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.
33 But whoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father, who is in heaven.
38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him likewise the Son of man will be ashamed, when he shall come in the glory of his Father, accompanied by the holy angels.
12 if we suffer patiently, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will 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.
34 Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, that this very night, before the cock crow, you will thrice disown me.
70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know nothing of the matter.
1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you; who will privately introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
22 Who is a liar, if not he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
14 but you rejected the Holy and Righteous One, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;