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Jesus Cristo: quem é, o que ensinou e sua identidade divina

Quem é Jesus Cristo: Deus feito homem

Jesus Cristo é o Filho de Deus, o Salvador prometido nas Escrituras e a figura central da fé cristã. Ele é Deus que assumiu a natureza humana para reconciliar a humanidade com o Criador, vivendo sem pecado, morrendo na cruz pelos nossos pecados e ressuscitando ao terceiro dia.

No grego do Novo Testamento, Jesus é apresentado como o Logos — a Palavra ou o Verbo eterno —, que já existia antes da criação do mundo e que se fez carne. A teologia cristã afirma que Jesus não é uma criatura elevada nem um homem que virou Deus, mas o próprio Deus que se humilhou e tomou a forma humana.

In the beginning the Word already was. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. From the very beginning he was with God. Everything came into being through him; nothing came into being without him.(John 1:1-3)

The Word became human and lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son, full of grace and truth.(John 1:14)

For the fullness of God’s divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form, and you have been made full in him. He is supreme over every ruler and authority.(Colossians 2:9,10)

The attitude you should have is the same as that of Christ Jesus. Though in his nature he was always God, he wasn’t concerned to cling onto his equality with God. Instead he emptied himself, taking the nature of a servant, becoming like a human being.(Philippians 2:5-7)

O Messias prometido e Filho de Deus

O título "Cristo" não é o sobrenome de Jesus, mas a tradução grega do hebraico Messias, que significa "o Ungido". Durante séculos, o povo de Israel esperou pelo Rei que traria a redenção prometida por Deus aos profetas.

Nos Evangelhos, essa identidade fica evidente no nascimento virginal anunciado como Emanuel ("Deus conosco"), no batismo com o testemunho do Pai e na confissão dos discípulos. Diante do tribunal judaico e até mesmo no momento de sua morte na cruz, a autoridade de Jesus como Filho de Deus foi proclamada.

"A virgin will become pregnant, and will give birth to a son. They will call him Immanuel," which means "God with us.")(Matthew 1:23)

Now it happened that after everyone had been baptized, Jesus was baptized as well. As he was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, taking the form of a dove. A voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my son, the one I love. I am truly pleased with you."(Luke 3:21,22)

"But what about you?" he asked them. "Who do you say I am?"

"You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God," Simon Peter replied.

"You are truly blessed, Simon son of John," Jesus told him. "For this wasn’t revealed to you by human flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.(Matthew 16:15-17)

But Jesus remained silent and didn’t answer. So the high priest asked again, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

"I am," Jesus replied, "and you will see the Son of man sitting on the right of the Mighty One, and coming with the clouds of heaven."(Mark 14:61,62)

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what happened, they were terrified, and said, "This really was the Son of God!"(Matthew 27:54)

"Don’t be frightened," he told them. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, the one who was crucified. He is risen from the dead. He is not here.(Mark 16:6)

A reivindicação do "Eu Sou" e a autoridade divina

Quando Jesus declarou: "Antes que Abraão existisse, Eu Sou", ele usou deliberadamente a mesma expressão com que Deus se revelou a Moisés na sarça ardente (Yahweh, em Êxodo 3:14).

Os líderes religiosos da época compreenderam com clareza o que ele quis dizer: Jesus estava afirmando possuir a mesma eternidade, poder e honra que pertencem exclusivamente ao Pai. Por fazer essa afirmação de igualdade com Deus, os líderes tentaram apedrejá-lo.

Then Moses said to God, "Look! If I were to go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ —then what should I tell them?"

God replied to Moses, "‘I Am’ is who I am. Tell the Israelites this: ‘I Am’ has sent me to you."(Exodus 3:13,14)

"I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am," said Jesus.(John 8:58)

But Jesus told them, "My Father is still working, and so am I." This was why the Jews tried even harder to kill him, for not only did he break the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.(John 5:17,18)

For just as the Father gives life to those he resurrects from the dead, in the same way the Son also gives life to those that he wants. The Father judges no one. He has given to the Son all the authority to judge, so that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.(John 5:21-23)

I tell you the truth: The time is coming—in fact it’s here already—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live!(John 5:25)

O Salvador e único mediador

A Bíblia ensina que a humanidade foi separada de Deus pelo pecado e que nenhum esforço próprio pode restabelecer essa comunhão. Por essa razão, a vinda de Jesus teve um propósito substitutivo: levar sobre si o castigo que pertencia ao ser humano.

Como o profeta Isaías antecipou séculos antes, o Messias foi traspassado pelas nossas transgressões. Pela sua morte e ressurreição, Jesus se tornou o único mediador entre Deus e a humanidade, oferecendo salvação pela graça àquele que crê.

