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00:07Music
00:09Music
00:27Siblings
00:29This imminent coming explains why Jesus adopted a very different and distant stance from that of
00:38John the Baptist,
00:40For while John the Baptist was standing by the banks of the Jordan River,
00:45During his brief time as a minister, Jesus dedicated himself to traveling through towns, villages, and hamlets in Galilee, Judea, and
00:57Perea.
00:57Jesus understands that his Father's kingdom is coming, it is something that is about to happen soon.
01:05and therefore it is urgent that his message reaches as many people as possible.
01:12This also explains, brothers, why Jesus sent his disciples to proclaim the same message that he himself announced.
01:22And for this reason he gave them power to cast out demons and to cure all kinds of sickness and disease.
01:30The imminence of the arrival of his Father's kingdom is what causes Jesus to not rest until it arrives.
01:40as far as possible with their announcement of the Good News.
01:44However, many people say that the Church was born at the event of Pentecost,
01:52an event narrated in a particular way by Luke in his work of the Acts of the Apostles,
01:59which differs from the concept of Pentecost proposed by the author of the fourth Gospel.
02:05But if the Church is the community of disciples gathered around the person of Jesus,
02:13We must conclude that the Church was born when Jesus called his first disciples and they accepted that call.
02:23In fact, the Greek word, ecclesia, means summoned or gathered by the one who calls,
02:32In this case, Jesus is the one who summons or gathers his disciples when he invites them to follow him.
02:42And this group is not an isolated group in its members; they actually form a group.
02:49a community that Matthew will call Church.
02:53The one who calls, summons and gathers is Jesus, and Jesus is the center of that community.
03:03Disciples do not come together because of common interests, association of ideas, or the pursuit of goals.
03:12The driving force behind this community is Jesus.
03:16All disciples are characterized by several fundamental facts.
03:23First, it is Jesus who takes the initiative to call them.
03:29Second, Jesus chooses those He wants.
03:33They are not the ones looking for a teacher.
03:37It is Jesus who gathers a group of followers and disciples.
03:41Third, his disciples follow him physically, leaving behind homes, family, work, security, certainties, possessions, and family ties.
03:56Fourth, this following involves the disciples facing difficulties, rejection, persecution and in some cases even death.
04:09And fifth, adhering to Jesus means facing one's own family who may harbor hostility towards them.
04:19This implies a genuine community and, from Jesus' perspective, the new community that is forged around him,
04:29It acts as a new and true family.
04:32Hence, brothers, that statement made by Jesus, for whoever does the will of my Father in heaven...
04:41Good heavens, that's my brother, my sister, and my mother.
04:45Jesus' disciples are with Him a true family, and He is the one whom Jesus teaches us to call Father.
04:56The Gospels make a clear distinction between the crowds who follow Jesus because they want a miracle,
05:04because they are amazed by his doctrine or his power, or because Jesus has a magnetism that makes him attractive
05:13to the masses.
05:14They also distinguish between people who share the life and teachings of Jesus,
05:21people who welcome them into their homes and provide them with food and shelter.
05:28But these are people who have not left their daily lives or their families to follow him.
05:36These two groups, brothers, are clearly separated from the group that follows Jesus.
05:42To the members of this group, which is called disciples, which is a group of twelve, to whom
05:49Luke will call apostles.
05:52They are a group of people to whom Jesus proposes his new doctrine,
05:57to whom it demands a certain lifestyle, to whom it invites to live according to the new values of
06:06The kingdom He proclaims.
06:09He teaches his disciples privately, sometimes only the twelve, sometimes three or four of them.
06:18same group.
06:19But they are a consistent group that has faithfully adhered to Jesus, follows him, listens to him, obeys him, and for
06:30Jesus has private time with them,
06:33away from crowds or multitudes.
06:37Furthermore, it is often stated that these disciples whom Jesus has called follow or go
06:46behind Jesus.
06:47The fact of the call that Jesus makes to some men and women, although the gospels do not clarify it,
06:56The response they give him corresponds to following him.
07:01Because even if we naively conclude that every call Jesus made received a positive response,
07:11The gospels give us evidence that there were people called who simply refused to follow Jesus.
07:20This is what happens with the scribe who promises to follow Jesus wherever he goes,
07:26who is not said to have decided to follow Jesus,
07:31as happened with the vocations of Peter, Andrew, James, John, and Levi.
07:38We also have the passage of the so-called rich young man to whom Jesus says at one point,
07:47If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give them to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
07:57Then follow me.
07:58The evangelist clearly tells us that the young man leaves saddened.
08:05These points, brothers and sisters, make it clear to us that the church is a community of men and women.
08:12Upon hearing Jesus' invitation to follow him, they left all their bonds,
08:19They followed him and accompany him at all times and learn from him the new law of love.
08:27These disciples are the initiates into the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.
08:33Something that outsiders are not entitled to.
08:37Jesus commands these disciples to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
08:45But, brothers, from Jesus' perspective, the disciples, children of the Father, who do his will,
08:53They are brothers.
08:55That is why reconciliation is essential.
09:00always forgive each other,
09:02avoid upsetting the little ones.
09:06They have to look for the little brother who has gone missing.
09:09And the greatest or most important person must always be willing to serve everyone.
09:17Brothers, fundamental in Matthew's theology is the special place that Peter plays among the twelve.
09:25He always mentions it first,
09:28He is the spokesperson for everyone,
09:30is the highest authority.
09:33He has the power to bind and unbind.
09:38The way in which Matthew concludes the Gospel discourse or Sermon on the Mount is very significant.
09:46because Jesus presents us with a categorical statement.
09:50Therefore,
09:51Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice,
09:56He is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
10:00The rain fell,
10:02The torrents came,
10:04the winds blew
10:05and they attacked that house.
10:08But it didn't collapse,
10:10because it was built on rock.
10:14Siblings,
10:16Why is this of fundamental importance?
10:19First of all,
10:21because Jesus changes Simeon's name to Peter.
10:24In second place,
10:26because of the importance that Peter alone has throughout the entire New Testament,
10:33But in this particular case,
10:36because Jesus speaks of the wise man who builds his house on rock.
10:41And in the passage we call Peter's confession,
10:45Jesus says to Simon,
10:47Me too,
10:48in turn,
10:49I tell you that you are Peter,
10:51and on this rock I will build my church,
10:55and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
11:00Siblings,
11:01Jesus is the wise man who builds his church on a rock.
11:07So that,
11:08even if it rains,
11:10Let the torrents come,
11:13let the winds blow
11:14and attack that church,
11:16It will simply stand.
11:20because it is built on the rock of Peter's faith.
11:26Matthew sees in the disciples of Jesus the dawn of the church.
11:31They are a reflection of the future community
11:34which will be summoned and gathered in the name of Jesus.
11:39According to the author,
11:41There is a church wherever two or more disciples of Jesus have gathered together.
11:48precisely in the name of Jesus.
11:52Again,
11:53It is emphasized that the church is a community called,
11:57not a community that calls itself the community of Jesus,
12:03church of Jesus or kingdom of God.
12:06If the community comes together,
12:09even when there are only two or three members,
12:13Jesus is calling,
12:16summoning,
12:18gathering,
12:19And the church members respond to that call,
12:23Following Jesus,
12:25listening to him as a teacher
12:27and worshiping him as Lord and Son of God.
12:33Siblings,
12:34That's all for now.
12:37I'll see you next week.
12:38to enter the literary dimension.
12:41Until next time.
12:43Blessings.
13:01Blessings.
13:05Blessings.