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00:26Music
00:30Okay, so we're back to the final part of our lesson today. To talk a little bit about the topic
00:38Regarding temptation, we've already seen that the law only limits us and tells us, well, where the area of temptation ends.
00:47grace and from there on we begin to walk in the area of sin.
00:53But I would like to now briefly address the topic of how this process occurs, which is what we know as
01:01the process of temptation, which is the means by which the devil, taking advantage of our weakness, seduces us and
01:09It fulfills its objective of leading us to death.
01:12To illustrate this more clearly, let me step away from Paul's letters for a moment and use the
01:21letter of the apostle James, which expresses this situation in man very clearly.
01:26I would like us to go to the text of James, chapter 1, verses 14 and 15.
01:35At the end of your Bible, we find James and we are located in chapter 1, verses 14 and 15.
02:02It is therefore clear that the determining factor is our passion, which exerts continuous pressure on us that ends
02:12for dragging us along.
02:13Note the term "drag." It's something done against a person's strength. We drag a piece of furniture, we drag
02:23a person.
02:23It means that perhaps I'm defending myself, but he's dragging me down. It turns out that the one who's dragging me down is stronger than the one I'm defending myself against.
02:34dragged.
02:35However, while at first it governs our will, over time this ceases to
02:44It becomes forced and begins a process of falling in love, of seduction,
02:49in which the soul gradually becomes convinced, sometimes without us even realizing it, we gradually become convinced.
02:59And we begin to let go, we stop resisting the one who is dragging us along, and a process of seduction begins.
03:08We begin, as in Genesis, to open our ears to the seductive words of our passions.
03:17This demon is constantly feeding us from the outside so that we gradually give in to temptation.
03:28Words come and go, arguments for and against multiply, but the senses continue to act as mediators.
03:38and the passion grows.
03:41And each time the devil will give better arguments for why he should act.
03:47This will lead to a new process, which is conceiving of sin.
03:53Let's let go, let go of the restriction now.
03:58We are now going to enter a growth process.
04:05Desire and action will grow within us.
04:08Now it becomes delightful to us, and now we conceive of sin.
04:16It will now only be a matter of time, but there is no going back.
04:23Sin will only grow within us.
04:27The decision has already been made.
04:30The will resists, but only like the dying.
04:34The poison is already acting effectively on the man's heart.
04:40The time will come when she will give birth.
04:43The sin will be consummated and this will result in death.
04:50If you look closely, they are processes.
04:54These are sometimes imperceptible processes that we cannot see unless we have a clear understanding of them.
04:59We don't realize how it first drags us down.
05:04You are a Christian person, you go to mass, you confess, you take communion.
05:08You want to serve the Lord.
05:11And then temptation comes and at first it pulls you in and you feel it's pulling you in.
05:15And little by little you stop resisting.
05:21Little by little, if you are not well-versed in the path of grace, you cease to resist.
05:26And little by little the resistance decreases, less and less.
05:29And the infatuation begins until finally sin is conceived.
05:37And now you're in love.
05:43You are ready to sin.
05:45It will be a matter of time.
05:47Some scholars of spiritual life say that only a miracle, once sin has been conceived,
05:54Once we stop resisting it, we will be irrevocably swept away.
06:03We will already be led willingly into sin and death.
06:08"Only a miracle," he says.
06:09That's why the important thing is to resist.
06:13These are processes that, if not avoided, will make it virtually impossible to avoid sinning.
06:23One of St. Paul's pieces of advice on this subject is in the letter to the Romans.
06:31Let's see what Paul tells us in chapter 13, verse 14.
06:35Let's go back a little in our Bibles.
06:41Saint Paul says,
06:42But rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
06:52Look how interesting.
06:55Provide.
06:57To provide is to feed.
06:59In other words, don't feed the passions.
07:03Avoid anything that might feed them.
07:08Words, conversations, programs, companies, etc.
07:15If you nurture the passion, it will grow stronger.
07:20And it will be very difficult for us to avoid it, even with grace.
07:28It will be very difficult to stop her, even while living in grace.
07:35Do not feed your passions, says St. Paul.
07:39He's a real expert at this.
07:43This letter to the Romans is truly something you have to read completely.
07:48focusing on the topic of sin.
07:52We can see this clearly again in the text of Genesis.
07:56In it we read how sin acted upon them.
08:01In chapter 3, verse 6, it says that the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good.
08:08for lunch.
08:09Seduction, you see?
08:10And it was good to eat.
08:12He was delighted.
08:13His mouth was watering.
08:15And that she looked good.
08:18Rich, delicious, appetizing.
08:21It was desirable in order to acquire wisdom.
08:24And so, since there is no longer any restriction, since we have completely forgotten what God had said,
08:33Now the fruit is within reach.
08:37So he took the fruit and ate it.
08:43Once sin is conceived, it gives birth to death.
08:51The woman let herself be carried away by her passion.
08:54He was feeding it the whole time he was talking to the snake.
08:59And so his desire grew.
09:04Principis, obstá.
09:09Principis, obstá.
09:13Stop it at the beginning.
09:15You start talking to your desires, to your temptations.
09:19You're talking to Satan.
09:21You are talking to the one who led Eve to break her relationship with God.
