6) Remember what awaits us in the future: death, the judgment of Christ, hell and the kingdom of heaven. Constant remembrance and correct reflection on this turn away from sin. Death comes unexpectedly and raptures everyone, the righteous and the sinner, and sends him to the private judgment of Christ. After death, the judgment of Christ follows the righteous one, at which the words, deeds and thoughts of the wicked will be tested, where one should either be glorified or be ashamed. After that judgment two roads will be opened: one into hell, which will lead impenitent sinners; the other into the kingdom of heaven, and the righteous and the saints will go by it. Those who have been delivered by the Lord will come to Zion with a joyful shout; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads" (Isaiah 35:10). And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life (Matt. 25:46). Meditation on this is a true Christian philosophy, which teaches us not to experience the nature of things, but to know the vanity of the world, the brevity of time and the length of eternity, and to turn the heart from the visible to the invisible and from the temporal to the eternal. In all your deeds remember your end, and you will never sin (Sir. 7:39).

7) To reason that the sweetness of sin is brief, but eternal sorrow will follow. Sin, as it is committed, delights somewhat, but when created it leads into sorrow, wounds the conscience, defiles the soul and leads to eternal torment.

8) Let the meanness and abomination of sin turn the Christian away from sin, for sin is the seed and fruit of the devil, because the devil sinned first (1 John 3:8).

9) To talk about Christian nobility, which is great, high, exalted and incomprehensible. To be a son of God, to have fellowship with the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3), to be a temple of the Holy Spirit and a member of the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 6:15,19) – what a great blessedness! What honor, glory, and nobility can be greater than this for a man? All the glory and honor of kings and princes is inferior to what darkness is to light. But the Christian is deprived of this through sin. God is light, and there is no darkness in Him. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, but walk in darkness, then we lie and do not walk in the truth (1 John 1:5-6).

10) The death of Christ and His terrible suffering for our sins is powerful =o to turn a Christian away from sin. Because of our pride, He humbled Himself so deeply; because of our foul language, backbiting, blasphemy, slander, His most holy ears have endured blasphemy and reproach; for our thefts His hands were nailed to the Cross; for our drunkenness and voluptuousness I was drunk with vinegar mixed with gall; For our impurities and impurities He was so terribly tormented, and all our sins and iniquities on the tree of the Cross He cleansed by His suffering. He was wounded for our sins, and bruised for our iniquities (Isaiah 53:5). Do you, Christian, do that for which the Son of God, your Deliverer, endured such disgrace and torment? What has sorrow and torment done to Christ, shall you delight in this? Let it not be!

11) Examples from the lives of God's saints who fought against sin should be read and imitated in this.

12) Evil thoughts that arise and lead to sin should be cut off immediately – we shake off the fiery spark from our hand – so that, having become stronger, like robbers, entering the house, they will not devastate our spiritual house and destroy us. For this is what the Christian podvig consists of. If we cut off thoughts, we will cut off sin. For sin also comes from thoughts, as from the root of a tree or as from a seed the fruit. Cut off the root, and there will be no tree; crush the seed, and the fruit will not grow. This podvig is difficult, but it is necessary for Christians. It is necessary to crucify the flesh with passions and lusts to everyone who wants to be Christ. For only those of Christ who crucify the flesh (Gal. 5:24).

13) To strive always to have God before you, as the prophet says: "I have always seen the Lord before me" (Psalm 15:8), and to look at Him with the eyes of the soul, as at the omnipresent and omniscient, before Whom nothing is hidden; as a righteous one, Who recompenses all according to their deeds; as a good and gracious Father, Who is offended by sin; as a great and holy one, before Whom it is shameful and terrible to sin, to commit disorder and have no reverence. The Holy Scriptures testify that our God is everywhere, and there is no place where He is not there, and He sees every deed and thought and hears every word.

