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00:29So we continue with this topic that we are seeing that is vital in our lives, which is the topic of sin, and vital not in that we need it, but because it is something that walks with us and that is the cause of our destruction.
00:45But the problem of sin is not only the harm it does to us, but also the harm it does to the church, the harm it does to society.
00:56Right? Because sin always has social consequences and destroys the community, and particularly the weakest among them.
01:07So, this is what we call bad testimony, that is, when our sin transcends our limits and affects the community, which is always a reality.
01:21Sometimes it takes longer to appear and sometimes less, sometimes with greater force and sometimes with less, but what I am convinced of is that sin always has social consequences.
01:36And let's look at this situation, shall we? Driven by the actions of the Pharisees of his time, an important theme for Saint Paul, and therefore it must also be important for us, is the bad testimony of believers, which leads others, especially the weakest, to turn away from the faith.
01:59This is one of the devastating effects of sin, as it creates a reluctant layer that prevents others from entering the Christian life.
02:11And worse still, it causes many to leave the Christian life and return to paganism, or move to one of the Christian sects.
02:21This is in the best-case scenario, because the vast majority, sadly, leave the church to join the ranks of modern paganism.
02:33A kind of vaccination is then taking place; it is a vaccine that inoculates the other with the mystery of iniquity, which will prevent people from converting and knowing life in abundance.
02:46In Romans 2:24, the apostle is decisive and bluntly states this reality, for he tells us,
02:56You who boast in the law, breaking the law, and dishonor God, because the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
03:06And this should make us think, brothers.
03:09In this text, Paul alludes to the prophet Ezekiel, but in doing so he reveals the terrible damage that sin does when it manifests itself in believers.
03:22living a life outside the Gospel and claiming to be Christians.
03:27On this subject, Jesus was very firm when he told us,
03:32It is inevitable that sin exists and that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come.
03:43It would be better for him if they hung a millstone around his neck and threw him into the sea,
03:50rather than cause one of the little ones to stumble.
03:54Look, this quote always impresses me,
03:59Because when I had the opportunity there in Europe to see the millstones from the time of Jesus,
04:07I was impressed.
04:09One would think of a small stone.
04:11No, the stone is a massive rock.
04:16I think more than a meter, a meter and a half,
04:19and so half a meter thick and sat on a cone
04:25and she would turn around with the slaves or with a donkey.
04:30And I don't know how much one of those rocks might weigh,
04:35but a lot.
04:37So, the image that Jesus tells us is,
04:41Giving bad testimony is a very serious matter.
04:45because it causes others to turn away from God.
04:49Our sin, therefore, has a twofold consequence.
04:53First it affects me, leading me into darkness,
04:57but it leads others to no longer believe in grace,
05:00I no longer believe in the church,
05:01and finally, then, to no longer believe in God.
05:04The sin that is committed by causing another to sin
05:07It's so serious that it's comparable, as I was saying earlier,
05:13With the subject of this stone, right?
05:17And this is because it doesn't only affect us.
05:21to us who commit it,
05:23but it affects the church
05:24and brings disgrace upon the name of Christ.
05:28And we have said that, on the contrary,
05:30God must be proud of his children
05:33who lead an enviable life.
05:37Truly a full life, a perfect life.
05:40Therefore, we must avoid,
05:44by all means,
05:45giving this bad testimony.
05:48Think very carefully about what you are going to say,
05:50what is going to be done,
05:52especially when we are
05:53in the company of other brothers.
05:56Another important topic related to sin
05:59It is St. Paul's view regarding the law.
06:05This is also very important to us.
06:07The apostle Paul writes the following in his letter to the Romans.
06:12I invite you to go to chapter 3 now,
06:15verses 19 and 20.
06:17Now, we know that everything the law says
06:21She says this to those who are subject to it.
06:24so that everyone will shut their mouths
06:27and be convicted before God.
06:31Therefore, no one will be justified in the presence of God.
06:35for doing the work required by law.
06:38From the perspective of the New Testament,
06:50the main function of Mosaic law
06:52It consists of the man recognizing
06:54that it is impossible to achieve salvation
06:58solely through one's own efforts.
07:00This law cannot make an unjust person
07:05in a fair person
07:07nor grant grace to a sinner.
07:12This law is immutable
07:14and it always concerns us.
07:18That's why they're always relevant.
07:20the requirements of God's law,
07:24the ten commandments
07:25and especially now for us
07:28the commandment concerning
07:30to love of God and neighbor.
07:33The law, therefore,
07:35It reveals that human beings are sinners.
07:39It is the revelation
07:41of the limits of grace and sin.
07:44In other words, the law establishes a line.
07:46that guides us.
