Trabalhar para Deus
Trabalhar para Deus vai além do ofício secular. É dedicar a vida inteira — palavras, ações e atitudes — ao serviço do Reino, reconhecendo que cada tarefa pode glorificar o Senhor.
Servindo ao Senhor em tudo
Quando trabalhamos como para Deus, cada ação se torna um ato de adoração. Não importa a tarefa — o que importa é o coração dedicado.
23 And whatsoever all of you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;24 Knowing that of the Lord all of you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for all of you serve the Lord Christ.
15 Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word (o. logos) of truth.
22 But be all of you doers of the word, (o. logos) and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
11 And that all of you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;12 That all of you may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that all of you may have lack of nothing.
Chamados para as boas obras
Fomos criados em Cristo Jesus para boas obras, que Deus preparou de antemão para que andássemos nelas. Não somos salvos por obras, mas para obras.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that all of you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as all of you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.13 For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:15 That all of you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom all of you shine as lights in the world;16 Holding forth the word (o. logos) of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
A missão do cristão
O chamado a trabalhar para Deus inclui a Grande Comissão: fazer discípulos de todas as nações, cooperando com Ele na expansão do Reino.
19 Go all of you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: (o. pneuma)
16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned.
9 For we are labourers together with God: all of you are God's farming, all of you are God's building.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.