Perseguição
Jesus advertiu que seus seguidores seriam perseguidos pelo mundo. Mas a perseguição não é sinal de fracasso — é sinal de fidelidade. Bem-aventurados os que sofrem por causa da justiça.
Perseguição como marca do discípulo
Jesus disse: se o mundo vos odeia, sabei que antes de vós odiou a mim. Todo o que quer viver piedosamente será perseguido.
The World’s Hatred for the Disciples
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you
when they insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me.
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
Recompensa na perseguição
Os perseguidos por causa de Cristo receberão grande galardão no céu. Quem perde por amor ao evangelho receberá cem vezes mais.
Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields on account of me and on account of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?
Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
Amor e confiança em meio à adversidade
A Bíblia nos ensina a amar nossos perseguidores, abençoar os que nos maldizem e confiar que nossos tempos estão nas mãos de Deus.
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse them.
My times are in your hand.
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies
and from those who pursue me.
Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil
because you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
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