Jovens
Deus tem planos maravilhosos para os jovens. A Bíblia os convida a consagrar a juventude ao Senhor, crescer em sabedoria e ser exemplo para todos em fé, palavra, conduta e amor.
Ninguém despreze a tua mocidade
Paulo exortou Timóteo: sê exemplo dos fiéis na palavra, no procedimento, no amor, no espírito, na fé e na pureza.
let no one despise your youth, but become a pattern of those believing in word, in behavior, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;
The younger men, in like manner, exhort [them] to be sober-minded.
The children: obey your parents in the LORD, for this is right; honor your father and mother, which is the first command with a promise, "That it may be well with you, and you may live a long time on the land."
The children: obey your parents in the LORD, for this is right; honor your father and mother,
Lembrar do Criador na juventude
Lembra-te do teu Criador nos dias da tua mocidade. A sabedoria ganha cedo produz frutos duradouros na vida inteira.
Remember also your Creator in days of your youth, || While that the evil days do not come, || Nor the years have arrived, that you say, || "I have no pleasure in them."
Remember also your Creator in days of your youth, || While that the evil days do not come, || Nor the years have arrived, that you say, || "I have no pleasure in them." While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, || And the moon, and the stars, || And the thick clouds returned after the rain. In the day that keepers of the house tremble, || And men of strength have bowed themselves, || And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, || And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, || And walk in the ways of your heart, || And in the sight of your eyes, || And know that for all these, God brings you into judgment.
And turn aside anger from your heart, || And cause evil to pass from your flesh, || For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who has not known to be warned anymore.
Força e promessa
Os jovens renovam suas forças quando esperam no Senhor. Deus levanta jovens com visões e sonhos para transformar o mundo.
Even youths are wearied and fatigued, || And young men utterly stumble, But those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, || They raise up the pinion as eagles, || They run and are not fatigued, || They go on and do not faint!
And it has come to pass afterward, || I pour out My Spirit on all flesh, || And your sons and your daughters have prophesied, || Your old men dream dreams, || Your young men see visions. And also on the menservants and on the maidservants, || In those days I pour out My Spirit.
As for these four boys, God has given to them knowledge and understanding in every [kind of] literature, and wisdom; and Daniel has given instruction about every [kind of] vision and dreams. And at the end of the days that the king had said to bring them in, the chief of the eunuchs brings them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king speaks with them, and there has not been found among them all like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stand before the king;
The beauty of young men is their strength, || And the honor of old men is grey hairs.
Even by his actions a youth makes himself known, || Whether his work is pure or upright.
Guardar o caminho
Como purificará o jovem seu caminho? Guardando-o segundo a tua Palavra. A Escritura na juventude guarda do pecado a vida inteira.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, || That I do not sin before You.
For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, || My trust from my youth.
Young men, and also maidens, || Aged men, with youths, They praise the Name of YHWH, || For His Name alone has been set on high, || His splendor [is] above earth and heavens.
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: For knowing wisdom and instruction, || For understanding sayings of intelligence, For receiving the instruction of wisdom, || Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness, For giving to simple ones—prudence, || To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
Hear, my son, and be wise, || And make your heart blessed in the way, Do not become drunk with wine, || Among gluttonous ones of flesh, For the drunkard and glutton become poor, || And drowsiness clothes with rags. Listen to your father, who begot you, || And do not despise your mother when she has become old.
Coragem e vocação
Deus chamou jovens como Jeremias e Josué para grandes missões. A juventude não é desculpa — é oportunidade de servir poderosamente.
And I say, "Aah! Lord YHWH! Behold, I have not known—to speak, for I [am] a youth." And YHWH says to me, "Do not say, I [am] a youth, for to all to whom I send you—go, and all that I command you—speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I [am] with you to deliver you," a declaration of YHWH.
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking toward you—a declaration of YHWH; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give posterity and hope to you. And you have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed to Me, and I have listened to you, and you have sought Me, and have found, for you seek Me with all your heart; and I have been found by you—a declaration of YHWH; and I have turned back [to] your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places to where I have driven you—a declaration of YHWH—and I have brought you back to the place from where I removed you.
Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; you do not turn aside from it right or left, so that you act wisely in every [place] to where you go; the scroll of this Law does not depart out of your mouth, and you have meditated in it by day and by night, so that you observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then you cause your way to prosper, and then you act wisely. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous; do not be terrified nor frightened, for your God YHWH [is] with you in every [place] to where you go."
In like manner, you young [ones], be subject to elders, and all subjecting yourselves to one another; clothe yourselves with humble-mindedness, because God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble; be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that He may exalt you in good time,
I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known Him who [is] from the beginning; I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil [one].
as in daytime, let us walk properly; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy;
[It is] good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth.