Grace Follows Temptations - Sermon by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius

Sermon delivered by His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius of America on the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, April 17/30, 2023, at Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery, Cobleskill, NY.
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[@miketacos9034]

I needed to hear this today. Glory to God that we can hear these sermons online.

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May God bless you.

[@bodyconceptsbyangelo3567]

Lord Jesus Christ Son Of God, Have Mercy On Me A Sinner.🙏☦️❤️🇬🇷

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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.

[@OKIEBUD]

I will to follow Gods will…good preaching

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Christ is Risen!

[@ElenaPetrovsky-je8hk]

Thank you for the beautiful words on the temptations it gives me hope in dealing with this evilness not to give up

[@OrthodoxTradition]

Glory to God.

[@spacepals]

thank you, Father Demetrios. please remember the unprofitable servant, Dismas Bailey, in your prayers. i have been guided by our Holy Fathers to pray for humility, and, have been going through situations where i become ungrateful for what God, in His love and great compassion, has appointed me. this is my fault. the little trickster throws hooks out, but i am the one who takes the bait, and i am the one to blame. thank God, i hope i can continually be given the chance, at least, to pour myself out like blood and water; the blood of my struggle, and the Life-giving water of the All-Holy Spirit. good Holy Ascension to you all, thank you for your prayers and your work of Faith. love and prayers from St. John the Wonderworker in Portage, Wisconsin, and from Baraboo Wisconsin, my home-town where i live, and from me, the sinner, Dismas Bailey ❤☦❤

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Christ is Risen! May the Lord bless you and save you!

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@@OrthodoxTradition Truly He is Risen, thank you 🙏

[@ElenaPetrovsky-je8hk]

CHRIST HAS RISEN. I THANK YOU FOR THIS BEATIFUL SERMON our Lord Jesus Christ Son of God offers us so many suggestions to improve ourselves for our salvation we must be patient

[@OrthodoxTradition]

Truly He is Risen! May God save us.

[@garlandthomson7501]

This channel and these sermons make me want to repent more than ever. Pray for me!

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Glory to God!

[@prettyplugs]

I love this sermon. Never thought about judas in that way of choosing the wrong path that maybe looked good but wasn't. That is the best example I've heard of how the devil works: presenting you with something you think is good or pleasing to you but isn't in the end. Christ is risen!

[@GimbalLocksOnly]

How lucky we are to have access to these sermons. Cristos Anesti!

[@nazarenehebrewassembly8325]

I am a heterodox but have been desiring to convert to orthodoxy for years now. I have been trying to walk according to the orthodox Christian way. Fr. Demetrius, please pray that the Lord bless and guide me and my family into the Holy Ancient Church. Also I have been searching for a Orthodox book on the Apostolic Father's. The book I purchased turned out to be produced from Roman Catholic scholar, which has useful information in it but has a bit of a Bias towards the Pope and Roman Catholicism. Do you have any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it. Christ is risen!

[@OrthodoxTradition]

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.

[@rolandtoth-lormann8381]

This is amazing. Is it in every orthodox church like this? Does the listeners become such a teaching all the time during the mass? Whou, what a treasure it is for the believers.

[@GodHelpHumanity]

Not every Orthodox Church unfortunately. This one is under the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. The Metropolitan gives a sermon when time permits, since he travels a lot. You can find a lot of great sermons of his on this Orthodox Tradition channel above. It's a channel owned by the Saint John of San Francisco Monastery.

[@icxc6523]

No!! You have to be very very careful, since Christianity is under attack, the orthodox Church is under especially strong attack by the "wolves in sheep's clothing" that Christ speaks about, and unfortunately the wolves have taken over a vast majority of the jurisdictions. Metropolitan Demetrios is teaching the true, uncorrupted Orthodox faith that SHOULD be taught in every orthodox church, but the godless children of satan have infiltrated the church in a very big way. Contact their monastery and they can help you find a good authentic Orthodox Church.

[@steelfalconx2000]

Your Grace, how can we avoid falling into pride as we grow in the Jesus prayer?

[@jessebellino9780]

Man, this was like medicine. Master, bless.

[@OrthodoxTradition]

God bless. Glory to God!

[@elizabethcardinale6255]

Christ is risen! Holy Master bless. I thank you Despota for the teaching of humility and pride. How interesting to see how much pride we have when we think : oh, how wonderful that I confessed my sin of pride , and now I’m all set. Until someone comes and tells us how wonderful or beautiful we are. Then once again temptation of pride comes right back in. Holy Master pray for me.🙏☦️

[@inezvasquez8104]

Christ is Risen! Xristos Anesti! ¡Christo Ha Resucitado! Thank you Metropolitan Demetrus, What a deep felt message to me. The grace I needed to receive, the words of grace and peace. Thank you, Fotini

[@stylist62]

Wow🙏🌺🌺thank you Father🙏🥰🌺The presents of God in you is comforting, please give me your blessing. Life people loss has done a number on me

[@OrthodoxTradition]

God bless you!

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​@@OrthodoxTraditionplease help can I email you I've been failing to the sin of lust and I fear I have a demon I wish to be free of this sin but I feel shackled to it please pray for me and please please help me God help me

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@@OrthodoxTraditionthank you so much🥰🙏

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Thank you***Amen

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Master Bless☦️

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[@dennisbreedon9722]

Amen❤️🙏

[@MrJag1]

Thank you for this sermon, it touched my heart

[@OrthodoxTradition]

God bless you.

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Blessings from Colombia

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God bless.

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Yes. This is real. Lord be with us. Amen.

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God bless you.

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Enlightening, thank you

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God bless you.

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[@The_Naughty_Kitten]

CHRIST is Risen! ☦🙏🏻✝ ~ христос воскресе! ~ Tha CRÌOSD air Èiridh! ♥💚🕊

[@Ella_1994]

I don't agree with the "communist Russia" part. No! I think Russia is far far better place!

[@OrthodoxTradition]

It refers to Russia when it was communist, not now.

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المسيح قام حقا قام

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

When Christ said about Judas that it would have been better had he not been born, surely, Christ forgave him, right?

[@OrthodoxTradition]

Judas is one of the biggest tragedies. We do not believe that there is no hell. May God deliver us, and save us.

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🙏🙏☦️☦️❤

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Glory to God!

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Thank you.☦

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Glory to God!

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Christ is Risen!

[@jonnaborosky8836]

Christ is Risen! Master bless. Thank you for sharing this spiritual insight with us. It's edifying and inspiring for us. I understand what you mean about receiving grace after enduring a temptation. Is it also possible for some to receive a greater grace before a greater temptation...as a means of God's "shoring one up" as a means of helping us to endure a temptation that's coming. In the love of our Risen Christ, Mother Anastasia of the Sacred Hermitage of St. Paisius

[@OrthodoxTradition]

Truly He is Risen. Yes, grace can work both ways; before or after a temptation.

[@ElenaPetrovsky-je8hk]

After hearing you speak about repentance I do forgive my transpassers may God have mercy and forgive

[@chrismoisiov8760]

❤

[@clarencelafuentes5331]

Thank you.

[@OrthodoxTradition]

God bless you.

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Du er best på alle måter,jeg elsker deg

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Amen

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Amen.

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🕯️☦️🕯️.. 🙏🙏🙏

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fater bless