Idoloclast Idol-Smasher | Jesus Fist w/ Sledgehammer | Smash Your Passions | ICXC NIKA | Christian Asceticism | Orthodox Christian Tote BagAvoid making idols either of things or of practices. + St. Macarius of Optina Asceticism is what keeps the "blameless passions" (hunger, the need for sleep, the desire for communion with people, etc.) from becoming blameworthy (gluttony, sloth, lust, etc.). Fr. Stephen De Young, Lord of Spirits: "Samsonite" These eight passions should be destroyed as follows: gluttony by self control unchastity [lust] by desire for God and longing for the blessings

- 1 Corinthians 15:12-28

or has turned his back

the might of his Crucifixion with that of His Burial

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass

" pointing to His trampling down of death by His own sacrificial death on the cross and the freeing of all humanity from everlasting enslavement to death

and those who get drunk

they climb up into the houses

” The disciples looked at one another

Now is the right acceptable time and the day of purification

It is the presence of God’s splendid glory and love that is the scourge of those who reject its radiant power and light

- 1 Corinthians 9:27- 1 Corinthians 9:27

It is the same thing we read about in the Psalms