man. Start paying attention to what's going on in your hearts and what you say. May divine peace fill each of you always, under any circumstances, and may your lips utter words of peace, love and forgiveness.

Sergey Yurievich

Nakul

Bishop, senior presbyter of the Krasnodar Association of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Church of Europe

REAL STORY

Maria N., 60 years old, once, during a conflict with her son, screamed in her hearts: “Shut up! I don't want to hear you! I don’t want to hear it at all!” The relationship with her son deteriorated, and at the same time her hearing began to deteriorate. It got to the point that doctors prescribed her a hearing aid. Being a Christian, Mary attended Bethany Church. One day, while communicating with the ministers, she complained that she could not hear well and asked for prayer for healing. For some reason, the church minister asked her: “Have you never said words like “I don’t want to hear anything?” Maria remembered that conflict as if it were yesterday. Tears flowed from his eyes, indicating that there was still a grudge against his son hidden in his heart.

The reason has been found. Mary decided to forgive her son, renounced the words that she had said against herself and her health, repented before God for the words that led to illness, and in joint prayer with the ministers these curses were broken.

At the same moment, Maria took the hearing aid out of her ears and discovered that she could hear perfectly.
Since then, Maria has excellent hearing, and she watches her words. It's hard to believe, but this is a real story that happened to a real person. BLOG COMMENTS POWERED BY DISQUS

Chapter Twelve

Matthew 12:1. At that time Jesus passed through the sown fields on the Sabbath; His disciples became hungry and began to pick the ears of corn and eat.

Wanting to clarify the provisions of the law, the Lord leads the disciples through a sown field so that they break the Sabbath law by eating.

Matthew 12:2. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him: Behold, Your disciples are doing what ought not to be done on the Sabbath.

Matthew 12:3. He said to them: Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

Matthew 12:4. how did he enter the house of God and eat the showbread, which neither he nor those who were with him were to eat, but only the priests?

The Pharisees again blame the natural feeling of hunger, sinning worse themselves, but the Lord shames them with the story of David. For he, says the Lord, because of hunger, went to something more. By the showbread we mean those breads that were laid out every day, for there were twelve loaves of bread laid out at the table: six on the right side and six on the left. Although David was a prophet, he should not have eaten them (only priests could do this), much less those who were with them. However, due to hunger, he is worthy of forgiveness. In the same way, the disciples.

Matthew 12:5. Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath, but are innocent?

Matthew 12:6. But I tell you that here is He who is greater than the temple;

The law forbade working on the Sabbath, but the priests chopped wood and kindled the fire on the Sabbath, so they desecrated the Sabbath, that is, they went crazy, as you think. But you tell Me that they were priests, but the disciples were not. To this I will answer you that here is He who is greater than the temple, that is, since I, the Master, am greater than the temple and am with My disciples, they have greater power to break the Sabbath than the priests.

Matthew 12:7. if you knew what it means: “I want mercy, not sacrifice” (Hos. 6:6), you would not condemn the innocent,

Matthew 12:8. for the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.

He also shows them to be ignorant, since they do not know the prophetic writings. Shouldn’t he, he says, be merciful to people who are starving? Moreover, I, the Son of Man, am Lord of the Sabbath, as of all things, and the creator of these days; therefore, as Master, I break the Sabbath. Understand this also in a figurative sense: the apostles were workers; the harvest and the ears of corn are the believers; the apostles picked them and ate them, that is, with their food they had the salvation of people. They did this on Saturday, the day when they were supposed to avoid evil deeds. The Pharisees were indignant. This happens in church too. While teachers often teach and are helpful, the pharisatical and envious are annoying.

Matthew 12:9–10. And He departed from there and entered their synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus to accuse Him: is it possible to heal on the Sabbath?

Other evangelists say that Jesus asked the Pharisees. So, we can say that the Pharisees, being envious people, warned and asked Him, as Matthew says; then Christ, for His part, asked them, as if mocking and ridiculing their insensitivity, as the other evangelists talk about. The Pharisees asked Him for the purpose of having a reason for slander.

