Thou shalt not make thee an image

* Luís Alberto Alves

Satan uses trivial resources to confront God, classified by
world as "nothing to see". In this way manages to implant the rebellion
in the hearts of many weak Christians in the faith. Most parents would not think their children playing with the "innocent" superhero heroes or sticking their posters on the walls of their rooms or even wearing their uniforms as clothing.

It is something with no evil. It's just super heroes. The risk lies in this kind of liberal attitude toward sin. Few Christians pay attention to the words of
God. The reading of the Bible is done mechanically, without regard for its essence. Many do not even ask the Holy Spirit to use this holy book to bring you understanding.

They forgot the warning made in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 5, verse 8: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of that which is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters beneath the earth."

He is not a pastor or any Church official advising
do not make any kind of sculpture, it is God who warns us!
Nowadays people take their trash into their homes
produced by the dark, mainly toys. Few Christians
think seriously about it.

 Some people call this kind of advice foolish. They do not pay attention to the tactics used by the Devil to destroy the family of the Lord's servants. To complicate matters, most companies producing such toys are in the hands of occultists, with rare exceptions.
They work for Satan to prevent the propagation of the work of God.
Super-heroes are people endowed with great powers, to interfere even in the rotation of the planet.

In one of Superman's films, he makes the earth's rotation regress to prevent the death of Lois Lane, his eternal fiancee. You can stop time. For a television sitcom it is a children's plot if the film's authors had not copied Joshua, as described in his book, chapter 10, verses 12-13: "Then Joshua spake unto the Lord, in the day that the Lord delivered the Amorites in the hands of the children of Israel; and said in the sight of the children of Israel;

Sol, tarry in Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Aijalon.

And the sun stopped, and the moon stood still until the people took vengeance on their enemies. Is it not written in the Book of the Righteous? The Sun, therefore, stopped
in the midst of heaven and did not hasten to set down, almost a whole day. " The difference is that Joshua asked the Lord that the rotation of the Earth
because it is not the sun that revolves around it, it is the opposite that
occurs.

God stopped the solar system in the Milky Way for his servant Joshua
to win a war against the enemies of Israel. In the case of
Superman, the decision to retreat the rotation of the planet is taken by
he, without any mention of the Lord, passing the subliminal message that man is more powerful than God, as the Devil preaches in saying that people need to accumulate treasures in this world and be happy around here while Jesus Christ directs us to do the opposite .

Superman's X-ray vision is another affront to the
Sir. In the book of Proverbs, chapter 15, verse 3 it is written:
"The eyes of the Lord are all over the place, beholding the wicked
and the good. " The only one with the power to see everything is Jesus Christ, but
in this case the Superman would be rivaling the Son of God.

Another curious detail is the birth of Superman: he fell from heaven on Earth. The only one who came to our planet in this way was Satan, when he was expelled from heaven. In the blue and red uniform there is an S in the shape of a triangle, a symbol used by satanists, and one of the trademarks of Freemasonry.

Every tip of this drawing belongs to the antichrist, the false prophet, and the devil. From these descriptions one realizes that the character Superman is not as naive as some Christians assume.
Who is endowed with all power is Jesus Christ, the alpha and the omega,
the beginning and the end, the son of God. Even the Lord has the keys
of hell itself and ample power over life and death.

When a man tries to imitate or even surpass Jesus Christ in the authority given to him by the Lord, he plays the game of Satan, the declared enemy of God. Unconsciously, a child playing Superman will want to repeat this gesture in an affront to the Lord, for the Devil wanted to take the power of the Lord and be the greatest in the heavens.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

... You can not serve God and the riches

* Luís Alberto Alves

"No man can serve two masters,
whether one loves and the other, or whether he will devote himself to one and despise
to the other. Ye can not serve God and riches, "Book of Matthew,
chapter 6, verse 24. This, perhaps, is the strongest idol in life
of various weak Christians in the faith. Has full domain. Destroy marriages, friendships, ministries and professional lives.

It also puts father against son, husband against wife and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. It manages to enslave people easily, with the promise of putting power in the hands of those who can gather large fortunes in the banks. It is currently used as bait in various ministries, preachers of prosperity theology, who take the maximum of hoarding treasures on earth instead of doing it in the heavens.

