12 versículos bíblicos sobre santidade e separação do mundo

A santidade bíblica envolve a escolha consciente de viver separado para Deus, recusando os padrões corruptos, vazios e passageiros da cultura secular. As Escrituras mostram que o povo de Deus é chamado a refletir a Sua pureza moral e espiritual em meio a uma sociedade corrompida.

O que a Bíblia diz sobre a separação dos costumes do mundo?

O padrão divino exige que a conduta do crente seja moldada pela verdade celestial, e não pelas modas ou filosofias que se opõem ao Criador. Abaixo estão doze passagens centrais sobre o tema.

1. A santidade como reflexo do caráter divino

A convocação solene para que o povo seja santo em toda a sua maneira de viver, assim como Deus é santo.

15 Instead, just like God, the one who chose you to belong to him, is ◄holy/separate from evil►, you also must be ◄holy/separate from evil► in everything that you do, 16 because it is {someone/Moses has} written in the Scriptures that God said, "You must be ◄holy/separate from evil► because I am ◄holy/separate from evil►."(1 Peter 1:15,16)

2. A recusa em se amoldar ao sistema mundial

A exortação para não permitir que o mundo molde o pensamento do crente, mas que haja transformação pela renovação da mente.

2 Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you should act. Instead, let God change your way of life by making your way of thinking new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do. That is, you will know what is good, and you will know what pleases God, and you will know how to be all that he wants you to be.(Romans 12:2)

3. A amizade com o mundo como inimizade contra Deus

O alerta severo de que adotar os valores e as paixões da sociedade secular afasta o coração da comunhão com o Criador.

4 Like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him any more [MET]. Those who are behaving as evil people do [MTY] (OR, Those who love the evil pleasures of this world) are hostile toward God. Perhaps you do not realize that [RHQ]. So those who decide to act as evil people do [MTY] become enemies of God.(James 4:4)

4. O mandamento para não amar o mundo

A instrução clara de que amar o sistema mundano e suas concupiscências anula o amor do Pai no interior da pessoa.

15 Do not desire to conduct you lives in the evil manner in which godless people in the world [MTY] conduct their lives, and do not love anything that the evil people in the world [MTY] consider to be good. Those who desire to conduct their lives in the evil manner in which other people of the world [MTY] conduct their lives do not really love God, their Father, at all. 16 Keep in mind that all the evil human desires in the world are actions/things such as these: People desire to do what their self-directed nature strongly desires. People desire to possess whatever ◄appeals to their senses/they see or hear about►. People boast about the material things that they possess. Such evil ways of living do not originate/come from the Father! Instead they originate/come from the ◄godless people in the world/people in the world who conduct their lives in a manner that displeases God► [MTY]! 17 The godless people in the world [MTY], along with what they desire, will disappear, but those who do what God wants them to do will live forever! You know that it is now the final period of this age when there are liars who deny that Jesus is God’s Chosen One. But you have the power of God’s Spirit and you know what is true and what is false. So continue to live according to the true message that you heard when you began to believe in Christ, in order that you may continue to live united both to God’s Son and to the Father.(1 John 2:15-17)

5. A separação de jugos desiguais

A orientação para que o povo de Deus não se associe espiritualmente à incredulidade e às práticas das trevas.

14 Do not ◄team up/have a close relationship► with anyone who does not trust in Christ. I say this because we who trust in Christ and do what is right should not [RHQ] want to do things with wicked people. Or to say it in another way, just like light and darkness never join together, so those who belong to Christ and those who belong to Satan should never join together [RHQ]. 15 There is no [RHQ] agreement of any kind between Christ and Satan. So, believers have no [RHQ] common spiritual interests with unbelievers. 16 Just as no one would dare to bring idols into the Temple in Jerusalem, believers should never [RHQ] join with those who worship idols. I say that because [MET] the Holy Spirit is in us, and so we are like the Temple of the all-powerful God. It is as God himself said in the Scriptures:

I will live in my people.

I will always be with/helping them.

They will say to me, "You are our God," and

I will say to them, "You are my people."

17 In another place in the Scriptures we read that the Lord said:

Get away from those who do evil things;

keep yourselves separated from them.

Do nothing sinful that would make you unacceptable to me.

Then I will welcome you as members of my family.(2 Corinthians 6:14-17)

6. A purificação de toda impureza moral

O encorajamento para aperfeiçoar a santidade no temor de Deus, limpando-se de toda contaminação da carne e do espírito.

1 My friends, whom I love, because God has promised to accept us(inc) as his children, we (inc) must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not think sinful thoughts. Because we greatly revere God, we must strive to live a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.(2 Corinthians 7:1)

7. O chamado para sair do meio dos costumes corrompidos

A promessa de que o Senhor acolherá aqueles que decidirem se apartar do pecado e das impurezas espirituais.

11 So, leave the places where you were taken to when you were captured,

where everything is unacceptable to God.

You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh,

leave there and return to Jerusalem,

and purify yourselves in order to be acceptable to worship God.(Isaiah 52:11)

8. A condição de povo exclusivo e consagrado

A lembrança de que os remidos foram escolhidos por Deus para serem uma nação santa e propriedade exclusiva Dele.

2 We belong to Yahweh alone. Yahweh chose us from all the other people-groups on the earth to be his special people.(Deuteronomy 14:2)

9. A conduta irrepreensível como luz no mundo

A instrução para realizar todas as coisas sem murmurações, tornando-se irrepreensíveis no meio de uma geração perversa.

14 Do everything God or your leaders ask you to do. Never complain about what they want you to do, or argue with them. 15 Behave like that in order that you may be completely faultless [DOU] and may be perfect children of God [DOU] while you live in the midst of people who are wicked and do very wicked things [DOU]. As you live among them, show them clearly [MET] the way they ought to behave, just like the sun, moon, and stars show the road clearly to us [SIM].(Philippians 2:14,15)

10. A pureza guardada pela Palavra

O testemunho de quem guarda o coração puro por meio da obediência estrita aos preceitos divinos.

9 I know [RHQ] how a youth can ◄keep his life pure/avoid sinning►;

it is by obeying what you have told us to do.(Psalms 119:9)

11. O repúdio às obras infrutíferas da escuridão

A ordem direta para não ter comunhão com as práticas ocultas e infrutíferas das trevas, mas antes condená-las com a luz.

11 Do not do the worthless deeds that the people ◄who are in spiritual darkness/who do not know God’s truth► [MET] do. Instead, let others know that those people’s deeds are worthless.(Ephesians 5:11)

12. A liberdade para viver segundo o Espírito

A garantia de que a graça de Deus capacita o crente a rejeitar a impiedade e a viver de maneira sóbria e justa.

11 The believers should behave in a good manner, since God did for us what we did not deserve, sending Jesus Christ to earth in order that he might save all people [PRS]. 12 God teaches/tells us [PRS] how to stop doing what he dislikes, and to stop desiring the things that ◄ungodly people/people who habitually do things that do not please God► desire [MTY]. He wants us to control our behavior and to do what is right and to do what pleases him while we live in this present age/time.(Titus 2:11,12)