Nascimento
O nascimento é obra das mãos de Deus. Cada criança é formada por Ele no ventre materno com propósito e amor. A Bíblia celebra a vida desde a concepção até a eternidade.
O nascimento de Jesus
O maior nascimento da história mudou o curso da humanidade. Jesus nasceu de uma virgem pelo poder do Espírito Santo, conforme as profecias.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, decided to repudiate her secretly. But while he pondered these things, wow, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, because that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."
Now all this happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: "Behold, the virgin will become pregnant and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel", which being translated is, ‘God with us’. Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as that angel of the Lord commanded him and received his wife, but did not know her until she had given birth to her son, the firstborn. And he called His name JESUS.
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee named Natsareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; the virgin’s name was Mary.
The angel said to her: "Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God. Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called ‘Son of the Most High’; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages; indeed, of His kingdom there will be no end!"
So Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I do not know a man?" In answer the angel said to her: "Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’!
Formados desde o ventre
Deus nos teceu no ventre de nossa mãe. Antes de nascermos, Ele já nos conhecia e nos separou para um propósito sagrado.
Crianças — bênção e promessa
Jesus acolheu as crianças e disse: delas é o Reino dos céus. Os filhos são herança do Senhor e motivo de alegria para os pais.
So Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of the heavens."
Therefore whoever will humble himself like this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.
"Whoever receives one little child like this in my name, receives me;
And taking them in His arms and laying His hands on them, He blessed them.
Nascer de novo
Jesus ensinou que é preciso nascer de novo para ver o Reino de Deus. O novo nascimento é espiritual — pelo Espírito e pela Palavra.
Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly I say to you, unless someone is begotten from Above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
When a woman gives birth she has pain, because her time has come; but when the child is born she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.