Matthew 12:11. He said to them: Which of you, having one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take it and pull it out?

Matthew 12:12. How much better is a man than a sheep! So, you can do good on Saturdays.

It shows that they violate the Sabbath for self-interest and in order not to lose a sheep, but in order to heal a person they do not allow this. So, in the same case, he shows them to be covetous, and cruel, and to neglect God, for they neglect the Sabbath so as not to lose a sheep, and are unmerciful when they do not want to heal a person.

Matthew 12:13. Then he says to the man: Stretch out your hand. And he held out, and she became healthy, like anyone else.

Many even now have dry hands, that is, unmerciful and stingy. But when the word of the Gospel sounds loudly to them, they stretch out their hands for alms, although the Pharisees, proud demons, cut off from us, due to their enmity, do not want our hands to be stretched out for alms.

Matthew 12:14. The Pharisees went out and had a council against Him, how to destroy Him. But Jesus, having learned, withdrew from there.

Oh envy! when they receive a benefit, then they go berserk. Jesus leaves because the time of suffering has not yet come, but at the same time he spares His enemies so that they do not fall into the sin of murder. For to be recklessly exposed to danger is not a godly thing to do. Think about this word “out”. When they left God, they began to confer about how to destroy Jesus, for none of those who are in God are planning such a thing.

Matthew 12:15. And a great crowd followed Him, and He healed them all

Matthew 12:16. and forbade them to announce Him,

Taming the envy of his enemies, he did not want anyone to announce Him, but, however, he tried in every way to heal the sick.

Matthew 12:17. that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying: (Is.42:1-2)

Matthew 12:18. Behold My Servant, whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My spirit on Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the nations;

Matthew 12:19. He will not contradict or cry out,

The evangelist also brings the prophet as a witness of the meekness of Jesus. For whatever, he says, the Jews want, He will do. If they want Him not to appear, He will do this too and will not resist, like an ambitious person, and will not argue, but will announce to the crowds following Him not to announce Him. But He will announce judgment to the pagans, that is, He will teach the pagans too, for judgment is teaching, knowledge and discernment of good; or he will announce the coming judgment to the pagans who have never heard of the future judgment.

and no one will hear His voice in the streets;

For He taught not in the public square, like the ambitious, but in the temple and in the synagogues, and on the mountain, and on the seashore.

Matthew 12:20. He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not quench smoking flax,

He could, he says, crush the Jews like a bruised reed, and quench their anger like smoking or burning flax, but he did not want to until he had fulfilled his dispensation and defeated them in everything. This is also what the following words mean.

until he brings victory to the court;

Matthew 12:21. and in His name the nations will trust.

So that they would not have anything as an excuse, he endured everything in order to subsequently condemn them and defeat those who had nothing to say in response. For what did He not do to win them? But they didn't want to. Therefore, the nations will trust in Him, while the Jews would not.

Matthew 12:22. Then they brought to Him a man possessed by a demon, blind and dumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb began to speak and see.

Matthew 12:23. And all the people marveled and said, Is this not the Christ, the Son of David?

The demon closed the ways to faith: eyes, hearing and tongue, but Jesus heals, and the people call Him the Son of David, for Christ was expected from the seed of David. And now, if you see that another does not comprehend goodness himself, and does not accept another’s words, then consider him blind and dumb, whom may God heal by touching His heart.

Matthew 12:24. When the Pharisees heard this,

They said: He does not cast out demons except by
the power
of Beelzebub, the prince of demons.

Although the Lord has withdrawn, they, listening from afar, slander precisely when He is doing good deeds to people. Thus, they were enemies by nature, like the devil.

Matthew 12:25. But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself will be desolate; and every city or house divided against itself cannot stand.

Matthew 12:26. And if Satan casts out Satan, then he is divided with himself: how can his kingdom stand?

