Pentecostal Sects = People Outside the Church

 

Pentecostal Sects = People Outside the Church

They believe they perform real miracles, but these works are not from God. Without spiritual discernment, people can easily be deceived.

These groups work outside the fullness of the Church, and many false teachings can become instruments of spiritual deception. They use the name of Jesus Christ in order to attract and mislead naïve people, while failing to understand that the devil can also imitate spiritual experiences. The devil gives, and the devil takes away.

If someone becomes involved in these practices, it can be very difficult to escape from them unless there is true humility, repentance, and confession before an Orthodox priest. Through sincere repentance and the grace of God, a person can be freed.

Pentecostals often attempt to justify “speaking in tongues” by referring to the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (chapters 12–14). However, St. Paul wrote these passages precisely because the use of tongues had already become a source of disorder within the Church of Corinth. Even though he did not completely forbid them, he clearly reduced their importance and emphasized order, discernment, and edification within the Church.

Therefore, these passages should not be used to encourage the modern revival of glossolalia, but rather to approach it with caution — especially when it becomes evident that not every spiritual manifestation comes from the Holy Spirit.

As Orthodox Christians, we know that the authentic gifts of the Holy Spirit exist within the Body of Christ, which is the Orthodox Church, and not outside of it.

Ελληνική Έκδοση

Πεντηκοστιανικές αιρέσεις = Άνθρωποι έξω από την Εκκλησία

Πιστεύουν ότι κάνουν αληθινά θαύματα, όμως αυτά τα έργα δεν προέρχονται από τον Θεό. Όταν δεν υπάρχει πνευματική διάκριση, ο άνθρωπος μπορεί εύκολα να πλανηθεί.

Οι ομάδες αυτές λειτουργούν έξω από την πληρότητα της Εκκλησίας, και πολλές πλάνες μπορούν να γίνουν όργανα πνευματικής εξαπάτησης. Χρησιμοποιούν το όνομα του Ιησού Χριστού για να προσελκύουν και να παραπλανούν αφελείς ανθρώπους, χωρίς να καταλαβαίνουν ότι και ο διάβολος μπορεί να μιμείται πνευματικές εμπειρίες. Ο διάβολος δίνει και ο διάβολος παίρνει.

Αν κάποιος μπλέξει με αυτά τα πράγματα, είναι δύσκολο να ελευθερωθεί, εκτός αν υπάρξει αληθινή ταπείνωση, μετάνοια και εξομολόγηση σε Ορθόδοξο ιερέα. Με ειλικρινή μετάνοια και τη χάρη του Θεού, ο άνθρωπος μπορεί να ελευθερωθεί.

Οι Πεντηκοστιανοί συχνά προσπαθούν να δικαιολογήσουν τη «γλωσσολαλιά» αναφερόμενοι στην Α΄ Επιστολή του Αγίου Παύλου προς Κορινθίους (κεφάλαια 12–14). Όμως ο Άγιος Παύλος έγραψε αυτά τα χωρία ακριβώς επειδή η χρήση των γλωσσών είχε ήδη γίνει αιτία αταξίας μέσα στην Εκκλησία της Κορίνθου. Παρότι δεν την απαγόρευσε πλήρως, μείωσε ξεκάθαρα τη σημασία της και τόνισε την τάξη, τη διάκριση και την οικοδομή της Εκκλησίας.

Γι’ αυτό, τα συγκεκριμένα χωρία δεν πρέπει να χρησιμοποιούνται για να ενθαρρύνουν τη σύγχρονη αναβίωση της γλωσσολαλιάς, αλλά για να αντιμετωπίζεται με προσοχή — ιδιαίτερα όταν γίνεται φανερό ότι δεν προέρχεται κάθε πνευματική εκδήλωση από το Άγιο Πνεύμα.

Ως Ορθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί γνωρίζουμε ότι τα αυθεντικά χαρίσματα του Αγίου Πνεύματος υπάρχουν μέσα στο Σώμα του Χριστού, δηλαδή στην Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία, και όχι έξω από αυτήν

WITH THE HELP OF THE CHURCH

With the help of the Church, some souls may pass from Hades into Paradise — though not all, and certainly not everyone. But who, and to what extent?

