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00:00How are you, my dear brothers and sisters? It's so nice to greet you, it's so nice to greet you in this course
00:24that we have prepared especially for you, with the idea of consolidating the Christian life in your life?
00:31As we saw at the beginning, throughout the course we have done previously,
00:36The Christian life is truly wonderful.
00:41Develop in us what St. Paul calls the new man.
00:45But we need to truly consolidate that new man,
00:49because otherwise, there is a risk that the evil enemy,
00:53Seeing the tender little blade of grass, he gave it a good tug and carried it away.
00:57So, let's continue walking, following in the footsteps of Saint Paul,
01:02letting him instruct us in the same way he did the communities
01:07when they were first evangelized by him.
01:10But then problems arise, different aspects that have not been completely well established in them.
01:17And that is why Saint Paul writes to them, and that is where we are going too, on that same path.
01:23Today I would like to talk to you about a topic that we always discuss at length,
01:29because it's something we have to be constantly working on and fighting against,
01:33which is the subject of sin.
01:35So, let's try to examine a little bit how sin operates in the new man, in us.
01:43Because suddenly we can believe, as I told you before,
01:47No, we've overcome everything, we've received Jesus as Lord of our lives.
01:51The Holy Spirit descended into our hearts,
01:53And now, yes, no, what time is it? There's nothing.
01:56The devil doesn't give up, he doesn't back down.
02:00And a quote you should never remove from your heart is from Romans 6:23.
02:06So, the wages of sin is always death, right?
02:11New men, old men, we end up in death.
02:15As we discussed in the previous topic, Saint Paul, in most of his letters,
02:21It is dedicated to correcting the community's mistakes.
02:24And in many cases, especially in the Letter to the Romans and also in that to the Corinthians,
02:32to make them understand that sin is the devil's instrument to destroy them,
02:39to destroy our relationship with God and to ruin the life of each of the chosen ones.
02:47That is why one of the elements of spirituality in Saint Paul
02:55It is his deep understanding of the reality of what sin is.
03:04We've already talked about this, but he understands it and would like us to understand it too.
03:09For this reason, now, on this topic, I want, together with Paul, to delve deeper from the apostle's perspective.
03:18This is a very important topic, listen, on which our spiritual growth depends.
03:26Our spiritual life will always depend on how close or far we get from sin.
03:32And the thing is, brother, sister, no matter how deep our relationship with God is,
03:40The evil root of sin will remain in man.
03:45And so, this will be Satan's great opportunity to come and seduce us.
03:51to come and seduce man and lead him to the jaws of death.
03:55Remember that Satan never gives up, never, he never challenges, never.
04:04You will recall that, as we saw earlier, Jesus was persecuted all the way to the cross.
04:11He'll do the same to us, or do you think you're different?
04:14No.
04:14That is why Saint Peter, who also knows this subject well, writes to the community.
04:22If I like to accompany, First Peter, chapter 5, verse 8.
04:27Be sober-minded, be alert.
04:31His adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
04:38That is why it is important for us to understand the nature of sin and the harm it causes us.
04:54And it's not just us doing it, it's happening in society too.
05:00Thus, when you understand it well, you will seek to avoid it and protect your life.
05:05We must protect our lives against this tremendous enemy.
05:10We must understand, above all, that sin is not only a stain on the soul,
05:16as I believe we have already made clear in our previous course.
05:21Therefore, Saint Paul goes into depth and lets us see the reality of sin.
05:28It is comparable not to a stain, but really to a disease.
05:34A disease that can even lead to death, can lead to the death of a human being.
05:45Perhaps not physically at first, but it will eventually end up that way too.
05:48Although this is a theme that permeates the Letter of Saint Paul in various ways,
05:58It would be too extensive to do a full analysis of this topic in all of his letters.
06:04Therefore, I would like to focus our reflection on the Letter to the Romans,
06:09where he dedicates his first eight chapters to this topic.
06:15In these chapters, He lets us see what He, with the help of the Spirit,
06:24has understood this mystery that concerns us all
06:29and that is the cause of the destruction of man and his society,
06:35including our relationship with others and, well, obviously, especially our relationship with God.
06:47We can say, then, that in the Letter to the Romans,
06:52Saint Paul gives an incredible literary presentation of sin,
07:00as a personified power and, in the Charter, establishes the relationships it has with the flesh,
07:10the law and death.
07:13It also shows how, in its action on men,
07:19in the various situations that arise for each and every one of us,
07:22We can tell that he acts differently,
07:27But it always ends the same way: death.
07:31Before the redemption, Gentiles and Jews,
07:36And after redemption, Christians, and in all of them they act the same.
07:40It makes no distinction or partiality towards people.
07:44He seeks to destroy them all.
07:46Obviously, when we don't have Christ in our hearts,
07:52when we do not have His law of love imprinted on our souls,
07:57when we are still, as he says, prey to sin,
08:01Well, obviously, this has a very high probability of destroying our lives,
08:06that of society and everything that crosses its path.
08:10One of the major problems in man,
08:15And this is the main reason why we naturally tend towards sin.
08:20Well, it's our tendency towards independence.
