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Materialismo

Por Bíblia Online –

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.

26 For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

36 For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

7 For we have brought nothing into the world: {it is} {manifest} that neither can we carry anything out.8 But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.

7 For we have brought nothing into the world: {it is} {manifest} that neither can we carry anything out.8 But having sustenance and covering, 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.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;

21 for where thy treasure is, there will be also thy heart.

21 Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to {the} poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

1 A {good} name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.

16 How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!

16 Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.

Contentamento e generosidade

Grande ganho é a piedade com contentamento. A cobiça é idolatria, mas a generosidade traz alegria e bênção.

17 Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for {our} enjoyment;

5 {Let your} conversation {be} without love of money, satisfied with {your} present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

5 Put to death therefore your members which {are} upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.

15 And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for {it is} not because a man is in abundance {that} his life is in his possessions.

10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

15 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

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.

18 while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen {are} for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.

11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

4 Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

5 wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

26 He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

8 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

9 In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited {hair} and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,10 but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.

32 And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

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