Let us compare Hades to an ocean. In the sea, sunlight penetrates only a certain depth. Around fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, or rarely thirty meters deep, there is still a beam of light where the rays of the sun can reach, even faintly. Beyond that begins Erebus — complete and eternal darkness.

Likewise, at this present time (before the Second Coming), there are souls in Hades who may still receive some benefit through the Divine Liturgy and the prayers of the Church. Through the mercy of God, some may gradually move from darkness toward Paradise.

SOME FROM HADES WILL GO TO PARADISE

Not everyone fully understood Christ during their earthly life, and some may still receive mercy. This is why the prayers, memorials, and mysteries of the Church are considered important.

HELL — DEMONS — PEOPLE

Hell is the place prepared for wicked demons and for people after the Second Coming, with both soul and body.

At present, demons are punished, yet they still continue their warfare against humanity. After the Second Coming, they will no longer be able to tempt or fight anyone. Eternal punishment will then fully begin.

IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

According to Orthodox belief, in Heaven today are Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos with glorified body and soul. The saints dwell in Paradise awaiting the resurrection of the body.

THERE IS NO ONE YET IN THE FINAL HELL

The final state of Hell after the Last Judgment has not yet fully begun, because the Second Coming has not yet taken place. After the Final Judgment, sinners and demons will enter eternal condemnation with both soul and body.

 This is a text, Known from the books published, by the elder Paisios, Holy Paisios, of Mount

Athos, reasons B- spiritual awakening, issue of a sacred

sanctuary, Agios Ioannis strait Thessaloniki, on 188 pages,-Hear, ask a nun to the then

loving father Paisios, an elder in these difficult years

will Christ intervene?

the same question that John asked the same question was asked before 1994 before

his death.

that is before thirty years.

And then they saw that the years were difficult.

can you imagine them living in our times, the old

man tells him I repeat=in these difficult years Christ will intervene?

and listening to the Paisius the vision was having.

Prophet-he had a prophetic gift=he also had a gift for interpretation=this is

difficult here you see a wronged one who is in a good mood because he is entitled

to divine help occur many times the Saints the Virgin Mary the

Christ to save him, how much more today, that the poor world is in such a difficult situation,

now a storm is listening; now a storm is...a small

possession of the Antichrist Satan.

A big slap from Christ comes after all nations are shaken, and there will

be peace in the world for many years.

this time Christ will allow saving his creature.

Will Christ leave us alone?to the impasse of men, to keep them from the

hands of the Antichrist=THEY WILL RETURN TO CHRIST AND THERE WILL BE A SPIRITUAL PEACE

FOR MANY YEARS.

Listen to what we are waiting for, there is for our generation, before thirty

years I repeat, there will be a breeze of peace

throughout the universe, for many years, will precede though=jolt of all nations-will shock

all nations.

And you see that now the problems are not local-does do not impress you are not

local=global problems.

pay attention to this some combine this with the second coming of

Christ.

I can not say..look how discreet the saint was- my calculus tells me that it will not

be the second coming of Christ that will come like judge=an intervention

of Christ because

there are so many events that have not yet taken

place=means the facts of the apocalypse, so now we can not talk about the Antichrist and

the second presence=that some filled the internet

with false prophecies = wrong interpretation is

what they write.

Christ will intervene and give a slap to this whole system will crush all

evil and turn it into good.

and some last details = everyone will want to know about Christ.

That is why my dear lady, there is the internet to preach

the gospel to all the universe now is the beginning we still have work to do..and then

Christ will come as a judge to judge the world.

another crisis and another intervention of Christ

to help the world, we will have surgery in many ways Christ

can intervene, do your patience now, be patient do not rush to seal

with vaccines=who have so much insecurity

 Cosmas the Aetolian is especially revered in the Orthodox world because many believers see his life as marked by sacrifice, repentance, simplicity, and obedience to God rather than personal gain. That’s why his prophecies and teachings are often treated with seriousness among Orthodox Christians.

