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(2 Cor. 4, 1–6; Matt. 24, 13–28) “He who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13). But not everyone who endures will be saved, but only he who endures on the path of the Lord. This life is for enduring, and everyone endures something and endures until the very end. But patience is of no use if it is not for the sake of the Lord and His Holy Gospel. Enter the path of faith and the commandments of the Gospel; the reasons for patience will multiply, but from this moment patience will begin to bear fruit, and the patience that was previously empty will become fruitful. With what blindness the enemy surrounds us, that only that patience is difficult and unbearable, which he meets on the path of good, and that which he himself imposes on those who work for passions, he presents as easy and worthless, although it is heavier and more dismal than that which is endured by those who fight passions and resist the enemy! But we are blind and do not see this... We work, endure and exhaust ourselves for the sake of the enemy to our own destruction. You might be interested in: