Christ must be horrified at Christmas

* Luís Alberto Alves

Curious as there is a Christian worshiping Christmas tree and even speaking that Jesus Christ was born in the month of December. They ignore the second chapter of Matthew, where the birth of Jesus Christ is narrated in the rule of Herod and in the city of Bethlehem of Judea, without, however, specifying the day and month. Even so, they sign below that Jesus was born in December and that's the end point.

Sadder in this story are teachers of theology hitting the foot that the Lord was born even this month and we should celebrate his birth, entering all this wave of the Christmas spirit. If you look at the entire New Testament, in no book, letter or epistle you will see any reference to the birth of Jesus Christ. Why did no apostle write about this subject?

In Jeremiah, chapter 10, from verse 4, God condemns the setting up of a Christmas tree in the house, custom of the Babylonians. Even so, this class does not accept. If the Lord clearly says that this is abomination, why do they insist on this tremendous error?

I have no doubt that from the highest heavens, Jesus Christ must be displeasing with this kind of reverence for a tree. Some say that this gesture helps evangelization. Christ does not need a cane to reach someone's heart. Nor much less the use of a pagan feast to worship Him.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Modern church does not enter the Heavens

* Luís Alberto Alves

You count in your fingers, the Christian churches today that did not adhere to the fad of the world. He invested the Word of the Lord to satisfy whims and despised the counsel not to frequent the wheel of scoffers. The important thing is not to receive the stamp of grimace and outdated. That is, he is striding towards hell.

Numerous members comment that the lifestyle stipulated by Jesus Christ at the beginning of this age can no longer be applied today. The world has evolved and Christians need to follow the turning of this wheel to lose the trolley of history. For this bunch of crazy, the Lord is outdated. Rules of the beginning of Christianity have no validity now.

The clothes are scandalous, the makeup is nothing to do with the whores, the speech is suffering, loaded with profanity and dishonest. They are arrogant and arrogant, as well as selfish. They think of no one. Only in them. Praying for others is a utopia in the conception of life of this type of Christian, who is said to be in touch with the 21st century.

This is the modern church. Where everything is allowed. Even to sin successively. In this type of congregation, people do not marry, but become lovers until sexual attraction disappears. Borrowed money is never paid. Drug addiction is routine. So is dishonesty against the neighbor. Everything is good there, even going to hell after death.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

End of the year is empty church season

* Luís Alberto Alves

Every end and beginning of the year, the churches are empty. People take vacation from worship services. They leave prayers in the background and the concern is only to consume, even what they do not need. They're hallucinating. He walks the lost streets, like cockroaches after receiving a burst of poison.

Not even the most elaborate sermon is capable of making these people stay in worship. I would say that the pastor and the workers enter into solitude. The banks, with few members, symbolize the disengagement towards Jesus Christ.

Quickly forget the words of the Lord when he announced that our dwelling not here in this world, but in Heaven. But the blind of faith can not understand the depth of this message. For them the ideal is to buy in bulk.

They spend the end of the year eating a lot, just like the bear on the eve of hibernating. All to get into the sleep of not needing the support of God. For some this may be the last year of their lives or even this day, this week and they remain empty-handed, with nothing to present to God.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

The Devil acts in obsession and oppression

* Luís Alberto Alves

Few people can discern the areas where the Devil seeks to act in the Christian's life. He seeks to attack from the inside out, in the case of obsession or from the outside in, in oppression. In these two lands he beats strong in many Christians.

How many people can have good thoughts every day? For some, the short skirt on the desk is reason enough for the spirit of prostitution to dwell in the mind and to suggest the malignant affair of adultery. It is oppression, when we are attacked from the outside of our soul.

It may come disguised as rage, when in a traffic jam, we feel like throwing the car over who tried to hit our car or even speak a bad word against the boss who lives stepping on our callus. It is the routine of the Christian.

In obsession, the thoughts of end up own life, or else beat up who we love because of bullshit. Or even try to vomit the anger built up in the heart. The enemy of our souls sometimes has nothing of stroke in these seas: oppression and obsession.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Evil advances in the world

* Luís Alberto Alves

Evil is advancing rapidly in this world plunging into rot. What is the reason for this? Simple! The coming return of Jesus Christ. Do not expect my brother that the situation will improve. On the contrary, the tendency is to worsen in order to fulfill the word of the Lord.

In many areas degradation is visible. In personal relationships, ruin took over. Few really have love for one another. The business is to take advantage. No one cares about the pain of the bankrupt, the addict or even the beggar. It is the culture of selfishness.

The children of this century are already born thinking of themselves. They do not respect their parents and demand that their wishes be fulfilled, no matter how absurd they may be. They bring in the soul the virus of ruin. One of the marks of this millennium, revealing the authenticity of the Word of the Lord.

At this time, even the Christian church grew cold. With the exception, most only think of material goods. There is little talk of spirituality in the pulpits. The business is to praise the dark theology of prosperity. Christian saved, in the eyes of these people, is who has a lot of money.

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor

The past must be forgotten by the Christian

* Luís Alberto Alves

Every year end is the same: many Christians are thinking of the past. Some even believe that before they knew the Gospel they were happy. Great lie of Satan. When you hear some secular music, then the enemy works hard in the mind.

We can never wish to go back to the days that never return. These are bad experiences that we should leave in the limbo where Jesus threw them. Resurrecting memories of sad moments, where we suffered too much, is an attempt on the Lord's will.

We need as servants of Jesus Christ to continue looking ahead. The best God has reserved for us all. Ignore the garbage from where we left for the Glory of the Almighty. Do not want at any time to look and say to yourself that there was happiness.

When it comes to relationship destroyed and from which you managed to get out alive and whole. Forget! Jesus reserved for him years of peace and happiness. Do not waste time saying "ah! If I had done this or that, I could have avoided this defeat. " Let the past take care of itself!

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor

God helps you, but the decision to win is yours

* Luís Alberto Alves

God always helps us. But the decision to win the battle rests with each of us. Nothing falls from the heavens with a kissed hand. Several Christians are spoiled. They like to get blessings without sacrifice. They throw everything into the Lord's hands and fall asleep waiting for the request to be answered.

Usually these people have no life of prayer. In worship, you are the first to complain. Watch everything in silence. Not a Glory to God comes out of their mouths. These people's interest is for the blessings. They never thought of satisfying Jesus Christ. Pure selfishness.

As it is in the book of the prophet Isaiah, our God is of the impossible. He is able to make possible, what in our eyes is a task without any chance to materialize. In Jesus' dictionary, the word impossible is not present. However, these Christians are not aware of this rule.

It is in your hands my brothers the victory. It can also be defeat if you do not fight and strive to realize the dream that still exists only in the spiritual world. Close your mouth and come to God more intensely.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor