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Elder Ephraim, The Art of Salvation, excerpted from Only One Thing is Needed: The matter of eternal life should not be taken lightly because, if after a few moments we depart from this life, we will find ourselves一definitively and positively一before eternity. Is it a game to confront fearsome death? To encounter the demons? To face our criminal record一which every man has before God一and to observe all our sins being enumerated in complete detail? To discover our sinfulness, which we are unaware of presently? Is it a game to begin our ascent to the Judge, and to face the toll-houses? How will we look at the Lord straight in the eyes? Does our conscience reassure us? Does it hearten us and encourage us? Do we have the confidence? No! I am the first one who does not have it! We will not be able to look at the Lord in the eyes. We will lower our head in shame because we did not do the will of God. We defiled the white garment that we received during Holy Baptism. I wonder, however: Did we ev