The god "money" acts in the mind, duplicating the messages sent by the heart. A Christian without money, nowadays in some ministries, is synonymous with disgrace and sin. No matter the means, the important thing is to fill the checking account, to appear good standard of living, or that for this sin is responsible for opening doors.

One of the tools used by the god "money" is the strong desire
to consume, mainly, the disposable. Just to show people the degree of bonanza, in a clear sign of pride. It is when the weak Christian in faith dives deep into the overdraft and credit card. The budget bursts. He goes to work just to pay off unnecessary purchases.

 The god "money" does not like to enter easily into the churches that
practice the gospel recommended by Jesus Christ. In this case, it seeks to create difficulties for the Christian to offer and tithe. It puts in their minds that any amount serves. Jesus Christ must receive crumbs, when the right thing is to sow the best. Depending on the marriage, the wife turns the husband's life into a living hell.

 Nothing is good. With a few months of use, the television should be changed, as well as the microwave oven, washing machine, clothes dryer, blankets, duvets; in the most radical cases even recommend buying a house or apartment in a more bourgeois neighborhood, to increase the image of rich new.

In desperation, many Christians who are weak in faith
loans or financing that could make them more bankrupt in the not too distant future. The god "money" uses the media as a tool to maintain financial slavery. Advertising is in charge of selling the "dream" of consumption to satiate that will.

Example of this happens in the salary question: when someone wins
four minimum wages, he likes a type of clothing and footwear. With 20 minimum wages, the pattern changes. Even the type of food is influenced. The place gives way to seafood, such as prawns, lobster, tuna, salmon or picanha, breast and baby beef. Yogurts, fine cheeses and milks of the most exquisite brands.

The popular car is exchanged for another more powerful, to pass the image of successful. The children will study in colleges preferred by the elite. The furniture acquired in the stores aimed at the povel are now bought in designer places.

Economy-class travel is replaced by first-class aircraft, so the financial pattern is clear. Even in the church it is possible to perceive changes. Do not talk to siblings who have little money on the checking account. In the new car, there is no place for rides, especially for sisters who have many children.

The god "money" puts on the head of this weak Christian in the faith that he can not mingle with poor people. For they would be in sin. It is when pride instils in the mind of this person that it was her effort to be responsible for this bonanza. So you do not have to go to church every day.

You've already got your blessing. Now multiply the treasure and show
to others that he has the "anointing" of prosperity. Avarice is one of God's "sisters" money. That wealth should not be shared by brothers who like to pray a lot, to climb
to the mountain at night, to intercede until he is hoarse, to evangelize fervently in the streets and to speak of the love of Jesus Christ to those in need.

For many of them have only the necessary little allowance of the Lord. They are only concerned with accumulating treasures in the heavens,
because they know that when they die they will not take anything. The risk of helping someone may embezzle some real bank account. The important thing is to


largest volume of money in the bank. Ostentation must be maintained. The house of numerous rooms and spacious yard will never be used for performing revival services or even vigils.

Not to pass the image of "fanaticism" to the neighbors. Order and decency need to be maintained. Noise only in the church, for in those days he will not be there. The god "money" causes radical changes in the life of the weak Christian in the faith.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Lord's blessing does not include pain

* Luís Alberto Alves

In the quest for a better standard of living, many Christians
to suicidal working hours. There is no time left for the work
of the Lord, much less to pray, to have deep communion. Everything revolves around money. Get more and more cars, houses, clothes, jewelry, fame and power. They forget that "the blessing of the Lord brings wealth and does not include any pain," as the book of Proverbs, chapter 10, verse 22 stresses.

But the lack of wisdom contributes to many worship the god "job" in search of financial solutions. The Lord and the family stand in the background. Every effort is focused on work. Some more exalted say: "If I do not work, I want to see God pay my bills"! Idolatry for employment changes behavior.

