¿Cómo hago para saber de BIBLIA? PADRE LUIS TORO

Main ideas, concepts, and lessons

• To know Jesus, you must read the Holy Scriptures

  • Since people weren’t eyewitnesses, they cannot “know” Jesus properly without the accounts preserved by Scripture.
  • The Bible is described as the “history of salvation” and the only trustworthy way to learn Christ’s story, promises, actions, and teachings.

• Luke’s Gospel is used as a model for how Christians should read

  • St. Luke is presented as someone who “carefully investigated everything from the beginning” so later generations (like “us”) could know what happened.
  • Therefore, Christians are urged to:
    • read Scripture end-to-end,
    • investigate from origins,
    • and not treat the Bible as optional or purely ceremonial.

• Problem diagnosed: “childish” and shallow faith

  • The speaker argues that many Christians do not read Scripture, resulting in:
    • confusion about good vs. evil,
    • syncretism (mixing Christianity with other religions/occult practices),
    • and moral compromises while still identifying as Christian/Catholic.
  • Specific examples are mentioned (e.g., Mexico’s “Santa Muerte” / witchcraft; Catholics going to witch doctors; support for abortion; “gay agenda”) to illustrate the claimed lack of faith grounded in Scripture.

• Central metaphor: the Word of God is “the seed of the kingdom”

  • Jesus’ parable in Luke 8 is applied directly:
    • the “seed” = the Word of God
  • The speaker claims many homes/countries have not “sown” this seed, causing societal crisis—framed as primarily a crisis of faith.

• The devil’s strategy: steal the Word so people won’t believe or be saved

  • Repeated claim that the devil prevents reading by:
    1. stopping people from reading,
    2. making them sleepy or preventing study,
    3. diverting them so they don’t believe the Word.
  • If people read the Bible consistently, faith grows and Christ’s promises become believable.

• How faith grows: believe the Word and obey it

  • Faith is defined as trusting God’s Word even when humanly it seems impossible.
  • Multiple Gospel examples are used:
    • Peter fishing: “at your word” he obeys despite no fish; the result is an abundant catch.
    • Mary at Cana: “Do whatever he tells you.”
    • Martha/Mary (Luke 10): Mary chooses listening at Jesus’ feet; Martha is criticized for overdoing “tasks” while neglecting the Word.
    • Blessed are those who hear and keep the Word (Luke 11:28): Mary is held up as the example.

• Scripture’s purpose goes beyond information: transformation, wisdom, salvation

  • The speaker highlights biblical statements that Scripture:
    • makes people wise,
    • provides faith in Christ Jesus,
    • gives understanding,
    • purifies and sanctifies (“Your word is truth”),
    • and functions like a lamp and light guiding believers in darkness.

• Eucharistic doctrine is argued to be “based on the Word”

  • The talk defends Catholic belief that bread and wine truly become Christ’s body and blood, using:
    • John 6 (“living bread,” “whoever eats… will live forever”)
    • John 1 (“Word became flesh”)
    • Cana (water to wine) as the template for transformation by Christ’s spoken word
    • 1 Corinthians 10:16 and 1 Corinthians 11:23 as apostolic support for belief in the transformation
  • The argument is: if Christ’s Word can transform invisible realities (Word into flesh) and water into wine, then the Eucharistic change is possible and should be believed.

• A repeated conclusion

  • The speaker insists Catholic teaching is faithful because it believes Christ’s Word.
  • The “test” is whether people read and believe Scripture; the devil supposedly “struggles” against that.

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Method / instruction list (practical steps the speaker recommends)

1) How to read Scripture (a suggested plan)

• Start in the Gospel of St. Mark
  • Rationale given: Mark is written for people new to Jesus (“beginners” / pagans).
• After Mark, proceed through:
  • St. Matthew → St. Luke → St. John
  • Then the Acts of the Apostles
  • Then the rest of the New Testament (letters)
• For Revelation (Apocalypse):
  • The speaker instructs: don’t read Revelation first
  • Instead:
    • read Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and the entire Old Testament
    • then go back and read the New Testament
    • and only then read Revelation

2) Reading frequency and family practice

• Read one chapter per day
• Pray the Holy Rosary as a family first, then:
  • read a chapter of the Bible,
  • share what was read,
  • and “sow the seed” of the kingdom into hearts.

3) What attitude to have while reading

• Accept Scripture, don’t judge it
• Read with the purpose of:
  • knowing Christ,
  • strengthening faith,
  • being guided away from deception,
  • and learning how to distinguish good from evil.

4) What “faith” should look like after reading

• Move from hearing to doing:
  • “hear the Word and keep it” / put it into practice
• Obey even when it seems “impossible” by human standards:
  • emulate Peter’s obedience (“at your word”)

5) Who should be involved

• Parents should teach children Scripture from childhood
• Apostolic groups, priests, bishops, and church movements should be Scripture-grounded:
  • an apostolic group that doesn’t read/preach Scripture is described as useless.

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Speakers / sources featured (as named in the subtitles)

Main speaker

• Father Luis Eduardo Jaimes Toro (referred to as “Father Luis…,” “Father Luis Eduardo Jaimes Toro,” “priest”)

Scriptural sources quoted or referenced

• Jesus Christ (numerous direct quotations and paraphrases)
• St. Luke (Luke 1; Luke 8; Luke 10; Luke 11)
• St. Mark
• St. Matthew
• St. John
• St. Peter (2 Peter 1:19 referenced)
• St. Paul (1 Corinthians 10; 1 Corinthians 11; 2 Timothy 3 referenced)
• The Psalmist (Psalm 119 referenced; also Psalm 119:72 and 119:103 and 119:105 referenced)

Other figures referenced

• Martha and Mary (Luke 10; also Martha/Mary in John 11 context)
• Lazarus (John 11 context)
• Theophilus (Luke 1)
• Mary, mother of Jesus (Luke 1; Luke 2/Cana via John 2 context)
• Peter/Simon (Luke 5 context; “simon” referenced in connection with faith in the word)
• Magi / Centurion (Matthew 8 context referenced: centurion and “just say the word”)
• Lazarus’ sisters Martha and Mary (John 11 context referenced)

Other “groups” mentioned (non-scriptural)

• “Separated brethren”
• “Evangelicals”
• Catholic apostolic groups / the Legion of Mary (mentioned as an example of a group)
• Santa Muerte, santeros, babalaos, witch doctors (mentioned as contrasting practices)