Caution: the devil uses people to attack you

* Luís Alberto Alves

Most of the time Christians think the devil will materialize to attack him. He is spirit and needs some body to turn his evil intentions into reality. You'll use something bad that looks good so you do not arouse suspicion.

He did this with Jesus Christ, the son of God, imagine with us! In the famous episode involving Mary Magdalene, the devil used the Pharisees, who were great connoisseurs of the Word, for they had easy access to the Old Testament texts, printed on leather scrolls or parchment.

When we take this text, we only keep the passage in which Jesus tells the woman to leave, because his accusers could not kill her, and sinned no more. So far so good. However, in analyzing the dialogues held by the accusers, insisting that Mary Magdalene was caught in flagrant adultery and according to the Law of Moses, as it is in the book of Leviticus, she should be stoned to death.

Jesus only heard and commanded the first sinless man to lay the first stone against her. Of course, in a moment of lucidity, everyone recognized sin within themselves and left. But what is the reason for the Lord not to accuse or absolve the adulterous woman? Today, few people read the Bible closely to gain spiritual knowledge.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor