O que é a carne na Bíblia e como vencê-la
Na teologia bíblica, a palavra carne quase sempre se refere à natureza humana inclinada ao pecado e hostil a Deus, e não apenas à matéria física do corpo. Trata-se da disposição egoísta herdada da queda, que busca satisfazer apetites e viver de maneira independente da vontade divina.
Vale notar a distinção: o corpo em si foi criado por Deus e é bom, mas a "carne", no sentido espiritual usado especialmente pelo apóstolo Paulo, representa o padrão decaído de pensamento e ação que resiste ao Espírito Santo.
O conflito entre a natureza humana e o Espírito
A Escritura descreve a vida humana fora de Cristo como dominada pelos desejos da carne. Esse estado não gera comunhão com o Criador, pois a mente controlada por essa inclinação é incapaz de agradar a Deus por esforço próprio. Em Romanos, Paulo detalha a luta interior onde o querer o bem não se traduz em prática sem o poder do Espírito.
That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.(John 3:6)
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.(John 6:63)
For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were brought to light by the Law, were at work in the parts of our body to bear fruit for death.(Romans 7:5)
I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person, but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts.(Romans 7:21-23)
Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(Romans 8:1-4)
For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.(Romans 8:5-8)
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.(Romans 8:9)
for if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.(Romans 8:13,14)
Como a Escritura ensina a vencer a carne
A superação das inclinações da carne não acontece por mero controle moral, mas pelo domínio do Espírito na vida do crente. O Novo Testamento ensina que quem pertence a Cristo considera essa velha natureza crucificada, escolhendo não usar a liberdade cristã como desculpa para o egoísmo, mas como serviço e vigilância diária.
Keep watching and praying, so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."(Matthew 26:41)
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.(Galatians 5:13)
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.(Galatians 5:16)
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(Galatians 5:19-21)
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.(Galatians 5:24)
For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.(Galatians 6:8)
and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ,(Colossians 2:11)
Now I say this, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.(1 Corinthians 15:50)
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.(1 John 2:16)
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