Common sense is despised. Whoever enters the front runs the risk of being destroyed. The intrigues are the tools used, as well as the sensuality, when it comes to women. The revived cults in the church become yellowed pages and turned into the story of many Christians. To try to bargain with God, send tithing,
but refuses to go to the place because the work appears in the foreground.

The god "job" is seductive and knows how to offer good dishes, stuffed
of lentils. In the beginning, for lack of anointing, the servant can not
discern the ground where it treads. He does not know the popular saying: "No one gives anything for free". The basic ideology of any company is the ever-increasing profit. The high wages are for those who produce enough and help increase the entrance of money to the coffers of the boss.

In this cake there is a good participation in the profits and results, which in some cases exceeds the value of the salary, paid once a year; excellent medical insurance, extra money for meals with clients, payment of hotel stays, travel as a reward for the excellent performance in that period, car or fuel aid, payment of school to the children, until payment
of the rent, preferably in neighborhoods or closed condominiums,
exquisite quality.

There is no doubt that the Christian included in this package of benefits will leave the Lord in the background. It is a strong feeling that the company treats him well. It deserves great
return: "Work as an ass loader, if possible carry to service
home, ignore weekends, all aiming for more money in the checking account. " The oppression is so strong that one does not realize that one has been far from the Lord.

 Since the gods of this world have the power to blind and withdraw any chance of understanding. The important thing is to stay well in the company. There is no place for good Samaritans. The position is maintained at the expense of game of intrigue, delation and in some cases even of sabotage.
The material man takes the place of the spiritual man.

The position won must be maintained by fire and fire. The God "Job" knows how to tie knots. Often puts adultery in the way, as a means of keeping that person stuck to work. Preferably someone nearby in that department. It sows the will of that professional to be present in the company, increasing its
I strongly

 It's when you use the weekend to stay away from the family, and
clear from the work of God. It is not uncommon for marriage to come to an end when
an extramarital relationship arises at work. As the popular saying goes: "Combine hunger with the urge to eat". The complication appears when one of the two is fired. Because someone, in a not too distant period, will emerge and take the place of that employee.

Repeating the strategy from when that company became big. Another tool of God's "employment" is to hold the weak Christian in faith to vices. Countless professionals use the Friday nights to drink or even attend luxury brothels, watered with the money of their good wages.

Many choose decks, billiards or dominoes. The important thing is to scare away stress through this kind of fun, encouraged by the darkness. The return home happens at dawn, with the risk of suffering accidents, because alcohol and steering wheel do not combine.

The result is disasters, with severe after-effects and the back-up in the Social Security box or a grave. The family is destroyed,
because it will lose the good standard of living, causing another problem: disunity for lack of money. Everything is done with subtlety, making it impossible for the weak Christian in the faith to perceive that he is walking towards the slaughterhouse.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

It is not worthy of me ...

* Luís Alberto Alves

The god "family" tried, through this situation, to move away from the
Sir. I resisted. The first few months were terrible. The memories
were present in my mind at all times. As
a suction pump pulling me into the past. I asked Jesus for help
Christ. It was so strong the pressure that even divorced I had not
Courage to look at a beautiful woman passing by
on a street.

I looked at my left hand and it seemed that the alliance
was still there. Gradually, Jesus Christ delivered me from this
terrible oppression of God "family". Without pre-judging anyone, but
few servants or servants of God would make the decision to choose
stay with the Lord, when the woman or husband took the initiative
to end the marriage. As it is written in the book of 1 John,
chapter 4, verse 20: "If any man shall say, I love God, and hate
to his brother he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother,
to him who sees, can not love God, whom he does not see. "

It is when the Christian must choose to stay with someone he does not
he sees, but by faith he is by his side at all times. The god "family" knows that. That's when the blackmail comes on the scene: "Who will wash and iron your clothes, make your lunch at the weekends, be with you in the moments of caring, share everything with you, of course, never leave you alone?"

When the Lord says not to have other gods before Him, it is so that we will not be dependent on man's trust. We must be with our heart set on the rock. For if Jesus Christ speaks yes, in this case we will fall into the pit of idolatry, as I did unconsciously, for 14 years in my first marriage.

