Sacrifício
O sacrifício é o coração do evangelho. Jesus entregou tudo por nós na cruz, e somos chamados a oferecer nossas vidas como sacrifício vivo, agradável a Deus.
O sacrifício supremo de Cristo
Jesus deu a própria vida como resgate por muitos. Seu sacrifício na cruz é o ato supremo de amor de toda a história — o Justo morrendo pelos injustos.
For why man’s Son came not, that it should be ministered to him, but that he should minister, and give his life again-buying [or as a redemp-tion] for many.
As man’s Son came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life redemption for many.
Lo! we go up to Jerusalem, and man’s Son shall be betaken to princes of priests, and to scribes; and they shall condemn him to death.
And they shall betake him to heathen men, for to be scorned, and scourged, and crucified; and the third day he shall rise again to life.
And they unclothed him, and did about him a red mantle;
and they folded a crown of thorns, and put on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled before him, and scorned him, and said, Hail, king of Jews.
And Jesus crying with a great voice, said, Father, into thine hands I betake my spirit. And he saying these things, gave up the ghost, [or sent out the spirit, or died].
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
And while that we were sick after the time, what died Christ for wicked men?
O cordeiro sem defeito
Cristo nos resgatou com seu sangue precioso, como cordeiro sem defeito. Ele se ofereceu uma vez por todas para tirar os pecados do mundo.
witting that not by corruptible gold, either silver, ye be bought again of your vain living of fathers’ tradition,
but by the precious blood as of the lamb undefouled and unspotted, Christ Jesus,
so Christ was offered once, to void, [or do away], the sins of many men; the second time he shall appear without sin to men that abide him into health.
how much more the blood of Christ, which by the Holy Ghost offered himself unwemmed to God, shall cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve God that liveth? [or to serve to living God?]
But if we walk in light, as also he is in light, we have fellowship together; and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.
For I betook to you at the beginning [or in the first] that thing which also I have received; that Christ was dead for our sins, by the scriptures;
and that he was buried, and that he rose again in the third day, after [the] scriptures;
and walk ye in love, as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God, into the odour of sweetness.
that gave himself for us, to again-buy us from all wickedness, and make clean to himself a people acceptable, and pursuer of good works.
Nosso sacrifício em resposta
Movidos pelo amor de Cristo, somos chamados a oferecer nossas vidas, nossos bens e nosso serviço como sacrifício vivo. Deus se agrada da entrega generosa.
Neither give ye your members arms of wickedness to sin, but give ye yourselves to God, as they that live of dead men, and your members arms of rightwiseness to God.
For he that will make his life safe shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, shall make it safe.
Honour thou the Lord of thy chattel [or substance], and of the best of all thy fruits give thou to poor men;
To do mercy and doom, pleaseth more the Lord, than sacrifices.
But go ye, and learn what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice; for I came, not to call rightful [or rightwise] men, but sinful men to penance.
But I in voice of praising shall offer to thee; whatever things I vowed, I shall yield to the Lord, for mine health.
Which also spared not his own Son, but betook him for us all, how also gave he not to us all things with him?
And he said, Abba, Father, all things be possible to thee, bear over [or turn] from me this cup; but not that I will, but that thou wilt, be done.
But I dread nothing of these, neither I make my life preciouser than myself, so that I end, [or fulfill], my course, and the ministry of the word, which I received of the Lord Jesus, to witness the gospel of the grace of God.