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—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.
He reflects the brightness of God’s glory and is the exact likeness of God’s own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.
He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.
Purificação interior
Deus cria em nós um coração puro. A purificação começa no interior — nos pensamentos, intenções e motivações do coração.
Create a pure heart in me, O God,
and put a new and loyal spirit in me.
# 2 S 12.1-15 A Prayer for Forgiveness#HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by David, after the prophet Nathan had spoken to him about his adultery with Bathsheba.
Be merciful to me, O God,
because of your constant love.
Because of your great mercy
wipe away my sins!
Wash away all my evil
and make me clean from my sin!
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!
All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.
My dear friends, we are now God’s children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is. Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.
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 have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water,
And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.’
which was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil
And he went on to say, "It is what comes out of you that makes you unclean. For from the inside, from your heart, come the evil ideas which lead you to do immoral things, to rob, kill, commit adultery, be greedy, and do all sorts of evil things; deceit, indecency, jealousy, slander, pride, and folly— all these evil things come from inside you and make you unclean."