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What Christianity is all about? // Do que se trata cristianismo?


 Hebreus 9:22/ Levitico 17:11

Precious love of Jesus.

 

We are never tired of talking about it. You may not understand why. But I’m going to try my best.

 

Tell me what the difference is between all other religions. You might have questioned it once in your life…

 

All the prophets and philosophers and whoever title the person held. Who is still alive? All of them have died. They might have written something you think is interesting or worthy of following.  

 

Who among them claims to have died for you? What religion among all suggests that your life will not be easy or that you will be persecuted? Which one of them says that you must love your neighbor as you love yourself up to be willing to die for him, too, because that is what we should expect from another person? 

 

Anyway…

 

In Christianity, our Lord says that the love for us (mere, feeble, violent, fragile human beings) is worthy to leave His kingdom behind, become one of us, and teach us the best way to live and please God, plus guarantee eternal life. 

The enemy of our souls, the one who wants to snatch our souls from God, has as a powerful weapon something that most people fear the most: death. How can you win over that? How can God win us back from that?

 

So, what happened? God became human, so the devil thought it would be easy to “kill” God because He was fragile now. But the power of God is much bigger than the devil’s power. The devil had his minions and convinced them that the only way was to kill Jesus. After all, Jesus was disturbing the peace, making too much fuss, and making people follow Him. So they planned and succeeded. Those weak human minds fell right into the devil’s plan, which originally was God’s plan all along. Nothing is out of control. God has everything under His control; you might not believe in it. 

 

The disciples were dismayed when Jesus was killed. They thought He was the Christ (they were right, but in shock, they thought it would be different). But they had forgotten what Jesus had said several times: “on the third day, I’ll rise again”. 

 

Jesus died on that cross, symbolizing the lamb of the sacrifice that the Jews used to offer God for their sins. Jesus died for our sins. His blood had to be shed. Because without blood, there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22). And He rose from the dead. This means that the powerful weapon of the devil was proved weak before God’s power. Jesus conquered death. 

 

He said: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

 

This is what Christianity is all about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our God lives. He sent His Holy Spirit to live with us, in us. He said he would never forsake us, and this is how he fulfills that promise. 

 

So, our God left behind his kingdom, became human, and loved us so much that he couldn’t allow us to go straight to hell without any opportunity for salvation. The only way for that was to go down and ascend to heaven. He bore our sins, and that is why He went down to hell. He took with Him the sins of the whole world. 

 

The hardest part for you is to believe. Once you believe in your heart, you will do whatever it takes to have eternal life with Him, who died for you. Otherwise, your eternal life will be eternal death, very far from God. He said that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but will have eternal life (John 3:16). Whoever.

 

If Jesus Christ had not been resurrected, Christianity would have been no different from the other religions. 

 

If you say you are afraid of persecution and are not able to renounce your way of living to live like Jesus, well, you know that you are not following Him to heaven. 

Our martyrs don’t die thinking about the virgins or reincarnating into something else. But they die because their love for Jesus Christ is worthy of dying. In heaven, they (we who believe) will have peace, joy, and Jesus. That is worth dying for. This is our biggest reward. This hope.

Precioso amor de Jesus.

 

Nunca nos cansamos de falar sobre isso. Você pode não entender o porquê. Mas vou tentar o meu melhor.

 

Diga-me qual é a diferença entre todas as outras religiões. Você pode ter questionado isso uma vez na vida…

 

Todos os profetas e filósofos e qualquer título que a pessoa possuísse. Quem ainda está vivo? Todos eles morreram. Eles podem ter escrito algo que você acha interessante ou digno de seguir.

 

Quem entre eles afirma ter morrido por você? Qual religião dentre todas sugere que sua vida não será fácil ou que você será perseguido? Qual deles diz que você deve amar o seu próximo como ama a si mesmo, para estar disposto a morrer por ele também, porque é isso que devemos esperar de outra pessoa?

 

Enfim…

 

No Cristianismo, nosso Senhor diz que o amor por nós (meros, fracos, violentos, frágeis seres humanos) é digno de deixar Seu reino para trás, tornar-se um de nós e nos ensinar a melhor maneira de viver e agradar a Deus, além de garantir a vida eterna.

O inimigo das nossas almas, aquele que quer arrebatar as nossas almas de Deus, tem como arma poderosa algo que a maioria das pessoas mais teme: a morte. Como você pode vencer isso? Como Deus pode nos reconquistar disso?

 

Então o que aconteceu? Deus se tornou humano, então o diabo pensou que seria fácil “matar” Deus porque Ele estava frágil agora. Mas o poder de Deus é muito maior que o poder do diabo. O diabo tinha seus “minions” e os convenceu de que a única maneira era matar Jesus. Afinal, Jesus estava perturbando a paz, fazendo muito barulho e fazendo com que as pessoas O seguissem. Então eles planejaram e tiveram sucesso. Essas mentes humanas fracas caíram direto no plano do diabo, que originalmente era o plano de Deus o tempo todo. Nada está fora de controle. Deus tem tudo sob Seu controle; você pode não acreditar nisso. 

 

Os discípulos ficaram consternados quando Jesus foi morto. Eles pensaram que Ele era o Cristo (eles estavam certos, mas em chock, eles pensaram que seria diferente). Mas eles tinham esquecido o que Jesus havia dito várias vezes: “no terceiro dia ressuscitarei.”

 

Jesus morreu naquela cruz, simbolizando o cordeiro do sacrifício que os judeus usavam para oferecer a Deus pelos seus pecados. Jesus morreu por nossos pecados. Seu sangue teve que ser derramado. Porque sem sangue não há remissão de pecados (Hebreus 9:22). E Ele ressuscitou dos mortos. Isto significa que a poderosa arma do diabo mostrou-se fraca diante do poder de Deus. Jesus venceu a morte.

 

Ele disse: “Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida. Quem crê em mim, ainda que morra, viverá, e todo aquele que vive e crê em mim nunca morrerá. Você acredita nisso?”

 

Isto é o que o Cristianismo trata da morte e ressurreição de Jesus Cristo. Nosso Deus vive. Ele enviou Seu Espírito Santo para viver conosco, em nós. Ele disse que nunca nos abandonaria e é assim que ele cumpre essa promessa.

 

Então, nosso Deus deixou para trás o seu reino, tornou-se humano e nos amou tanto que não pôde permitir que fôssemos direto para o inferno sem qualquer oportunidade de salvação. A única maneira de fazer isso era descer e subir ao céu. Ele levou nossos pecados. É por isso que Ele desceu. Ele levou consigo os pecados do mundo inteiro.

 

A parte mais difícil para você é acreditar. Uma vez que você acredite em seu coração, você fará o que for preciso para ter a vida eterna com Aquele que morreu por você. Caso contrário, a sua vida eterna será a morte eterna, muito longe de Deus. Ele disse que todo aquele que Nele crê não perecerá, mas terá a vida eterna (João 3:16). Quem quer que seja, todo aquele.

 

Se Jesus Cristo não tivesse ressuscitado, o Cristianismo não teria sido diferente das outras religiões.

 

Se você diz que tem medo da perseguição e não é capaz de renunciar ao seu modo de viver para viver como Jesus, bem, você sabe que não o está seguindo para o céu.

Nossos mártires não morrem pensando nas  virgens ou reencarnando em outra coisa. Mas eles morrem porque o seu amor por Jesus Cristo é digno de morrer. No céu, eles (nós que cremos) terão paz, alegria e Jesus. Vale a pena morrer por isso. Esta é a nossa maior recompensa. Esta esperança.



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