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00:00How are you, dear brothers and sisters?
00:29It's great to see you all again here in the Active Evangelization virtual classroom.
00:35We are addressing the topics of justice, justification, and grace so that we can truly understand what St. Paul means by these terms, and so that we in our own lives can discern whether we are truly walking on a path of salvation.
00:56Or if we are still stuck in a concept of justice that does not justify and that we could probably find ourselves in trouble if we have to face God's judgment.
01:09A judgment that requires a justification that we have acquired through the precious blood of Christ, who paid with that blood the charge that weighed against us.
01:23And so, we continue with the end of the justification.
01:27With everything we have already said, we can now address the issue of justification.
01:35This, as I have already explained, has to do with an action that God performs through Jesus.
01:44We saw in the previous section that God has justified man through Jesus, who by dying for humanity rescued him from death.
01:53This leads us to ask, then, are there those who have not been covered by this justification?
02:03Certainly, and in a strict sense, no.
02:06As Paul himself says in Romans 5:15,
02:11Adam's transgression cannot be compared to God's grace.
02:16For if by the transgression of one man all died,
02:21How much more did the gift that came by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abound for all.
02:27In other words, in a strict sense,
02:30In a strict sense, all men have already been justified by this action that we would call the Christ event.
02:40In other words, Christ, in the event of death and resurrection, justifies our life through the blood he shed for us.
02:51However, that's where it ends.
02:53In other words, there is a merciful action of God that justifies us,
02:59which makes us righteous before Him, as we have already seen.
03:02We no longer owe him anything.
03:04And this gives us access to Him and to eternal salvation.
03:07But this justification must be accepted in order to benefit from it.
03:15Let me give you an example.
03:16Like someone who receives an airplane ticket, which was donated to them free of charge.
03:22But obviously he has to get on the plane,
03:25Having an airline ticket does not mean you are already in the place indicated on the ticket.
03:32I think that sounds clear, doesn't it?
03:35They give me a ticket to go to Paris.
03:40It says "name" there, my name is on it, right?
03:44The day is coming when I must leave.
03:47Or if it's an open ticket, right?
03:48I have an open ticket to get on a plane that will take me to Paris.
03:53Once I get on the plane,
03:55I'm on my way now.
03:58I have used the ticket for our benefit, and by using it,
04:03This puts me on the path to my destination.
04:07Likewise, justified by God through Jesus Christ,
04:12We now need to take possession of it and participate in God's justice,
04:18which is life in abundance.
04:20Therefore, it has become clear that justice has a part that God performs,
04:26But there is one in which we, as associates and those responsible for it,
04:32We have to comply.
04:34In this sense, Jesus said,
04:37Let's look at Matthew 6:33,
04:38Rather, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
04:43And all these things will be given to them as well.
04:48That is to say,
04:50We must continue a work that Jesus identifies as a search,
04:55not only of the kingdom,
04:57but rather the way of living in the kingdom,
04:59which we have rightly identified.
05:03In other words,
05:05everyone who enters this kingdom,
05:08He has to want this government and be loyal to it.
05:13But he cannot forget that it is the kingdom of God
05:16and therefore must conform to the will of God,
05:21to its standard as to what is
05:24correct and incorrect conduct as he determines it.
05:28And he must remake his mind.
05:31She must continually remake it so that in every facet of her life
05:37be in harmony with God's justice.
05:40In this sense,
05:42Romans 12:2 tells us
05:44that we should not conform to this world,
05:48but we must acquire this new personality
05:52that was created according to the will of God
05:55in true justice and loyalty.
05:59This is what Paul expresses in Ephesians 4:23-24.
06:03Jews, as is the case with many Catholics today,
06:08They thought they were already saved simply by being Jewish.
06:11and to carry out the works prescribed by law.
06:15They thought they would receive the kingdom of God
06:17thanks to establishing their own justice.
06:20But they did not submit to God's justice
06:23as the apostle clarifies in chapter 10,
06:26there in Romans 10, the first three verses.
06:30Their justice, at best,
06:33It was equitable, not what God asks for.
06:36which, as we saw, includes the heart.
06:40It should not be a justice like that of the Pharisees,
06:44but the one we would finally have through the action of the Spirit.
06:51It is the Spirit that will push now
06:54and not an action that only concerns rules and principles
06:59that we cannot fully comply with.
07:03That is why the Holy Spirit, who is love,
07:05It will push us to fulfill our purpose in love
07:08the fundamental principles of the alliance and the law.
07:12To put all this into perspective, we could
07:15We could look at Matthew 5:17-20,
07:19or Matthew 15:3-9,
07:23or else Romans 10:4.
