The Gospel is not the ultimate goal! It is a medical prescription! (Met. Christophoros)

In this video, Archbishop Christophoros from Jordan talks about the ultimate goal for Christians: to meet Christ, to love Christ. "The Gospel is just the medical prescription in order to be treated and healed. Why? To be able to see Christ!"This is a sermon recorded in December 13th, 2020 by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese - Amman - Jordan. Read the full English transcript of this sermon here: https://otelders.org/theology-and-spirituality/the-gospel-is-not-the-ultimate-goal-it-is-a-medical-prescription-met-christophorosEnglish translation by Waad RabahieVideo source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese - Amman - Jordanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRnPzJzhjF0Subscribe for new videos every week: https://tinyurl.com/subscribe-otelders🔔 Don't forget to click the bell icon to get new video updates! 🔔Watch the NEWEST videos: https://www.youtube.com/otelders/videosConnect with otelders (Orthodox Teaching of the Elders):Website: https://otelders.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/otelders/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otelders/Archbishop Christophoros Attallah:The Gospel is not a purpose. The Gospel is the way. The teaching of God, the teaching of Jesus is not the purpose, but it’s the medical prescription in order to be treated and healed, to be cleaned and purified.Why?To see Christ! To see Him and meet Him! To love Him as He loved us! How important it is for us to meet Christ... And this is what the Church offers. The Church is Christ’s body. That’s why here in the Church we meet with Christ. We don’t meet Him in a theoretical dimension, nor we follow Christ for the sake of the Gospel and His teaching, nor for any moral theory that He taught. We follow Christ for Christ's sake, because we should meet Christ.So the purpose is not the Gospel, nor the teaching of Christ, the purpose is Christ. To meet Christ... To see Him. To touch Him... through love.[...]