In Orthodox spirituality, humility is usually considered one of the key signs that someone is genuinely guided by the Holy Spirit. Pride, ego, manipulation, or obsession with power are often seen as opening the door to spiritual deception instead. This idea appears repeatedly in the writings of saints like Paisios of Mount Athos, Seraphim of Sarov, and John Climacus.

At the same time, Christianity also teaches caution about judging other people too absolutely. The New Testament encourages believers to “test the spirits” and examine fruits — humility, love, truthfulness, repentance — rather than relying only on dramatic claims or prophecies.

A balanced Orthodox approach is usually:

• true grace is linked with humility and repentance,
• spiritual gifts are not proof of personal superiority,
• false prophecy eventually collapses because it lacks truth,
• and discernment matters more than excitement or fear.
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THE TIME OF OUR DEATH - for christians especially

Angels. And as the soul passes and rises through the atmosphere, it encounters the toll houses lying in wait, lurking and trying to hinder its ascent. Each toll house presents the sins of the souls. The first toll house presents all the sins connected with the mouth and the tongue: lies, false oaths, idle talk, gossip, condemnation — everything that comes from there. And the Holy Angels present the good things a person did with his mouth and with his words.

Then they go to the second toll house, which concerns sight and the senses, one by one. Whatever evil a person committed through sight is examined. Many times, the demons even exaggerate things a little to make the soul suffer even more.

There is no logic in it. A soul will not be condemned for a lie simply because a demon tells a lie. But the purpose of their presence is precisely to torment man through the lies and wickedness of the demons. And if they can, of course, they try to win. The angels act as advocates. They say, "Yes, but through sight he opened his eyes and read the books of God. He lifted his eyes to heaven and prayed. He tried to do good with his eyes, or he repented.” And they will show the sins that we confessed, which came through sight. In this way, we pass through the toll houses.

The third toll house concerns hearing and what comes from it. The fourth concerns smell and the sins that come through it. It may sound funny. “Smell? Is that really serious?” Yet it is not funny at all. Forgive me for saying this — not to frighten you, but think of how many perfumes and such things we use. For what purpose? To become pleasing, attractive, charming, and desirable. To whom? Generally, women will say “to men,” and men will say “to women.” Now I do not know what else people may say. Times have changed; we may hear even more.

One might say, "So what, should nothing smell nice?” Of course things may smell pleasant. No one says we should be filthy or stink or live in an unpleasant state. But it is one thing to be clean and another to desire to stir up passions in people through smell. Even this may become something for which we are examined.

The next toll house concerns the wicked and shameful deeds committed through the touch of our hands. Then follow, as Saint Cyril of Alexandria describes, the remaining toll houses for the various sins: envy, jealousy, vanity, pride, bitterness, anger, rage, fornication, adultery, homosexuality, effeminacy, sorcery, and the other hateful and foul acts before God, which Saint Cyril says should not even be described in detail.

In general, every passion and every sin of the soul has its own toll houses, its own tax collectors. Imagine the terror and turmoil a soul will experience when it is examined for all these things.

Then the divine angelic powers stand before the unclean spirits, presenting the good deeds done through words, actions, thoughts, reflections, and our senses. The soul stands in the middle, watching with fear and trembling, wondering whether it will be condemned and bound because of its deeds or justified and set free. For each person will be judged according to his own works.

At that time we will not be able to make excuses and say, “It was not my fault; my neighbor led me astray.” I am responsible. Each person, it says, will be bound with his own chains.

If the soul is virtuous, if it lived with piety and right faith and conducted its life in a God-pleasing way, then the angels receive it, and it proceeds without anxiety or fear, going where all rejoice and desire to dwell—in the heavenly Kingdom, where all pain, sorrow, and sighing have fled away.

Do you know where that phrase comes from? It is found in the Prophet Isaiah, whose feast is celebrated today together with the martyr Christopher: “Where pain, sorrow, and sighing have fled away.” We shall go where there will be no pain, no grief, no sighing, nothing of the sort. But this requires a condition: that we have practiced righteousness and virtue.

If not, then what will the soul feel within itself? Fear and terror.