07:27It is then clear that justice
07:30It cannot be achieved through personal works.
07:35Therefore, it is clear that imperfect men
07:39They could never achieve true justice.
07:43That is, to reach the height of God's justice.
07:47If it depended solely on the works of the Mosaic law,
07:51We wouldn't succeed.
07:52or of their own works of justice,
07:55since this justice, the justice of men,
07:58It's according to their criteria,
08:00and it is not God's criterion,
08:02what we want right now.
08:03Well, am I good to whom?
08:06Am I fair according to whom?
08:09God is the standard.
08:11And since God is the standard,
08:12I can't reach her.
08:14I need God himself
08:15in order to achieve this standard.
08:18At best,
08:21complying with the law,
08:22Only the outer part is available,
08:25and not the internal one,
08:26which is necessary
08:27so that God may consider them truly righteous.
08:31This is what it expresses
08:33the letter is mainly addressed to the Romans.
08:35I invite you to watch
08:37Romans 3:10,
08:38With this perspective that we have been presenting,
08:41Romans 3:10,
08:43Romans 9:30-32
08:47Galatians 2:21,
08:50Galatians 3:21,
08:52and the letter to Titus,
08:54in chapter 13, verse 5.
08:56Therefore,
08:58Justification is necessary
09:01that comes only from God through Jesus Christ.
09:04Without this justification,
09:06The law is unattainable.
09:08We've been watching it
09:09throughout this topic.
09:12Even though the law is perfect,
09:15It cannot lead to salvation,
09:17because it will leave us only
09:19in the works of the flesh,
09:21that is to say,
09:21in the works that I can do.
09:23And that's what Pablo insists on.
09:25in his letter to the Galatians.
09:27The Galatians who had already advanced
09:29towards spiritual life,
09:32They are now retreating
09:33in compliance with the law,
09:36on holidays,
09:38to fulfill the Mosaic law.
09:40And that's why,
09:41well,
09:42criticizes them
09:43and treats them severely.
09:45They started with the spirit
09:47and they ended up in the meat.
09:49They ended up inhaling
09:50to truly fulfill
09:52the standard
09:53which is loving God
09:54and to one's neighbor
09:55as ourselves.
09:57And that was it.
09:59Let me put it this way,
10:01simply,
10:02well,
10:02going to mass.
10:03Without loving
10:03to the wife,
10:05nor to her husband,
10:05nor to the children,
10:06nor to the parents,
10:07nor to their neighbors,
10:09nor to any of the rules
10:10that when we read
10:11especially
10:12the Gospel of Matthew,
10:14we found there
10:14serious difficulties.
10:16Because what it asks of us
10:19in the standard
10:20It goes much further than that.
10:22of human possibilities.
10:24Let's just think
10:25when they give it to you
10:26a slap
10:27on the cheek,
10:29Well, don't answer it.
10:31Whereas the law said
10:32an eye for an eye
10:34and tooth for tooth.
10:35That is to say,
10:36if someone hits you
10:37a slap,
10:38Don't give him two,
10:38Just give her one.
10:40If someone hurts your arm,
10:42Don't hurt them both,
10:43just hurt one of them.
10:45Jesus says
10:45something different.
10:46I mean,
10:47the rule of love
10:48It rises greatly,
10:50which
10:51for man
10:52It's impossible.
10:53which makes it
10:54a person
10:55unfair.
10:56So,
10:57without that justice
10:58of God,
10:59Without that justification,
11:00without that participation
11:01of God
11:02in our lives,
11:03impossible
11:04reach
11:05justice
11:06of the Lord.
11:07Good,
11:07Let's see now
11:08the topic
11:09of grace.
11:10Pablo says
11:11that to the chosen ones
11:13They justify it
11:14and those he justifies
11:15glorifies them.
11:17Romans 8:30
11:18In this expression
11:20of Saint Paul
11:20we see the beginning
11:22And the end.
11:23God who has called us
11:24to participate in it,
11:26glorification,
11:28he justified us
11:29so that we would have
11:30access to it.
11:32But,
11:33And how could we
11:34stay
11:35in this justice system?
11:36How can we
11:37achieve
11:38in justice
11:39the law
11:40that frames us
11:41in love
11:42bye
11:42and to one's neighbor
11:43if in us
11:44It's not there
11:45a love
11:46capable of doing it
11:47as happened
11:48in the past?
11:50It turns out then
11:51that justified
11:52For God's sake
11:52through death
11:53and resurrection
11:54of Christ
11:55we would be
11:56disabled
11:57to act
11:58in justice
11:59with which
11:59our condition
12:01would be similar
12:02on the first try.
