في هذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ تُطْلَبُ مِنْكَ نَفْسُكَ. وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَهُ لِمَنْ يَكُون؟ هكذَا هِيَ حَالُ مَنْ يَدَّخِرُ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَلا يَغْتَنِي لله
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا12/من16حتى21/:”قالَ الربُّ يَسُوعُ هذَا المَثَل: «رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ أَغَلَّتْ لهُ أَرْضُهُ. فَرَاحَ يُفَكِّرُ في نَفْسِهِ قَائِلاً: مَاذَا أَفْعَل، وَلَيْسَ لَدَيَّ مَا أَخْزُنُ فِيهِ غَلاَّتِي؟ ثُمَّ قَال: سَأَفْعَلُ هذَا: أَهْدِمُ أَهْرَائِي، وَأَبْنِي أَكْبَرَ مِنْها، وَأَخْزُنُ فِيهَا كُلَّ حِنْطَتِي وَخَيْراتِي، وَأَقُولُ لِنَفْسِي: يا نَفْسِي، لَكِ خَيْرَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مُدَّخَرَةٌ لِسِنينَ كَثِيرَة، فٱسْتَريِحي، وَكُلِي، وٱشْرَبِي، وَتَنَعَّمِي! فَقَالَ لَهُ الله: يا جَاهِل، في هذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ تُطْلَبُ مِنْكَ نَفْسُكَ. وَمَا أَعْدَدْتَهُ لِمَنْ يَكُون؟ هكذَا هِيَ حَالُ مَنْ يَدَّخِرُ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَلا يَغْتَنِي لله».”
إِذَا كَانَ اللهُ مَعَنَا، فَمَنْ عَلَيْنَا؟ فاللهُ الَّذي لَمْ يَبْخُلْ بِٱبْنِهِ، بَلْ سَلَّمَهُ إِلَى المَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا جَميعًا، كَيْفَ لا يَهَبُ لَنَا مَعَهُ أَيْضًا كُلَّ شَيء
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل رومة 08/من28حتى39/:”يا إِخوتي، نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ يَعْمَلُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ لِخَيْرِ الَّذينَ يُحِبُّونَهُ، أُولئِكَ الَّذينَ دَعَاهُم بِحَسَبِ قَصْدِهِ؛ لأَنَّ الَّذينَ سَبَقَ فَعَرَفَهُم، سَبَقَ أَيْضًا فحَدَّدَهُم أَنْ يَكُونُوا مُشَابِهينَ لِصُورَةِ ٱبْنِهِ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ ٱبْنُهُ بِكْرًا لإِخْوَةٍ كَثِيرِين. والَّذِينَ سَبَقَ فحَدَّدَهُم، هؤُلاءِ أَيْضًا دَعَاهُم، والَّذِينَ دَعَاهُم، هؤُلاءِ أَيْضًا بَرَّرَهُم، والَّذِينَ بَرَّرَهُم، هؤُلاءِ أَيْضًا مَجَّدَهُم. إِذًا فَمَاذَا نَقُولُ بَعْد؟ إِذَا كَانَ اللهُ مَعَنَا، فَمَنْ عَلَيْنَا؟ فاللهُ الَّذي لَمْ يَبْخُلْ بِٱبْنِهِ، بَلْ سَلَّمَهُ إِلَى المَوْتِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا جَميعًا، كَيْفَ لا يَهَبُ لَنَا مَعَهُ أَيْضًا كُلَّ شَيء؟ فَمَنْ يَشْكُو مُخْتَارِي ٱلله؟ أَللهُ يُبَرِّرُهُم. فَمَنِ الَّذي يَدِين؟ هوَ المَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ الَّذي مَات، بَلْ أُقِيم، وهوَ أَيْضًا عَنْ يَمينِ ٱلله، وهُوَ أَيْضًا يَشْفَعُ لَنَا! مَنْ يَفْصِلُنَا عَنْ مَحَبَّةِ المَسِيح؟ أَضِيقٌ، أَمْ شِدَّةٌ، أَمِ ٱضْطِهَادٌ، أَمْ جُوعٌ، أَمْ عُرْيٌ، أَمْ خَطَرٌ، أَمْ سَيْف؟ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوب: «إِنَّنَا مِنْ أَجْلِكَ نُمَاتُ النَّهَارَ كُلَّهُ، وقَدْ حُسِبْنَا مِثْلَ غَنَمٍ لِلذَّبْح!». إِلاَّ أَنَّنَا في كُلِّ ذلِكَ نَغْلِبُ بِالَّذي أَحَبَّنَا. فإِنِّي لَوَاثِقٌ أَنَّهُ لا مَوْتَ ولا حَيَاة، ولا ملائِكَةَ ولا رِئَاسَات، ولا حَاضِرَ ولا مُسْتَقْبَل، ولا قُوَّات، ولا عُلْوَ ولا عُمْق، ولا أَيَّ خَلِيقَةٍ أُخْرَى تقْدِرُ أَنْ تَفْصِلَنَا عَنْ مَحَبَّةِ اللهِ الَّتي في المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنَا.”
You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 12/16-21/:”Then he told them a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?”Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?”So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’”
If God is for us, who can be against us? He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things
Romans 08/28-38/:”28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.‡ Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified. What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.