By revealing their thoughts before them, the Lord shows that He is God. He defends himself against them by citing ordinary examples and shows their madness. For how can demons cast out themselves when they are trying most of all to unite? The adversary is called Satan.

Matthew 12:27. And if I force

power
your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges!

Let him say, I am like this; but your sons, that is, my disciples, by whose power do they expel? Are they also by the power of Beelzebub? If they are of Divine power, then how much more am I, for they perform miracles in My name. So, they will serve to your condemnation, because you, seeing that they perform miracles in My name, continue to slander Me.

Matthew 12:28. If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then, of course, the Kingdom of God has come to you.

He says: if I cast out demons by Divine power, then I am the Son of God and came for your sake to do good to you, so that My coming, which is the Kingdom of God, has “reached you.” Why do you slander My coming, which happened for your sake?

Matthew 12:29. Or how can anyone enter the house of a strong man and plunder his things, unless he first binds the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

So far, he says, am I from having demons as friends, that I resist them and bind them, who were strong before My coming. For, having entered the house, that is, the world, Christ plundered the vessels of demons, I mean people.

Matthew 12:30. He who is not with me is against me; and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

How, he says, will Beelzebub help Me if he opposes Me more than anyone else? I teach virtue, he teaches evil. How is he with Me? I gather people for salvation, but he scatters. He also points to the Pharisees, because when He taught and brought benefit to many, they scattered the people so that they would not come to Him. So, the Lord shows that they are indeed like demons.

Matthew 12:31. Therefore I say to you: every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven to men;

Matthew 12:32. if anyone speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the future.

He says the following here: every other sin has at least a small justification, for example, fornication, theft. For in such cases we refer to human weakness and are deserving of apology. But when someone sees miracles performed by the Spirit and slanderes them as if they were the power of a demon, what justification can he have? Clearly, he knows that they come from the Holy Spirit, but he deliberately acts badly. How can one receive an apology? So, when the Jews saw that the Lord eats, drinks, treats publicans and harlots and does everything else like the Son of Man, and then they blamed Him as a poisoner and a wine drinker, then for this they are worthy of an apology, and repentance will not be required from them this, since it seemed to them that they were being tempted for a sufficient reason. But if they, seeing that He performed miracles, nevertheless slandered and blasphemed the Holy Spirit, saying that this was a demonic work, then how can they admit that this sin will be forgiven them if they do not repent? So, know that whoever reviles the Son of Man, seeing that He lives like a man, and calling Him a friend of fornicators, a food drinker and a drinker of wine because Christ did this, such a person, if he does not repent, will not give an answer: he deserves an apology because he did not think that God was hidden in Jesus Christ. But whoever blasphemes the Holy Spirit or the spiritual works of Christ and calls them demonic, unless he repents, will not be forgiven, for he did not have sufficient reason for slander, like the one who slandered Christ, seeing Him among the fornicators and tax collectors. So, he will not be forgiven either here or there, but he will be punished both here and there. For many are punished here, but not there at all, like poor Lazarus; others both here and there, like the Sodomites and those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit; the third is neither here nor there, like the apostles and the Forerunner. They apparently suffered punishment when they were persecuted, yet it was not punishment for sins, but trials and crowns.

Matthew 12:33. Or recognize the tree as good and its fruit as good; or recognize the tree as bad and its fruit as bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Since the Jews could not slander miracles as evil deeds, but Christ, who performed them, was blasphemed as like demons, the Lord says: either recognize Me as a good tree, and then My miracles, which are the fruit, will be beautiful, or if If you recognize Me as a bad tree, then the fruit or My miracles will obviously be bad. But miracles, that is, fruits, you call good; therefore, I am a good tree. For a tree is known by its fruit, just as I am known by My miracles.

Matthew 12:34. Spawn of vipers! how can you say good things when you are evil?

You, he says, being bad trees, bear bad fruit when you revile Me; so, if I were bad, I would bear bad fruit, and not such great miracles. He calls them brood of vipers, since they boasted about Abraham. The Lord shows that they do not come from Abraham, but from ancestors worthy of their malice.

