PASTORAL WORD-TEMPTATION HAS SOME STRATEGIES. -(Mt. 4.1-11)

My brothers and my sisters today I would like to meditate with you about temptation showing that the same has some strategies and that's exactly why we should be careful. The text chosen was that of the temptation of Jesus just to make it clear that the enemy used these strategies to Jesus and of course use them against us. Let's see in the biblical text quoted the main being that these have their branches. First: the enemy awaits the moment of a necessity. Jesus is hungry and need food. Second fantastic Display. Jump down you won't suffer the damage will be Helped by angel. Third: Owning material things, have financial power, glory of this world. These three are the basis of any strategy that the enemy uses to prepare a temptation. Like I said there are ramifications. Or be: Based these principles the enemy mounts his ways to try. Let's see the first array. The enemy awaits the right moment when someone has a great need. Generally a real need. The Jesus was hungry after fasting forty days and forty nights, according to the biblical account. But there are other real needs that we have, so I said that are branches of an array. Are branches of a root. You and I could be going through a difficult time in the financial field. We need even more money. Something else would not solve our problem. Would have to be money and we don't have it. And now? We were the "skirt fair". The enemy knows we're out and obviously going to introduce us an easy alternative. What he won't show us is that this output is sinful. He camouflages a situation, mixes truths with lies and presents us with. Now, we need and with that we have chance of falling into the trap of Satanic doing what he is driving. It happens in every way. In other areas of our lives as well as in marital relationships, friendly and others. The Bible says that he came to kill, steal and destroy. This is his function. But kill, steal and destroy leaving the Idea that we're doing something that we needed to really do and that we didn't have another option.

Have you ever thought about the disaster that it represents my brother or my sister? Don't think these things are easy because because it is not not. Are astute traps and well made. We have very carefully. In the case of the quest for fame. Ah! How many people are ruining their lives in desperate attempt to be famous (the). Usually because they can't ruin a path to get to the top of Fame. Try in a way and does not, attempt to another and also does not. Can't find how to get to fame and taking his bows. At these moments the shoot us to Satan "Pinnacle" of our temples. After all isn't going to happen. He shows up to the biblical argument telling us is written. Satan knows that we would all like to be materially rich. Why does traps and shows us the third strategy. Have things. He have everything in this field  that want to try and catch us. These two forms of temptation have on human existence a field very similar to act. Both the desire to be recognized and applauded as being the owner of material wealth. So me and you need to be very careful.

The enemy comes exactly at the right place. Where he knows he has a chance. First he takes, makes people well and then shows an easy way out. This output can even be easy to lie. What we call necessary lie. How many times people say: I had to lie. Had same or were weak? I take the second option. It's much better to an ugly truth than a lie. Seek out in God and in his word as Jesus did. The master said: it is also written.

Friends and dear we are vessels in the hands of God. Are addresses of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. So let's take a look at the recommendation of Jesus: pray and watch lest ye enter into temptation. Careful! It may seem good and right and be a diabolical trap. That God have mercy on you and me. Amen.

Rev. Jesué Francisco da Silva