00:00Hello, brother and sister, how are you? I want to continue sharing with you about the Holy Scriptures.
00:20And I want to share with you that for God your marriage is a very important project.
00:26In Genesis, the first book of the Holy Scriptures, we are told about our first parents, Adam and Eve.
00:37First God created Adam and saw that he was alone, that he needed a suitable companion and that is why he created Eve.
00:45This wonderful plan that God has for your marriage, there is someone interested in preventing it from happening.
00:53And we have to pay close attention, who is he? He disguises himself in a thousand ways, but we know him as the demon, as the devil, as the enemy, right?
01:05Our first parents lived in paradise, they lived with God and were very happy, they had direct communication with our Father God.
01:13But the enemy disguised himself as a serpent and entered paradise.
01:18Our Father God had told Adam and Eve not to take from a forbidden fruit that was in paradise.
01:26And the devil begins a conversation with Eve.
01:29We need to pay close attention and be very careful here, because Eve is starting to listen to that serpent.
01:35That serpent begins to whisper in Eve's ear, asking her why she doesn't eat of that forbidden fruit.
01:43It looks very appetizing, it's very pretty.
01:46And what does it cost him? Nothing more than to reach out, take it, and taste that forbidden fruit.
01:50And not only does Eve taste the forbidden fruit, but she also shares it with Adam.
01:56And by tasting the forbidden fruit, which God had told them not to take, they enter into disobedience with their Father God.
02:07This is very important because by falling into disobedience, they fracture that friendship, that direct relationship they had with God.
02:16From now on, Adam has to work; he has to earn a living for his family by the sweat of his brow.
02:25And on the other hand, Eva will have her children in pain.
02:29Look at where disobedience to our first parents has led.
02:36They were very happy and it would have been very easy to have asked God or had a chat with Him.
02:44Should I have asked him, "Why can't I take it? Why can't I eat it? Am I craving it?"
02:49And the easiest thing for her was to enter into dialogue with the snake, which was precisely the devil in disguise, right?
02:57Something she didn't know.
02:59That is why we must be very careful, because this serpent is still against God's plans.
03:06This enemy is constantly stalking us, whispering in our ears.
03:13And just as he entered into dialogue with Eve, he can also enter into that dialogue with us.
03:21He can do it to you, wife, or he can do it to them too, to our husbands.
03:26He starts whispering in the handcuffs' ears, or maybe saying something like
03:31You don't look beautiful enough for your husband; I think you're lacking in many ways. Your husband isn't paying attention to you.
03:40I think you should get a job; your husband doesn't know how to take care of you, he doesn't know how to give you what you really deserve.
03:48And to the spouses, on the other hand, he can also continue speaking in their ear and perhaps tell them
03:53I think you're very tired, I think you deserve to go have some beers with your friends.
03:59Or maybe he could tell you about football, your favorite sport, there's nothing wrong with that.
04:06You worked hard, you deserve it, and then he can start telling them a whole host of things,
04:12He can start talking to them, and the most important thing is that they don't lose that friendship with God.
04:17By entering into that dialogue with the snakes, you will be distancing yourselves from one another.
04:22And they will also put distance between you and God, because he is interested in making you sin,
04:30He is interested in leading you away from the project that God has for you.
04:34Well, we have to pay close attention, because the devil wants the same thing to happen.
04:40What happened to Adam and Eve in the past, doesn't mean your marriage should be a project of God.
04:47We must remember that God's plan is for us to truly love one another.
04:53that we may reach that union which he has as a project of eternity for you.
04:58The devil wants the opposite; he wants to distance them, he wants to create noise.
05:03And we must be very careful not to enter into that dialogue with the devil.
05:08but rather the one we should be dialoguing with is our Father God.
05:12With him we always have to have that continuous and constant dialogue.
05:18Later on, when you are parents and have children, when your children have any doubts,
05:24They're going to want them to come to you and ask you, right?
05:28In any situation where they have doubts, uncertainty, or any decision they have to make,
05:34You'll want them to come with you and ask you questions.
05:37What can I do in this situation, Mom or Dad?
05:40Why? Because you love them and you're going to give them the best advice.
05:45That won't happen with the devil, because he will disguise the truth with lies.
05:50and he wants to lead them to destruction.
05:53That's why we have to pay close attention and give it a lot of importance.
05:57In today's world, there are many voices that will try to advise us.
06:02And we really need to be very careful about who is giving us this advice.
06:09They could be friends, who might be inexperienced just like you and me,
06:13Or perhaps it is our own selfishness that is speaking within us
06:18or giving our opinions on what we should do, or perhaps what is convenient for us,
06:23or perhaps fashion or the new ideologies of today's world.
06:27We must be careful because the devil disguises himself in a thousand ways.
06:32and He could be entering their marriage, their lives, just as He did in paradise
06:38and deceived Adam and Eve.
06:40They need to be careful to protect that marriage and that plan God has for their lives.
06:47It is also very important to mention that Adam and Eve broke this relationship with him
06:53because by falling into disobedience they committed sin.
06:57We know that sin distances us from God.
07:00And what the devil wants is for you to fall into sin.
07:04And not only that, he wants you to think individually, to think about yourself.
07:09that you start thinking about selfishness, okay?
07:12And in this way, sin infiltrates your person
07:16And when you finally agree, you're already making decisions just for yourself.
07:20not including your wife, your children.
07:23And that, as a consequence, damages God's plan
07:27which was that you should live in love, that you should live in truth.
07:32We have to be very careful because the enemy can easily deceive us.
07:37That is why it is important to have a constant relationship with the word of God
07:41that will light our way, will speak the truth to us
07:46Because He is a loving Father who loves us and wants what is best for us.
07:50In the Holy Scriptures, in the first letter to Saint John,
07:54in chapter 2, verses 15-17,
07:58He tells us,
08:00Do not love the world or anything in the world.
08:03If anyone loves the world, he does not love the Father,
08:06Because nothing the world offers comes from the Father, but from the world itself.
08:11And this is what the world offers: the evil desires of human nature.
08:16the desire to possess what pleases the eyes and the pride in riches.
08:20But the world is coming to an end with all its bad intentions.
08:25In contrast, whoever does the will of God lives forever.
08:29We must remember that temptations are enticing, as they were for Eve,
08:36We need to carefully consider what God wants for us and what the world offers us.
08:43And what decision do we have to make?
08:46Because we must not forget that a decision made now can affect us for eternity.
08:52as happened with Adam and Eve.
08:54That's right, brothers.
08:55Thank you for that, the importance of having it in the middle of our marriage
09:00always the guidance and truth offered by Sacred Scripture.
09:04In a future video, we will also offer how we can begin to access the Bible.
09:13because we know that it is a very complete document and has a lot of wisdom.
09:19Thank you.
09:25Thank you.