07:48On this side we have the life of grace
07:51And on this side we have the life of sin.
07:56The law dictates to us
07:57where one ends
07:59and where the other one begins.
08:02That is why the apostle Saint Paul
08:04He says in his letter to the Galatians
08:06I want us to go to Galatians 3, 23, 24
08:10And this one would also be worthwhile
08:14have it underlined.
08:15Before this faith came
08:22the law had us imprisoned
08:24locked up until faith was revealed.
08:29So the law came to be our guide
08:31in charge of leading us to Christ
08:34so that we might be justified by faith.
08:38But now that faith has arrived
08:40We are no longer subject to this guide.
08:44What does Saint Paul want to tell us?
08:47Well, the law was like a hall
08:50That is, it refers to a teacher
08:54to a pedagogue
08:55that raises awareness
08:57of the situation itself
08:58and leads us to Christ.
09:00The law only served us
09:03to tell us
09:03Don't do this
09:04because this will lead to your death.
09:07But he wouldn't give us any more.
09:09it cannot save us
09:10He has no power over us
09:12it simply drives us
09:16and it helps us
09:18God gave it to us
09:22to guide our lives
09:24on the path of justice
09:26even though she cannot be
09:28in us
09:28what we observe
09:31that we may experience it
09:32I mean
09:32the law
09:33It's something dead
09:35He just tells me
09:37where one thing ends
09:38and where the other one begins
09:39But I don't have the strength.
09:41It's simply a limit.
09:44which lets us see
09:46that by transgressing it
09:48we will fall into a death situation
09:51a situation that is not willed by God
09:54This is clearly understood.
09:57when God expresses
09:58the first law
10:00that Adam gives him
10:02when he gives
10:03because Adam
10:05And well, there we are.
10:06all men
10:06This law that gives him paradise
10:08that he respected certain rules
10:12that he put
10:13I mean
10:14the law is
10:16Adam
10:17man
10:18obey me
10:19do not transgress
10:21what I'm telling you
10:23and your whole life
10:24It will be great.
10:26Let's go to the text
10:28of Genesis
10:28Let's review a little.
10:29this text
10:31Let's go to the book of Genesis
10:33in chapter 2
10:34It is Genesis
10:37Chapter 2
10:39verse 15
10:40It says
10:41God
10:43the Lord
10:44He took the man
10:45and put it in the garden
10:47of Eden
10:47so that he would cultivate it
10:49and take care of him
10:50and gave him this command
10:52you can eat
10:53of all the trees
10:54from the garden
10:55but from the tree
10:56of knowledge
10:57of good
10:58and of evil
10:58You must not eat
11:00the day
11:01eat it
11:03certainly
11:04you will die
11:05with this
11:08It remained
11:10established
11:11a law
11:12the man
11:13I shouldn't have taken it
11:14of the tree
11:15of knowledge
11:16of good
11:17and of evil
11:17there is a line
11:19to do it
11:20of transgressing it
11:22God
11:24warned the man
11:25that this
11:26would bring
11:27consequences
11:28in his life
11:28he told her
11:29the day
11:31that you transgress
11:32this line
11:33the day
11:34have a good time
11:35on the other side
11:36the day
11:37that you eat
11:38of this fruit
11:39that day
11:41you will die
11:42irretrievably
11:43God
11:45thus establishes
11:47a limit
11:47that man
11:48should not
11:49to cross
11:50doing it
11:53transgressing it
11:55it will bring him
11:56consequences
11:57that will have an impact
11:59seriously
12:00his life
12:00This shows
12:02that the law
12:02only presents
12:04the limits
12:04hence
12:06the thesis
12:06from Paul
12:07about grace
12:08gather great strength
12:09because it's just her
12:11the one that can do
12:11that man
12:12do not break the law
12:13and with that
12:14become a believer
12:16to the consequences
12:17of this violation
12:18consequences
12:19which are not
12:19Dear ones by God
12:20nor are they
12:21sunsets
12:22or proposals
12:23For God's sake
12:23they are simply
12:25well
12:26the consequence
12:27natural
12:28if I take
12:29this book
12:30and I let it go
12:32falls
12:34God wants
12:36that it falls
12:37I want
12:37that it falls
12:38No
12:38part of
12:40of a law
12:41and if I
12:43I'm letting go of this book
12:44I'm putting it here
12:45and I let it go
12:46It's going to fall
12:46equal
12:47the day
12:49that we eat
12:50of this fruit
12:51from this tree
12:53that day
12:54irretrievably
12:56we will die
12:57the law
12:58Saint Paul will say
12:59It's not bad
13:00only guides us
13:02and leads us
13:03to the extent
13:04in which the
13:05we observe
13:06and the
13:06we introduce
13:07to our
13:08life
13:08But the truth is
13:10is that without the
13:11funny
13:11it turns out
13:12practically
13:13impossible
13:14the one who doesn't
13:15Let's break up
13:16That's why it's
13:18important
13:19have
13:19awareness
13:20of
13:21as
13:22that law
13:24it is fundamental
13:26for
13:27to delimit
13:29the field
13:29that's why
13:30we have to
13:30to know
13:31to know it well
13:32Honor your father
13:35and your mother
13:35OK
13:36What happens if not?
