Negação de Cristo
Negar a Cristo é o ato mais grave que um ser humano pode cometer. Jesus advertiu: quem me negar diante dos homens, eu o negarei diante do meu Pai que está nos céus.
A advertência de Jesus
Jesus alertou sobre as consequências eternas de negá-lo. Quem se envergonha dele, dele o Filho do Homem se envergonhará quando vier em glória.
But whoever denies me before others,I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.
For whoever is ashamedof me and my wordsin this adulterous and sinfulgeneration,the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the gloryof his Fatherwith the holyangels."
if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;
Exemplos e alertas
Pedro negou Jesus três vezes, mas foi restaurado. A Bíblia alerta contra falsos mestres que negam o Senhor que os resgatou.
"Truly I tell you," Jesus said to him, "tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
But he denied it in front of everyone: "I don’t know what you’re talking about."
The Judgment of False Teachers
There were indeed false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.
Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son.
You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you.