At that time I had gone blind: I saw the error, but I did not have the courage to speak, to demand correction, because of the fear of losing my wife's love. He did not know that God said no several times for the good of his own people. Idolatry is strong. Sometimes we believe that Jesus Christ is wrong. That if we stand by our family, loving excessively children, wife, husband, mother and father, we do not commit any sin. It is the mistake of countless Christians. We can not abandon our families, treat them with bread and water, ignore them and let evil spirits
they devour.

 We must pray, put them into the hands of the Lord, that the
thoughts of Jesus Christ to be the reality in each of their lives. The wrong thing is to reverse the situation: to throw the Lord to the corner because of scarce moments of joy beside them.

When God says no, he is healing the wounds in our
soul and heart. The treatment is hard as it will fiddle with our
emotions. For we do not want to be free from the garbage accumulated in the time of slavery in the hands of darkness. Questions arise and even acts of rebellion.

Sometimes we move away from the church to try to take advantage of
false moments of joy provided by the world. We do not see the hole open before us. Evil looks good and good looks bad. It is common for the pastor to be criticized because he spoke of something very hard. Some say the church tries to control their lives, as if it were children in kindergarten. But in the hands of Jesus Christ we are little ones.

Without their protection we would not resist any
demons commanded by Satan. The problem is to accept the notion of Jesus Christ. Understand your reasons. Our heart can accumulate much. It is the deposit of emotions, it is the trigger that triggers the shedding of tears in the eyes.

Hence the difficulty in accepting the non-Jesus Christ. We believe that He is wrong even if our decision is stupid. After we know the bitter taste of deception, it is when we recognize the mistake of having chosen the wrong path, that of the abyss.

It is not easy to make decisions, especially when they are difficult,
those of impact to bring about changes in our life forever, whether for good or ill. The god "family" interferes a lot in these moments. People are in doubt. They even put the Lord on the wall, believing that He will leave them in their hands when they need your help. The sentimental side gets a lot of weight. Unfortunately, some Christians prefer to leave Jesus Christ in the background. After all, the family is before your eyes and God is invisible, never seen face to face.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

You will have no other gods

* Luís Alberto Alves

"You shall have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee an image
no resemblance to any of the above
neither on the earth, nor in the waters under the earth, neither
and you shall not worship him, for I the Lord your God am
A jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers in the children unto the third
and the fourth generation of them that hate me and have mercy
even a thousand generations of them that love me, and keep my commandments. "

Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 5, verses 7-11. Jesus
Christ does not always say yes, for our own good He speaks not to the
our requests and explains in detail why we should not do what we consider correct. In the words above, included in the ten commandments transmitted to Moses, the Lord clarifies why we should not take certain actions.

Several Christians, frequent worshipers, worship other
gods ignoring the counsel of God. They are accustomed to hearing only the yes and closing their ears to the denials of Jesus Christ.

They forget the supreme wisdom of the Lord and the reasons for not having other gods in our lives. When the Jews were in Egypt for 400 years, they met the countless gods worshiped by the Egyptians.

For that people were polytheistic (worship of various religious entities). One of them, indirectly is confused with Jesus Christ at the end of the year: Osiris. In the Egyptian tradition, he would have died and been resurrected, besides being born at the end of the year and worshiped as the sun god.

When the Lord advises us that we should not have other gods
is to avoid the contamination brought about by this practice. It is to prevent idolatry, it is when we replace Jesus Christ with other things in our life.

In doing so, we went out of their way, as happened with the
Jewish people upon reaching the desert. They lost their patience and made
a golden calf to take the place of the Lord, who took them out of the
slavery in Egypt.

In our short life here in this world, we unconsciously place
other gods on our way. Most are in touch with us daily. The greatest of them is related to feeling. We love our family more than Jesus Christ. It comes first in the heart.

The husband or wife captivates our attention. We think of them at all times. When they get sick or take a long time to get home from work or school, their hearts startle. They enter our lives so intensely that everything begins to revolve around them. In order not to hurt them, we end up leaving behind the ministry given to us by Jesus Christ.

The God "family" numbs many converts. Take the reason. No
let the Christian reason. Share the work with your family,
establishing leisure time with them, the time to leave for
dining, going to the movies, traveling and even participating in sports. That
God "family" does not admit the Christian to love Jesus Christ above all things.