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:35. A good man brings forth good things from a good treasure; and an evil man brings forth evil from an evil treasure.

When you see someone blaspheming, then know that in his heart he does not mean what he says, but much more. For what comes out comes only from excess, and the one who hides a treasure within himself reveals only a certain part of it. Likewise, the one who speaks good things carries much more in his heart.

Matthew 12:36. I tell you that for every idle word that people speak, they will give an answer on the day of judgment:

Matthew 12:37. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

Here the Lord frightens us that we too will give an answer for every empty word, that is, false, slanderous or tactless and mocking. Then he brings evidence from Scripture, so that they would not think that He is saying something of His own: from your words, he says, you will receive justification, and from your words you will be condemned.

Matthew 12:38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said: Teacher! We would like to see a sign from You.

The Evangelist added with surprise, “then,” because when it was necessary to submit as a result of past miracles, then they demand a sign. They want to see a sign from heaven, as another evangelist says. It seemed to them that He performed earthly signs with the power of the devil. For the devil is the ruler of the world. What about the Savior?

Matthew 12:39. …He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign; and no sign will be given to him except the sign of the prophet Jonah;

Matthew 12:40. for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

He calls them an “evil generation” as flatterers and treacherous people, and “adulterous” as those who have apostatized from God and united with demons. He calls His resurrection a sign, as an extraordinary phenomenon. For He, having descended into the heart of the earth - I mean the underworld, hell - on the third day rose from the dead. By three days and nights mean parts, not complete days and nights. He died on Friday - that's one day; Saturday lay dead in a coffin, and here comes another day; Sunday night found Him still dead. So there are three incomplete days and nights. For we often have the custom of counting time in this way.

Matthew 12:41. The Ninevites will rise up in judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented from the preaching of Jonah; and behold, there is more Jonah here.

When he says, Jonah preached after coming out of the belly of the whale, they believed him, but after My resurrection I will not find faith on your part; Therefore, you will be condemned by the Ninevites, who believed My servant Jonah apart from the signs, and they did this despite the fact that they were barbarians. You were brought up on prophets, saw signs and did not believe Me, the Master. For this is signified by the words: “And behold, here is a greater Jonah.”

Matthew 12:42. The queen of the south will rise up in judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, there is more Solomon here.

This queen, he says, came from afar, although she was a weak woman, to listen about trees, forests and some natural objects. But you did not receive Me when I came to you, speaking unspeakable things.

Matthew 12:43. When the unclean spirit leaves a person, it walks through dry places, looking for rest, and does not find it;

Matthew 12:44. Then he says: I will return to my house from where I came. And when he comes, he finds him

unoccupied, swept and put away;

Matthew 12:45. then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and entering they live there; and for that person the last thing is worse than the first. So it will be with this evil generation.

The Lord shows that they have reached the brink of destruction without accepting Him. Just as those who are freed from demons, if they do not care, suffer worse, so your family was under the power of a demon when you worshiped idols; but through the prophets I cast out this demon and I myself came, wanting to cleanse you; but since you have pushed Me away and, moreover, are striving to destroy Me, then, like those who have sinned worse, you will be punished more severely, and your final captivity will be heavier than the previous ones. You must also understand that through baptism the unclean spirit is cast out and wanders through waterless deserts and unbaptized souls, but finds no rest in them. For rest for demons is to confuse the baptized with evil deeds, while he already has the unbaptized in his power. So the demon returns to the baptized one with seven spirits. For just as there are seven gifts of the Spirit, so in contrast to this there are seven spirits of wickedness. When he enters the baptized person, then his misfortune is great, for before there was hope of being cleansed by baptism, but after that there is no hope of being cleansed except by the baptism of repentance, which is very difficult.

Matthew 12:46. While He was still speaking to the people, His mother and brothers stood outside the house,

wanting to talk to Him.

