Desejos
Os desejos revelam o que há no coração. A Bíblia nos ensina a purificar nossos desejos, submeter a carne ao espírito e buscar as coisas que são de cima.
Desejos da carne
A carne milita contra o espírito. O cristão é chamado a vigiar, resistir e não satisfazer os desejos da natureza pecaminosa.
I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.
For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, , watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted.
Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
And do not bring us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.,
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions — is not from the Father, but is from the world.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Purificar os desejos
Guarda o teu coração. Das profundezas do interior do homem saem os desejos — bons ou maus, conforme o coração.
I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman? ,
Can a man walk on burning coals
without scorching his feet?
He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
"Everything is permissible for me," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me," but I will not be mastered by anything.
But because sexual immorality is so common, , each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband.
No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.
Desejos santos
Como a corça deseja as correntes de água, minha alma suspira por ti, ó Deus. Os desejos do Espírito produzem vida e paz.
As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so I long for you, God.
Yes, Lord, we wait for you
in the path of your judgments.
Our desire is for your name and renown.
By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.
You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.
No one undergoing a trial should say, "I am being tempted by God," since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone.
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! But I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.,
Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.