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00:00What a pleasure, my dear brothers, to be able to find you again through the channel of
00:23Active evangelization after you've finished your course. Open a course for me that I'm sure you've...
00:31It has been a fantastic, wonderful course that has allowed you to begin your life as a Christian.
00:39Having already made a choice for Christ and his gospel, we will now in this course introduce ourselves
00:46In the Christian life, following one of the great apostles, Paul, will lead us to live
00:56in depth our commitment to Christ and to understand that the Christian life is intimately
01:05linked to the apostolate, to becoming authentic witnesses of Jesus, this is precisely
01:13the mission of the church and therefore obviously the mission of each one of us as
01:21We could clearly read it in the Gospel of Matthew, which we already know well, Matthew 28, verses 19 and 20.
01:29This path we embark on today will lead us to live from the life of Paul as he teaches
01:38Christ not in a theoretical but practical way; in him we will see the man who has had an encounter
01:45with the living and resurrected Christ, and this encounter, as has surely happened with you, has changed
01:53His life changed radically, despite being a religious man passionate about the love of God.
02:02She was still stuck in the past, like sometimes happens to us, like we used to be.
02:10The synagogue and the Torah were the only way he could find to please God, and that was the way
02:19However, the way he lived his faith, the encounter with Christ, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit into his heart
02:26They changed everything; he will now be a new man, a man dedicated to the cause of the gospel.
02:38And this is precisely the idea behind this new course, which you, having already had this meeting, have learned from.
02:48This encounter with Christ, dazzling with open eyes and a beating heart, as Saint John Paul says.
02:56Second, now you will find yourself filled with the spirit and, driven by it, you will become a witness of love.
03:05of God in your community not only with an impeccable life but as a true apostle immersed in the project
03:17The pastoral work of your parish is not enough; being a good Christian in isolation is not enough; we must be involved in the
03:26church through our parish having completed this first stage of your process
03:32Your integration into the Christian life should be very clear to you, I hope that Christianity...
03:41It refers to dying to oneself and starting a new life in Christ; however, this is not so simple.
03:53as it seems at first glance, so much so that Saint Paul dedicates practically all his letters, or at least
04:04almost all of them to correct so many deviations that occur in the communities so that the
04:15Christians who can truly live according to Christ's teachings had to go through a process of doing so.
04:21modifications and they are insisting on some issues that we will also be addressing.
04:28Following St. Paul's example of correcting our own lives during the Jordan retreat or the
04:37retreat that closed your stage or your process of accepting Christ when we have already known his gospel and we
04:46We have encountered conversion; we will realize that it always ends in a process of death with the
04:54world, and it is precisely this death that makes it possible for man to receive the spirit of
05:04God will give him life, fill him with love, and brother, give him a new life, life in Christ, as I am.
05:14I'm sure you're experiencing it now, you're living it, and you believe it; that's why a Christian can say
05:22Categorically with Saint Paul, this great truth is that it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
05:32This is the great novelty of the gospel; all the exhortations that Saint Paul makes to Christians in his
05:41The letters have to do with this new reality, this reality to which Saint Paul invites us to adhere.
05:52He invites us to embrace this reality of being new creatures so that Christ may live fully.
06:00in your heart, however, as we will see throughout our course, and well, this is the end of it.
06:09We are creating this reality of death and life in the spirit, which is not always lived because in the
06:17Death processes don't always eradicate the bad root, brother; if you're not careful, this root returns.
06:28I've seen it grow in many Christians, people who have finished their process and are going backwards because
06:36For this reason, Christianity must be very clear that it has made a personal choice for Christ, that it has decided
06:46Living according to the word of God, I don't know if you have already made this decision by now.
06:56I hope so, because this is what will lead you to discover this wonderful new life.
07:06It develops day by day, from time to time; you are only seeing the tip of the iceberg, but God has prepared a path for you, as we said from the beginning of our course.
07:22It's about living abundantly on my journey through the Christian life, and having led so many retreats and courses throughout my life, I realize that many of those who finish their fundamental evangelization, like you,
07:42Unfortunately, they don't persevere and return to worldly life; they return to the world, although admittedly somewhat modified. It's true, now they do some things they didn't do before, but ultimately, it's worldly life.
07:59you might wonder
08:01And why is this happening if I've already accepted it, if I've already decided?
08:05Well
08:06What I have seen in my experience is that this is due to two fundamental causes
08:13the first
08:14It is because human nature, our nature, is weak.
