How Not to End Up in Hell with the Rich Man – Gregory Palamas on Wealth, Desire & Salvation

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In this teaching, we explore how not to end up in hell with the Rich Man, drawing from the powerful spiritual insights of St. Gregory Palamas. Although Palamas doesn’t mention Luke 16 directly, he references nearly every other New Testament passage related to the spiritual dangers of wealth, greed, and the love of possessions. This sermon reveals why Jesus told the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: ➡️ To keep us from ending up where the rich man did. If you want to understand why the rich man ended up in hell—and how to avoid his fate, this teaching from St. Gregory Palamas will speak directly to your heart. 00:00 – Introduction 00:25 – Preparing for the Nativity Fast 00:44 – The Sickness of the Christmas Season 01:02 – Gregory Palamas on Wealth & Salvation 01:28 – The Three Powers of the Soul 02:08 – The Appetitive Power Explained 03:01 – How Desire Affects Emotion and Intellect 04:03 – Hunger as a Spiritual Analogy 05:01 – Healing the Soul Begins with Desire 05:58 – First Offspring of Desire: Love of Possessions 06:39 – Why the Love of Money Leads to Hell 07:55 – Root Cause: Unbelief in God's Providence 09:55 – Trusting Providence Despite Life's Wounds 11:03 – Why Jesus’ Words Don’t Penetrate Lovers of Money 12:32 – The Irrationality of Wealth Worship 13:30 – The Poor Can Be Greedy Too 15:40 – Wealth Never Satisfies 17:39 – The Darkness Money Cannot Cure 18:01 – St. Paul: Love of Money as Foolishness 19:02 – Gregory on Wealth as a Self-Made Tomb 20:44 – “Buried in the Dust of Gold” Explained 21:49 – The Stench of Greed Rising to Heaven 23:01 – Why the Rich Man Is in Hell 23:36 – The Solution: Voluntary Poverty 24:52 – “Where Your Treasure Is…” 25:49 – Poor in Spirit vs. Material Poverty 26:10 – Fasting as Medicine for the Soul 27:37 – Entering the Spiritual Life Through Fasting 28:17 – The Difficulty of Letting Go of Greed 29:00 – The Ring of Greed: A Story Parallel 30:23 – Our Refusal to Remove the Ring 31:08 – The Preacher’s Own Confession 32:04 – Seeing Ourselves Clearly for the First Time 33:40 – Why Most Christians Haven’t Begun the Gospel 34:56 – The Spirit’s Encouragement 35:25 – Christ’s Invitation: “Come to Me” 35:58 – Closing Benediction For more please visit https://www.youtube.com/@OurLadyofWisdomLV & say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #GregoryPalamas #OrthodoxChristianity #RichManAndLazarus #LoveOfMoney #ChristianSermon #SpiritualLife #OrthodoxHomily #FastingAndPrayer #NativityFast #ChristianTeaching #OvercomingGreed #SoulHealing #ProvidenceOfGod #Asceticism #OrthodoxFaith

Topics

• Salvation
• Money & Stewardship
• Hell & Judgment