Generosidade: o que a Bíblia ensina sobre partilha
O que a Bíblia ensina sobre generosidade
Na Bíblia, generosidade não é medida pela quantia que sobra, mas pela disposição sincera do coração. O texto sagrado ensina que repartir recursos, tempo e atenção reflete o próprio caráter de Deus, que sustenta os seus filhos e convida cada pessoa a cuidar do próximo.
O apóstolo Paulo orienta que a contribuição cristã nunca deve nascer do constrangimento ou do medo, mas da decisão serena e alegre de servir.
Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.(2 Corinthians 9:7)
Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that, always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; as it is written:
"He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor,
His righteousnessendures forever."
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.(2 Corinthians 9:6-12)
For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.(2 Corinthians 8:12)
O dever de acudir o necessitado
No Antigo Testamento, a ajuda a quem passa privações não é tratada como favor opcional, mas como expressão básica de justiça e obediência. Fechar os ouvidos ao clamor do pobre rompe a comunhão com Deus e adoece a comunidade.
For the poor will not cease to exist in the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall fully open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’(Deuteronomy 15:11)
There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
A generous person will be prosperous,
And one who gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.(Proverbs 11:24,25)
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.(Proverbs 3:27)
One who shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be answered.(Proverbs 21:13)
Honor the Lord from your wealth,
And from the first of all your produce;
Then your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.(Proverbs 3:9,10)
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and put Me to the test now in this," says the Lord of armies, "if I do not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.(Malachi 3:10)
It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.(Psalm 112:5)
O ensino de Jesus sobre a partilha
Jesus aprofunda o sentido da generosidade ao retirar dela qualquer desejo de autopromoção. Dar sem alarde, acolher quem não pode retribuir e enxergar a Cristo na pessoa vulnerável são marcas centrais do discipulado.
"So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they will be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.(Matthew 6:2-4)
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."(Luke 6:38)
Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.(Matthew 5:42)
Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.(Luke 6:30)
And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of Mine, you did it for Me.’(Matthew 25:40)
A generosidade de Deus como fonte da fé
A Bíblia mostra que a capacidade humana de partilhar nasce da certeza de que Deus é a fonte de todo suprimento. Quem experimenta a bondade de Deus é chamado a agir de forma coerente: transformar oração em socorro concreto na vida de quem não tem o que comer ou vestir.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.(James 1:5)
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? In the same way, faith also, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.(James 2:15-17)
So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"(Luke 11:13)
He gives strength to the weary,
And to the one who lacks might He increases power.(Isaiah 40:29)
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