Life in Christ as a Slow Process. Conversation with Fr. Konstantin Korepanov (11/25/2024)

21,963 views

Официальный лекторий свящ. Константина Корепанова

Published on Nov 30, 2024

About :

Life in Christ as a Slow Process The next lecture by priest Konstantin Korepanov at the Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg on November 25, 2024 was entirely devoted to answering a question. Father Konstantin did not read the question itself, but for almost an hour and a half he spoke about the fact that modern man is charged with obtaining results in the shortest possible time, and true spiritual life is a process, a slow process in which every day is not accidental. What is important is not the quick achievement of results, but the slow maturation of a person as a fruit that God will reap in due time. In his conversation, Father Konstantin talks about the essence of this maturation and the two different paths in which it can occur. Contents: 0:00 - Introduction. Father Konstantin shares his impressions of a trip with his parishioners to the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery. 01:51 - A conversation about how the measured way of life in past centuries led to the correct perception of spiritual life as a process. 17:54 – Modern civilization focuses us on results, forces us to speed up the pace of life and hurry. We do not understand that it is not the rapid achievement of the tasks facing a person that is important, but his slow ripening as a fruit that God will reap in due time. 35:00 – Where confession begins. About the reasons for our desire to never sin. 39:59 – “Father, I have sinned again with the same sins.” We must be thankful that there were no new ones, because life is so unpredictable. 44:40 – Why we fail. About the correct course of spiritual life as a process. 58:55 – A special path that God leads some people after baptism. At the beginning of it, God allows these people to experience cruel, terrible, difficult to express falls. 1:03:48 – One very important spiritual law that is useful for those who are in a hurry and who are eager to get results quickly. 1:09:13 – The image of Judea as a harlot from the Book of Prophet Ezekiel. Even vile apostasy is included in God's providence for the sake of the humility of apostates. Why can't Grace shine in an ordinary person? 1:13:24 – That there is an alternative path of long, methodical acquisition of grace, which was followed by St. Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov and many other people. 1:15:20 – The final part of the conversation. Only by knowing his poverty can a person accept grace from God, and it will not harm him. All spiritual life is a process, a slow process, in which each day is not accidental. God gives us tasks, experiences, fears, difficulties, allows us to fall, so that we learn to endure and know our own weakness, our own sin, so that when Grace comes, it would not become the cause of our destruction. Author: Konstantin Korepanov

vidoe Comments

Trend Videos