July 16th, 2007 ~ Orthodox perspective
The Divine Word doesn’t want us to be slaves of anything; our nature has been changed for the better. He has taken everything that was ours with the agreement that He will give what is His to us in return. Just as He took disease, death, condemnation and sin. He also took our slavery. He doesn’t keep what He took, but purged our nature of such evil. Our defects are being swallowed up and done away with in His stainless nature. therefore, there won’t be disease, condemnation, sin or death in the life that we hope for.
– Saint Gregory of Nyssa
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