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.
[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit [Ruach], and you2f shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
For, brethren, you2f have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you2f which are spiritual, restore such an one in the Spirit [Ruach] of meekness; considering yourself, lest youi also be tried or tested.
"Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation, because truly the Spirit [Ruach] is ready to go to its creator, but the flesh is weak and sick".
"and do not allow us into the power of temptation but keep us from all evil. Amen".
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God-The Father abides forever.
Mortify (put to death; remove the life of) therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate (unrestrained; immoderate) affection, evil concupiscence (strong lust; passion), and 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 with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not.
Will youi set youi eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
For the love of money is a root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God-The Father [is] faithful, who will not suffer (allow, to let, permit) you to be tried or tested above that you2f are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you2f 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 the deer pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after youi, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
Yes, in the way of youri judgments, O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), have we waited for youi; the desire of [our] soul [is] to youri Name, and to the remembrance of youi.
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you2f might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
You2f lust, and have not: you2f kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: you2f fight and war, yet you2f have not, because you2f ask not.
Let no man say when he is tried or tested, I am tried or tested of God-The Father: for God-The Father cannot be tried or tested with evil, neither tempts he any man:
What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? May it not be. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, youi shall not covet.
Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God-The Father will judge.
"In the place where your treasure is there will be your heart".