Возвращение к злым делам

What moves God to inexorable judgment? Nothing moves more than the fact that after repentance a person returns to evil deeds, consoles himself with the hope of new repentance and forgiveness, and fearlessly sins in the hope of God’s mercy. Let us listen to what Scripture says in the book of Jesus, son of Sirach: “At two times my heart was grieved, and at the third my indignation was aroused: if a soldier suffers from poverty, and wise men are neglected; and if anyone turns from righteousness to sin, the Lord will prepare him for the sword” (Sir. 26:24–26). Here we hear: he who returns from righteousness, that is, repentance, which justifies a person, who returns to sin brings upon himself the wrath of God and is given over to the sword of eternal punishment. A person who returns to sin crucifies the Son of God a second time and tramples on His most precious Blood, shed for the salvation of the world (1). For the forgiveness of our previous sins, we, accursed and evil-tempered, returning to our previous sins, instead of retribution or thanksgiving to Christ our God, again bring Him crucifixion, again murder, as if only for this reason we were freed from our previous sins, so that with the same and even more serious sins we would again anger our God. What's worse than that? What's worse? What's worse? Did Saul repent of his sin, did he receive forgiveness? We don’t read about that, but we know that he was completely abandoned by God and died soul and body, piercing himself with a sword. Will we also be able to come to true repentance, will we again receive forgiveness of sins - we don’t know about this, God knows, has He left us forever? Has he not prepared for us the sword of eternal punishment? Let us also, brothers, be afraid to return to our previous evil deeds, let us not even think about them, lest we be subjected to even more terrible torment. Let each of us say to his soul: behold, you have been healed by the grace of God through holy repentance, “sin no more, lest anything worse happen to you” (John 5:14) (1). You might be interested in: