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Do you need God? // Você precisa de Deus?


 

So, there is a little story that Jesus tells when he is in a Pharisee’s house. But before telling the story it is important to know some cultural background of that time. As we can imagine that at that time didn’t have closed shoes to keep their feet clean, hence the washing feet was provided as a gesture of good education and compassion to the guest. Second, women always had their hair tidied up, for whatever reason she unbounded her hair in public it would cause a shock and some misreading about who she was.

So now let’s go back to the story. Luke 7:36-50,  tells that there was this Pharisee called Simon who invited Jesus to a dinner in his house. He was interested in getting to know Jesus; however, he didn't provide the washing feet basin to Jesus when he arrived. But suddenly a woman showed up, this particular woman was known as a sinner and knelt at Jesus' feet shedding tears of gratitude and pouring perfume while kissing his feet then she wiped them off with her own hair.

Simon thought that was unfortunate because he knew her past and as a good Jew, in his mind, Jesus shouldn’t have let her touch him, after all, she was a sinner and therefore unclean. While he was thinking that, obviously Jesus knew his thoughts, asked him something with a little story. “He said “Simon, a creditor who had two debtors, one owed him 500 and the other 50. Both of them had nothing with which to pay. Yet the creditor forgave them. Then Jesus asked Simon “which one of them loves the creditor the most?” Simon answered, “the one who had much to be forgiven.” Jesus agreed with him.

“The moral of the story. Jesus was trying to show the contrast between the two attitudes of mind and heart. In other words, this woman who had much to be forgiven loved him very much while Simon was not conscious of his sins nor his lack of love for Jesus. Simon thought of himself as a good man in the sight of man and God. That woman on the other hand was very conscious of her need for forgiveness.

One thing that shuts man off from God is self-sufficiency”. (This was a quote from my book of the Bible study – JOY Doris W. Greig)

Então, há uma pequena história que Jesus conta quando ele está na casa de um fariseu. Mas antes de contar a história é importante conhecer alguns antecedentes culturais da época. Como podemos imaginar que naquela época não havia sapatos fechados para manter os pés limpos, daí o lava-pés foi providenciado como um gesto de boa educação e compaixão ao hóspede. Em segundo lugar, as mulheres sempre têm o cabelo arrumado, por qualquer motivo que ela soltasse o cabelo em público, isso causaria um choque e alguns erros de interpretação sobre quem ela era.

Então, agora vamos voltar à história. Lucas 7: 36-50, nos conta que havia um fariseu chamado Simão que convidou Jesus para um jantar em sua casa. Ele estava interessado em conhecer Jesus; no entanto, ele não forneceu o lava-pés para Jesus quando ele chegou. Mas de repente uma mulher apareceu, esta mulher em particular era conhecida como pecadora, se ajoelhou aos pés de Jesus derramando lágrimas de gratidão e derramando perfume enquanto beijava seus pés, então ela os enxugou com seu próprio cabelo.

Simão achou isso lamentável porque ele conhecia o passado dela e como um bom judeu, em sua mente, Jesus não deveria ter deixado ela tocá-lo, afinal, ela era uma pecadora e, portanto, impura. Enquanto ele pensava isso, obviamente Jesus conhecia seus pensamentos, perguntou-lhe algo com uma pequena história. “Ele disse:“ Simão, um credor que tinha dois devedores, um lhe devia 500 e o outro 50. Ambos não tinham com que pagar. No entanto, o credor os perdoou. Então Jesus perguntou a Simão "qual deles ama mais o credor?" Simão respondeu: “aquele a quem muito tinha que ser perdoado”. Jesus concordou com ele.

"A moral da história. Jesus estava tentando mostrar o contraste entre as duas atitudes da mente e do coração. Em outras palavras, essa mulher que tinha muito a ser perdoada o amava muito, enquanto Simão não tinha consciência de seus pecados nem de sua falta de amor por Jesus. Simon se considerava um bom homem aos olhos dos homens e de Deus. Essa mulher, por outro lado, estava muito consciente de sua necessidade de perdão.

Uma coisa que afasta o homem de Deus é a autossuficiência”. (Esta foi uma citação do meu livro de estudo bíblico - JOY Doris W. Greig)

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