Catholic Priest PERFECTLY Explains the Devil | Societies Disbelief in Demons | Bishop Barron

you know look at the 20th century uh which is the bloodiest on record there's no question about that the number of people killed you know for ideological purposes in Warfare in the 20th century was the was the worst ever can you explain that entirely through psychological or political categories I mean it just seems almost comically inadequate to the reality to say that you know Hitler sty and Ma Etc are simply explicable politically or psychologically hello everybody and welcome back to the channel today I have another video of Bishop Baron and in this video Bishop Baron is talking about the devil yes the devil this is a very important topic and one of the things that Bishop Baron is showing in this video is that there is an antagonism in modern culture in the modern world towards thinking about a spiritual or Supernatural sphere of evil so in this video Bishop Baron kind of touches on that he also provides a Biblical analysis of the devil the devil is an accuser the Devil is a scatterer that was a really interesting idea that he mentions in contrast God is a gatherer God is for the church he's for his people he desires all people to come to a fundamental knowledge of him and to be saved and so there's lots of bad news in this video but it's ultimately leading to the good news of this video and towards the end of the video Bishop Baron gets into the good news which is really good and really important be sure to stick around around to the end of the video make sure you get the entire thought around the devil from a Christian perspective okay that's really all I have to say please be sure to like And subscribe and enjoy the video well in the um sixth chapter of Mark's gospel we find the account of Jesus sending his disciples out on Mission they're going to preach they're going to heal but the first thing he tells them is you have authority over unclean spirits when they return from Mission the first thing they tell him is we cast out many de demons in your name now when I was coming of age I mean even in the Seminary that kind of language was seen as oh kind of primitive Superstition talking about Devils demons or maybe we tried to put a sort of literary spin on it it was a a symbol for um evil it was a personification of evil in the personal or institutional sense here's the thing that approach just doesn't do justice to the Bible the Bible knows all about personal sin it's very clear about that it also knows about institutional disorder and dysfunction very clearly but it knows about a third level a third dimension a type of evil that is underneath if you want that undergirds the other two is more pervasive and dangerous this level of truly spiritual evil I'm talking about Fallen Angels now you know Catholics get up every single week and we confess our belief in God who made the visible world and the invisible World it means a realm of spirits realities at a higher pitch of existence what's a devil but a fallen or morally compromised Angel they're good and bad human beings they're good and bad Angels but see here's the thing think of a wicked person you know who's also very smart very talented and well-connected that's a truly dangerous figure right when you combine wickedness with lots of other uh Powers so a devil an angel a being at a very high pitch of intelligence and so on who has gone bad is a dangerous figure indeed now do Devil's influence the world sometimes in very direct and frightening ways yeah talk to anyone involved in exorcism I've talked to a few over the years and uh some extraordinary stories ensue but that's not the typical way that the dark uh realm intervenes usually it does so in a much more indirect Way by suggestion by um Temptation something I featured in the catholism series I think the most frightening religious painting in the world at the orvietto Cathedral by the great uh early Renaissance Master Luca sorelli much admired by Michael Angelo by the way but you see these Fresco there and the most striking one is a depiction of the the Antichrist it shows this figure the Antichrist and he's listening as the devil Whispers in his ear so kind of a classic symbol of of this temptation but what's really interesting is the devil puts his hand kind of in the vesture of the Antichrist in such a way that it looks for all the world like the Antichrist own arm and it's a very clever way of suggesting how the dark powers influence us indirectly clandestinely by insinuation in such a way that heck it looks like our activity and in many ways it is but yet it's the dark Powers having um invaded now what are the signs of the Demonic what are the ways the Demonic appears well look at the names the Bible gives the devil's called in the Greek H Abalos our word devil Diablo in in Spanish l in French all come from that toy in German too um dealain means to cast apart to throw apart to scatter the great sign of the Demonic is scattering God is a great Gathering Force whenever things come together when a community forms that's a sign of the Holy Spirit the scattering power that's a sign of the darker Powers when families get scattered when uh business organizations when communities when cultures get divided that's the dark power the other great name in the Bible is H satanas that's the Greek that's based on the on the Hebrew word that means the accuser the accuser here's a little um experiment try this uh today examine your conscience and find out how many times in the course of the day you accuse someone of something I bet you'd be kind of surprised we do it a lot it's it's one of our favorite indoor pastimes point the finger blame gossip uh destroy someone's character you know the sign of the Demonic is accusation the Holy Spirit lifts up and confirms you know and and affirms someone in his or her personhood the Demonic is the accusing power here's a related title I find fascinating the Bible calls the devil the father of Lies God is truth see and truthful about ourselves about our relationships about our family about whatever it is truthfulness is always the path of light it's the path that leads to smooth functioning truthfulness the sign of a demonic is deceitfulness is untruth think now of the way an untruth about you has perhaps wounded you in a very deep way someone said something about you that wasn't true it was a lie but yet it wounded you in such a way that it wound is still festering after many decades think of the times you've wounded somebody with an untruth you know and again the the wrecking of someone's reputation wrecking of someone's character by means of a lie that's a sign of the the dark power here's the last one and it is the most frightening name it's in the first letter of John the author refers to the devil as the murderer from the beginning God is is life right God is life whatever enhances life is of the Holy Spirit that's why John Paul talked about the culture of death you know the sign of the dark power is always an increase in death it's a negation of life you know look at the 20th century uh which is the bloodiest on record there's no question about that the number of people killed you know for ideological purposes in Warfare in the 20th century was the was the worst ever can you explain that entirely through psychological or political categories I mean it just seems almost comically inadequate to the reality to say that you know Hitler Stalin ma Etc are simply explicable politically or psychologically I don't know there's something about the the pervasiveness of violence and and the destruction of life in the 20th century that has all the marks of the murderer from the beginning you know okay now so far that's the bad news if you want here's the good news the good news is and it's Central to Christianity is that Christ has conquered these Powers he's conquered individual sin true he's conquered Collective institutional sin but the Bible clearly witnesses to the fact that Jesus has conquered these Powers there's a great passage read it in the second chapter of of Colossians Paul uses an image far from his own time when a Roman general U won a victory he bring the uh leaders of the captive Nation back and they they he'd parade them in Chains through the street to humiliate them right Paul says Christ through his cross has done just that with the dark Powers he's chained them up and is now made a public display of them he says you know we read that language now we think what's he talking about that's exactly what he's talking about is what he would have known as a Roman citizen a citizen of that world is oh yeah they're humiliating these conquered people that's what Christ did through the power of the Cross which means we don't have to be beholden to these Powers see that's near the heart of the Christian thing they've been defeated and we now can claim victory over them

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Published: Mon Apr 22 2024