08:20And God continues to respect our freedom
08:24In other words, if you want to return to the world, you are free to return to the world.
08:28and the second
08:30It's because we are under the influence of the devil.
08:34In other words, we have an enemy.
08:36that searches in every possible way
08:39delay
08:40and if possible
08:42make us go backwards
08:44in the Christian life
08:45the world wears us down
08:48And the demon begins to see the shape
08:50to intervene in us
08:52to move away from us
08:54spiritual life
08:56and with that
08:57return to worldliness
08:59and so
09:01It means we lose all the progress we had made.
09:04and above all
09:05the benefits it brings to our lives
09:08the life of the spirit
09:10This is what should always remain
09:14in the new man
09:16in the man who has accepted to be a witness and disciple of Jesus Christ
09:20That is why it is fundamental
09:23to maintain the decision to die
09:26and not be intimidated
09:29halfway
09:31siblings
09:34Let us remember that God
09:35It does not take away man's freedom.
09:38because unlike
09:40from the action of the devil
09:42God never possesses you
09:44He respects your freedom.
09:49hence
09:51You have to adhere
09:53to the internal proposal of the spirit
09:57the man's answer
10:00to these motions of the spirit
10:03to this invitation
10:04These are the ones that will eventually be translated
10:07in getting to have
10:08Saint Paul says so.
10:10in his first letter to the Corinthians
10:11the mind of Christ
10:13think like him
10:14act like him
10:15feel like him
10:15which without a doubt
10:18will drive us to search
10:20everything that is true
10:22everything that is honest
10:24everything fair
10:25everything pure
10:26all that is kind
10:27everything that is
10:29of a good man
10:30if there are
10:32any virtue
10:34He says in his letter to the Philippians
10:36if anything is worthy of praise
10:38Mr.
10:40so that
10:42this way
10:43we can give
10:45a good testimony
10:46consecrating
10:48our life to the Lord
10:49and so
10:50become
10:52as Jesus asks us to do
10:53in salt
10:55and light of the world
10:56with all this in mind
11:00in our course
11:02We will keep checking.
11:04the life of the apostle
11:05from the facts
11:06of the apostles
11:07where
11:08well
11:09as we have already seen
11:11in our last course
11:12we are told
11:13his pastoral experience
11:15your experience
11:16conversion
11:17but even more
11:18in his letters
11:20is where
11:21He seeks
11:21that the communities
11:23that he
11:24has evangelized
11:25live
11:26according
11:27to the gospel
11:28is going to
11:31along
11:32of his walk
11:33And it will
11:34with us
11:34correcting
11:36many
11:37or some
11:37of the mistakes
11:38that even today
11:39because we commit
11:41us
11:42They commit them
11:43the new communities
11:44Christian
11:45Therefore
11:47this course
11:48that we are starting
11:49now
11:49it becomes
11:50in fundamental
11:53after the course
11:55open me
11:55since nevertheless
11:57that this
11:58because it gives him
11:59entry into Christ
12:00in our lives
12:01as we already said
12:02in due course
12:03still the root
12:05It is not firm
12:07has not thrown
12:08depth
12:09It has no depth
12:10There is a lot of immaturity
12:12spiritual
12:12in the new
12:13convert
12:14which
12:15without a doubt
12:16It gives him the opportunity
12:18to hell with it
12:19of coming
12:20to pull each other
12:21to snatch us away
12:22this new life
12:23that Jesus
12:24has given us
12:24at baptism
12:25comes to stretch
12:26the plant
12:27He's coming to kill her
12:28He comes to take us away
12:31life
12:31galore
12:32that's why
12:34need
12:34now
12:35deepen
12:36consolidate
12:38and power
12:39give it a chance
12:41to the spirit
12:41to become established
12:43in our life
12:43and allow him
12:45to Jesus
12:45transform
12:47completely
12:47our heart
12:48to become
12:49truly
12:50men and women
12:52new
12:52Let's leave
12:54so far
12:54this
12:55first reflection
12:56introduction
12:57where I have tried
12:58to introduce yourself
12:59a bit
12:59What is it about?
13:00our course
13:01Where are we going?
13:02and the importance
13:04of this
13:04in our next
13:06videos
13:06in our next
13:07chapters
13:07we will go
13:08understanding better
13:10this dynamic
13:11and surely
13:12this will come
13:13to consolidate
13:14your recent
13:15conversion
13:16Thank you for joining us
13:18I'll wait for you
13:18in our next video
13:19until then
13:20see you
13:22Thanks for watching the video.