The document discusses the nature of emotions, emphasizing that while emotions like anger, hate, and lust are not inherently sinful, they can lead to sinful actions if not controlled. It highlights the importance of reasoning over emotions in accordance with God's teachings and warns against the manipulation of emotions by satan to lead individuals astray. Furthermore, it explores the concept of the pleasure center in the brain, addressing how it can result in harmful behaviors and addiction, versus seeking pleasure in a relationship with God.

1. WHEN EMOTIONS BECOME SINFUL

2. THE LEARNING CONNECTION
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT GOD MADE
US TO HAVE EMOTIONS, THEREFORE,
HAVING EMOTIONS IN ITSELF, IS NOT A SIN.
HOWEVER, IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL, SATAN
CAN MANIPULATE OUR EMOTIONS, SUCH AS
ANGER, AND CAUSE US TO HATE OR KILL
ANOTHER PERSON! SATAN CAN LEAD ONE
TO BELIEVE THAT THE LUST THEY HAVE IS
REALLY “LOVE,” JUSTIFYING ACTS OF
ADULTERY, FORNICATION AND SODOMY.

3. EMOTIONS:
A NORMAL PART OF LIFE
EMOTIONS ARE A
NORMAL PART OF
LIVING.
GOD CREATED US TO
HAVE EMOTIONS.
HE HAS EMOTIONS.
GOD LOVES, HATES,
REJOICES, FEELS
SORROW AND WRATH.

4. GOD HAS EMOTIONS
REMEMBER HOW CHRIST WEPT WHEN HE SAW MARY
AND MARTHA WEEPING OVER LAZARUS
HE SHARED THEIR SORROW, HIS BODY EVEN FELT FEAR
OR TREPIDATION FACING HIS DEATH
HE FELT FRUSTRATION OVER THE LACK OF FAITH OF HIS
APOSTLES
ANGER WHEN THE MERCHANTS DEFILED THE TEMPLE
WITH SELLING OF THEIR MERCHANDISE.
BUT GOD IS HOLY.

5. WE ARE SUBJECT TO SIN
WE ARE SUBJECT TO
SIN AND THE
EMOTIONS THAT ARE
STIRRED UP IN US CAN
LEAD US TO SIN;
THE PROBLEM WITH
EMOTIONS IS THAT
WHEN THE EMOTION IS
HIGH IT INTERFERES
WITH THE BRAIN’S
ABILITY TO REASON OR
THINK CLEARLY.

6. HOLY SPIRIT WORKS WITH
REASON.....NOT EMOTIONS
THE HOLY GHOST
WORKS WITHIN OUR
ABILITY TO REASON,
NOT WITHIN OUR
EMOTIONS.
“COME NOW, AND LET
US REASON TOGETHER
SAITH THE LORD.”

7. LOVE IS BOTH FEELING & ACTION
IF WE GO ONLY WITH WHAT WE
FEEL, SATAN CAN HAVE US
COMMIT ADULTERY,
FORNICATION OR SODOMY
(THINK OF THE TIME OF LOT)
HE CAN HAVE US PUT FRIENDS
OR FAMILY MEMBERS OVER
GOD OR MAKE AN IDOL OF ANY
PERSON, ACTIVITY OR THING
BECAUSE WE LOVE IT SO MUCH.

8. LOVE IS BOTH FEELING & ACTION
#2
WITHIN THE WORD
OF GOD LOVE IS
ALSO A FEELING
BUT IT IS MOST
IMPORTANT AS AN
ACTION
AS AN ACTION
LOVE HELPS US TO
DETERMINE HOW
TO LOVE IN THE
MOST
APPROPRIATE WAY.
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LOVE IS DOING,
LOVE IS OBEYING
GOD’S WORD.
LOVE IS PUTTING
GOD FIRST.
LOVE IS CHARITY.
ANY LESSER
LOVE CAN LEAD
YOU TO YOUR
DESTRUCTION.