Saint Symeon the New Theologian emphasizes that the dreadful toll houses will have no power at all over those souls who struggled with all their strength for virtue, repented of the sins they committed, and, through the mysteries of the Church and obedience to the commandments of Christ, already received here the pledge of the Holy Spirit, communion, and union with Christ and the uncreated Light.

So when we read about certain saints and their deaths, remember how much importance those around them give to the way a person departs: whether he is peaceful, whether he has serenity, hope, or even joy at his departure. We see this because such people had already received the pledge of the Holy Spirit here. Here they were united, as much as possible, with Christ.

Therefore, our struggle to avoid all these things is not simply to confess our sins, as some think. That is only the beginning. Nor is it merely to do a few good deeds to balance out some little sin we forgot. No. “My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord,” says the prophet David. This must exist within us: to long to exist, to be, and to remain united with Christ. To desire to be in His temple, in His house, and, consequently, in a relationship with Him, rather than in mansions, great houses, and the pleasures of this world.

Saint Symeon of Thessaloniki says, "If you see that the end of your life is approaching and the time of your departure to the other life is near, pray and partake more frequently of Holy Communion so that you may receive from now the pledge of Christ."

Not theoretically, but practically. Desire holy communion and approach it. For Christ will be for you in eternity life, nourishment, light, and rest. If, from now on, you participate in communion with Him in this life, you will find mercy and compassion, and you will already have the beginning of participation in His life and will remain forever with Him.

And the enemy demons will flee far from you, because they will have no power against you, since you will have received within yourself the unconquerable and eternal fire. What is this fire? Christ—the uncreated light of divinity.

Have you heard how some virtuous and holy people received Holy Communion near the end of their lives, and what is often written in the Synaxaria? They shone. Their faces became radiant after Holy Communion. What is this? It is the light of Christ coming and dwelling within us. Ah.

SAVE US, GOD! MY GOD, SAVE US!”

 🇬🇧 ENGLISH

ARE THE EMBRYOS ALIVE? IT HAS BEEN PROVEN.

Some people went to Father Paisios and told him that a nun in Cyprus said people should light candles for the unborn babies whose mothers had killed them.

Father Paisios replied:

“She is crazy! There are no unborn babies in Heaven.
THE EMBRYOS ARE LOST!”

That night he saw a dream…

As he was walking, he heard the voices of many small babies, and the whole place was trembling.

Above them there was sand with candles, and beneath the candles the voices of the babies could be heard.

And they were crying out:

“SAVE US, GOD!
MY GOD, SAVE US!”

Father Paisios then asked another monk beside him:

“Who are these who are shouting and crying?”

He was told:

“These are the unborn innocent babies whom mothers and doctors, without their will, have lost.
Because they are unbaptized, they go to a place where demons are not allowed to tempt them, because they are innocent.
But it is dark. It is not Paradise; it is darkness.”

When Father Paisios awoke, he told the people:

“There ARE embryos and there IS a soul.
Yes, you must light candles for the EMBRYOS, because there is a soul.”

LET US UNDERSTAND:

A man approaches a woman and fertilization takes place.

The man’s sperm is alive — if it were dead, fertilization could not happen. Therefore, it is alive.

From the very moment of fertilization, the baby receives a soul.

Fertilization = living soul + living body

The soul is the breath of God. It is a living being.

Therefore, there must be respect for the EMBRYOS.

🇬🇷 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ

ΤΑ ΕΜΒΡΥΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΖΩΝΤΑΝΑ; ΕΧΕΙ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΧΘΕΙ.

Κάποιοι πήγαν στον Άγιο Παΐσιο και του είπαν ότι μια μοναχή στην Κύπρο είπε να ανάβουν κεριά για τα αγέννητα μωρά που σκοτώνονται από τις μητέρες τους.

Ο Άγιος Παΐσιος απάντησε:

«Είναι τρελή! Δεν υπάρχουν αγέννητα παιδιά στον Παράδεισο.
ΤΑ ΕΜΒΡΥΑ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΧΑΘΕΙ!»

