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Sincere Enthusiasm in True Faith
This talk explores the complexities of true religion, contrasting genuine religious enthusiasm with misplaced enthusiasm, as exemplified through historical biblical figures such as Saul and David. It highlights the theme that true religious engagement requires purity and sincerity, free from self-serving motives or superficial attraction to religious practices. The discussion emphasizes how genuine faith and religious expression should align with divine will rather than personal or populist agendas.
- The Books of Kings: Used to illustrate the contrast between Saul and David, highlighting their different relationships with God and their effectiveness as leaders within the scope of divine will.
- The Epistles and Gospel: Referenced to emphasize the importance of aligning one's actions and intentions with divine goodness and justice rather than simply abstaining from sin.
- Concept of Enthusiasm: Explored within the historical and religious context to differentiate between authentic spiritual enthusiasm and superficial or self-serving enthusiasm that detracts from true worship.
- Community of God's Children: Discussed as the context in which religious enthusiasm should be expressed, emphasizing unity and sincere devotion in contrast to idolatrous or self-centered forms of worship.
AI Suggested Title: Sincere Enthusiasm in True Faith
I am not middle-aged. [...] The message continues to be this, what is real and true religion. Because, as we know from the experience of history, religion can be used by them for their own purpose. Religion in some way is dangerous. There is a kind that can be part of a dog.
[01:42]
History, the history of religion, has always known the fanatics, has always known the wrong enthusiasts. And it's in the readings, which company us in this time of the year, in the teachers and I, I mean, it is the time in which the church reads the books of kings. And especially in this time, and we are seeing and reading about the difference, the two first kings of Israel saw the rejected one, and they get the chosen. They forgot about God's heart, saw the one who What is the kingdom according to this world? So all the wrong enthusiasts dedicate to good enthusiasts.
[02:50]
So all are one in whom? How can say the good spirits and the bad spirits? had not been clearly divided. So the one who was a man of great genius, of many things, outstanding in every way, developed a mandate through his natural people. The unassured, and what I say, the ungrateful allegiance of his followers A man who played with things. And he played with religion. He played with God. He played with the office and the charge that was entrusted to him by God. It wasn't here anyhow. If he was saved by God, only if he was really and only the product of the popular enthusiasm.
[04:02]
If he was a prophet or a king, there never was me. So in every way, much. And it mattered because he then put himself clearly, absolutely clearly, into the hands of God. He wanted to be faithful to God. He wanted the power of religion and the power of faith to assist him and to help him solve his difficulties. but at the same time involves a constant impatience, inability to wait. And that is the surest sign of somebody who, although playing with religion, nevertheless is not truly a man of respect. So it was in that way a failure.
[05:06]
He vowed for help and for God to God if he needed. But he would also try to please the people against the explicit orders. Saul would at once, even over religious people, forbid everybody to eat. They pleased nothing in order to strengthen On the day of fact, Saul led the whole people under the guise of this God of really faith, and he was ready to give his own son, because he had gospel faith, the law that did not impose the law of fasting. So in one way, Saul was a man without any discretion, and in the other way, weak. He failed to consider the patent. He failed to consider all the lines of guidance.
[06:11]
And before the fact, the decisive battle of David. And therefore, he ran to the witch, to the witch of India, the precursor of the spirit of our, the one who tried to conjure the dead. And so, however, the king does ignore it too. Feeling that the light of divine light and sadness, he goes to the witch and asks her, Consume the bill. Consume yourself. In this way, he gets some light to speak out of doubt. That is so for the one who abuses religion, who makes a uselessly corresponding lawful, corresponding virtue, who is constantly handed a wayway between the two things, all for an inconsistency and a partly new attitude.
[07:26]
They are the two extremes. Who believes in him because he kind of plays with God, but he does not really give himself to God. And Luke, because he always puts too much thought in his own wisdom and in his own strength. And then when he sees he cannot master the situation, he is completely depressed. He regrets all about it. So therefore is the time in which there is no continuity, no wholeness, but there is a composition of contradictions. And that is to do with something that in him is not the spirit of God, but the spirit of chaos and still in him. He will be with you, just like you were on those cases.
[08:30]
And then on the other day, and then it is the one upon whom the Spirit of God descended, and he was upon him from that day onward. So David is God's chosen one in the sense of real fullness. That does not mean that there are no weaknesses in him. And that also would not mean that David did not sin. Indeed, he sinned. But he still was a man according to God's will. He was really a child. He gave himself for me, to the one who had made him the shepherd of the least. And when he was thin, he was also ready for the pit. and that showed to be shown that he was really and truly a man according to darkness.
