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 Then he said to them,"Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, for a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."
16 Then he told them a parable. He said,"The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.
17 So he began to think to himself, ‘What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’
18 Thenhe said, ‘This is what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and I'll store all my grain and goods in them.
19 Then I'll say to my soul, "Soul, you've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."’
20 ButGod said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?’
21 That's how it is with the person who stores up treasures for himself and isn't 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 every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus 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 Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him,"You're missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the moneyto the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."
22 But the man was shocked at this statement and went away sad, because he had many possessions.
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