9. ANGER IN & OF ITSELF
IS NOT A SIN
THERE ARE MANY JUSTIFIABLE REASONS TO BECOME
ANGRY.
GOD BECOMES ANGRY BECAUSE OF SIN.
ANGER IN MAN CAN LEAD TO VIOLENCE, FEAR AND
STRIFE. (THINK OF THE TIME OF NOAH...A TIME OF
VIOLENCE)
PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY AND DO THINGS WHEN THEY ARE
ANGRY THAT THEY WOULDN’T IF THEY WERE NOT
ANGRY.

10. ANGER IN & OF ITSELF
IS NOT A SIN
#2
THE BIBLE SAYS
ANGER AND SIN
NOT.
IT PUTS A TIMELINE
ON IT; LET NOT THE
SUN GO DOWN ON
YOUR WRATH.
MOSES HIT THE
ROCK WHEN HE
WAS JUSTIFIABLY
ANGRY.
#1
THE SPIRIT OF GOD
DOES NOT WORK
THROUGH ANGER
IN A PERSON.
WHEN A PERSON
BECOMES ANGRY
HE/SHE TENDS TO
LOSE CONTROL.
WE NEED TO KEEP
CONTROL OF OUR
ACTIONS TO KEEP
FROM SINNING.

11. HATE:THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE
WE CAN HATE EVIL, BUT WE ARE TOLD TO LOVE OUR
ENEMIES.
WE HATE THE EVIL BUT DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO
DESPITEFULLY USE US.
WE CANNOT ACT ON OUR FEELINGS OF HATE FOR SIN. IT IS
NOT TIME FOR THAT YET.
BUT SATAN WANTS US TO HATE, HE WANTS TO CAUSE US
TO FEEL OTHER EMOTIONS THAT LEAD TO HATE SUCH AS
ANGER, WRATH, MALICE, ENVY AND COVETOUSNESS.
MALICE, ENVY AND COVETOUSNESS DO NOT WORK ON THE
SIDE OF GOD AT ALL; THEY ARE ALIEN EMOTIONS DIRECTLY
FROM THE DEVIL.

12. SORROW IS UNAVOIDABLE
#2
SATAN WANTS TO
TAKE SORROW
AND TURN IT INTO
DESPAIR;
THE LOSS OF HOPE
CAN LEAD YOU TO
EMOTIONAL HELL
AND TORMENT.
MANY PEOPLE
LOSE THEIR MINDS
IN EMOTIONAL
HELL AND
TORMENT.
#1
GODLY SORROW
LEADS US TO
REPENTANCE
BUT SORROWING
AFTER THINGS OF
THIS WORLD
LEADS TO DEATH
(II COR. 7: 10).
CHRIST WAS A
MAN OF SORROW
AND ACQUAINTED
WITH GRIEF.

13. SORROW IS UNAVOIDABLE
SATAN CAUSES PEOPLE TO
DESPAIR AS THEY ARE GETTING
OLDER, BECAUSE THEY CAN’T DO
THE WORLDLY THINGS THEY
WANT TO OR BECAUSE OF VANITY.
HE CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO SIN IN
MIDLIFE CRISIS.
HE CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION THAT
CAN MAKE PEOPLE COMMIT
SUICIDE.
WE DO NOT DESPAIR EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE SORROW
BECAUSE WE HAVE FAITH IN THE
HOPE OF THE PROMISE.

14. FEELING OF JOY!
JOY IS A WONDERFUL EMOTION
AND FLEETING AND FAR APART
FOR US NOW IN THIS FLESH.
GOD PROMISES US EVERLASTING
JOY.
HOW DOES SATAN WORK WITH
THIS EMOTION?
HE GIVES PEOPLE JOY AND
PLEASURE IN SIN. THEY REJOICE
TO DO EVIL.
THEY CAN’T WAIT TO PARTY, TO
DRINK, TO HAVE REVELRY. FEMALE PREPARING TO TAKE OFF
SHIRT DURING MARDI GRAS
MALE CELEBRATING SODOMY

15. FEAR CAN BE GOOD & BAD
WE ARE TAUGHT TO FEAR GOD
AND TREMBLE AT HIS WORD.
BUT FEAR IS NOT ALWAYS A
GOOD THING.
IT IS GOOD IN THE SINCE THAT IT
KEEPS PEOPLE FROM
ENDANGERING THEMSELVES.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CHILDREN
LEARN FEAR.
POWERFUL HORMONES ENGAGE
US TO MAKE US WANT TO GET
AWAY FROM DANGER.

