PAGAN PRACTICES

One of the similarities between the Christian and the wicked is that both seek God, but in different ways.
Before the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross to save the human soul, God required of men animal sacrifices to atone for sins.
Jesus, the Son of God, fulfilled the Supreme Sacrifice - the largest - with their own flesh and blood: His life, once and for all!
When we become, the world and their religious practices are left behind. We are born again spiritually! We are new creatures and we have a new life goal: to proclaim the Good News and the coming of the Kingdom of God!
But many believers find it difficult to forget the old practices learned in other religions, sects and philosophies. We have seen that even encouraged by leaders (without this theological awareness), add to biblical practices of the New Testament to ancient pagan practices, such as:
- Leave the open Bible in the car to "scare thieves"
- Leave the open Bible in Psalm 91 at home to "scare demons"
- Set behind the front door of the house a brochure on Psalm 91 (it again ... as if only this was important ...) or Psalm 23 for protection.
- Taking home objects, flowers, salt, rue soap, shampoo (sic.) anointed to absorb the "bad energy" and "attract good"
I ask: where is then the worship of the true God should be according to himself, "in spirit and in truth"?
Where is the sovereignty of God over human beings and of all things? How is the power in the name of Jesus to these people? Where the authority of the blood of Christ?
The Word of God says that our weapons are not carnal - 2Co.3-5. Our struggle is against spiritual beings: evil, cunning, liars and deceivers and knowledgeable of the Word of God.
Satan believes in God and trembles. But many believers become accustomed to the grace and abuse it ...
Our weapons are spiritual and not natural. For this the Lord gave us an armor (Ef.6 :10-18).
Neither this verse, we must make a "charm". The tendency of human beings is always idolize objects and words - so God has never allowed the body of Moses, Noah's ark and the ark of the covenant were found. Otherwise would be objects of worship for men who only believe what they see.
Not only read the Word ... is living in the Word which gives us authority. He is the man to close the gaps in your own life is to repent of their sins, take up his cross every day and recognize that God is Spirit and they that Worship Him in spirit and truth. This means: fellowship. Study the Bible in order to use it properly.
So yes, our worship of God is the way that pleases him, without superstition, without strange fire on the altar.
It is much easier and possible to make sacrifices in the flesh.
Simple ... as the Lord Jesus was and always taught us to be.
To Him all the glory!

" You will know the truth and the truth you libertara" - João 8:32

It said, therefore Jesus to the Jews who had believed in it: If it to remain in my word, are truily my disciples; e you will know the truth and he will free you to the truth. They had answered to it: we are descending of Abraão and we were never enslaved of somebody; as you say: You will be free? He talked back Jesus to them: in truth, in I say you to truth: all what commits sin is enslaved of the sin. The slave is not forever in the house; the son, yes, forever. If, therefore, to free you to the Son, truily you will be livres." Those people had believed in Jesus they heard and It with attention, she does not stop learning and apprehending Good the News that it brought to them, but treacherously to catch It for the proper word. Many today are acting in the same way. They go to the church, they like them musics, they like as many things that they are presented to them, but are the time all in the hour of the pregação (exactly that they do not speak) waiting one " deslize" in the Homilética, the Hermeneutics of the Shepherd… They are not worried about the CERNE of the message that is: the relationship with Jeus (that he is God) and the problem of the sin that hinders the freedom of somebody to become son of God truily. They had spoken that never they had been enslaved of nobody… lie! Per centuries they had been made enslaved in Egypt and alone they had been libertos for plan and workmanship of the proper God. They had spoken that they were children of Abraão (and they are) as if this never had sin… Abraão sinned when it lay for faraó that its Sara wife was its sister… to only cite one. Many are today following men as if these did not have sin some, as he was deuses… In a trip that I made for another State, it has some days, I was invited to go to a cult in a church, where the shepherd nailed of another country through a telão. All good, if was not what irmãzinha invited that me had said me that " would go to the church to see its; paizinho" (and this did not mention to Deus or Jesus, but to the shepherd of the telão)… My heart ached. They are forgetting that the Church is OF It, the cult is for IT, what we have more is in them to recognize devoid pecadores OF It total - JESUS! It is therefore that we go to the Church, we read the Bible (that it is the Word of God), we pray to the ùnico God. To remain In it, to be Its disciples and to act as children of God! Making this we do not have more pleasure in the sin, we can until sinning, but soon we repent in them and we have JESUS as our lawyer. Then, happy, we continue ours walked believing that we will be forever in the house of the Father… Forever! To the JESUS all glory!

A kept poem ha 22 years…

Of the conjunct so that it is protected

of the winds that beat to me.

Of the fear when it must have hope,

of vacilar when he would have to go up higher,

of the egoistic luxury,

ó Captain,

he exempts the soldier wants who you to serve.

Of the subtle love to the soft things.

Of the easy choices and the negligence…

Thus the spirit are not strenghtened,

nor thus followed the crucificado one.

of everything what it darkens Your calvário, lamb of God - it exempts me!

Of - me love that to the way it shows.

Of - me faith that never discourages.

Of - me hope that the disillusion does not tire.

Of - me passion that I eat fire burns.

You do not leave me to sink and to turn mud.

Flame of God you make me Your fuel!

Ammy Carmichael