On Refusal to Judge Our Neighbor - St. Dorotheos of Gaza

[@brotherandrew3393]

That was very good! My greatest temptation is to judge people. Please pray for me that I stop doing this.

[@marksafady1059]

I have a problem with this too. Lord have mercy on my wretched soul.

[@loveisintheair3487]

Me too😢

[@WolvesBaseballNine]

Don't we all. I think there's a reason there's so much written about this and is the main theme of Matthew 7. This is an easy temptation to fall into.

[@Adventuresandechoes]

I bet I've judged worse then all of you 😞

[@autistichead8137]

@@Adventuresandechoesthat would be me. It is a horrible sickness.

[@konmakchristian6801]

After this I am very sure one of the things I'm the worst at controlling is judging others and I didn't even realize😢

[@saso3545]

St Dorotheos please pray to God for us and help us. ☦️🙏🏼

[@vasilymartin4051]

I really liked this talk. The love and gentleness of the saint flowed through so clearly. Thank you, brother

[@radvlad1431]

This is very helpful. I didn't realize I do this until I heard him describing me. Lord help me to repent

[@eliaswakileh4448]

Wonderful!!! Thank you for all the hard work you invest for us! May god reward you for your kindness!

[@OrthodoxWisdom]

Thank you so much. That’s very kind of you! I benefit so much from these words and the process of producing the recordings. And seeing others benefit too is what it’s really about. So I have ample motivation to continue 🙂

[@vanessac.7040]

@@OrthodoxWisdom I agree 💯 with @Elias Wakileh. Truly just came across this channel when my husband sent me the one on Holy Zeal. Such great material from the links you provide, the blog post of St. Cuthbert and the PDF and all the information within your other videos. Glory to God for this work and may he continue to strengthen you all for His Glory. Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever! ☦️🙏🏼

[@OrthodoxWisdom]

Very glad you found the PDF of The Life of St. Cuthbert. I would love to see it printed as a book someday. Lord willing, but still wanted to share with everyone the joy I’ve found in that blessed Saint of England. Thank you for prayers and encouragement!

[@russellhoward3866]

I wish I still had my grandpa. The Saints help, but I miss him.

[@MJS2376]

The greatest temptation I've experienced after being abused by someone engaged in dark triad/cluster b/NPD/BPD behaviors is to condemn the person by labelling them as *only the sum of their behaviors* - rather than acknowledging the behaviors that were damaging to me, and then understanding the behaviors are symptoms of their sickness, a sickness that I also have - broken communion with God - my symptoms are just different.

[@miketacos9034]

Every single word of this was exactly what I needed to hear. Glory to God.

[@florinapleter7804]

LORD JESUS CHRIST 💓 Son of God 🕊️ have mercy on me and upon Thy world 🙏🏼

[@dummynames9238]

I found this very helpful; thank you. May God bless you for this work of mercy. Necessary spiritual food, the guidance & discernment of the Fathers, for when we can listen but not read--robotic recordings do not speak to the soul.

[@OrthodoxWisdom]

Amen. I can’t stand the robot readings. By God’s grace I pray that my voice is a means of transmitting the Holy Spirit to all who hear. Glory to God.

[@Taran532]

Hating the sin and not the sinner is truly difficult.

[@johnnyd2383]

Pray to God to grant you such discernment... I do that every single day and not giving up the hope that my prayers will be heard.

[@ZeOnetruth]

Praise God for all of Eternity!!!❤️‍🔥👑🪽

[@lokdog257]

My stumbling block with this is the wickedness of our age. Should I stay at home, pray, and concern myself with my sins, as they are, while my neighbor murders children? Should I focus more on my own temper in the comment sections, and ignore the mutilation and sexualization of children? Is it truly Christian to allow evil to take place, because of the "beam" in my eye is greater than the "mote" in my neighbor's eye? Are we supposed to not judge and turn a blind eye to sin, while women are raped, people are murdered, and children are enslaved; because we must focus on OUR personal sin, and NOT the sin of others.

