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.
And I say, walk in the Spirit, and you may not fulfill the desire of the flesh;
For you were called to freedom, brothers, only the freedom [is] not for an occasion to the flesh, but serve one another through the love,
Brothers, even if a man may be overtaken in any trespass, you who [are] spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering yourself—lest you also may be tempted.
Watch, and pray, that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak."
And may You not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one], because Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory—for all ages. Amen.
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the Devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may swallow up,
because all that [is] in the world—the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of [one’s] life—is not of the Father, but of the world,
and the world is passing away, and the desire of it, but he who is doing the will of God, he remains—throughout the age.
Put to death, then, your members that [are] on the earth—whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, 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 made a covenant for my eyes, || And how do I attend to a virgin?
Does a man walk on the hot coals, || And are his feet not scorched?
All the day desiring he has desired, || And the righteous gives and does not withhold.
For wealth makes wings to itself, || It flies to the heavens as an eagle.
for the love of money is a root of all the evils, which certain [ones] longing for went astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows;
All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be under authority by any;
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
No temptation has taken you—except that of man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above what you are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being 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.
TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. As a deer pants for streams of water, || So my soul pants toward You, O God.
Also, [in] the path of Your judgments, || O YHWH, we have waited [for] You, || To Your Name and to Your remembrance || [Is] the desire of the soul.
through which the most great and precious promises have been given to us, that through these you may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption [and] lust in the world.
You desire, and do not have, [so] you murder; and you are zealous, and are not able to attain, [so] you fight and war; and you do not have, because of your not asking;
Let no one who is being tempted say, "I am tempted from God," for God is not tempted by evils, and Himself tempts no one,
What, then, will we say? The Law [is] sin? Let it not be! But I did not know sin except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the Law had not said:
The marriage [is to be] honored by all, and the bed undefiled, for God will judge whoremongers and adulterers.
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.