Chapter 21
Good Monday Morning to this week 21 of 2022
Fyodor Dostoevsky and Jesus of Nazareth aren’t quite in a discussion yet, implicitly it could go from an interview to a discussion or debate, I am putting out some of their favorite quotes that speak for themselves. Both could make a difference to some of the problems we’re stuck with and stuck in. I’m not promoting the ideology of the first but showing how he tried to unmask with the fundamental idea that lay behind the entire movement in Russia toward atheism, nihilism, rationalism, and materialism, and away from the true Christian faith that was the spiritual heart of the nation before that move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To love another person is to see them as God intended them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted. Jesus of Nazareth <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying – lying to others and to yourself. Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is what our Scriptures come to teach: in everything, in every circumstance, do to others as you would have them do to you. Jesus of Nazareth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Jesus of Nazareth
Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jesus answered, \u201cIt is written: \u2018Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. Fyodor Dostoevsky
An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest. But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, and said to them, \u201cWhoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest.\u201d Jesus of Nazareth
Wishing you a good start to this week, seeing not as you would see, but trying to see the other as God\/Jesus would see them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philemon <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Chapter 21 Good Monday Morning to this week 21 of 2022 Fyodor Dostoevsky and Jesus of Nazareth aren’t quite in a discussion yet, implicitly it could go from an interview to a discussion or debate, I am putting out some of their favorite quotes that speak for themselves. Both could make a difference to some … <\/p>\n