Vícios
A Bíblia nos alerta contra os vícios e comportamentos destrutivos. Deus nos chama à liberdade em Cristo, não à escravidão de desejos e hábitos que consomem corpo e alma.
A escravidão do pecado
Todo vício é uma forma de escravidão. Jesus veio para libertar os cativos e restaurar a verdadeira liberdade dos filhos de Deus.
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
If the Son sets you free, then you're truly free.
If the Son sets you free, then you're truly free.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who trusted in him, "If you follow my teaching then you really are my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Christ set us free so we could have real freedom. So stand firm and don't get burdened down again by a yoke of slavery.
Don't you realize that if you make yourselves someone's slaves, obeying their orders, then you are slaves to the one you obey? If you are slaves of sin, the result is death; if you obey God, the result is you are made right with him.
Resistência e domínio próprio
O fruto do Espírito inclui o domínio próprio. O cristão é chamado a ter controle sobre seus desejos, resistir à tentação e vigiar contra as obras da carne.
envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God.
gentleness, self-control—and there's no law against these kinds of things!
People say, "I'm free to do anything"—but not everything is appropriate! "I'm free to do anything"—but I will not let anything control me! People say,
People say, "I'm free to do anything"—but not everything is appropriate! "I'm free to do anything"—but I will not let anything control me! People say,
I also treat my body severely to bring it under my control, for I don't want somehow to be disqualified after sharing the good news with everybody else.
You won't experience any greater temptation than anyone else, and God is trustworthy. He won't allow you to be tempted more than you can bear, and when you are tempted, he will provide for you a way out so you can stay strong.
You won't experience any greater temptation than anyone else, and God is trustworthy. He won't allow you to be tempted more than you can bear, and when you are tempted, he will provide for you a way out so you can stay strong.
Stay awake and pray, so that you don't fall into temptation. Yes, the spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
So place yourself under God's direction. Confront the devil, and he will run away from you.
because you know that endurance comes from dealing with challenges to your trust in God.
Libertação e renovação
Em Cristo somos libertos de toda forma de dependência. Pela renovação da mente, aprendemos a discernir e rejeitar o que nos prende.
So I encourage you, my brothers and sisters, because of God's compassion for you, to dedicate your bodies as a living offering that is holy and pleasing to God. This is the logical way to worship. Don't follow the ways of this world; instead be transformed by the spiritual renewal of your mind so you can demonstrate what God's will really is—good, pleasing, and perfect.
In just the same way you should consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God through Christ Jesus. Don't let sin have control over your mortal body, don't give in to its temptations, and don't use any parts of your body as evil tools of sin. Instead dedicate yourselves to God as those who have been brought back from death to life, and use all parts of your body as tools to do something good for God.
If we've become one with him in dying like he did, then we'll be raised like him too.
We know that our old self was crucified with him to dispose of the dead body of sin so that we wouldn't be enslaved by sin any longer.
For God's grace has been revealed, bringing salvation to everyone. It teaches us to reject a godless way of life with the desires of this world. Instead we should live thoughtful, self-controlled lives that are right before God in the present world
You will not live the rest of your lives following human desires, but doing what God wants. In the past you've spent enough time following the ways of the world: immorality, sexual indulgence, drunken orgies, partying, binge drinking, and revolting idol-worship. People think it's strange that you don't join them anymore in this wild and excessive lifestyle, so they curse at you. But they will have to explain what they've done to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead. That's why the good news was shared with those who've already died— so that although they were rightly judged as far as being sinful human beings is concerned, they could live in the spirit as far as God is concerned.
Everything is coming to an end! So think clearly and stay alert when you pray.
If we claim to be sinless we only fool ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
People who hide their sins won't succeed, but those who confess and renounce their sins will be shown kindness.
O corpo como templo
Nosso corpo é templo do Espírito Santo. Devemos honrar a Deus com o corpo, fugindo da embriaguez, da imoralidade e de toda impureza.
Don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit that is within you, that you received from God?
Don't you know those who are unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don't be fooled! People who are immoral, worship idols, commit adultery, are sexual perverts, homosexuals, thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not inherit the kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that, but you have been made clean and holy. You have been made right in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Don't get drunk on wine which will wreck your life, but be filled with the Spirit.
Wine turns you into a mocker, alcohol makes you aggressive; you're stupid to be deceived by drink.
Don't just drink water, but use a little bit of wine because of your bad stomach—you're sick so often!
For all the things of this world—our sinful desires, wanting everything we see, boasting about what we've accomplished in life— these things don't come from the Father but from the world.
Be responsible, and stay alert. The devil, your enemy, is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes tasteless, how can you make it salty again? It's good for nothing, so it's thrown out and trodden down.
Please don't let us give in to temptation, and save us from the evil one.
For the Scriptures say, "‘As surely as I am alive,’ the Lord says, ‘Every knee shall bow before me, and every tongue will declare that I am God.’" So every one of us will have to explain ourselves to God.