{"id":17033,"date":"2023-04-20T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/?p=17033"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T22:00:00","slug":"unbeatable-ideal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/ideal-imbativel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unbeatable Sublime Ideal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201c"I, Bruce Lee, will be the highest-paid Asian actor in the USA, a superstar.".
In return, I will give my most enthusiastic performances and deliver my best as an actor.
"Starting in 1970, I will achieve worldwide fame, and from then until the end of 1980, I will have $10 million in my possession, I will live the way I want, I will achieve inner peace and happiness."\u201d<\/p>\nExcerpt from the "10 Million Dollar Letter"\u201c<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

These words were written by a Bruce Lee who was still at the beginning of his career in the USA, in 1969, when he was 28 or 29 years old, and indeed, it seems like a good life plan for the greatest martial artist the world has ever known.
Although born in San Francisco, California, Bruce Lee was the son of Chinese parents and his real name was Lee Jun-fan, with "Bruce" being just his stage name.
Indeed, his performances were spectacular, being able to play table tennis using a nunchaku and defeat two opponents using rackets! According to those who watched his exhibitions, his punches were so strong and fast that they made the air "crack" like blows delivered with a whip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, something Bruce certainly hadn't counted on was having painkillers in his life.
On July 20, 1973, suffering from a headache, he asked his sister-in-law for a pill\u2014the press at the time said she was the boxer's mistress, but his widow, Linda Lee Caldwell, claims that this version is defamatory in the biography of Bruce that she wrote\u2014who gave him a capsule of a very common medicine at the time, based on the active ingredient called Equagesic<\/a>. He took the medicine and then lay down to sleep.
He never woke up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The autopsy confirmed that Equagesic caused a violent allergic reaction, resulting in severe edema (fluid accumulation) in his brain, which ultimately led to his death at less than 33 years of age: no one ever suspected that he was hypersensitive to this analgesic\u2026 not even himself!
A man who exuded health and strength, one of the most promising actors of his generation, capable of almost supernatural feats with his body, having influenced several other actors, such as Bolo Yeoung, Chuck Norris and James Coburn, was defeated by a simple headache pill, something commonly given even to children.
Bruce's life project ended 7 years before it could be realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 31, 1993, his son Brandon also died\u2014even more prematurely than his father!\u2014after being struck by a bullet fired from a gun that was supposed to contain only blanks, during the filming of "The Crow.".
The "son of the dragon," as he was known, lived even less time than his father, only 28 years, having lost his life 3 weeks before the date scheduled for his wedding.
Brandon, unlike his father, although also a kung fu fighter, wanted to be recognized more as an actor than as a martial artist\u2026 but he also didn't have time to realize his life project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long can a person live in this world?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is something that, as we know, varies greatly. There are babies who die while still in their mothers' wombs, just as there are people who live past 100 years of age. Regardless, however, the question for human beings is not "if" death will occur, but rather "when.".
That's how it always has been and always will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, earthly life is nothing more than a spark, a flicker\u2026 a glow that fades at an astonishing speed when compared to what awaits man after this life.
Man makes his plans, projects his existence in this world, sets his goals, but the truth is that he has no control over the duration of his earthly existence: even the strongest and healthiest people \u2014 like Bruce and Brandon \u2014 can be taken from the world in the blink of an eye, or in an accident, or by some sudden illness, or by murder, in short, the ways are the most varied.
And when a person dies, their projects and ambitions die with them: they can be carried on by others, but the originator himself will not enjoy their results, should they come to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, since everyone's life has an end, and if there is nothing after death, human existence, like that of any living being, is devoid of meaning... at least not of an objective meaning.
Even though nothing happens after death, some insist that a person can give some meaning to their existence (subjectivism), such as "positively influencing the lives of others.".
But if these "others" who are to be influenced are also going to die sooner or later... what's the point in influencing their lives?
However noble it may seem, if human beings confine themselves to this world, any life project lacks a true reason to exist or happen.
