Sofrimento
O sofrimento é uma realidade da vida neste mundo, mas a Bíblia revela que Deus está presente em toda dor, produzindo caráter, esperança e redenção através das tribulações.
O sofrimento de Cristo
Jesus sofreu por nós, carregando nossas dores e enfermidades. Ele é o modelo supremo de como enfrentar o sofrimento com fé e obediência.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.
He was like someone people turned away from;
he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,
and he carried our pains;
but we in turn regarded him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe. They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews! "
For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
O propósito do sofrimento
Deus usa as tribulações para produzir perseverança, caráter e esperança. O sofrimento presente não se compara com a glória que será revelada.
And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding — because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished with sin —
Consolação e companhia
Deus consola os aflitos para que possamos consolar outros. Nunca estamos sozinhos no sofrimento — Ele é o Pai das misericórdias.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
One who is righteous has many adversities,
but the Lord rescues him from them all.
The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear them,or be intimidated,,
Fé em meio à dor
Os grandes homens e mulheres de fé sofreram e perseveraram. O sofrimento nos aproxima de Deus e nos leva a entender seu coração.
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, saying:
Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life. ,
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
See how happy is the person whom God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Anyone who finds his life will lose it,and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.
And being in tormentin Hades,he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.‘Father Abraham! ’he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agonyin this flame! ’
He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
To this very day, I have had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place — that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles."
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness — without it no one will see the Lord.