In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Brothers and sisters, do you realize that being judgmental is one of the worst and biggest sins? When we judge someone, we get judged too. By judging others we do not have to wait for the second dreadful Judgment Day, because we receive judgment instantly. In this moment, we show our fallen and gracelessness state, passion, pride, vanity, evilness and jealousy by which we are banished to hell.

In the Holy Gospel, it is written why we should try “to remove the plank from our eye and then we will see the speck in our brother’s eye.” How could we see our brother is sinful if our eye is darkened? Are we not judging unreasonably? As long as we are trapped in our passion, we will always look at our beloved through our passions; therefore our judgment will be wrong.

God says: Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you (Matt. 7:2). If we look at our beloved judgmentally, then we judge ourselves, but if we look kindly at them then God will be kind to us. When judging others it shows that God’s grace is not with us, but if we don’t judge, hide the sins and weaknesses of our beloved, it is a sign of love and God’s grace that is inside us. It is the presence of God that makes us be joyful and happy in God.

God then says: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened (Matt. 7:7,8). Therefore, in our life, we should try and want to clean our hearts from our sins and receive God’s grace because he who wants will receive His grace. We should look for our God and Saviour, and those who look for Him will find Him. We should knock on the door to our heart or the Kingdom of Heaven, and he who knocks, his heart will open and he will find God and the Kingdom of Heaven where God sits on His throne. Amen.

Beseda za sudeweto na drugite 28.06.2008

Vo imeto na Otecot i Sinot i Svetiot Duh,

Bra}a i sestri, dali mo`eme da sogledame deka osuduvaweto vo su{tina e eden od najlo{ite i najgolemite grevovi. Koga nie osuduvame nekogo vo istiot moment samite si sudime i sme osudeni?! Ne treba da ~ekame do posebniot ili vtoriot i stra{en sud, tuku ednostavno, sudot go dobivame vedna{ vo istiot moment. Vo toj moment ja poka`uvame svojata padnata i bezblagodatna sostojba i na{ata zarobenost od strastite, gordosta, samoqubieto, suetnosta, nequbovta, zlomislieto, zavista… {to se dovolni za nie da bideme osudeni za vo pekolot.

Zatoa treba da se trudime najprvo da ja izvadime, kako {to se veli vo Evangelieto, gredata od na{eto oko, ta otposle da mo`eme da ja vidime i raskata od okoto na brata si. A ako na{eto oko e pomra~eno, toga{ kako mo`eme da vidime deka bratot na{ e gre{en? Zar toga{ ne gledame (sudime) nepravedno? Se dodeka nie sme zarobeni od strastite nie sekoga{ }e go gledame svojot bli`en preku tie svoi strasti, i zatoa na{iot sud }e e kriv (nepraveden) sud.

Gospod veli: so kakov sud }e sudime, so takov i }e ni se sudi, so kakva merka merime, so takva i }e ni se meri (Mat. 7:2), odnosno, ako na bli`niot gledame osuduva~ki toga{ samite sebe se osuduvame, a ako gledame milostivo, toga{ i Gospod }e bide milostiv so nas. Sudeweto e pokazatel deka blagodatta Bo`ja ne e so nas -, a ako pak ne sudime tuku gi pokrivame grevovite i slabostite na bli`niot, toa e znak na qubov i sostojba na blagodat vo nas, Bo`jo prisustvo i toga{ se raduvame i veselime vo Gospoda.

Gospod ponatamu veli: sakajte i }e vi se dade, barajte i }e najdete, ~ukajte i }e vi se otvori, … sekoj {to saka dobiva, i koj bara nao|a i na onoj {to ~uka, }e mu se otvori (Mat. 7:7, 8). Zna~i, vo na{iot `ivot treba da se potrudime sepak da sakame da gi o~istime svoite srca od strastite, i da ja primime blagodatta Bo`ja vo nas, zatoa, onoj {to saka, toj i ja dobiva (blagodatta). Da Go barame Onoj Koj e na{ Bog i Spasitel, i onie koi go baraat go nao|aat. I da ~ukame na vratata od na{eto srce, ili poto~no, na vratata od Carstvoto Nebesno, i na onoj koj {to ~uka, }e mu se otvori srceto i vo nego }e go najde Boga, i Carstvoto Nebesno kade Bog sedi na Svojot prestol. Amin