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00:30Hello dear brothers and sisters! Welcome back to the virtual classroom for active evangelization. In this fascinating course on the Pauline epistles,
00:39We are now reaching the end of our work and are now contemplating the spirituality of Saint Paul.
00:46We have already begun, and I believe that one topic that definitely cannot be missing from spirituality is talking about...
00:55little on the subject of sin. And yet it is important to our brother Paul, who is going to dedicate practically
01:04seven chapters of his letter to the Romans to speak only about this very important issue that affects us and that
01:13We need the help of our brother.
01:16Lord, who in the Pauline writings leaves us very important elements to be able to advance in our life of grace.
01:24As we discussed in the previous topic, Saint Paul, in most of his letters, dedicates himself to correcting the
01:30community errors and in many cases especially in Romans and Corinthians, making them understand that sin is
01:38the devil's instrument to destroy our relationship with God and ruin the life of each one of us
01:44the chosen ones.
01:46That is why one of the elements of spirituality in Saint Paul is his profound understanding of the
01:54reality of sin.
01:56And no matter how deep our relationship with God is, the evil root of sin will remain.
02:05man, and this will always be Satan's great opportunity to come and seduce man and lead him to the
02:15jaws of death.
02:16Remember that Satan never gives up, no matter how much we advance in our spiritual life and
02:27We know that it will never stop haunting us.
02:31Imagine Jesus, the Son of God, was persecuted all the way to the cross, so the same will happen.
02:41with us.
02:42We must therefore be attentive and learn more about this important topic which is sin.
02:49That is why it is essential that we understand well the nature of the evil that is done to us.
02:57and in society so that we seek to prevent it and protect our lives.
03:03We must therefore understand above all that sin is not just a stain on the soul.
03:09Paul goes into depth and lets us see that the reality of sin is comparable above all not to a
03:17not a stain, but with a disease that can lead to death.
03:22Although this is a theme that permeates the letters of Saint Paul in various ways, it would be too vast to do so
03:30a complete analysis of this topic in all his letters.
03:34Therefore, I want to focus our reflection on the letter to the Romans, where, as I mentioned at the beginning,
03:41He dedicates his first seven chapters to it,
03:45although we could extend it to the eighth, where it comes as a conclusion not so much of sin, but of the antithesis of
03:53sin, which is grace.
03:56In these eight chapters, or in these seven chapters, he lets us see what he, with the help of
04:04Spirit, you have understood this mystery that concerns us all
04:09and that is the cause of the destruction of man and his society, including his relationship with others, and
04:16Of course, especially with God our Lord.
04:19We can say that in the letter to the Romans, Saint Paul makes a literary presentation of sin as a power
04:27personified
04:28and establishes the relationships it has with the flesh, the law, and death.
04:35It also shows how it acts upon men in different possible situations,
04:42Before redemption, Gentiles and Jews, and after redemption, in all of us.
04:51And the central problem of all this, my brothers, lies in independence.
04:57Man wants to become independent; he has sought to become independent from God.
05:04This is the big problem.
05:08Saint Paul begins his discourse by highlighting how man, despite knowing what God wants,
05:17He clings to his own ideas.
05:20In Romans, in the first chapter, beginning verses 21 through 23, they say the following.
05:31For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God, nor did they give thanks to him,
05:37but their thinking became futile, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
05:44Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God.
05:50by an image in the form of corruptible man, birds, quadrupeds, and reptiles.
06:00It is man's tendency towards independence, to always want to control God.
06:07It is the sin that has marked man since Genesis,
06:10when seduced by the serpent, the instigator of all sin,
06:16He came to promote independence from God,
06:19And from there, man has sought to invent his own gods,
06:24which ultimately only lead to frustration.
06:28Through Christ, God has revealed his true image,
06:32the image of a just and merciful God,
06:35which seeks to give man a life of fulfillment in love.
06:40We want to be independent of God,
06:43And this is what ends up ruining our whole life.
06:49This ongoing quest for independence,
06:51This leads us to continually seek to create idols for ourselves,
06:57so that those gods will be the ones to come and give us happiness.
