O amor ao próximo é um dos princípios mais importantes ensinados por Jesus Cristo, sendo, para muitos, quase sinônimo de sua mensagem. Ao longo de sua vida e ministério, Jesus deu inúmeros exemplos de como devemos tratar os nossos irmãos com compaixão, perdão e amor incondicional. Inspire-se nos ensinamentos de Jesus, afinal, atos de amor ajudam a espalhar a Palavra.
Jesus ensinou que devemos amar não apenas aqueles que nos amam, mas também nossos inimigos ou quem consideramos inimigos, mesmo que sem absoluta certeza.
Em Lucas 10:30-37, Jesus conta a parábola do Bom Samaritano. Um homem é assaltado e deixado quase morto. Dois passam por ele sem ajudá-lo, mas um samaritano, considerado inimigo dos judeus, oferece ajuda ao desamparado. Jesus explica que o verdadeiro amor ao próximo transcende barreiras culturais e preconceitos, encorajando-nos a agir com compaixão para com todos.
Em João 8:3-11, Jesus encontra uma mulher acusada de adultério, prestes a ser apedrejada. Diferente dos demais, Ele não a condena, mas desafia os acusadores, dizendo:
"Aquele que dentre vós está sem pecado seja o primeiro que atire pedra contra ela."
Todos vão embora, e Jesus salva e orienta a mulher, mostrando um exemplo poderoso de perdão e compaixão.
Em Mateus 8:5-13, um centurião prova a sua fé, acreditando que Jesus pode curar seu servo apenas com uma palavra. Jesus, impressionado com a fé do centurião, cura o servo.
Este ato de amor e cura mostra que Jesus ajuda a todos, independentemente de origem, posição social ou qualquer outra classificação. Ele é misericordioso sem ver a quem.
O maior ato de amor ao próximo foi feito por Cristo na Cruz para que pudéssemos ser salvos. Em João 15:13, Jesus disse:
"Ninguém tem maior amor do que este, de dar alguém a sua vida pelos seus amigos."
Lembre-se sempre de agradecer pelo sacrifício de Jesus, que deu sua vida na Terra por nós, a humanidade.
Compartilhe esses ensinamentos de Jesus sobre amor, perdão e salvação e ajude a espalhar o Amor e a Palavra de Cristo.
Deus abençoe!
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies; bless them who execrate you; do that which is good to him who hateth you; and pray for them who lead you with a chain, and persecute you.
30 Jeshu saith to him, A certain man went down from Urishlem to Jerichu, and fell among robbers, who stripped him and wounded him, and left him with little life subsisting in him, and went.
31 And a certain priest happened to go down by that way, and he saw him and passed over.
32 And likewise also a Levoia, being come to that place, beheld him, and passed over.
33 But a man, a Shomroya, while he journeyed, came where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him,
34 and went near, and bound up his wounds, and poured in upon them wine and oil, and set him upon his ass, and brought him to the inn, and was anxious for him.
35 And on the morning of the day, he took out two dinoreen, gave to the host, and said to him, Take care of him; and if more thou layest out, when I return I will give to thee.
36 Which therefore of these three doth it appear to thee was neighbour to him who fell into the hands of the thieves?
37 And he said, He who had compassion on him. Jeshu saith to him, Go thou also and do likewise.
5 Then when Jeshu had entered into Kapharnachum, a certain centurion approached him, and besought of him,
6 saying, My Lord, my child is lying in the house, paralysed and grievously tormented.
7 Jeshu saith to him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and saith, My Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come beneath my roof; only speak in a word, and my child shall be healed.
9 For I also am a man under authority, and under my hand there are soldiers. I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to the other, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth.
10 When Jeshu heard this, he was moved with admiration, and said to those with him, Truly I say to you, that in Isroel I have not found faith like this.
11 But I tell you, That many shall come from the east, and from the west, and shall recline with Abraham, and Is'hok, and Jakub, in the kingdom of the heavens;
12 but the children of the kingdom shall go forth into outer darknesses; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jeshu said unto the centurion, Go; as thou hast believed, it shall be to thee. And his child was healed in that very hour.
13 Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.