²⁴ For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made with hands, a figure of the true one, but into heaven itself, to now appear before the face of God for us;

²⁵ Nor also to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary every year with the blood of another;

²⁶ Otherwise, it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now at the end of the age he has once appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

²⁷ And as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this comes judgment,

²⁸ Even so Christ, offering himself once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation

Hebrews 9:24-28📖🙏

This is the condition of every human being born: Sinner!!! Only Jesus erases our offenses and sins by his blood shed on the Cross!

Ephesians 2:1.And He made you alive, when you were dead in trespasses and sins,

2. In that you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, according to the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;

3. Among whom we also all formerly walked in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and we were by nature children of wrath, like others also.

4. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

5. Even though we were dead in our trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6.And he raised us up together with him and made us sit in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus;

The Christian is in the world not to be equal to the world but to transform the world into the model of Christ through the word of God.

 

 

Weddings are one of the enemy's most coveted targets to attack with a fire dart, because he knows that if he manages to destroy a marriage, it will cause a lot of damage to a family and society, which is why it is quite common for the enemy to use normal human weaknesses to attacking the mind of the spouse (jealousy, strife, fights) always bringing darts so that couples are in disputes.

Today it is necessary to stand up to fight for our family, our marriage and our home. Raise the fence and do not allow any dart of the enemy to reach your mission, put on the armor of God and fight with the spiritual weapons that the Lord has already given us.

Breathe and fight the good fight of faith. Warn that marriages and their children are persecuted by the enemy, knowing that they are Jehovah's inheritance. The enemy's children hate them, get up and fight.

 

Carnival is the party that Brazilian people like most.

It is the festival of pleasure, sensuality, lasciviousness, indecent clothes, lust, drunkenness, the extrapolation of the pleasures of the flesh...

The unbeliever (or secular religious, who is almost an unbeliever) says this:

"God doesn't care about that, you can have fun, be happy, if you're not hurting anyone..."

However, the Gospel says otherwise:

“For the works of the flesh are manifest, which are: adultery, FORNICATION (sex between unmarried persons), impurity, LAST..., DRUNKENCY, orgies and things like these, concerning which I declare to you, as I have already Rather, I warned you, THAT THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.” Galatians 5:19-21

“That women, in the same way, dress themselves in DECENT attire, WITH #PUDORITY and MODESTY.” 1st Timothy 2:9

“For you know what commandments we have given you through the Lord Jesus.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you abstain from FORNICATION; may each of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles, who do not know God.” 1st Thessalonians 4:2-5

Carnival is a party where God has no place, where God's Commandments are rejected and people give in to their desires in an unrestrained way, to sin and sink into sin.

No harm will come to you, nor will any plague come to your tent. Psalms 91:10

 

 

📌Did you know that during Carnival temptation increases a lot?

Yes, the carnival celebration is used as an excuse to practice sexual immorality. However, the word of God teaches us to be moderate and have self-control.

In the Bible, it is possible to find several verses about carnival, which make it clear to us that the man who attends carnival festivities (in the mess of his flesh) is against the word of the Lord and considered his enemy (Romans 8.5, 7, 😎 .

For those who don't know, during the festivities, people fall into greater depravity, such as: prostitution, drunkenness, drugs, adultery, robbery, rape, homosexuality, lesbianism, and other immoralities. Without a doubt, these are the rewards of carnival.

📌 What is the meaning of CARNIVAL in the Bible? understand why believers should not participate

When we read the verses about carnival in the Bible, we understand that the carnival celebration is a sin and sin generates death: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

📌 Verses about carnival that will help you stay away from temptations...

Truly the Lord desires everyone to come to repentance so that they may inherit eternal life. Believe me, God takes no pleasure in death or condemnation of the sinner, because He loves us. Yes, the greatest proof of this was that He sent His own son Jesus, not to condemn the world, but so that the world would be saved by Him. However, if you really want to achieve salvation, then make the right choice, obeying Christ and being true to his word!

📌 Carnival in the Bible

The expression “Carnival” came from Latin origins and literally means “goodbye to meat”. Below are all the verses that talk about carnival in the Bible, for you to reflect on and obey God!

Watch and pray

Matthew 26:41

"Watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Live by the Spirit

Galatians 5:16

Therefore I say: Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

What is born of the flesh is flesh

John 3:6

What is born of the flesh is flesh, but what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The stripping of the body of the flesh

Colossians 2:11

In Him you also were circumcised, not with a circumcision done by human hands, but with the circumcision done by Christ, which is the putting off of the body of the flesh.

Meat produces nothing

John 6:63

The Spirit gives life; the flesh produces nothing that is useful. The words I said are spirit and life.

What is there in the world, the lust of the flesh

1 John 2:16

For everything that is in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the ostentation of possessions - does not come from the Father, but from the world.

For when we were controlled by the flesh

Romans 7:5

For when we were controlled by the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the Law acted in our bodies, so that we bore fruit unto death.

Prisoner of the law of sin

Romans 7:21-23

Thus, I find this law that works within me: When I want to do good, evil is with me. In the depths of my being I delight in the Law of God; but I see another law acting in the members of my body, warring against the law of my mind, making me a prisoner of the law of sin acting in my members.

Whoever is in Christ, there is no condemnation

Romans 8:1-4

Therefore now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life has set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the Law was unable to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son, in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous demands of the Law might be fully satisfied in us, who live not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

The mentality of the flesh is the enemy of God

Romans 8:5-8

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds focused on what the flesh desires; but whoever lives according to the Spirit has his mind focused on what the Spirit desires. The mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace; the mentality of the flesh is the enemy of God because it does not submit to the Law of God, nor can it. Whoever is dominated by the flesh cannot please God.

You are under the dominion of the Spirit

Romans 8:9

However, you are not under the dominion of the flesh, but of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

Whoever lives according to the flesh will die

Romans 8:13-14

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit they put to death the deeds of the body, they will live, because all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Flesh and blood do not inherit heaven

1 Corinthians 15:50

Brothers, I declare to you that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor can the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Whoever sows to the flesh will reap destruction

Galatians 6:8

Whoever sows to his flesh from the flesh will reap destruction; but he who sows to the Spirit of the Spirit will reap eternal life.

The flesh desires what is contrary

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit; the Spirit, which is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Live by the Spirit

Galatians 5:16

Therefore I say: Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Do not use freedom to give rise to the will of the flesh

Galatians 5:13

Brothers, you are called to freedom. But do not use your freedom to give rise to the will of the flesh; rather, serve one another through love.

He who belongs to Jesus crucifies the flesh

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh, with its passions and desires.

The works of the flesh

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are manifest: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, wrath, selfishness, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before: Those who practice these things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Your heart is far from me

Matthew 15:8-9

These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They adore me in vain; their teachings are nothing more than rules taught by men'

Be careful not to fall

1 Corinthians 10:12-13

So, whoever thinks he is standing firm, take care that he does not fall! No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to men. And God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when they are tempted, he himself will provide a way of escape, so that they can endure it.