07:02In other words, we don't believe that this is the problem.
07:05We do not believe that God is capable of making us happy.
07:11And since we don't believe this,
07:13because it places certain restrictions on us that are aimed at controlling our passions,
07:19that we don't realize,
07:22But they are the cause of all the deterioration in our lives.
07:26So, God tries to contain them.
07:29It invites us to place certain restrictions,
07:31But we don't like these restrictions.
07:34So what do we do?
07:35Okay, let's go find each other.
07:37or to manufacture us,
07:38our own little gods,
07:41that allow us to do
07:43anything I feel like doing.
07:47Gods, do not place restrictions on my passions.
07:51Gods, allow me to enter peacefully on the path of pleasure,
07:56about having and power.
07:59In verse 24 of this chapter,
08:04It reveals to us, in stark terms, the reality of sin.
08:07as something that directly harms man.
08:11Let's see what verse 24 tells us.
08:16Therefore,
08:18God gave them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts,
08:23so that they dishonored their own bodies among themselves.
08:28In this verse we see that sin
08:30It is not actually a stain,
08:34but an action against ourselves,
08:37that is hidden in sin
08:39the mystery of our own destruction itself.
08:44Sin produces consequences
08:46which are not the work of God,
08:48but of that mystery of destruction
08:50that is contained in sin.
08:53Therefore, we must be clear,
08:55as Saint Paul had it,
08:57that all sin,
08:58small or large,
08:59It will always have consequences.
09:01that stem directly from sin.
09:05And we can't fool ourselves,
09:07because we have all experienced this.
09:10Sin will always bring down our lives
09:13one way or another,
09:15unrest, destruction,
09:19misunderstanding, frustration.
09:21We must understand sin
09:24like a mystery that operates within man
09:26and that leads him to sin,
09:30which would be like the fruits of sin.
09:33Therefore the apostle
09:34continues to show
09:35like sin
09:37it leads the man
09:39to all kinds of disorders
09:41and actions that destroy it.
09:43And they destroy their society
09:44and they turn him away from God.
09:47This must be clear to us, brothers,
09:50It's not that God withdraws.
09:52of us because of sin.
09:55God loves us,
09:57God loves the sinner,
09:59detests sin,
10:00But God does not turn away
10:02from us because of sin,
10:04but it is the same effect of sin
10:07the one who separates us from God.
10:10Man, because of sin,
10:13distance yourself from God,
10:14repeating the same action as Adam,
10:18that there in paradise,
10:19together with Eve,
10:20They decide to go their own way,
10:23They decide to become independent of God
10:26and from then on
10:28They will not seek to do
10:30what God has commanded
10:31in their law,
10:33what God has asked of them
10:34that they perform continuously
10:35in their lives.
10:38On this subject of sin,
10:40one of the aspects
10:41that prevent
10:42that our life
10:42can be done
10:44with perfection
10:44It's that man
10:46He denies that he is a sinner.
10:48Tell me if it isn't true
10:49that we always feel
10:50just,
10:51good,
10:53especially before God
10:54and we believe
10:56that with what we do
10:57We please God.
10:59The test
11:00that it is not so
11:01is the fact
11:02that life
11:03of these people,
11:05of those who
11:05They feel good,
11:07it's falling apart
11:08and it is not possible for them
11:10to achieve complete happiness
11:12and instead of looking
11:13the sources of happiness
11:15who is God,
11:16He's always looking
11:17emptiness
11:18of pleasures,
11:19which is nothing else
11:20that the demonstration
11:21of sin
11:22as a force
11:23that guides him
11:24to death.
11:26In his letter
11:27to the Romans
11:28that's clear
11:29that everyone
11:30we have sinned,
11:31that there is nobody
11:32that escapes
11:33This reality,
11:34Well, it's something.
11:35that is inherent to it
11:36to the man
11:37and not by its own
11:38nature.
11:40I mean,
11:40by our own
11:41nature
11:41We have freedom
11:43and by our nature
11:45we have passions
11:46that overflow
11:47easily.
