24 April 2020
On the Snares of the Devil
Our inhuman enemy [the devil, in drawing a Christian to defilement] inspires
the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But
when we observe the guile of demons, then we see that after the commission of
the sin, they suggest to us that God is a righteous and implacable Judge. The
first they say in order to lead us to sin, the second, in order to weigh us down
in despair.
St. John Climacus
On the Snares of the Devil
Our inhuman enemy [the devil, in drawing a Christian to defilement] inspires
the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But
when we observe the guile of demons, then we see that after the commission of
the sin, they suggest to us that God is a righteous and implacable Judge. The
first they say in order to lead us to sin, the second, in order to weigh us down
in despair.
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