5 momentos em que Jesus mostrou como amar ao próximo
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.
1. Ore pelos seus inimigos
44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
A misericórdia salva!
Jesus ensinou que devemos amar não apenas aqueles que nos amam, mas também nossos inimigos ou quem consideramos inimigos, mesmo que sem absoluta certeza.
1. O Bom Samaritano
30 Jesus rejoined, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and went away leaving him half dead.
31 By chance a certain priest was going down that road. When he saw him, he went by on the other side.
32 In the same way a Levite came to the place and saw him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan as he traveled came near him, and saw him and pitied him,
34 and went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. Then placing him on his own beast he took him to the inn and cared for him.
35 The next morning he took out two shillings and gave them to the inn-keeper and said, 'Care for him, and what evermore you spend, I will pay in full when I come back.'
36 Which of these three seems to you to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?"
37 He said, "He who did kindness to him." Jesus said to him, "Go and act in the same way yourself."
O verdadeiro amor transcende barreiras!
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.
3. A Mulher Adúltera
3 The scribes and the Pharisees led in a woman taken in adultery and making her stand in the midst,
4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was taken in the very act of adultery.
5 In the Law Moses commanded to stone such. What do you say?"
6 This they said, testing him, to have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped over and wrote with his finger on the ground.
7 As they kept on questioning him, he lifted himself up and said to them, "Let the sinless one among you be the first to throw a stone at her,"
8 and again he stooped over and went on writing on the ground.
9 After hearing that, they passed out one by one, beginning with the older men, and he was left alone and the woman there in the center.
10 Jesus raised himself up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one sentenced you?"
11 She said, "No one, Sir." Jesus said, "Neither do I sentence you. Go. From now on sin no more."]
Perdão e compaixão acima de tudo!
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.
4. O Servo do Centurião
5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum there came to him a Centurion who implored his help.
6 "Sir," he said, "my servant lies in my house a paralytic, in great distress."
7 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
8 The Centurion answered, "Sir, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but just speak the word and my servant will be cured.
9 For I am a man, \'97 under authority, \'97 with soldiers under me, and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."
10 When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said, "Truly I tell you, I have not found so great faith on the part of any one in Israel.
11 I tell you many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the darkness outside. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
13 Then Jesus said to the Centurion, "Go. As you have believed, so be it to you." His servant was healed that very hour.
Fé que move montanhas!
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.
5. O Sacrifício na Cruz
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down his life for his friends.
O maior ato de amor ao próximo!
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.
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Deus abençoe!