11:49We like money,
11:50We like to eat,
11:52We like sex,
11:53We like it,
11:54They are things,
11:54are elements
11:56important
11:57of our appetites,
11:59but they overflow
12:01in response to the stimulus,
12:03overflow
12:04and then
12:05if the man
12:06It doesn't have enough.
12:07control of them,
12:08so,
12:09Okay, let's go.
12:11beyond
12:11and we fall
12:12in sin.
12:13That's why,
12:14when we say
12:14which is inherent
12:15to man,
12:16It's not that God
12:17has created us
12:18sinners,
12:19but we become
12:21in sinners
12:22by not obeying
12:23what God
12:24he told us
12:25that we did,
12:26that today too
12:27He tells us so,
12:28that is to say,
12:29Don't continue,
12:30don't follow
12:31your impulses.
12:34think,
12:35reflect,
12:36compare
12:37if this is
12:37good for your life,
12:39if this is what
12:40I want
12:40so that you
12:41you can take
12:43a life
12:43ordered
12:44and decent,
12:45No?
12:45So,
12:47certainly
12:48It's not there,
12:49It is not inherent,
12:50but it is
12:51inserted
12:52in our flesh,
12:53as he will say
12:54a little further on
12:56in chapter 7,
12:58our dear
13:00Pablo,
13:01seek to deny
13:02that we are sinners
13:03It's absurd.
13:05since
13:06our own
13:06shares
13:07They don't reveal it,
13:09Or are you going to tell me
13:10you,
13:11that you're watching me
13:12right now,
13:12that you are not
13:13a sinner,
13:14Of course you are,
13:16the same as me
13:17and all
13:18those who pass
13:19through this world,
13:20except
13:20of Mary
13:21and of Jesus,
13:22all,
13:23absolutely
13:23all,
13:25we have sinned,
13:26And that's why
13:26we are
13:27needy
13:28of redemption,
13:29needy
13:30of the force
13:31of God
13:31to rescue us,
13:33as we saw it
13:33at first
13:34from our study
13:36in the letters
13:37Pauline,
13:38that is to say,
13:39there is no
13:39not one,
13:40all of us
13:42We are sinners,
13:43well, so
13:44I had said so
13:45already
13:45the prophet
13:47David,
13:48King David,
13:49when he writes
13:50Psalm 51,
13:52Well, he tells us,
13:54sinner
13:55conceived me
13:56my mother,
13:57that is to say,
13:58already from the womb
13:59of our mother
14:00we bring
14:01This trend,
14:03this,
14:04as I would say
14:05Saint Augustine,
14:06this bad root,
14:08knowledge
14:10of our sin,
14:11That's what it's going to do to us
14:12raise our eyes
14:13to heaven
14:14and ask God
14:15compassion
14:16in the face of our miseries
14:17and the inability
14:19to get out of them,
14:21if really
14:21we want God
14:22help us,
14:23first
14:24that we have
14:24to do
14:25is to recognize
14:26that we are sinners
14:27and that for us
14:29same
14:29we will not be able to leave
14:31of this reality,
14:32that only
14:33with the help
14:33of God
14:34We will achieve it
14:35And this is what
14:36it takes us
14:36to acclaim
14:37continuously
14:38to the Lord
14:38that will help us,
14:39save us,
14:41that makes us
14:41of us
14:42righteous men
14:44according to the Gospel
14:45of Jesus Christ.
14:47So,
14:48need,
14:49my brothers,
14:50First of all,
14:51recognize
14:52our guilt
14:53and realize
14:55that there is a force
14:56important
14:57that pushes me
14:58continuously
14:59to do what I don't want to do.
15:01Oh well,
15:02We'll be right back.
15:03to continue
15:05on this topic
15:06which I think
15:07that not only
15:07It will be interesting.
15:08for you,
15:09but it will help
15:10greatly
15:11to your Christian life
15:12keep progressing
15:14well according to
15:15God's plan.
15:16See you in a moment,
15:18I'm coming back here.
15:23Thank you!
15:35Thank you!
15:36Thank you!
15:37Thank you!