Everything that is done is done before His eyes. His eyes look upon the poor, His apples test the sons of men. The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked (Psalm 10:4-5). The Lord looked down from heaven, He saw all the sons of men; From His prepared tabernacle He looked upon all who dwell on the earth, Who created their hearts especially, and takes heed into all their works (Psalm 32:13-15): O Lord, Thou hast tried me, and hast known me; Thou hast learned when I sit down and rise; Thou hast discerned my thoughts from afar. Thou hast searched my path and my fate, and Thou hast foreseen all my ways. Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit, and whither shall I flee from Thy presence? If I ascend to heaven, Thou art there; if I descend into hell, Thou art there. Darkness shall not be dark from Thee, and the night shall be as bright as the day: as its darkness is, so is its light. Thy eyes have seen my beginning; and in Thy book all shall be written (Psalm 138:1-3, 7-8, 12, 16). And the prophet Jeremiah says: "Thy eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his works" (Jeremiah 32:19).

You see, Christian, how God looks at us all, and examines our deeds and thoughts; and nothing is hidden before Him, no matter what is done day and night, for before Him both day and night are equal. But He also knows what we will do, think, and say, and He writes down every deed, word, and thought of ours in His book, and according to this He will repay everyone. If anyone commits any sin openly or secretly, if he steals, kills, commits fornication, and commits other iniquities, His eyes see Him. If anyone curses, blasphemes, scolds, slanderes, swears, and utters other iniquitous words, His most holy ears hear. If anyone plots evil and evil in his heart, He already knows it. If someone hates and despises his neighbor, if he is angry with him and wants to take revenge on him in some way, then he is already clearly before Him, and for this he will be rewarded. Meditate on this, Christian, and beware before the all-seeing eye of God to sin and commit iniquity. It is lawless and shameless to show disorder before an earthly king – a man, before a ruler, before a carnal father, and before every honest person, for by such disorder a person is vexed and dishonored. How much more before the majesty of God to do this is lawless, shameless and terrible. You do not see Him, but He sees you, for He is close to you. Beware, then, of doing annoyance and dishonor to His majesty, lest you know His righteous judgment upon you.

14) Sins for the most part come from accidents and temptations. So King David went out to walk on the roof of the king's house, and saw Uriah's wife, and committed adultery with her (see 2 Samuel 11:2-4). In the same way, now many go out of their houses and attend gatherings, feasts, and other human affairs, and so many sin, now in word, now in deed, now offend, now are offended, from which they would be saved, if they were within their house and in labor according to their calling. Therefore, he who wishes to avoid sin must also avoid cases that lead to sin, such as conversations, disorderly meetings and feasts, for bad associations corrupt good morals (1 Cor. 15:33). In such assemblies there are almost as many temptations as there are persons; and as many sins and iniquities as there are words and deeds. Flee, Christian, from congregations like Lot from Sodom.

15) Since temptations multiply from hour to hour, and godliness becomes scarce, and wickedness increases, the soul that loves godliness should not look at what people do, no matter what they are, but should pay attention to what the word of God teaches. Do not look, Christian, at those Christians who know that they either go to visit, or meet and receive guests; who learn only this, how to be rich and glorified on earth; Those who do not consider it a sin to appropriate someone else's property, to condemn their neighbor, to slander, to dishonor, to deceive and deceive, to be angry with their neighbor, to take revenge on him, and so on – there is no trace of Christianity in such people. Do not be jealous of the wicked, and do not envy those who do iniquity (Psalm 36:1), but pay more attention to what the word of God says: Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world: whoever loves the world has not the love of the Father in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of this world. And the world passes away, and its lust, but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:15-17).

16) Since through our eyes and ears, like windows, every temptation enters the tabernacle of our heart, and, whether we like it or not, touches us and restores lust, we must not give them freedom, lest temptation, entering through them, shake and seduce our spiritual house. Thus David saw another man's wife, and fell with her, as stated above. So now many see carelessly – and fall, though not in body, but in soul. It is safer not to let the enemy into the house than to let him in. Thus, again, many hear the slander and gossip of their neighbors, and fall with them. Therefore, just as the eyes are turned away from vanity, so the ears from slander must be turned away by the one who wishes to avoid sin.

17) Human effort and podvig can do nothing without God's help, for we have a corrupt nature inclined to all evil, and Satan always tries to make our feet stumble, hides our snares and puts temptations on our way, and thus tries in every way to plunge us into sin. Therefore, constant prayer is absolutely necessary for those who wish to fight against sin. At every hour we demand God's help, for at every hour our enemy is fighting against us, therefore we must always ask God for help against him.