Recompensa
Deus recompensa os que o buscam com fé. A Bíblia está repleta de promessas de recompensa para os fiéis, os generosos, os perseverantes e os que servem ao Senhor de todo coração.
Deus recompensa a fé
Sem fé é impossível agradar a Deus, porque quem dele se aproxima precisa crer que Ele existe e recompensa os que o buscam diligentemente.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he who comes to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him.
12 Blessed is the man who sustains trial, for becoming an approved person, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them who love him.
5 If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God: who gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not, and it shall be given to him.
7 Ask, and you shall obtain; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
24 for which reason I assure you, that what things soever you pray for, if you believe that you shall obtain them, they shall be yours.
Recompensa pelo serviço
O Senhor vê cada ato de fidelidade e promete galardão aos que servem com dedicação. O servo bom e fiel será honrado.
21 His master answered, Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful in a small matter, I will give you a more important trust. Partake you of your master's joy.
23 And whatever you do, work it from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to men:24 knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the recompense for the inheritance; for you serve the Lord.
58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved; abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
9 Wherefore, let us not flag in well doing; for in the proper season we shall reap, if we faint not.
30 But many shall be first that are last, and last that are first.
6 who will render to every one according to his works:
Generosidade e provisão
Quem dá com generosidade receberá em abundância. Deus supre todas as necessidades segundo as suas riquezas em glória.
38 give, and you shall get: good measure, pressed down and shaken, and heaped, shall be poured into your lap; for the very measure you give to others you yourself shall receive.
33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks are you entitled to, since even sinners do the same?
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead; cleanse lepers, expel demons; freely they have received, freely give.
8 And God is able to make every blessing abound to you; that in everything, always having all sufficiency, you may abound in every good work.
O que Deus reservou para os seus
Olhos não viram, ouvidos não ouviram o que Deus preparou para os que o amam. Suas recompensas eternas superam toda imaginação.
9 «For, as it is written,» 'Those things eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and into the heart of man have not entered, which God has prepared for them who love him.'
18 that the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints;
3 As his divine power has gifted to us all things which are necessary to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue.
5 And this hope makes not ashamed: because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that is given us.
32 He, certainly, who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all; how will he not, with him, also, graciously give us all things?
14 but whosoever will drink of the water which I shall give him, will never thirst more; but the water which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain, springing up to everlasting life.
24 Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete.
7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is for your good that I depart; for if I do not depart, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you.
14 I press on toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God, by Christ Jesus.
Buscar, pedir, perseverar
Jesus ensinou: pedi e recebereis, buscai e achareis. Deus se alegra em dar boas dádivas aos seus filhos que pedem com fé.
6 Happy they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be satisfied!
2 When, therefore, you give alms, do not proclaim it by sound of trumpet, as the hypocrites do, in the assemblies and in the streets, that they may be extolled by men. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But you, when you would pray, retire to your closet; and having shut the door, pray to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.
Contentamento e eternidade
A verdadeira recompensa está na vida que Deus dá. O presente do trabalho, a satisfação no labor e a alegria no Senhor são dádivas de Deus.
16 Wherefore, we do not faint; but, though, indeed, out outward man is impaired, yet the inward man is renewed, day by day.
6 Be humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
10 Be humble in the presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
23 For the wages of sin is death: but the gracious gift of God is everlasting life, by Christ Jesus our Lord.
27 but the unction which you have received from him abides in you; and you have no need that any one should teach you, unless the same unction teaches you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie: and as it has taught you, you will abide in him.
32 And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God has given to them who submit to his government.