Resist (Orthodoxy Against the World) No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Lightweight Cotton Unisex TeeApostasy is permitted by God; do not attempt to stop it with your powerless hand. Flee from it yourself, protect yourself from it; that is enough for you to do. Learn to recognize the spirit of the age, study it, so whenever possible you will be able to avoid its influence Only God's special mercy is able to stop this all destroying moral epidemic, to stop it for a while, because it is necessary that everything foretold by the Scriptures happen. + St

From what gates

and leave a blessing behind him

may I not utterly perish

Could you not watch with Me one hour

- John 16:33

The Jesus People attempted to live out the gospel as best they knew how from the Book of Acts

these bones are the whole house of Israel

For since by man came death

As with the rumbling of chariots

For He hath put all things under his feet

be of good comfort

so that you may become sharers of the divine nature and partakers of the Holy Spirit