[09:39]
The essence in making the inner center of his personality was clean and was warm. That did not prevent waves on the stairs, but gave him Look at this personality in his heart. He was willing and truly God's day. And there are certain signs that I want all the people to understand. If you come in here and celebrate in this mass, if you listen to the epistle and to the gospel, you see clearly what our Lord considers the decisive difference between the right and the wrong enthusiasm. Our Lord here indeed speaks about enthusiasm for good, for goodness. That is the message of his gospel.
[10:43]
Not only be aware not to kill anyone, but live in the abundance of God's justice. And that abundance of God's justice does not mean not to harm anyone, but it means that you refrain from any sin, from any anger, from any words that would and not only that, but that in the fullness of your inner justice, that means in the fullness of check, you deal with those who may be a god in your sight, that you deal with them in the creative power of your God-given goodness. In other words, in all our situations, and that is the message of the Epistle as well as of the Gospel, in all situations, especially then when you are in custody, that means when pressure is put upon by you, by your people,
[12:04]
or by any circumstances which are opposed to you and create difficulties, then then you should really act out of the power of God's love for you and for all those around you. That is the message of the gospel. And it is put in a special way. It says, if you go and want to worship, And uncle, you will give at the altar. Now you see, there is religion. I would even say there is, in some way, the heart of religion. But there is also the danger. There are so many people also nowadays who are being attracted, let us say, by the poetry of worship. They are being attracted by the beauty, the sublime character, the dignity, the glory of worship.
[13:07]
We have to address, you know, the church for whom. And that the church for whom is not only the Catholic church, but it comes to all of Christianity, everywhere we see. Now that is an enthusiasm, but it is also an endless enthusiasm. It can reduce the beauty of your life. It can be reduced by those who look at it in a different way, as a kind of a dog. There's something that brings them into a good feeling. They have the feeling of enthusiasm. But our Lord, by the very word of God, He warns that the highest act of religion, the act of worship, the act of prayer, act of adoration of the Father, this is act in which we burn instead before the divine fantasy.
[14:13]
In its clear and utter force, in its fair stocking that may intoxicate our imaginations, But our Lord wants that we are free from any intoxication before we enter into the well of worship, into the well of prayer, into the well of God's glory. That we may be pure before the end. And purified by that, by loving the brother, loving the brother. That objective power of the other in Christ. Therein is the purification which has to proceed the act of worship. The one whose love is not tested in his belief to his promise. And I know thy land, the brotherhood. I know thy land, the church which God has created.
[15:16]
The community which God has the family which God has given. And that is, as you know, not always a glory to your faith. God's faith may be a human faith, but we do not hope so. And it would then. To the love of brotherhood is the love of those and of that community which God has had, the community of God's children. We know it. And he, all of him, he followed like this. They have children. The children are not born of all that they take. They are the children that God has given them. And then they ask this to happen. Their whole routine application consisted of this, to move towards every one of their children in the dark with which God loves. This involved also this precious and unique image of this old world.
[16:23]
And that is the same in our last part. And that is the same because we are near together also with our operatives. There is also the grace in those who join as brothers in community of hearts, who retire politically as brothers and sisters. That community is not a community of their own choice. And that is the future. That's the objective for it. Love, as you know, can be used, and is being used, more than anything else, in the service of both men and children. Love can be as the word you use as always is, just another form of idolatry. That is somewhere you worship the image that you have made of your own character and of your own goodness, and which you consider as the foundation of your own ego, of your own sin.
[17:28]
That is the word enthusiasm. And that is that you get great great division. And which brings questions. In which never has person. Just as thought. Never had any person. Jumping from one thing to the other. In this. Because it was in his own head. But. Completely different than it is. If you love each other. And they give the proper product. and I don't give to God. And therefore, he acts in a positive way to those which God puts around him. So in that way then, your God is pure. For all law, subjective enthusing. And then your God becomes impure. It develops the right enthusiastic effects. And then when you do that,
[18:32]
When you are ready, in other words, to our Lord Jesus Christ, to allow us to be strong and to attend, that means the temple of the resurrection. And we can't keep then waiting, waiting this temple again after three days. And we are not in you, the temple of the resurrection, the temple of the resurrection. If you ask us, our Lord did dark, and these react in a positive, reactive way to those who are your enemies, the enemies of your enemies. Then you will also experience the popular connection, and then you will be deep in the spirit that really includes Stratify what's in your heart, you will really and truly offer rest to your heart.
[19:37]
And then, in that act, there is no possibility of insincerity, of thinking, of mixing and mixing, but let not your own walk in enthusiasm with that dollar-dollar dividend. And that you are a great Christian. That means other works. And that means anointed works. Anointed with your holy spirit. That comes from God. That really and truly limits one in fear of what others are suggesting. And in the obvious way and who we are. So let us dig in our sleeves today and in celebrating this program, let us dig our sleeves to that true enthusiasm for good, where the Holy Spirit gives to those who were not there to be anointed.
[20:41]
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