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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 was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.(John 1:1-3)

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.(John 1:14)

For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.(Colossians 2:9,10)

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.(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.

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child,

and shall give birth to a son.

They shall call his name Immanuel,"

which is, being interpreted, "God with us."(Matthew 1:23)

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."(Luke 3:21,22)

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 16:15-17)

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."(Mark 14:61,62)

Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"(Matthew 27:54)

He said to them, "Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him!(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.

Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?"

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’"(Exodus 3:13,14)

Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."(John 8:58)

But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(John 5:17,18)

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.(John 5:21-23)

Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; 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 is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(Isaiah 9:6)

Surely he has borne our sickness

and carried our suffering;

yet we considered him plagued,

struck by God, and afflicted.(Isaiah 53:4)

But he was pierced for our transgressions.

He was crushed for our iniquities.

The punishment that brought our peace was on him;

and by his wounds we are healed.(Isaiah 53:5)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God. (John 3:16-18)

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

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"(Acts 4:12)

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,(1 Timothy 2:5)

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels as the more excellent name he has inherited is better than theirs.(Hebrews 1:3,4)

Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.(Hebrews 2:17)

Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession. For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.(Hebrews 4:14,15)

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(Hebrews 12:2)

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. (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.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(Romans 10:9)

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.(1 John 4:9,10)

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.(1 John 4:15)

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.(1 John 3:8)

The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.(1 John 5:11,12)

Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing."

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

Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.(John 20:30,31)

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.(Galatians 2:20)

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.(Ephesians 2:10)

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.(Ephesians 5:2)

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.(Colossians 3:15)

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,(Romans 12:4,5)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,(1 Peter 3:15)

"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. (John 15:12)

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. (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 opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself. He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called "The Word of God." The armies which are in heaven, clothed in white, pure, fine linen, followed him on white horses. Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."(Revelation 19:11-16)

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one."(John 10:28-30)

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.(Philippians 4:19)

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