16. FEAR CAN BE GOOD & BAD
FEAR TORMENTS AND PARALYZES. FEARS CAN
BECOME IRRATIONAL.
THESE FEARS ARE CALLED PHOBIAS. BUT EVEN FEARS
IN A LESSER EXTENT CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT YOUR
LIFE.
JUST AS YOU SHOULD NOT BE FEARLESS IN ALL
SITUATIONS (YOU WOULDN’T COME UP TO PET A LION)
YOU SHOULDN’T BE SO FEARFUL THAT YOU COULDN’T
BE ON THE SAME BLOCK WITH A HOUSE CAT.
OVER AND OVER THE BIBLE SAYS TO FEAR GOD AND
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS (REV. 21: 7-8)

17. FEAR CAN BE GOOD & BAD
“HE THAT OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT
ALL THINGS; AND I WILL BE HIS GOD, AND
HE SHALL BE MY SON. BUT THE FEARFUL
AND UNBELIEVING, AND THE ABOMINABLE,
AND MURDERERS AND WHOREMONGERS
AND SORCERERS AND IDOLATERS AND ALL
LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE
LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND
BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND
DEATH.”
(REVELATIONS 21: 7-8)

18. FEAR CAN BE GOOD & BAD
(MATTHEW 1: 8) SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN GODLY FEAR AND SATAN’S
FEAR.
“AND FEAR NOT THEY WHICH KILL THE
BODY, BUT ARE NOT ABLE TO KILL THE
SOUL; BUT RATHER FEAR HIM WHICH IS
ABLE TO DESTROY BOTH SOUL AND BODY
IN HELL.”

19. THE PLEASURE CENTER
THE PLEASURE CENTER REFERS
TO AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT
WHEN STIMULATED CAUSES A
FEELING OF PLEASURE IN
PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
THE WORD PLEASURE MEANS
DESIRE, GRATIFICATION,
DELIGHT AND JOY.
THE PLEASURE CENTER IS A
NORMAL AND HEALTHY PART OF
THE FUNCTIONING OF THE
BRAIN.

20. THE PLEASURE CENTER
IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE
PLEASURE IN THINGS LIKE FOOD
AND DRINK, AFFECTION, PRAISE,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OUR
BABIES, INTIMACY AND THE
BLESSINGS GOD HAS GIVEN US.
THE PLEASURE CENTER IS
THEREFORE VITAL IN THE
NORMAL ACTIVITIES OF LIFE
AND ALSO FOR THE
CONTINUATION OF LIFE.

21. THE PLEASURE CENTER
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SATAN ENTERS IN
AND CAUSES MAN TO
TAKE PLEASURE IN
EVIL THINGS, THINGS
AGAINST THE LAW
OF GOD,
THINGS THAT WE
SHOULD BE
REPELLED BY.
IT CAUSES MAN TO
LOSE CONTROL OF
HIS APPETITES FOR
PLEASURE....IT
CONTROLS HIM
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ANOTHER WORD
FOR THIS IS LUST.
LUST MEANS
PLEASURE,
DELIGHT, INTENSE
OR UNBRIDLED
DESIRE OR
LONGING.
ANYTHING THAT
YOU DO THAT
MAKES YOU FEEL
GOOD;
THAT IS AGAINST
THE LAW OF GOD OR
THAT CAUSES YOU
TO STRAY OR
FALTER FROM THE
STRAIGHT AND
NARROW IS LUST
(JAMES 1: 13-15, 1
JOHN 2: 15-17).
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22. THE PLEASURE CENTER
THE MOST COMMON USE OF THE WORD LUST REFERS
TO FORNICATION OR ADULTERY.
SATAN TAKES IT EVEN FARTHER BY STIMULATING THE
PLEASURE CENTER IN THE DAMAGED BRAIN OF SOME
PEOPLE SO THAT THEY LUST AFTER STRANGE FLESH
AND COMMIT ACTS OF SODOMY (ROMANS 1: 24, 28 & 32).
COVETOUSNESS IS LUSTING AFTER SOMETHING THAT
SOMEONE ELSE HAS.
VERY COMMONLY PEOPLE SEEK AFTER THE PLEASURES
OF THE WORLD AND THIS IS HIGHLY PRAISED AS BEING
AMBITIOUS (LUKE 8: 14).

