Os ensinamentos de Jesus sobre generosidade e desapego material
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Jesus nos ensinou que a verdadeira riqueza está em investir no Reino de Deus, não nos bens materiais. Obviamente, não estamos sendo literais, é claro que queremos que você tenha suas coisas e conquistas, mas saiba que isso é matéria, é mundando.
A riqueza que realmente engrandece sua alma, é àquela do Reino dos Céus, a riqueza da fé, do Amor de nosso Deus. Então tome cuidado com excessos, consumismo, materialismo… nada disso será bom para você, muito menos agradará a Deus.
Algumas sugestões de leitura sobre o assunto:
1. A parábola do rico insensato
Em Lucas 12:15-21, Jesus alerta contra a ganância, destacando que a vida não consiste na abundância de bens.
"Watch out, and beware of all greedy thoughts and actions, for a person’s life isn’t summed up by all the things they own."
Then he told them a story as an illustration. "Once there was a rich man who owned land that was very productive. After thinking things through, the man said to himself, ‘What shall I do? I’ve nowhere to store my crops. I know what I’ll do,’ he decided. ‘I’ll pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and then I’ll be able to store all my crops and everything I own. Then I’ll tell myself: You have enough to live on for many years, so take life easy: eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’ But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Your life will be demanded back this very night, and then who will get everything you’ve stored up?’ This is what happens to people who hoard up wealth for themselves but are not rich as far as God is concerned."
2. "Mais bem-aventurado é dar que receber"
Atos 20:35 reforça que a generosidade é um ato de fé e obediência.
I have given you an example in everything: work to help those who are weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’"
3. O jovem rico como exemplo de desapego
Marcos 10:21,22 nos ensina que seguir a Cristo exige abrir mão do apego material.
Jesus looked at him with love and said, "You’re only missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."
At this, the man’s face fell, and he left feeling very sad, for he was very wealthy.
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