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.
38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him: if we will 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 And when he had gone out into the porch, another [female slave] saw him, and she says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.
1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you{} also there will be false teachers, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
22 Who is the liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he who denies the Father and the Son.
14 But you{} denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man [who was] a murderer to be granted to you{},