For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us. He will bear the responsibility to rule. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(Isaiah 9:6)

However, he was the one who took up our weaknesses and loaded himself down with our pain—but we assumed he was being hit, beaten, and humiliated by God.(Isaiah 53:4)

But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace, and his wounds heal us.(Isaiah 53:5)

For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn’t die, but have eternal life. God didn’t send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don’t trust in him are condemned already because they didn’t trust in the one and only Son of God.(John 3:16-18)

Jesus replied, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.(John 14:6)

There is no salvation in anyone else; there is no other name under heaven given to humanity that can possibly save us."(Acts 4:12)

For there is one God, and one mediator of God and mankind—the man Christ Jesus.(1 Timothy 2:5)

The Son is the radiant glory of God, and the visible expression of his true character. He sustains everything by his powerful command. When he had provided cleansing for sin he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. He was placed much higher than the angels since he received a greater name than them.(Hebrews 1:3,4)

That’s why it was necessary for him to become like his brothers in everything, so that he could become a merciful and trustworthy high priest in the things of God, to forgive his people’s sins.(Hebrews 2:17)

Since we have such a great high priest who has ascended to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us make sure we hold on to what we say we believe. For the high priest we have isn’t one who doesn’t sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in all the ways we are, but did not sin.(Hebrews 4:14,15)

We should keep on looking to Jesus, the one who begins and completes our trust in God. Because of the joy ahead of him Jesus endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.(Hebrews 12:2)

Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.(John 11:25)

O que significa crer e viver em Cristo

Crer em Jesus Cristo vai além de aceitar dados históricos sobre a sua passagem pela terra. O ensino dos apóstolos mostra que a fé bíblica envolve confiança pessoal na obra da cruz e submissão ao senhorio de Cristo.

Essa resposta se manifesta na confissão pública de fé e em uma transformação prática de vida. Viver em Cristo significa deixar para trás o domínio do egoísmo e do pecado, passando a caminhar em novidade de vida, fortalecido pelo amor fraterno e pela esperança da ressurreição.

For if you declare that you accept Jesus as Lord, and you are convinced in your mind that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.(Romans 10:9)

How was God’s love shown to us? God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could live through him. This is love! It’s not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.(1 John 4:9,10)

God lives in everyone who declares that Jesus is the Son of God, and they live in God.(1 John 4:15)

Those who sin are of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. That’s the reason why the Son of God came—to destroy what the devil has done.(1 John 3:8)

The evidence is this: God has given eternal life to us, and we have this life through his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever doesn’t have the Son of God doesn’t have life.(1 John 5:11,12)

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand in the wound on my side. Stop doubting and trust in me!"

"My Lord and my God!" Thomas responded.(John 20:27,28)

Jesus did many other miraculous signs while he was with his disciples that are not recorded in this book. But these are written down here so that you may trust that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by trusting in him as he is you will have life.(John 20:30,31)

I’ve been crucified with Christ— so it’s no longer I who lives, but it is Christ living in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me, and who gave himself for me.(Galatians 2:20)

We’re the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.(Ephesians 2:10)

Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.(Ephesians 5:2)

May the peace of Christ direct your thinking, because you were called to this by God who makes you one, and thank God for it!(Colossians 3:15)

Just as there are many parts to the body, but they don’t all do the same thing, so we are one body in Christ, even though we are many—and we all belong to one another.(Romans 12:4,5)

just keep your mind focused on Christ as Lord. Always be ready to explain to anyone who asks you the reason for the hope that you have. Do this in a gentle and respectful way.(1 Peter 3:15)

This is my command: love one another as I have loved you.(John 15:12)

If you don’t pick up your cross and follow me you don’t deserve to be mine.(Matthew 10:38)

O Rei que há de voltar e o Reino eterno

A história bíblica não termina na cruz nem na ascensão de Jesus aos céus. As Escrituras prometem que ele retornará de forma visível e gloriosa para consumar o seu Reino, julgar a justiça e restaurar todas as coisas.

Para quem nele confia, essa promessa traz segurança: nem a morte nem qualquer poder terreno pode afastar as pessoas da mão de Cristo. Ele reina como Senhor e voltará como Rei dos reis.

I saw heaven was opened. A white horse was standing there. Its rider was called Trustworthy and True. He is right when he judges, and he is right when he makes war. His eyes were like flaming fire. On his head were many crowns. He had a name written on him which no one but he himself knows. He wore a robe covered in blood, and his name is The Word of God.

Heaven’s armies were following him, riding on white horses and clothed in fine linen, white and clean. From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he himself treads the winepress of the All-powerful God’s judgment. Written on his robe and on his thigh was the name, King of kings and Lord of lords.(Revelation 19:11-16)

I give them eternal life; they shall never be lost, and no one can snatch them from me. My Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone else; no one can snatch them from him. I and the Father are one."(John 10:28-30)

My God will fill you with everything you need in accordance with his glorious wealth in Christ Jesus!(Philippians 4:19)

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