Os ensinamentos de Jesus sobre generosidade e desapego material
Jesus nos ensinou que a verdadeira riqueza está em investir no Reino de Deus, não nos bens materiais. Obviamente, não estamos sendo literais, é claro que queremos que você tenha suas coisas e conquistas, mas saiba que isso é matéria, é mundando.
A riqueza que realmente engrandece sua alma, é àquela do Reino dos Céus, a riqueza da fé, do Amor de nosso Deus. Então tome cuidado com excessos, consumismo, materialismo… nada disso será bom para você, muito menos agradará a Deus.
Algumas sugestões de leitura sobre o assunto:
1. A parábola do rico insensato
Em Lucas 12:15-21, Jesus alerta contra a ganância, destacando que a vida não consiste na abundância de bens.
15 And he said to them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all greed: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 and he reasoned to himself, saying, What shall I do, because I don't have a place to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there I will bestow all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said to him, You foolish one, this [is] the night they demand back your soul from you; and the things which you have prepared, whose will they be?
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
2. "Mais bem-aventurado é dar que receber"
Atos 20:35 reforça que a generosidade é um ato de fé e obediência.
35 In all things I gave you{} an example, that so laboring you{} ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
3. O jovem rico como exemplo de desapego
Marcos 10:21,22 nos ensina que seguir a Cristo exige abrir mão do apego material.
21 And Jesus looking on him loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
22 But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one who had great possessions.
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