Materialismo
O materialismo é uma armadilha espiritual. A Bíblia alerta que o amor ao dinheiro é raiz de todos os males e nos chama a buscar tesouros no céu, não na terra.
O perigo das riquezas
Que aproveita ao homem ganhar o mundo inteiro e perder a sua alma? O materialismo engana e afasta do que realmente importa.
For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
For what does it benefitsomeone to gainthe whole worldand yet losehis life?
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
Tesouros no céu
Ajuntai tesouros no céu, onde traça e ferrugem não consomem. O bom nome vale mais que muitas riquezas, e a sabedoria supera o ouro.
"Don’t store up for yourselves treasureson earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
"If you want to be perfect," Jesus said to him, "go, sell your belongings and give to the poor,and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.
Get wisdom —
how much better it is than gold!
And get understanding —
it is preferable to silver.
Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.
Contentamento e generosidade
Grande ganho é a piedade com contentamento. A cobiça é idolatria, mas a generosidade traz alegria e bênção.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.,
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
He then told them, "Watch out and be on guardagainst all greed,because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions."
The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.
O invisível acima do visível
As coisas que se veem são temporais; as que não se veem são eternas. Devemos fixar os olhos no que é permanente e verdadeiro.
So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.
Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.