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.
Ὅστις δ᾿ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ35 C [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻19vℵB,D,W [5%] NU ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν35 𝕻19ℵ,C,D,W [98%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ 1 τοις B [2%] [NU] οὐρανοῖς.
Ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν35 𝕻45ℵB,C [58%] HF,RP,OC,NU ¦ αν (D)W [40%] TR ¦ --- A [2%] CP ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων.»
εἰ ὑπομένομεν, καὶ συμβασιλεύσομεν· εἰ ἀρνούμεθα,35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αρνησομεθα ℵA,C,048 [5%] NU (A little assimilation by attraction to the following future?) κἀκεῖνος ἀρνήσεται ἡμᾶς·
Exemplos e alertas
Pedro negou Jesus três vezes, mas foi restaurado. A Bíblia alerta contra falsos mestres que negam o Senhor que os resgatou.
Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, «Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ὅτι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτί, πρὶν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι, τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ με.»
Ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν35 A,C,W [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ --- ℵB,D [10%] TR,NU πάντων ¦ απαντων CP ¦ --- [2%] λέγων, «Οὐκ οἶδα τί λέγεις.»
Their teachings are destructive
Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οἵτινες παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας, καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς Δεσπότην ἀρνούμενοι (ἐπάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν).
We must abide in the Truth
Τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψεύστης εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀρνούμενος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Χριστός; Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Ἀντίχριστος, ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν Πατέρα καὶ τὸν Υἱόν.
Ὑμεῖς δὲ τὸν Ἅγιον καὶ Δίκαιον ἠρνήσασθε, καὶ ᾐτήσασθε ἄνδρα φονέα χαρισθῆναι ὑμῖν,