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.

18 If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.

João 15:18

12 And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

2 Timóteo 3:12

10 »Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.«

Mateus 5:10

11 »Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

Mateus 5:11

22 »Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.«

Lucas 6:22

Recompensa na perseguição

Os perseguidos por causa de Cristo receberão grande galardão no céu. Quem perde por amor ao evangelho receberá cem vezes mais.

29 »In solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,30 but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life –houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands– and persecution with them–and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.

Marcos 10:29-30

35 Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?

Romanos 8:35

10 In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties–for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Coríntios 12:10