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, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.
The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’No other commandment is greater than these."
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
Viver para os outros
Ninguém busque o próprio interesse, mas o do próximo. O amor não busca os seus próprios interesses.
Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.
We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.
The generous will prosper;
those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
Fools have no interest in understanding;
they only want to air their own opinions.
Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money!
For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.