Due to some human property, the Mother wanted to show that she had power over her Son, since She had not yet thought anything great about Him. Therefore, loving the honor of seeing the Son obedient to himself, he wants to attract Him to Himself at the time when He was talking. What about Christ? Since He knew her intention, listen to what he says.

Matthew 12:47. And someone said to Him: Behold, Your Mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak with You.

Matthew 12:48. And he said to him that spoke, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

Matthew 12:49. And pointing His hand at His disciples, He said: Here are My mother and My brothers;

Matthew 12:50. for whoever does the will of My Father in Heaven is My brother, and sister, and mother.

Not reproaching the Mother, he says this, but correcting her ambitious and human thought, for he did not say: “this is not My Mother,” but “if She does not fulfill the will of God, then it will not be at all useful for Her that She gave birth to Me.” " The Lord does not renounce natural kinship, but adds kinship through virtue, because everyone unworthy does not benefit from kinship. Having thus corrected the disease of vanity, He again obeys the call of His Mother, as the evangelist further says.

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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 12, verses 30-37

30 He who is not with Me is against Me; and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

31 Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men;

32 If anyone speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him either in this age or in the future.

33 Or judge the tree to be good and its fruit to be good; or recognize the tree as bad and its fruit as bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

34 Generations of vipers! how can you say good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 A good man brings good things out of a good treasure, and an evil man brings evil things out of an evil treasure.

36 But I tell you that for every idle word that people speak, they will give an answer on the day of judgment:

37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

Reading and commenting by priest Dmitry Baritsky.

The passage we just heard begins with a statement of an important principle of spiritual life: whoever is not with Christ is against Him. According to the Gospel view, the space of our life is a battle between light and darkness. As F.M. said Dostoevsky, through the mouth of his hero, “here the devil fights with God, and the battlefield is the hearts of people.” And man, as the one in whom this struggle is taking place and at the same time as the one for whom it is being waged, cannot maintain neutrality. He cannot be an empty vessel. It is filled either by divine grace or by the emptiness of non-existence that accompanies the unclean. Therefore, every moment we need to choose which side we will take. That’s why it’s sad to hear rather strange words: “We have an agreement with God, I’m on my own, He’s on my own. I don’t go to Him, He doesn’t come to me.” Often the motives for these words are clear: either resentment against God, or simply laziness, mother. A person thinks that by throwing off the burden of choice, he will find peace. But this idea is completely absurd. It's like saying, the food is on its own, and I'm on my own; health is on its own, and I am on my own; the air is on its own, and I am on my own. Moreover, if we do not want to make a choice in favor of Christ, then, even without meaning to, we support the opposite side and automatically allow the enemy into our lives.

Next, the Lord speaks about the unforgivable sin. It’s quite strange to hear such words from the Savior’s lips. After all, he is the embodiment of God's love and mercy. Remember that the first to enter heaven was the thief who was crucified with Christ. He entered solely because of his deep repentance, despite all the abomination and sinfulness of his former life. And the Apostle Peter, who betrayed the Lord, received forgiveness and was restored to his dignity. What kind of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is this, which in principle cannot be forgiven? And this despite the fact that blasphemy against the Son of God Himself can be forgiven, although He is the Truth. According to Christian commentators, when the Jews blasphemed Christ, they blasphemed just a man. They didn't see God in him. Therefore, this sin was committed due to their weakness. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is deliberate opposition to the truth. This is how Satan resists God. In other words, we are talking about a state of pride, exaltation and unrepentance. This is precisely what constitutes blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, since in this state a person ignores absolutely everything. Even what the mind recognizes as truth. He ignores it so consistently and methodically that in the end he simply ceases to recognize this truth. Good and evil become one and the same for him, two sides of the same coin. It becomes impossible to repent in this state in order to find God again. This is what happened to the Pharisees, who did not accept the Creator, the incarnate Truth, who came to them in the form of a man.

Grant us, Lord, every time, overcoming our laziness and passivity, to choose the side of Your Christ, so that our soul does not atrophy, but can recognize You and the action of Your Spirit, no matter under what cover You visit us.