{"id":13404,"date":"2016-11-04T08:37:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T05:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/?p=13404"},"modified":"2016-11-03T20:23:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:23:16","slug":"what-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/what-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do so as not to go to Purgatory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/What-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13408\" title=\"What to do so as not to go to purgatory 2\" src=\"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/What-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/What-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/What-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We have to be converted, to receive Jesus as our Saviour and Lord. We have to be renewed by the Holy Spirit and to walk in the Holy Spirit. But this is still not enough for escaping Purgatory. So what shall we do? The Word of God says: <em>\u201cHe <\/em>\u2013 Jesus \u2013<em> will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.\u201d<\/em> (Mt 3:11) So this is a very important thing \u2013 baptism with fire. Jesus says: <em>\u201cI came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!\u201d<\/em> (Lk 12:49) Where shall this fire be kindled? In us. It shall purify us. It is a fire of zeal, of pure love for Jesus. A fire that shall burn all manifestations of our pride, self-love, envy, self-pity, criticism, rebellion, impurity, various dependences \u2013 on people, things or plans. This all must be burnt by this fire. Jesus will then truly be our Lord. Otherwise it is a mere phrase. We need this fire. This fire is also connected with martyrdom. <em>\u201cWhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you shall be My witnesses (martyres).\u201d<\/em> (Acts 1:8)<!--more--> A witness and a martyr are one and the same. We need the Holy Spirit therefore; without Him it is not possible. The fruit of the baptism with fire is a martyr\u2019s death. However, we should die time and again, as the Apostle Paul says: <em>\u201c\u2026always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus \u2026 death is working in us, but life in you.\u201d<\/em> (2Cor 4:10.12) How to put it into practice? For example, you have problems, crosses, depressions. What should you do? Come out of it! Ask yourself: \u201cWhere is Jesus and where am I?\u201d \u201cI am absorbed in this problem.\u201d \u201cCome out! Come out of the house of slavery!\u201d Stand in the light: \u201cLord, please, give me the strength, give me the light. What do You want me to do?\u201d As the Apostle Paul said when he was converted at Damascus: \u201cWhat shall I do, Lord?\u201d Our life must be a return to Jesus time and again. Not just that we have been converted from a great sin which enslaved us for years. We should be converted even in little things, do them with great love, live by faith. In this way we enter into the death of Christ. This fire should burn in our heart. We are called to be a living and holy sacrifice. This is our spiritual worship. (see Rom 12:1) What does it mean? It does not mean physical torture but it means to give God all we cling to in our heart or mind. This is what we are to throw into this fire, so that Jesus may burn everything which is not His. Just as fire separates gold from the slag, so also spiritual fire should purify us. Then this mind will be in us which was also in Christ, and it will be true about us: <em>\u201cChrist lives in me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Download:  <a href=\"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/What-to-do-so-as-not-to-go-to-purgatory-2.doc\">What to do so as not to go to Purgatory?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have to be converted, to receive Jesus as our Saviour and Lord. We have to be renewed by the Holy Spirit and to walk in the Holy Spirit. But this is still not enough for escaping Purgatory. So what shall we do? The Word of God says: \u201cHe \u2013 Jesus \u2013 will baptize you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13404"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13411,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13404\/revisions\/13411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkpatriarhat.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}