08:25Saint Paul begins his speech by highlighting
08:28How can man, despite knowing what God wants,
08:33He clung to his own ideas.
08:35In Romans, in chapter 1, verses 21 through 23,
08:41It tells us the following.
08:42Come with me.
08:44For although they knew God,
08:46They did not honor him as God,
08:49They didn't even thank him.
08:51but their reasoning proved futile,
08:55and his foolish heart was darkened.
09:00Professing to be wise,
09:01They became fools and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God.
09:09through an image in the form of a corruptible man,
09:15in the forms of birds, quadrupeds, and reptiles.
09:19We see then how, nevertheless,
09:25and seeing how nature is corrupted
09:29and it works in such a way that it ends up leading us to death,
09:36Well, even then we don't operate, we do nothing.
09:40we let this continue in our lives,
09:43And what will the result be?
09:46Death.
09:48We have more than proven it.
09:51And this refers to the past, as Saint Paul does.
09:55Well, we can see it too.
09:58Or I would ask you,
09:59Or is it perhaps
10:00Don't you realize that?
10:03Now that you have passed from darkness to light,
10:09Don't you realize that this is the truth?
10:12Sin truly destroys us.
10:18And well,
10:19This is nothing else
10:21that man's tendency
10:24to independence,
10:26Yeah?
10:27Always wanting to control God.
10:32That is the sin.
10:33What has marked
10:34the existence of man
10:35from Genesis?
10:38I mean,
10:38We don't believe in God.
10:40We think we are better than God.
10:42We think better than God.
10:45That God is wrong about so many things.
10:47And that's why we question it.
10:49And that's why we question the law.
10:51And that's why we question everything.
10:53Because we want to be independent.
10:56You know what, God?
10:56You're in my way.
10:59Really,
11:00what gets in our way
11:00He is not God.
11:01God is the law
11:03that tells us what is right
11:05and what is wrong.
11:07So,
11:08It's better to live without law.
11:10I am not ignorant of God.
11:12God exists.
11:14God is very good.
11:15God loves me.
11:16But he loves me so much
11:17that lets me do
11:18everything I want.
11:19Because I am free
11:21And then I am independent.
11:23Isn't this Adam's sin?
11:26Isn't this what happened?
11:28at the beginning of humanity?
11:30When God tells them
11:31that they respect their mandates.
11:34When they ask
11:35that they submit to Him.
11:36Don't let them eat.
11:38That they do not do what He did.
11:40He asks them not to do it.
11:41But that trend
11:44to independence
11:45go on
11:47marking us.
11:49And that's the cause
11:50of all
11:51the whole problem
11:53that we are seeing
11:54in our world.
11:57In Genesis
11:58we see how
11:59seduced by the serpent
12:01that
12:03enemy
12:04instigator
12:05of all sin
12:06promoted
12:08the rebellion
12:09promoted
12:11independence
12:13of God.
12:14And from there
12:15the man
12:16has searched
12:17invent
12:19their own gods.
12:21In the end
12:22He has only taken it
12:25to frustration
12:26and to death
12:27with Christ.
12:29God has revealed
12:30your true image.
12:32The image
12:33of a just God.
12:35Of a God
12:36merciful.
12:38Of a God
12:39what are you looking for
12:39that man
12:40have a life
12:42of fullness
12:42in love.
12:43We've seen it
12:44without getting tired
12:45in our
12:46last year.
12:49However
12:50still
12:51getting to know
12:52This truth
12:53we cannot
12:54deny
12:55that always
12:56we want
12:56be
12:57independent
12:58of God.
12:59Always
13:00we want
13:01ignore
13:01what He
13:02he tells us.
13:03We think
13:03that we
13:04we are more
13:05ready
13:06and what
13:07God us
13:07command
13:08Well, it doesn't work.
13:09It's not there
13:10good.
13:11Brother
13:12we cannot
13:13questioning God
13:14is God
13:15He knows
13:17because it is
13:18eternal
13:19He knows what
13:20it's good
13:21and what is bad
13:22for you
13:22And for me.
13:24We cannot
13:24question it
13:25we have to
13:27hold on
13:28at his will
13:29we have to
13:30to submit to Him
13:31so that
13:32so that
13:32our life
13:33because truly
13:35walk
13:36really
13:37work
13:39otherwise
13:40well
13:41we're going to be
13:42lost
13:43we cannot
13:45refute
13:46love
13:47of us
13:48is really
13:50sad
13:51that people
13:52think
13:53that the commandments
13:54They are a burden
13:55when in reality
13:56they mark us
13:57the border
13:58between happiness
13:59and ruin
14:01in his great love
14:03God
14:03has left us
14:05know
14:05which are
14:06the borders
14:07of our
14:08freedom
14:09we cannot
14:10to cross them
14:11and to avoid
14:12that our life
14:14overflow
14:15fall
14:15the precipice
14:16and fall
14:17we have there
14:18the law
14:19that's why
14:20need
14:21respect it
14:22oh well
14:23of this and more
14:24we continue
14:25in our next
14:26video
14:26until then
14:29all the best
14:31all the best
14:32Thanks for watching the video!