[@micoveliki8729]

Same brother I don't know its like it is imposible for me not to judge how do I look at some of the evil and injustice dine and say poor soul you dont know better instead of getting so mad.. I pray God will send us the answer I truly want to change

[@KnoxEmDown]

If I'm correctly understanding what St. Dorotheos said, we can and should call out all those things as bad and even do all in our power to prevent them as possible; As far as I understand, what we cannot do is say that a person is just their sin and not themselves, or that they are condemned because of their sin, or that they should be hated because of their sins. All these latter things are judgements reserved to God alone, yet knowing this does not prevent us from declaring it as error and working to stop it within and without ourselves. Proper way: "That mother abused her child, we must stop her from doing that and repent of our own wrath, lest we do the same to our children." Improper way: "That mother is a child abuser, lock her up and throw away the key, she deserves it!" Such a subtle difference. If I misunderstood anything, please forgive me.

[@gfepsh]

Yes I feel a similar way and I believe the commenter above is correct with the approach we should take. However I believe an important message in Christianity is that the state of our soul supersedes the state of our body. That however terrible it is for a mother to abuse her child the true torture is spiritual not physical. What we do about these problems should take that into consideration.

[@vaska1999]

We can and must judge behaviour, but we're enjoined not to judge those whose behaviour we find offensive, wicked, unacceptable, immoral, etc.

[@legostory33]

We are the source of the evil in this life. The pain and suffering in this world is caused by us. Sin starts in my heart and comes out of my mouth and defiles me. I wish not to speak with pretense but this is what we must think. Likewise the spirit of God first rests in our heart and then flows out from the mouth. Genuine closeness to Christ will always yield fruit, for God does not give gifts in vain.

[@kaylakincannon3458]

I have certainly been guilty of judging. St Dorotheos pray for me! ☦️

[@lucycastro9428]

These words are life! My wholehearted thanks. 🙏💖

[@MalikaIC]

Thank you for this powerful reminder! My you be blessed to the core of your being by our Lord Jesus Christ...

[@craigculwell9177]

☦️❤️‍🩹 Lord, have mercy. Forgive me, the sinner….. 🌙🌴🌐🎣🔔⚓️🌊🕊

[@hazelskilos3993]

Thank you for reading these. I like to listen while I’m working

[@woldemariamwoldeamanuel221069]

May God bless you - from Ethiopian orthodox

[@eliasandrinopoulos8746]

Thank you. ☦️🙏🏻😊👍🏻

[@francescalmichela6210]

May God forgive Our sins🙏✝️❤️

[@frjwoj]

Thank you for all of your postings. May God bless your efforts! Glory to God for all things! ☦️ With love in Christ, + Fr. Jacob

[@jennyamiantitis4906]

Thank you profoundly for the translation of this homily. May Our Lord grant us to be enlightened through his wisdom and teachings.

[@johnwebster3072]

Thank you for these readings ! So helpful inspiring & moving .

[@radvlad1431]

I love the compass circle depiction of love of God coinciding with Love of neighbor. Such a powerful image

[@stellajacovides9676]

Such blessed wisdom . Lord help me 🙏🙏

[@kingsessingdad]

Thank you for this labor of love. I listened to this on the way to work. Provides real encouragement. May God bless you.

[@christianmedina6343]

"You may well know about the sin, but you do not know about the repentance"

[@mhreteabetesfaye8771]

God bless you and your family ,thank you

[@DemetriosVara]

Glory to God

[@dannyk7226]

Much thanks for providing this valuable sermon. For with these fathers is the wisdom of God.

[@kathleankeesler1639]

Thank you.

[@ghideysenait3944]

Glory be to God. I love this. Deep, awakening, enlightening, and very beneficial. Thank you so much. God bless your service 🙏🏽

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

This is very practical advice. A way to put the commandments of G-d into action in my life. Thank you for sharing this

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

wonderful. Thank you so much.

[@benjaminberg7239]

This was a true eye opener for me

[@theyesbeforeno9036]

Appreciate your effort, keep on going with the good work.

[@ZeOnetruth]

Oh Heavenly Father hallowed be thy name, we come to you today in repentance of our sins. We have seen the error of our ways and how sin leads us to seperation from you and our true selves. We ask for deliverance from the evil one, and the wisdom to see the traps that are set for us. Guide us closer to purity so we may reside in your grace in this life, and so we may join you in the eternal realms and not be turned away because of our unclean souls. Make us clean again, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and the name of Jesus Christ, for he opened up the gates of heaven so we may be made worthy and come home. I love you more than anything Father!!!!Jesus have mercy on our souls!!!! Amen!!!!❤️‍🔥👑🪽 HALLELUJAH!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!

