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00:00Very well, brothers,
00:29So let's continue now with those pastoral themes from the letter to the Colossians and
00:37I would like to propose some topics for our personal study. Let's see how many we can cover.
00:43to develop in the time we have with the idea of being able to delve a little deeper into the subject,
00:49Seeing the problems that were developing there in Colosas, many of these elements now
00:55They are also experienced in our lives. Let's begin with a topic: the new life in Christ.
01:04aside, and don't be deceived by false doctrines. You see, this was a serious problem; we're talking about
01:11the Colossian heresy, where the poor Colossians, indeed, were pushed by these Judaizers
01:20And others, the Gnostics, had come to transform the doctrine. This, then, was obviously the case.
01:27It happens to us too. Okay, we'll keep doing what we're doing, we'll put it aside for a bit.
01:33Our Holy Scripture from the Jerusalem Bible, which is what guides us a little in the study.
01:39I would like you to join us in Colossians, in chapter 2, from verse 6 to verse 8.
01:45Therefore, it says, having received Jesus Christ as their Lord, they should behave like those who
01:52They belong to Christ, with deep roots in Him, firmly based on Him by faith, as they are called to Him.
01:59He taught, and always gave thanks to God. Be careful, don't be led astray by those who love you.
02:06to deceive with false theories and arguments, for they are not based on Christ, but on the traditions of
02:13men and the powers that dominate this world. We have already seen some of the elements there.
02:19When we did part of our introduction, all this stuff that they were trying to confuse...
02:29community, this nascent community that we say was not directly evangelized by Saint Paul,
02:36But it was a community he loved very much, right? It was part of the pastoral area he had
02:42Well, it had developed, and now I had to keep insisting on some issues that had
02:48So it's been developing in the wrong way, hasn't it? Well, we shouldn't be fooled by...
02:56False doctrines abound in our society today: New Age, Feng Shui, Jing Yang,
03:08In short, all these kinds of topics that are not typical of Christianity, transcendental meditation,
03:17Yoga, metaphysics, the four-in-one—all of these are often masked or presented in a distorted way.
03:26From a Christian perspective, but they are erroneous doctrines, they are situations that contaminate and that
03:35They corrupt our faith. False concepts are being proposed even within our own church.
03:42For example, there are those who claim that the devil does not exist, that hell does not exist, that everyone
03:51We are going to be saved because we have an immensely, infinitely good God, and the devil is
03:58It's simply a literary genre used to talk about evil. I'd like us to go to Luke chapter 6, verse 46.
04:07Jesus says, “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?” Clear obedience.
04:16Perfect, total, committed to Holy Scripture, to what Jesus says. Jesus says that there is no hell.
04:24Of course hell exists, that's where you'll go, get away from me, you damned ones, you who are destined for hell.
04:33Hell. Jesus isn't talking about a literary genre, he isn't threatening anyone, he's saying
04:39What will become of those who did not treat others as brothers? All those who appear
04:46possessed, Jesus rebukes the demon, speaks with the demon, the demon speaks with him, but finally
04:53Before the power of Jesus, the devil is cast out. Sacred Scripture, my brothers, speaks of all.
05:01These topics, he talks about sacramental reconciliation, he talks about hell, he talks about the devil, he talks about the
05:08The need to receive communion every Sunday. I invite you to go to Matthew 23; in verse 23 Jesus said,
05:17Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe for God!
05:24part of the anise mint and the path, but they disregard the most important teachings of the
05:30The law, which are justice, mercy, and faithfulness. So we must
05:40Let's focus our vision on Holy Scripture, not on what so-and-so the minister says, even if he...
05:48I say this with all due respect, because there are priests who are poorly trained, unfortunately, for various reasons.
05:55situations may sometimes be giving information that, if not wrong, is inaccurate, which
06:05It can lead people astray. Often it's not the priest's fault, but the fault of the person who...
06:12Listen, because sometimes we hear what we want to hear and not actually what we were told.
06:18But even if it were a situation involving a priest, a bishop, or whoever it might be, if it contradicts
06:25According to Sacred Scripture, it is not from God. It is not something we have to take as true and
06:32true for our lives. And that becomes, as it happened in Paul's time there in Colossae,
06:39in a serious problem for the community, to the point that Paul had to write them this entire letter,
06:44to clarify precisely, then, that all these doctrines with which they were filling the
06:51Heads, they were fake, weren't they? We must live a life worthy of the people to whom it belongs. I mean,
07:00Saint Paul says, if we return to our text, he says, having received Jesus Christ as Lord,
07:05They must behave as those who belong to Christ. We must behave as those who belong to
07:14Christ. That is, the Christian, brothers, is a different person, he doesn't do different things, he is
07:22different, thinks differently, speaks differently, reacts differently, their life is shaped by
07:29a different way. Jesus told us in the Gospel of John, in chapter 17, in the
07:37Verse 14, that we are not of the world, we do not belong to the world and therefore we cannot
07:45do the things the world does. In other words, people have to be able to easily distinguish us in a
07:53A group of people can quickly define who is and who is not a Christian. To live in a manner worthy of
08:01To be a Christian. Today I feel that this is sorely lacking. And it's because of all these doctrines, because of this worldliness.
08:09terrible thing that has been creeping into our lives and that, in my opinion, would be worse than
08:17All the heresies of Colossae. So we need to be a movement in our lives. Today the world
08:25It needs authentic Christians, true Christians, who know how to bear witness to Jesus in
08:33in the middle of the community. Saint Paul, writing to the Galatians, tells us about this and tells us about
08:41The fruits. It says in chapter 5, verse 22, what should be in our lives? What are they?
08:48The fruits? What should people have in us? He says, what the spirit produces is love.
08:56Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. It says, against such things there is no law.
09:08A law. In other words, this is what we should be living, being different. And that's what Saint intended.
09:16Paul, that the people of Colossae should return again, that they should return to what he had taught them.
09:22A Christian lives differently; he has been instructed in different things. Paul says, this is not what
09:29We teach them. We don't teach them these things. These are the things we teach them.
09:36So, well, we need to pay attention to these issues so that we can truly...
09:44to present ourselves as Christians and, at the same time, not to be deceived by false doctrines.
09:51Okay, we'll be back in a moment to continue our pastoral topics.
10:14Thank you.