13:37there will be consequences
13:39Thou shalt not steal
13:41the law
13:44that's what it says
13:44and that prevents
13:45that I steal
13:45No
13:46He just tells me
13:47the day
13:48the day you steal
13:48that day
13:49you will die
13:50don't commit
13:52adultery
13:52do not fornicate
13:54don't say
13:55lies
13:57etc.
13:58There it is
13:59It leaves me
14:00clear
14:01what is the
14:02limit
14:02so as not to
14:03fall
14:04in situations
14:05more serious
14:06and well
14:08well
14:08I think with
14:09this
14:10I have left
14:10clear
14:11which
14:12this topic
14:13of
14:14sin
14:14and the law
14:15So, well
14:16already having
14:17made clear
14:18this topic
14:19in which the law
14:20It doesn't save
14:21and?
14:22when the
14:23we transgress
14:23we sinned
14:24and that this
14:25will bring
14:26consequences
14:27to my life
14:28are
14:30transgressions
14:31they can even
14:32take us
14:32until death
14:34when
14:35Pablo has left
14:36already clear
14:37this idea
14:38in the mind
14:38of its listeners
14:39now expresses
14:41the need
14:41that man has
14:42of the work
14:43of Christ
14:44in order to be able to
14:45get over
14:45this weakness
14:46human
14:47and so
14:47strengthened
14:49by grace
14:49to be able to walk
14:50with peace
14:51in this world
14:52and direct
14:53life
14:54towards eternity
14:55an eternity
14:56that same
14:58God
14:58it offers us
14:59us
14:59for that
15:01the sinner
15:02has to join
15:04to Christ
15:04and die
15:05with the
15:06in this way
15:07that has been released
15:09of tyranny
15:09and slavery
15:10of sin
15:11and as it says
15:12the apostle
15:12Saint Paul
15:13in his letter
15:14to the Romans
15:15in chapter 6
15:16verses 5
15:18to 7
15:18says
15:19indeed
15:20if we have been
15:22united with him
15:23on his death
15:24definitely
15:25we will also be
15:26united to him
15:27in his resurrection
15:28we know
15:29that our old
15:31nature
15:31She was crucified
15:33with the
15:34so that our
15:35body
15:35sinful
15:36lost his power
15:38so
15:39that no longer
15:40we would still be
15:41slaves
15:41of sin
15:42because he who dies
15:43then he is free
15:45of sin
15:46it isn't true
15:46Imagine this
15:48one dead here
15:50and I pass it to him
15:52one million dollars
15:53So
15:53above her eyes
15:55What does the dead man do?
15:56It does nothing.
15:58he can't grab them
15:58because
15:59Because he's dead
16:00I'll pass it on
16:03marching
16:04at some
16:05girls
16:06beautiful
16:07all
16:07naked
16:08and the dead man
16:10what are you doing
16:10Well, it doesn't do anything.
16:14He is dead
16:15dead to sin
16:17and alive for him
16:18in this text
16:20speaks of one
16:22of the mysteries
16:23larger
16:23of our faith
16:24death
16:26of each one
16:26of us
16:27in Christ
16:27whereof
16:29we have already spoken
16:30previously
16:31death
16:33that's what
16:34enables
16:35that sin
16:36can no longer
16:37operate on us
16:38the dead man
16:40He will no longer respond.
16:41to temptations
16:42He is dead
16:44while the man
16:47does not develop
16:48per se
16:48this process
16:49of death
16:50will continue to be
16:51in greater
16:52or less
16:53degree
16:53a slave
16:54of sin
16:55will obey
16:57to their passions
16:57without opposing
16:59endurance
17:00Let us remember
17:01that passions
17:02They don't die
17:04never
17:05we will always have
17:06taste
17:07for the good
17:08because it's comfortable
17:10for the pleasure
17:11our senses
17:13will continue to be
17:14a medium
17:15so that sin
17:16develop
17:17in us
17:18and well
17:19We'll leave it here
17:20our reflection
17:22to return
17:23a bit
17:23in our next segment
17:25about the process
17:26from temptation
17:27we return
17:28in a few moments
17:29from temptation