Egoísmo
O egoísmo é o oposto do amor cristão. Jesus nos ensinou a negar a nós mesmos, tomar a cruz e segui-lo. A vida cristã é vida de entrega, serviço e generosidade.
Negar-se a si mesmo
Se alguém quer vir após mim, negue-se a si mesmo. O caminho de Cristo é o caminho da auto-entrega e do serviço.
Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. "If any of you want to come with me," he told them, "you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.
The second most important commandment is this: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment more important than these two."
so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
Don’t do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.
But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.
Viver para os outros
Ninguém busque o próprio interesse, mas o do próximo. O amor não busca os seus próprios interesses.
None of you should be looking out for your own interests, but for the interests of others.
Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs;
You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world’s standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.
Instead, we should all please other believers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith.
Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped.
A fool does not care whether he understands a thing or not; all he wants to do is show how smart he is.
Give me the desire to obey your laws
rather than to get rich.
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.