Botezul este cel care acorda nasterea din nou si iertarea pacatelor celui botezat.. Iar aceasta nastere din nou e nasterea din har.. La botez in fiecare crestin[ortodox] se sadeste harul Duhului Sfant.. Omul se naste a doua oara dupa har in Iisus Hristos, dezbracandu-se de omul cel vechi si imbracandu-se in omul cel nou.. Cum zice Scriptura: "Precum in Adam toti mor, asa si in Hristos vor fi facuti vii" si "Cati in Hristos v-ati botezat, in Hristos v-ati si imbracat"... La botez se sterge pacatul stramosesc si pacatele personale..
"... from the instant we are baptized, grace is hidden in the depths of the intellect, concealing its presence even from the perception of the intellect itself. When someone begins, however, to love God with full resolve, then in a mysterious way, by means of intellectual perception, grace communicates something of its riches to the soul. Then, if he really wants to hold fast to this discovery, he joyfully starts longing to be rid of all his temporal goods, so as to acquire the field in which he has found the hidden treasure of life (cf. Mt. 13:44). This is because, when someone rids himself of all worldly riches, he discovers the place where the grace of God is hidden. For as the soul advances, divine grace more and more reveals itself to the intellect."
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http://www.pateric.ro/al-aceluiasi-r...eiescul-botez/