Wherever God is - there is peace

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"Wherever God is - there is peace. And the opposite is self-evident: where
there is envy, enmity, impatience, self-love - there is the devil. Wherever
the devil is - there, everything is ruinous, proud and hostile."

St. Anatoly of Optina, Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the
Holy Elders of Optina.

"The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate." Proverbs 8:13

Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.

[James]

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"Wherever God is - there is peace.

Looks like your alleged 'saint' missed the boat here. What about all
the wars in the OT where God used the nation of Israel as His sword?
War is the direct opposite of peace. Notice:

-- New Revised Standard with Apocrypha
Isaiah 1:24 Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the
Mighty One of Israel:
Ah, I will pour out my wrath on my enemies,
and avenge myself on my foes!

Sincerely, James

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And the opposite is self-evident: where
there is envy, enmity, impatience, self-love - there is the devil. Wherever
the devil is - there, everything is ruinous, proud and hostile."
St. Anatoly of Optina, Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the
Holy Elders of Optina.
"The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate." Proverbs 8:13
Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.