[@saram3219]

God blessed you and give you more grace. Thank you for the spiritual food what I needed to hear. Please keep up 🙏 may God bless you and reward you more grace 🙏

[@jamesgardner9583]

YES! 🙏BROTHER JAMES

[@covenant157]

The first two minutes of this and im like ❤😮❤ forgive me God 🙏😭 help me please please please please please amen in your son Jesus name help me!!!!!!!

[@ducky1016]

This was amazing

[@abdulemalik8848]

God bless

[@slavplaysgames]

I was struggling alot w lust but I got it under control thanks to Jesus prayer and God's grace and mercy now im working on reworking my mind from the automatic judging others as judging people was a pass time for me before .

[@WesleyJean00]

Thank you for creating this content. It is a blessing to the hearers.

[@xenu12]

Thank you for this post.

[@dimitri5249]

Wow really nice content! Please continue to post more videos like this :)

[@vaska1999]

When a man is the habit of flying off the handle and regularly picks fights with others, it's only right to say he's a bad tempered man. This is not a judgement of his soul, which only God can make, but an accurate description. Calumny is something else altogether and involves falsely imputing wrong doing to another; calumny always involves lying about the other person's behaviour and character.

[@abdulemalik8848]

Amen

[@saalocins]

What book are you referring to at 5:00 ?

[@francescalmichela6210]

❤❤❤❤🙏✝️💐💐💐

[@siddislikesgoogle]

We may not have the wisdom of God or be able to judge as He judges. But a fornicator, is a fornicator. Murder is Murder. Lying, is Lying, pedophilia is pedophilia. To behave as if we could not discern good from evil, is nonsense. I think this is more about not being hypocritical and being humble about our ability to judge truly and mete out accurate punishment/reward

[@calebbrunson7120]

This is partly the problem with the English language and translations of the Greek. It is not a judgment to have objective knowledge of good or bad deeds. It is judgment to condemn someone’s soul to heaven or hell based on these deeds. St Paul calls out sins and says that people who commit these will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. But, he does not dare to determine whether or not God will pardon a specific individual for their sins. That is for God alone to decide

[@Holyholyholy-r6c]

I do not want to judge but once I saw my friend do something bad what should I do i know he’s going down a path that’s bad

[@nath7874]

i would really appreciate if you publish whole book of Fr Dorotheos, please. its not available on the internet

[@OrthodoxWisdom]

I don’t record entire books unless they are free online, not being sold for profit, and/or not under copyright.

[@mingyangli9405]

I don't get it. Should we speak up if we see Pharisees, wolves in sheep's clothing deceiving the believers? Should we point it out when we see false teachers lead people astray? Should we fight against evil when my neighbor and my children are at risk? If a man is a fornicator and adulterer and pretends not to be to deceive others shouldn't we point it out?

[@seth956]

Dont judge people; judge actions. People are too complicated for you to judge. To judge people is heretical because in action you are saying "I am God". To discern between right and wrong is nessesary to determine false prophets, create just laws, and to help people in need. To watch someone fall into a pit without warning them is not love. To warn them from the bottom is folly, first pull yourself out so they can hear your voice. Proper reflection on your faults is nessesary everytime you correct others. You should not shy from correction.

[@Strider1Wilco]

I'm so guilty of this

[@MJS2376]

Me too. Lord have mercy and heal us.

[@gigilagous8020]

lol Our neighbors are so loud On drugs no jobs their kids are not in school They have terrorized our calm street So yah they keep us working people up all night with very loud loud music no rest So God is angry at us here being calm ??? We have prayed for a year on this street for the squatters in that rental to be removed No help from God ?

[@rancon265]

Best to find a property where neighbors are about 1/4 mile away. Put a steel gate on your driveway.

[@brotherandrew3393]

That is not what divine love demands.

[@lyricalmike7162]

@@brotherandrew3393 since when does divine love command cramped living?

[@brotherandrew3393]

@@lyricalmike7162 It is not about "cramped living". It is about isolation because of a hostile attitude.