12:03Very good,
12:03It already adjusted for me,
12:04He already justified me,
12:05already covered
12:06my sins,
12:07but
12:08don't have
12:09the possibility
12:10still
12:10to comply
12:11the standard
12:13and if I don't comply
12:13the standard
12:14I'm
12:15spoiled.
12:18Because?
12:18Because I'm going to be
12:18judged
12:19However you want.
12:21I'm going to have
12:21that face
12:22definitely
12:23a trial
12:25and to be able to
12:26face
12:27properly
12:28I have to
12:29be justified
12:30and the works
12:31of justice
12:32be present
12:33in my life,
12:34that is to say,
12:35having fulfilled
12:35the law exactly
12:37just as
12:38proposes it
12:38Christ.
12:40But,
12:40How am I going to do it?
12:41if I don't have
12:42an element
12:42that makes it possible?
12:45God,
12:46in this sense,
12:47previous
12:48this
12:48sending
12:49grace,
12:50grace
12:51of the Spirit
12:52so that
12:53out
12:53love itself
12:54of God
12:55and its power
12:56sanctifier
12:57the one who operated
12:58in each one
12:59of the justified
13:00So
13:01they were allowed
13:03live
13:03in justice
13:04and holiness.
13:06That is why
13:07that in the
13:08Juanine work
13:09later
13:10all this
13:11the writer
13:13from the fourth gospel
13:14ends
13:15in a single moment
13:16with all the action
13:17God's savior
13:18putting Christ
13:19on the cross
13:20where he dies
13:21and justifies
13:22all of humanity
13:23covering it
13:25with his blood
13:25as propitiation
13:27before God
13:27and at that very moment
13:29He gives the Spirit
13:31whom he has justified
13:33so that I can
13:34open now
13:35final step
13:36to salvation
13:37offered.
13:38We could see
13:39this text
13:40in John 19
13:4130
13:42and we would see there
13:43the work
13:44complete
13:45It is the work
13:47complete
13:47of the justification
13:48we then have
13:51three works
13:52done by God
13:53the action
13:54of Jesus
13:55that because of his death
13:56and resurrection
13:57It justifies us
13:58the Father
13:59that by this action
14:01He recognizes us
14:02as righteous
14:03and the action
14:04of the Holy Spirit
14:05that gives us
14:05life
14:06of glorification
14:07living
14:08in justice
14:09before God.
14:12I conclude
14:12with a date
14:13of the famous
14:14jurist
14:15English
14:16Blackstone
14:17who recognized
14:19This truth
14:20God
14:22has linked
14:23so closely
14:24has interwoven
14:26so inseparably
14:27the laws
14:28of eternal justice
14:29with happiness
14:30of each person
14:31that the latter
14:33cannot be reached
14:34without observing
14:34the first
14:35and so
14:36if the first
14:37one obeys
14:37promptly
14:38cannot induce
14:40more than the second time
14:42that is to say
14:43if I
14:44I am justified
14:46through the blood
14:47of Christ
14:48and at that moment
14:49it is handed to me
14:50the Holy Spirit
14:51I'm left now
14:52made possible
14:53completely
14:54for
14:55having been
14:56justified
14:57sanctified
14:58now I can
14:59achieve
15:00completely
15:01the law
15:02of God
15:02and in this way
15:03reach
15:04salvation
15:05eternal
15:06in this appointment
15:07so
15:08is left over
15:09embodied
15:11largely
15:12what up to this point
15:13we have said
15:14a justification
15:16full
15:16a justification
15:17perfect
15:18that helps us
15:19to
15:20live
15:21this that God
15:22it asks us
15:23the law
15:23love God
15:25with all our
15:26forces
15:27with all our soul
15:28with all our heart
15:29and to our neighbor
15:30as ourselves
15:32good
15:33We'll leave it here.
15:34this segment
15:35and we returned
15:36in a moment
15:37to begin
15:38with a new theme
15:39Let's begin now
15:41a topic that has to do
15:43with the justification
15:44by faith
15:45and salvation
15:46through
15:47of the works
15:48items
15:48that agreed
15:50to thought
15:51Protestant
15:52are eliminated
15:54one
15:54from the other
15:55we'll see
15:57in our
15:57following
15:58episodes
15:59which is not the case
16:00but they are
16:01not only
16:02necessary
16:03but complementary
16:04one
16:05from the other
16:05we return
16:06in a moment
16:07without
16:09Thanks for watching the video.