In the least things we deny Jesus Christ

* Luís Alberto Alves

Psychology explains that the forbidden is more attractive, than the liberated. At the time of the United States Dry Law, it was a crime to market alcohol. It was the time that most Americans got drunk. All for the taste of committing transgression. At the time of the Military Regime, from 1964 to 1985, newsstands could not sell pornographic magazines without a black stripe on pictures of the intimate parts of naked women. Never sold so many magazines.

It is thus, in detail, that the human being denies God. Sometimes to justify, people respond: "it has nothing to do". It would be like shooting a gun and killing a homeless, instead of taking the life of an honest man, a good family man and man. But before God the two lives are valuable. The same situation can be applied when women wear sexy clothes to get attention on the streets.

It is common to deny God a lie. In a round of friends or co-workers, in order not to be underneath, in some situations a story is heightened and reality distorted. In our mind is something insignificant, such as sucking a bullet instead of eating a large cake slice, full of calories for anyone who makes diet.

But when we have doubts about our conduct, it is interesting to ask the following question: "In my place would Jesus Christ take this attitude? Would you do what you're suggesting? "You can be sure that the Holy Spirit will respond quickly, leaving your heart heavy.

We will never see Jesus Christ approving of any kind of transgression. Be it anyway. He is holy. He never sinned and will never sin. The Lord has always walked the good way. Even when tempted he defeated Satan. It is not easy to please the Lord, because the dishes offered by the darkness are initially appealing, but exude stench, even in a subtle way.

The Christian must understand that he no longer belongs to the schemes of the world. He was rescued from the deceit, from the clutches of the evil one. It's the same as the person who got out of prison. You can not miss the chain anymore. He lives in freedom, needs to abandon the habits acquired in the time of seclusion. Unfortunately the old creature seeks to resist within us and when that happens we take unpleasant actions to the Lord. The suggestion is to ask Jesus to hold firmly in our hands.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor