Homem de Deus
O homem de Deus é aquele que busca a justiça, a piedade, a fé e o amor. A Bíblia apresenta modelos de homens íntegros que andaram com Deus e marcaram a história.
Características do homem de Deus
O homem de Deus foge das paixões e segue a justiça, a piedade, a fé, o amor, a perseverança e a mansidão.
But as for you, who are a man who serves God, ◄keep completely away from such love of money/do not be like the people who love money►. Decide that you will do what is right, and that you will ◄be godly/do what pleases God►. Decide that you will trust God, and that you will love others. Endure difficult circumstances. Always be gentle with people.
Timothy, by the way you conduct your life, show the believers in your congregation how they should conduct their lives. Specifically, speak good things, conduct yourself well, love people, trust God, and be pure in every way. If you do all that, no one will have any reason ◄to belittle/to treat you disrespectfully► because of your being young.
I give you my final instructions, greetings from others, and my final blessings.
Be on guard against anything that would hinder you spiritually. You have believed the true message; continue believing it firmly. Be courageous. Keep strong in your relationship with God. Act in a loving way in everything that you do.
No, because he has shown each of us what is good to do;
he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us to do:
He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful to others,
and he wants us to live humbly while we fellowship with him, our God.
Exemplos bíblicos
Noé era justo e íntegro entre seus contemporâneos. Jó era homem reto que temia a Deus e se desviava do mal.
This is why: Noah was a man who always acted in a righteous way. No one who lived at that time could criticize him about anything. Noah lived in close fellowship with God.
Job and his family
In the land named Uz, there was a man named Job. He was a very godly/righteous [DOU] man, who greatly respected/revered God and always avoided doing evil things.
A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}. He came to tell people about the one who was like [MET] a light. He came to show that everything that the one who was like a light [MET] said was true, in order that he could enable all people to believe in the one who was like a light.
Those who have good sense determine to do what is wise,
but foolish people are always thinking about many different things and never decide what they should do.
Viver como filho de Deus
Quem faz a vontade de Deus é eleito. Medite na Palavra e ande nos caminhos do Senhor como verdadeiro discípulo.
But those of us who welcomed him, God authorized that we would have a relationship with him [MET] like children have a relationship with their father. We were people who believed that what he said about himself [MTY] was true. We became like God’s children, not because our ancestors belonged to God, or because of someone’s sexual desires, nor because some man desired to have children like himself. Instead, we were caused by God {God caused us} to become like his children.
We know that God does not help sinners who ask God to help them. Instead, he listens to and helps godly people who pray. He listens to people who do what God wants.
I know [RHQ] how a youth can ◄keep his life pure/avoid sinning►;
it is by obeying what you have told us to do.
I try to serve you with my entire inner being;
do not allow me to ◄wander away from obeying/disobey► ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.
I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised►
in order that I will not sin against you.
Yahweh, I praise you;
teach me ◄your statutes/what you have declared►.
I [MTY] tell others ◄the regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.
I like to obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►;
I enjoy that more than being very rich.
I will ◄study/think about► ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►,
and I will pay attention to what you have showed me.
I will be happy to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►,
and I will not forget your words.
The people God is pleased with
God is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do,
and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people,
and who do not join in with people who ◄ridicule/sneer at► God.
Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do.
They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.
They constantly produce/do things that please God
just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year.
Like trees that never wither,
they succeed in everything that they do.
But wicked people are not like that!
Wicked people are as worthless as chaff
that is blown away by the wind.
Therefore, wicked people ◄will not be acquitted/will be condemned► [LIT] when God judges people,
and furthermore, sinful people will not even be present when God gathers righteous people together,
because he guides and protects righteous people,
but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished by God forever.
You were taught {They taught you} that you must put aside [MET] your evil nature; that is, that you must not behave like you formerly did. Your evil desires deceived you, making you want to do evil things and causing you to think that doing that was good for you; and your thinking like that was destroying you spiritually. Others taught you that instead, you must let God’s Spirit change the way you think, and that you must start being [MET] the new persons that God made you to become. That is, your behavior must be righteous and truly/genuinely devout.