Seguir a Jesus
Seguir a Jesus é o convite mais transformador da Bíblia. Jesus chamou pescadores, cobradores de impostos e pessoas comuns para deixar tudo e segui-lo. Esse chamado continua vivo hoje.
O chamado de Jesus
Jesus disse: 'Segue-me'. Esse convite simples e poderoso mudou a vida de pescadores, publicanos e pessoas comuns ao longo da história.
19 Jesus said to them, Come with me. The work I will give you will be to catch people.20 Right away they left their nets and went with him.
9 Jesus went on from there. He saw a man named Matthew. He was sitting at the place where people came to pay taxes. Jesus said to him, Come with me. Matthew stood up and went with him.
43 The next day Jesus said, I will go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, Come with me.
57 As they went along on the road, a man said to him, I will go anywhere you go.58 Jesus said, Foxes have holes to live in. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lie down to rest.59 Jesus said to another man who followed him, Come with me. But the man said, Lord, let me go first and bury my father.60 Jesus said to him, Let those who are dead bury their own dead people. As for you, go and tell people about Gods kingdom.61 Another man said to Jesus, Sir, I will go with you. But let me go first to my home and tell them I am going.62 Jesus said to him, Any person who starts doing something and then keeps looking back is not fit for the kingdom of God.
O custo do discipulado
Seguir a Jesus exige renúncia. É preciso tomar a cruz diariamente, deixar tudo para trás e amar a Cristo acima de qualquer outro vínculo.
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, If anyone wants to come with me, he must leave what he himself wants to do. He must be willing to carry his cross and come with me.
26 Many people were going with Jesus. He turned to them and said, If any man comes to me, he must hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sister. Yes, he must hate himself too. If he does not, he cannot be my disciple.27 If anyone does not carry his cross is not ready to die and come with me, he cannot be my disciple.
28 Peter began to speak and said to him, See, we have left all things and have come with you.29 , fehlt/missing30 Jesus said, I tell you the truth. If any man has left his house, or his brothers, or his sisters, his mother, or his father, or his children, or farms, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, he will receive his pay in this life. He will have a hundred times as many houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and farms. He will have trouble also. But in the next world he will live for ever.31 But many people who are first will be last, and those who are last will be first.
Caminhar com Cristo
Quem segue a Jesus não anda em trevas, mas tem a luz da vida. Ele nos convida a crescer nele e a servir como Ele serviu.
12 Then Jesus talked to the people in the temple. He said, I am the Light of the world. The one who comes with me will never walk in the dark, but he will have light that gives life.
26 If anyone wants to do my work, he must go where I go. Then he and I will be together. My Father will honour everyone who works for me.
21 He did no wrong. And he told no lie.22 When people said wrong things to him, he did not say wrong things to them. When he was punished, he did not say, I will do something to you! But he trusted in God who judges what is right.23 Christ in his own body took the wrong things we have done to the cross. He did this so that we would stop our bad ways and live right. Because he was punished, you were healed.
15 We must say what is true and say it with love. In that way we will grow up in all things to be like Christ, who is the head of this body.