Little Divides Angels from Men | Christian Perfection | St John Chrysostom | Textured Cemetery Angel | Orthodox Christian HoodieBe ye holy as I Am holy. 1 Peter 1: 16; Leviticus 11: 44, 20: 26 Be ye perfect as I Am perfect. Matthew 5: 48 Looking unto Jesus the author and perfector of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12: 2 And he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I rather

sees that Jesus has come to him and rolled away the stone of hardness from his heart

and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed

The model is the forty-year wandering of the Israelites in the desert

or brothers

Then charged He His disciples that they should tell no man that He was Jesus the Christ

- The Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos (excerpt)

and be merry

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so I enjoin You in Your patience and love for mankind: judge between me and the devil

If the sword of the Cherubim did not see you wearing the title rights of the inscription

Demonstration of Apostolic Teaching

which has nothing but its indifference and unreadiness