With nothing after death, it makes no difference whether someone had a very happy or very unhappy life; a very good or very bad existence; or whether life was very easy or very difficult; good or bad; ethical or unruly\u2026 they all lead to the same end: everything ends in the grave, including plans and ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely all people die because they are sinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why The wages of sin is death.<\/span>,
But the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord!<\/p>\n(Romans 6:23 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Christian faith, thankfully, offers man not only a meaningful life plan, but also the certainty that his existence does not end on this earth, on this plane, because Christ, in his work, freed everyone from sin and its worst consequence, eternal death, having become the propitiation for the sins of the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My dear children, I am writing these words to you so that you may not sin.
If, however, anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one;
And He is the propitiation for our sins.
and not only for our personal offenses, but for the sins of the whole world.<\/p>\n(1\u02e2\u1d57 John 2:1-2 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While a person's earthly life project can be interrupted or discontinued by sudden death, the same cannot be said of the project of eternal life: death, which takes away all meaning from lives confined to earth, has been conquered, swallowed up by Christ's victory on the Cross, and working in the service of Jesus is not in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the moment when this perishable body is clothed with incorruptibility,
and what is mortal is clothed with immortality,
then the word that is written will be fulfilled:
\u201c"Death has been swallowed up in victory!"\u201d
\u201c"Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?"\u201d
For the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Therefore, my beloved brothers, stand firm and let nothing move you.
Devote yourselves, day after day, to the work of the Lord,
fully aware that in the Lord, all your work will never be unproductive.<\/p>\n(1\u02e2\u1d57 Corinthians 15:54-58 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To bear witness to the faith and to do the work of bringing Christ to others, to witness to Christ's victory\u2014whether through words or deeds\u2014is the most important project anyone can have in this world, because it is not focused on this world; on the contrary, its fruits will be harvested in eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, dear friends and brothers, let us not be the foolish and frivolous ones who focus their earthly life on itself, transforming what is transient into the main objective.
We may succeed or not, our earthly projects may work out or not\u2026 however, these are things of this life, things that will remain in this world to which we brought nothing and from which we will take nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Because we enter this world with absolutely nothing,
And when we leave here, we can take nothing with us.<\/p>\n(1\u02e2\u1d57 Timothy 6:7 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We can strive for our secular goals, but our relationship with Christ, our faith, must always come first: let us strengthen our faith; let us read the Word; let us pray for enlightenment; and let us believe that, wherever we go and by the power of God, we will be made the light of the world and the salt of the earth, bearers of the message that gives absolute and perfect meaning to human existence in this world, precisely because it is not restricted to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its flavor, how can it be seasoned with it?
It is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
You are the light of the world.
A city built on a hill cannot be hidden.<\/p>\n(Matthew 5:13-14 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Earthly life, sooner or later, will end for everyone. Eternal life, won by Jesus, will never end.
May this certainty illuminate us all and give meaning to our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Bonds of Calvary<\/p>\n\n\n

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Eduardo Pydd Teixeira<\/p>

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ORIGINAL TITLE<\/mark>The true ideal of existence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coincidences (or not) aside, it seems that the end times are revealing themselves more and more rapidly, and before the Lord returns like a thief in the night, we can already observe signs of the prophesied reign of the Antichrist consolidating not only in Brazil, but throughout the world!
In the 2023 phase of "The Worst Gospel," I decided to use new formats in the hope of helping to increase the reach of content related to the Scriptures\u2014stories, videos, shorter texts, guest authors\u2026\u2014and this publication, which I took the liberty of revising and illustrating, is part of that project.
Thank you for reading this far.
