Purificação
A purificação é um tema central na Bíblia. Deus nos chama a sermos limpos — não apenas externamente, mas no coração, na mente e em toda a conduta de vida.
Purificados pelo sangue de Cristo
O sangue de Jesus nos purifica de todo pecado. Sua morte na cruz é o sacrifício perfeito que nos torna limpos diante de Deus.
But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away.
But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. This is why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.
God’s Son has all the brightness of God’s own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together.
After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.
He gave himself to rescue us from everything evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.
Purificação interior
Deus cria em nós um coração puro. A purificação começa no interior — nos pensamentos, intenções e motivações do coração.
Create pure thoughts in me
and make me faithful again.
A Prayer for Forgiveness
You are kind, God!
Please have pity on me.
You are always merciful!
Please wipe away my sins.
Wash me clean from all
of my sin and guilt.
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can’t make up your mind.
My friends, God has made us these promises. So we should stay away from everything that keeps our bodies and spirits from being clean. We should honor God and try to be completely like him.
My dear friends, we are already God’s children, though what we will be hasn’t yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is. This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christ is holy.
Lavados pela Palavra
A Palavra de Deus e o batismo nos purificam. Jesus disse: 'Vós já estais limpos pela palavra que vos tenho falado.'
You are already clean because of what I have said to you.
A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water.
What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord."
Those flood waters were like baptism that now saves you. But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience, because Jesus Christ was raised from death.
Wash yourselves clean!
I hate your filthy deeds.
Stop doing wrong
Then Jesus said:
What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean. Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness. All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.