For it is visible, while the Lord is not physically
of our eyes. It is when the son or daughter, used by the evil spirits, confronts the Christian father or mother: "You spend more time in the church than with us, we are tired of hearing only of Jesus Christ here at home, we can not hear our songs, which you classify as demonic, do not watch the novels and the movies we like, go to ballads.

Even a beer or caipirinha is criticized. That there is
sin in wearing tighter clothing or short skirts, for it would be an instrument of unclean spirits. " The god "family" is strong, because it attacks in the sentimental area, where the heart feels the impacts with more intensity.

When the woman knows Jesus Christ and the husband remains in unbelief, the battle is fierce in the house. It's split. You need to be attentive to your husband, without forgetting God. That's when fighting becomes violent. Blackmail is common. There are few Christians who continue in the ways of the Lord when they lean against the wall, as it was with me.

The god "family" tried to withdraw from the presence of the Lord using my then-wife. Before we knew Jesus Christ, we were of witchcraft. Our courtship, betrothal, and marriage were anointed by evil spirits. After four and a half years of marriage, I met Jesus Christ. My wife remained in witchcraft. After a while I started to evangelize and get involved with the work of God. I went deeper into the word of Jesus Christ. I spent loving the lives of the slaves of darkness.

I devoted part of the day to the Lord and the rest to my wife. But she wanted more. He wanted me to stay in the mud from where I left, visiting or participating in sorcerers' terreiros, parading at Carnival, listening to the music of the world and being evil, as it was before the conversion.

For ten years and eight months I prayed for the conversion of my wife, during this period I fasted for a year, beginning at the beginning of the day and ending at nightfall. Fasting food, only drinking water. But she did not want Jesus Christ.

*Luís Alberto Alves is a  pastor

Take good care of your pastor

* Luís Alberto Alves


 The pastoral function is listed among the four activities that are most difficult to exercise, according to research results in the United States.

Because a Shepherd should be:

Preacher
Example
• dad
Husband
• counselor
•lecturer
• planner
• Minister
Visionary
• director
Mentor
• friend
• Nanny
• reconciler
• marriage counselor
• Youth counselor
• Leader
• Bible teacher
• intercessor, etc., etc.

Besides being:
• temple porter
• brother driver,
• cleaning
• Leader of Praise
• good payer.
•generous.
•honest.
• punctual.
• the first to arrive and the last to leave.

Every Pastor constantly faces criticism like:

• The sermon does not satisfy me;
• The service is too long;
• The Shepherd's children are not an example ...

One of the most difficult things in a Pastor's life is knowing that people who say they love Him will betray Him.

The Shepherd is often the loneliest person in the congregation.

You may see a pastor surrounded by people, but very rarely are people concerned about your problems or needs or even in your life.
So I would like to give you some advice: if you have a Pastor or have the Pastor's children as your friends, take care of them, protect them, pray for them, connect with their vision, support them, but above all, love them.

Jeremiah 3:15
"And I will give you pastors according to my heart, that they may feed you with knowledge and understanding."

So watch out for them because "they take care of their souls as those who are accountable" Hebrews 13:17

Let us honor the lives of all those men of God who have sacrificed so many things, including some of their family's needs to heed God's call.

Value the time a Pastor gives you, you do not know how much your family would treasure this time by your side.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

Take hold of the lyrics of this beautiful praise

* Luís Alberto Alves

As the Lord's blessing does not include pain, meditate on the letter of this praise that a young choir sang in a needy neighborhood of the city of São Paulo, on November 25, 2017.

Place where violence is routine and after certain time of night, the residents do not dare to take to the streets. Even so, at night, this choir worshiped Jesus Christ in the courtyard of a school and many souls surrendered to the Lord, others returned to the path, from where they should never have left.

The vocalist, during worship, says that our God is greater than all our weaknesses. He is incredible, can all things, open door where there is no door, make possible, which was impossible.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw77BYPWm2M&index=1&list=FLEySowARknTR-Bs7X_Q3k_A