Τη νύχτα είδε ένα όνειρο…

Καθώς περπατούσε, άκουγε φωνές μικρών μωρών, πολλές φωνές, και ο τόπος σειόταν.

Πάνω τους υπήρχε άμμος με κεριά, και κάτω από τα κεριά ακούγονταν οι φωνές των μωρών.

Και φώναζαν:

«ΣΩΣΕ ΜΑΣ, ΘΕΕ!
ΘΕΕ ΜΟΥ, ΣΩΣΕ ΜΑΣ!»

Τότε ο Άγιος Παΐσιος ρώτησε έναν μοναχό που βρισκόταν κοντά του:

«Ποιοι είναι αυτοί που φωνάζουν και κλαίνε;»

Και του απάντησαν:

«Αυτά είναι τα αγέννητα αθώα παιδιά που οι μητέρες και οι γιατροί, χωρίς τη θέλησή τους, έχασαν.
Επειδή είναι αβάπτιστα, πηγαίνουν σε έναν τόπο όπου οι δαίμονες δεν μπορούν να τα πειράξουν, γιατί είναι αθώα.
Αλλά εκεί υπάρχει σκοτάδι. Δεν είναι Παράδεισος· είναι σκοτάδι.»

Όταν ξύπνησε ο Άγιος Παΐσιος, είπε στους ανθρώπους:

«Υπάρχουν έμβρυα και υπάρχει ψυχή.
Ναι, πρέπει να ανάβετε κεριά για τα ΕΜΒΡΥΑ, γιατί υπάρχει ψυχή.»

ΑΣ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΟΥΜΕ:

Ένας άντρας πλησιάζει μια γυναίκα και γίνεται η γονιμοποίηση.

Το σπέρμα του άντρα είναι ζωντανό — αν ήταν νεκρό, δεν θα μπορούσε να γίνει γονιμοποίηση. Άρα είναι ζωντανό.

Από τη στιγμή της γονιμοποίησης, το μωρό λαμβάνει ψυχή.

Γονιμοποίηση = ζωντανή ψυχή + ζωντανό σώμα

Η ψυχή είναι η πνοή του Θεού. Είναι ζωντανό ον.

Άρα πρέπει να υπάρχει σεβασμός στα ΕΜΒΡΥΑ.

🇷🇺 РУССКИЙ

ЭМБРИОНЫ ЖИВЫ? ЭТО ДОКАЗАНО.

Некоторые люди пришли к старцу Паисию и сказали ему, что одна монахиня на Кипре говорила зажигать свечи за нерождённых детей, которых убивают их матери.

Старец Паисий ответил:

«Она сумасшедшая! В Раю нет нерождённых детей.
ЭМБРИОНЫ ПОТЕРЯНЫ!»

Ночью он увидел сон…

Когда он шёл, он услышал голоса маленьких детей — множество голосов, и всё вокруг содрогалось.

Над ними был песок со свечами, а под свечами слышались голоса младенцев.

И они кричали:

«СПАСИ НАС, БОЖЕ!
БОЖЕ МОЙ, СПАСИ НАС!»

Тогда старец Паисий спросил другого монаха, который был рядом:

«Кто это так кричит и плачет?»

Ему ответили:

«Это нерождённые невинные дети, которых матери и врачи, против их воли, потеряли.
Поскольку они некрещёные, они идут в место, где бесы не могут их искушать, потому что они невинны.
Но там тьма. Это не Рай — это тьма.»

Когда старец Паисий проснулся, он сказал людям:

«Эмбрионы существуют, и душа существует.
Да, нужно зажигать свечи за ЭМБРИОНЫ, потому что у них есть душа.»

ДАВАЙТЕ ПОЙМЁМ:

Мужчина приближается к женщине, и происходит оплодотворение.

Мужская сперма живая — если бы она была мёртвой, оплодотворение было бы невозможным. Значит, она живая.

С самого момента оплодотворения ребёнок получает душу.

Оплодотворение = живая душа + живое тело

Душа — это дыхание Бога. Это живое существо.

Поэтому к ЭМБРИОНАМ должно быть уважение.