09:31In this sad episode, we see how Eve ends up being a victim of her appetites.
09:42I saw the fruit.
09:44He felt like it.
09:46The desire to eat her was growing within her.
09:50She could no longer find a reason not to eat it, if God ultimately lies.
09:56It was a good time to eat.
10:00And this, therefore, ultimately leads her to disobedience, to breaking the law given by God.
10:06And with that, all the consequences prescribed by law are incurred.
10:12You will die.
10:15You will die.
10:18In a wonderful text by Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, in chapter 6, verse 7, he says,
10:25Don't be fooled.
10:28No one mocks God.
10:32For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
10:38For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.
10:46But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
10:53Don't sow for meat.
10:56Don't feed your passions.
10:59That's why it's so important what you listen to, what you see, what friends you have, and what kind of conversations you have.
11:08Which shows are you going to?
11:13In other words, all of this is what ultimately causes our lives to fall apart.
11:18It is therefore necessary to continually encourage spiritual life.
11:23Acquire everything that can nourish it and avoid everything that can destroy it.
11:34Let's not think that we can sin and there will be no consequences.
11:40This is a serious mistake.
11:43Sin always has consequences.
11:47If you sow to the flesh, you will reap destruction in your life.
11:56Saint Paul's thesis then leads us to assert that sin ends up paying with death.
12:04This will be the theological consequence of sin.
12:07However, in reality this translates into dissatisfaction, sadness, loss of peace, and
12:16Finally, with the loss of the happiness offered to man by the death of Christ.
12:23Sadly, modern man thinks he can sin and that this will have no consequences in his life.
12:29However, he is wrong, as we saw in the previous point, since every sin always has consequences.
12:38If you sow in the flesh, you will reap.
12:43Sowing, harvesting.
12:45What did you sow, brother?
12:47I planted corn.
12:49And what will you reap?
12:51I want to harvest now, I want to harvest beans.
12:55You can't.
12:56You planted corn.
12:59If you sow, if you feed your passion, what you will reap is sin, and with it, the
13:06death.
13:07This statement makes it perfectly clear that sin will always have consequences and that these can lead us astray.
13:14definitely from the salvation obtained by Christ.
13:18It is therefore essential that we do not forget this statement of Paul, which is fundamental if we truly want to lead a life in
13:27Peace and harmony, above all aspiring to possess eternal life with God.
13:34How sad that because of a serious, consented, desired sin, we can lose the fullness with Christ in heaven.
13:45And to lose happiness in this world and bring so much evil upon ourselves and our families.
13:54Sin must be avoided.
13:57And well, before we finish, just a few words to help us on our journey.
14:03Knowing that as sinners we can hardly live completely apart from him.
14:11We must always remember that God loves us, that God loves the sinner.
14:18He hates sin, but loves the sinner.
14:22God deeply loved Adam, and He loves all sinners.
14:27And for this reason he strives with all his might to prevent man from being seduced by sin.
14:35But if we fall, we must know that God's mercy is far greater than anything we can do.
14:42we sin.
14:43And that there is no sin, however grave, that cannot be forgiven.
14:49God says through the prophet Isaiah, in chapter 1, verse 18,
14:54Though their sins be like scarlet, so horrible red, they shall be as white as snow.
15:04Even if they are as red as crimson, they will turn out like white wool.
15:11Brothers, brother who is watching me, God's mercy is forever and never runs out.
15:18One of the most beautiful texts on this is Psalm 136, where we see the people remember that the
15:27God's mercy endures forever.
15:29And that there will be nothing, nothing we do that cannot be forgiven by the inexhaustible love of our loving God.
15:38God.
15:39We must therefore have faith and, as the letter to the Hebrews says, approach the throne of mercy, the throne
15:48of God's love.
15:50Therefore, let us approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us.
16:00timely.
16:01After Christ's resurrection, no one can despair or feel lost, for Christ's blood has covered all.
16:09our sins.
16:11I conclude this chapter by reviewing chapter 7 of the letter to the Romans, where Paul summarizes in a few verses
16:20the tragedy of man,
16:21who, deprived of grace, has no possibility of living a holy life and appropriating the love of God.
16:29However, the final verses of this chapter summarize the reality of man and his desperate cry to be able to be
16:39happy
16:39and not be dominated by the sin that continually attacks us.
16:45It says at the end in verse 24, in this text from Romans 7,
16:51I am a wretched poor man. Who will deliver me from this body of death?
17:00And verse 25, an epic poem about God's love.
17:07Only God, to whom I give thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord.
17:13Yes, brothers and sisters, only God with his infinite power, for through Christ we have received the power to overcome.
17:22the power of sin that enslaves us
17:24and that it is necessary to contain in order to be able to enjoy the full life offered by Christ to his followers.
17:33You sin, you sin, have faith, approach the throne of mercy, you will find it in the sacrament of reconciliation
17:42through the Father's absolution, mercy, and forgiveness, which will restore you to communion with Him
17:51Mister.
17:52Okay, let's leave this topic here and we'll be back in our next video next week.
18:00To continue with a truly interesting topic, the Church.
18:07Meanwhile, may the Lord bless you, and may Our Blessed Mother accompany you.
18:12And beware, sin is always lurking, resist it.
18:18Blessings, until next time.