Família de Deus: o que é e como fazemos parte dela
A família de Deus é a comunidade de todas as pessoas reconciliadas com o Pai pela fé em Jesus Cristo. Essa ligação não depende de sangue, linhagem biológica ou instituição terrena: quem crê é adotado como filho de Deus e se torna, espiritualmente, irmão de outros crentes.
Filhos por adoção: como se entra na família de Deus
No mundo greco-romano do primeiro século, a adoção legal concedia ao filho adotado exatamente os mesmos direitos, nome e herança de um descendente biológico. O Novo Testamento utiliza essa mesma figura jurídica para explicar a conversão: quem confia em Cristo deixa a condição de estranho e passa a ter acesso direto ao Pai, tornando-se co-herdeiro com o Filho.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.(John 1:12,13)
He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.(Ephesians 1:5,6)
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.(Romans 8:15-17)
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons and daughters. Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba! Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.(Galatians 4:4-7)
For you are all sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(Galatians 3:26-28)
For this reason I bend my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,(Ephesians 3:14,15)
O que Jesus ensinou sobre os laços espirituais
Em seu ministério terreno, Jesus redefiniu as prioridades de lealdade e parentesco. Quando avisado de que sua mãe e seus irmãos de sangue o procuravam do lado de fora, ele apontou para os discípulos ao redor, ensinando que o vínculo gerado pela obediência à vontade de Deus supera as fronteiras familiares terrenas.
Answering them, He *said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"And looking around at those who were sitting around Him, He *said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!For whoever does the will of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother."(Mark 3:33-35)
Now the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.(John 8:35)
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not even come on My own, but He sent Me.(John 8:42)
See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.(1 John 3:1,2)
Como a família de Deus vive em comunhão
Ser da família de Deus não é uma ideia abstrata; ganha forma no convívio concreto da igreja local. Por isso, as cartas apostólicas tratam os irmãos de fé com vocabulário doméstico: membros de um mesmo corpo, pedras do mesmo edifício e participantes do mesmo cuidado mútuo, tanto na celebração quanto na dor e na disciplina paternal de Deus.
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.(Ephesians 2:19-22)
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another.(Romans 12:5)
And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.(1 Corinthians 12:26)
Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, and to the younger men as brothers, to the older women as mothers, and to the younger women as sisters, in all purity.(1 Timothy 5:1,2)
So then, while we have opportunity, let’s do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.(Galatians 6:10)
not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.(Hebrews 10:25)
It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.(Hebrews 12:7-10)
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