23. THE PLEASURE CENTER
THE PLEASURE CENTER STIMULATED
BY FOOD CAN LEAD PEOPLE TO
EXTREME EVEN LIFE THREATENING
OBESITY.
WHEN STIMULATED WITH ALCOHOL IT
CAN LEAD PEOPLE TO BECOME
ALCOHOLICS.
ADDICTION IS A SEVER MALFUNCTION
OF THE PLEASURE CENTER.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT A PERSON
CONTINUALLY STIMULATES IT WITH
DRUGS, ALCOHOL, GAMBLING,
FORNICATION, SHOPPING OR
WHATEVER UNTIL IT BECOMES
DESENSITIZED.

24. THE PLEASURE CENTER
NORMAL ACTIVITIES NO LONGER ARE ABLE TO GIVE
THEM PLEASURE.
THEY HAVE TO DO MORE AND MORE OF THEIR DESIRE IN
ORDER TO GET THE “HIGH” OR INTENSE FEELING OF
PLEASURE THAT THEY CRAVE.
MAYBE SNORTING COCAINE ON WEEKENDS USED TO BE
ENOUGH, NOW THEY HAVE TO DO IT DAILY.
ADDICTION IS WHEN A PERSON CONTINUES TO GO
AFTER THEIR APPETITE EVEN THOUGH IT IS DESTROYING
THEM.

25. THE PLEASURE CENTER
#2
WHEN WE GIVE
OUR LIVES TO GOD,
WE SEEK FOR HIM.
WE HUNGER AND
THIRST AFTER
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
OUR APPETITE IS
FOR GOD AND WE
DELIGHT IN HIS
LAW AND IN HIS
WORD.
#1
WE TAKE
PLEASURE IN
SERVING HIM AND
LEARNING ABOUT
HIM IN THE
SCRIPTURES
(PS. 37:4, 40: 7-8,
119: 35, & IS. 58:
13-14).

26. THE PLEASURE CENTER
#2
SATAN WANTS US
TO NOT TO HAVE
PLEASURE N
SERVING GOD.
HE TELLS US THAT
THE WORSHIP OF
GOD IS BORING.
HE DISTRACTS US
WITH FLASHIER,
MORE FUN AND
COMMON
ACTIVITIES.
#1
HE MAKES US FEEL IT
IS A WEARINESS TO
SERVE THE LORD
(MALACHI 1: 12-13).
AND THAT WE WANT
THE SABBATH
WORSHIP TO HURRY
UP AND BE OVER
BECAUSE WE HAVE
COMMON THINGS
WE’D RATHER DO
(AMOS 8: 5).

27. GOD DELIGHTS IN HIS CHILDREN
GOD ALSO FEELS PLEASURE AND DELIGHT.
HE DELIGHTS IN HIS OBEDIENT CHILDREN AND IT IS HIS
GOOD PLEASURE TO BLESS US AND TAKE CARE OF US.
HE CREATED US FOR HIS OWN PLEASURE.
JUST LIKE WE FEEL PLEASURE, LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR
OUR NEWBORNS, WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN,
HE HAS PLEASURE AND HIS DELIGHT IN US IF WE KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS.
GOD DOES NOT DELIGHT IN THE WICKED, HE HATES THEM.
HE WILL DESTROY THEM EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT GIVE
HIM PLEASURE TO DO SO
(REVELATIONS 4: 11, LUKE 12:32 & EZEKIEL 18: 23).

28. SPECIAL THANKS ....
THE CONTENT OF THE
PRESENTATION WAS
DEVELOPED BY
EVELYN C. POINTER

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