Luís Alberto Alves
For the happiness of the converted Christian, the devil makes mistakes and many when he goes on someone to remove him from the presence of Jesus Christ. These are faults that the person attuned to the Lord's commandments ends up realizing, as they are visible signs. Only the spiritually dead cannot see.
I will enumerate. 1) Faith begins to wane. That thirst for seeking God, gradually decreases. You no longer have that spirit to believe the Lord's promises. You come to believe that only others will win, except you. He calculates that its cause is something that for God is difficult to fulfill.
2) Reading the Bible, something so common in the fervent past, is slowly left out. Everything in a subtle way. Even using your cell phone, you are not willing to access applications or biblical texts. You find it boring to read the Bible. Remove it from your headboard and even from the living room.
3) Strange thoughts start to invade your mind. It is common for your mind to be invaded by thoughts of prostitution, adultery, deception, envy, sensuality, perversion, theft, suicide, hatred, revenge. To abandon the Gospel and follow the customs of the world.
4) There are changes in the way of talking. Unconsciously adopts the "speaking" of the world, sometimes without meditating on what those words mean. Some of them invented by the criminal world to outwit the police. Or even used in witchcraft. At first it is something involuntary and then it becomes routine.
5) The style of clothing changes. In the case of women, very short skirts and shorts become common, long trousers clinging to the body, top T-shirts, with the belly out or bulky cleavages leaving the breasts almost out. The makeup is loaded, especially in the lipstick. Good in the style used by call girls.
A) At this stage, the presence of a spirit of prostitution in the life of this Christian is very visible. If you are a man, you will have sensual thoughts. You will look at women, sisters in Christ or not, and have sexual desire for them. In the case of women, the same will happen.
6) On a more intense scale, the evil spirits place the desire for masturbation, both in men and women. When you are walking on the streets, you will look at people (whether male or female) and lust after them.
7) In the field of perversion, the person is contaminated with spirits of homosexuality or lesbianism. He becomes attracted to the opposite sex. Even knowing the Word of God and knowing that it is a practice condemned by the Lord, the desire to adopt this horrendous practice begins to grow within the heart.
8) Serene behavior gives way to anger and strife. For whatever reason, he argues at home, at work, at school, at college and in traffic. There is no more patience. It is common to use profanity in any of these situations.
9) Go on to attack people verbally and even physically. It is common at this stage to say: "I am a believer, but my club or revolver is not converted". For whatever reason, he hits his children, even with pinches or slaps. Domestic animals, dogs and cats, have also become targets of such violence.
10) Lying becomes a lifestyle. He is not ashamed to stop telling the truth. Use this with family members, in churches, at work, with schoolmates. Everything in a natural way. Loses common sense. Adopt lying as a rule.
11) No more paying debts. Stop offering and tithe. Delays bills at home. The money is gone from your hands. You spend money buying products of no use. Or else you acquire objects (shoes, clothes, perfumes, appliances) that you will not use.
12) No more praise heard. Secular music, especially poor quality, occupies space inside the house and in the car. At this stage, he begins to say that praises are grimaces, self-help songs, depressing songs.
13) Friends of the world gain space in the life of this Christian. She goes out with them again, going to the same filthy places where they live, with games, drinks, drugs and prostitution. Women start to “stay” with any man or woman who appears in front of them. Everything is normal.
14) Go to church a few times. Even on Sundays, he prefers football games, television programs or films from paid channels. Not even online worship attends. It starts to be distant from everything that resembles communion with God.
15) When you are in a place where Jesus Christ is talked about a lot, you feel uncomfortable. He tries to change the subject, mainly to something banal, which in no way resembles Jesus.
16) Become a defender of the causes of the children of darkness. Using the famous catch phrase “nothing to do”. For this Christian it is natural for the government to release drug use or even to authorize the sale of drugs freely. It accepts homosexuality or lesbianism, conjugal betrayals, corruption, police violence, the death penalty, affront to the law or even as normal fake news as normal.
17) Becomes a fierce critic of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Question the Word. Without deeply studying the Bible, he imitates the arguments of the world and seeks to denigrate the Lord's teachings. In some cases they even call God homophobic, dictator, tyrant, murderer, torturer. They find fault with God only when He is perfect.
18) Distorts the Word of God. Take verses from the Bible and invert what is written and entertain strife. Does not accept questioning. It demands that your will, even if wrong, be considered normal. Argue with a pastor, workers, or any Christian who speaks against his will.
19) Changes in physiognomy occur. The happy face becomes sad. The depressive state is visible. Stop worrying about personal hygiene. You don't take a shower anymore. To hide the odor, use excess perfume and deodorant. He wears dirty clothes. Uses dish, glass and cutlery without washing, as if it were something common.
20) In the case of men, they grow a beard. And they rarely brush their teeth. He rarely runs a comb through his hair. They do not cut their nails, most of the times dirty.
21) If you were happy, you are sad. The sympathetic person becomes selfish, the calm becomes an ignorant person, treating those who come across him badly; boastful will never agree with the contrary opinion. He begins to treat colleagues, school and family members badly.
22) Refuses to listen to advice. He alone is the correct one on planet Earth. Everyone is wrong. He begins to hate the Gospel of Jesus Christ and curse the Lord's servants. In this person's view, all evangelical churches are corrupt. And the workers are fanatics and merchants of the faith.
23) Start driving irresponsibly. You no longer respect the speed limits. Exceeds red light. Horn near hospital. Accelerates over the pedestrian crossing the traffic lane. Use your car as a weapon.
24) At the end of the year, it adopts all the customs of the world. He goes to the beach to throw flowers at the candomblé demon, Yemajá. Jump the 7 waves on December 31st to get lucky. Wear white clothes (custom adopted by witchcraft) to have peace, yellow underwear or panties (to have money), red (to be lucky in love), put a plate of lentils behind the door to ward off the hunger of the home, cut the hair in crescent moon for him to double in size, do not eat double banana to be a father or mother of twin children.
25) Play the lottery, especially the animal to try to win a lot of money. Supports corrupt people. I cheat on my wife or husband. Rob or steal the company where you work. He runs from liberation and teaching cults. He hates reading texts like this, showing that something is wrong in his life. He calls a fanatic or fundamentalist who prays too much or praises the Lord, especially with hymns of the Christian harp. He feels angry at those who continue on the paths of Jesus Christ.
Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.
