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 Every one who shall disown me before men I too will disown before my Father in heaven.
38 Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy angels."
12 if we endure we shall also be kings with him; if we disown him, he will disown 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 said to him, "I tell you truly that to-night, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times."
70 But he denied it before all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."
1 BUT false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among yourselves, and they will craftily bring in deadly heresies, even disowning the Lord who bought them and bringing on themselves quick ruin.
22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the Antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
14 You disowned the holy and righteous one and begged to have a murderer granted you.