Homem
A Bíblia fala sobre o homem como criação de Deus — feito à sua imagem e semelhança, mas também frágil, mortal e necessitado de redenção.
Criado à imagem de Deus
Deus criou o homem à sua imagem. Mas pelo pecado, o homem caiu e passou a depender da graça para ser restaurado.
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it."
So God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him;
male and female He created them.
Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
Fragilidade humana
O homem nascido de mulher é de poucos dias e cheio de inquietação. Deus conhece nossa fragilidade e cuida de nós.
"Man, who is born of woman,
is short of days and full of trouble.
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God,
or a man more pure than his Maker?
What is man that You should exalt him,
that You should set Your heart upon him,
But somewhere it is testified in these words:
"What is man that You are mindful of him,
or the son of man that You care for him?
A man’s steps are from the LORD,
so how can anyone understand his own way?
Renovação e chamado
Despojados do velho homem e revestidos do novo, somos chamados a buscar a justiça, a piedade e o amor.
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD,
and the LORD examines all his paths.
The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
A confiança errada
Maldito o homem que confia no homem. O homem de duplo ânimo é instável em todos os seus caminhos.
This is what the LORD says:
"Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind,
who makes mere flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the LORD.
That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father.
Treat younger men as brothers,