From:
Orthodox Life
"In the heart of every man, there is a great conflict between good and evil, between light and darkness, between serving God, and serving the devil. No man walking the path of life on this earth is wholly on one side or the other. Rather, he fights a constant battle either to serve the Creator who loves him, nurtures him, and died on the Cross for him, or to serve the one who hates him and seeks to make him suffer in hell along with himself.
Rightly did St John of the Ladder say, “A true Christian is he who fights with himself and against himself as if with an enemy.” This is true of all men, and all men either win this battle and enjoy their reward in heaven, or lose it, and suffer eternally for it."
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