I still need all the help I can get: comments, shares, and reactions help spread this content, which was entirely produced with the intention of contributing to the edification of the Body of Christ in the world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Eu, Bruce Lee, serei o ator oriental mais bem pago dos EUA, um superstar.Em troca disso, farei as performances mais entusiasmadas e entregarei o melhor de mim como ator.Come\u00e7ando em 1970, atingirei fama mundial e a partir da\u00ed, at\u00e9 o final de 1980, terei em minha posse 10 milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares, viverei do jeito que eu quero, atingirei paz interna e felicidade.” Trecho da “Carta de 10 milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares” Estas palavras foram escritas por um Bruce Lee ainda em in\u00edcio de carreira nos EUA, em 1969, quando tinha de 28 para 29 anos e, de fato, parece um bom plano de vida para o maior artista marcial que o mundo conheceu.Embora nascido em San Francisco, Calif\u00f3rnia, Bruce Lee era filho de chineses e seu verdadeiro nome era Lee Jun-fan, sendo “Bruce” apenas seu nome art\u00edstico.De fato, suas performances eram espetaculares, sendo capaz de jogar t\u00eanis de mesa usando um nunchaku e vencer dois advers\u00e1rios usando raquetes! Segundo os que acompanharam suas exibi\u00e7\u00f5es, seus murros eram t\u00e3o fortes e r\u00e1pidos que faziam o ar “estalar” como nos golpes desferidos por um chicote. No entanto, algo com que Bruce certamente n\u00e3o contava era com um analg\u00e9sico em sua vida.Em 20 de julho de 1973, por causa de uma dor de cabe\u00e7a, pediu um comprimido para sua cunhada \u2014 a imprensa da \u00e9poca disse que se tratava de uma amante do lutador, mas sua vi\u00fava, Linda Lee Caldwell, afirma que tal vers\u00e3o \u00e9 difamat\u00f3ria na biografia de Bruce que escreveu \u2014, que lhe deu uma c\u00e1psula de um rem\u00e9dio bem comum na \u00e9poca, a base do princ\u00edpio ativo chamado Equagesic. Ele tomou o rem\u00e9dio e, em seguida, deitou-se para dormir.Nunca mais acordou. A aut\u00f3psia confirmou que a Equagesic provocou uma violenta rea\u00e7\u00e3o al\u00e9rgicaa, causando-lhe um forte edema (ac\u00famulo de l\u00edquido) em seu c\u00e9rebro, que terminou por causar sua morte, com menos de 33 anos de idade: ningu\u00e9m jamais suspeitava que ele eraa hipersens\u00edvel a esse analg\u00e9sico\u2026 nem ele mesmo!Um homem que esbanjava sa\u00fade e for\u00e7a, um dos atores mais promissores de sua gera\u00e7\u00e3o, capaz de feitos quase sobrenaturais com seu corpo, tendo influenciado v\u00e1rios outros atores, como Bolo Yeoung, Chuck Norris e James Coburn, fora derrotado por um simples comprimido para dor de cabe\u00e7a, algo comumente ministrado at\u00e9 para crian\u00e7as.O projeto de vida de Bruce terminou 7 anos antes de poder ser concretizado. Em 31 de mar\u00e7o de 1993, seu filho Brandon tamb\u00e9m acabou morrendo \u2014 e ainda mais precocemente que o pai! \u2014 ao ser atingido por um tiro disparado por uma arma que deveria conter apenas balas de festim, durante as filmagens de “O Corvo”.O “filho do drag\u00e3o”, como era conhecido, viveu ainda menos tempo que seu pai, apenas 28 anos, tendo perdido a vida 3 semanas antes da data marcada para seu casamento.Brandon, diferentemente de seu pai, apesar de tamb\u00e9m ser lutador de kung fu, queria ser reconhecido mais como ator do que como artista marcial\u2026 mas tamb\u00e9m n\u00e3o tempo de realizar seu projeto de vida. Por quanto tempo uma pessoa pode viver neste mundo? Isso \u00e9 algo que, como sabemos, varia muito. H\u00e1 beb\u00eas que morrem ainda no ventre de suas m\u00e3es, como tamb\u00e9m h\u00e1 pessoas que ultrapassam os 100 anos de idade. Independente disso, por\u00e9m, \u00e9 certo que a quest\u00e3o, para o ser humano n\u00e3o \u00e9 \u201cse\u201d a morte vai ocorrer, mas sim \u201cquando\u201d.Assim sempre foi e sempre ser\u00e1. De fato, a vida terrena \u00e9 nada mais que uma fa\u00edsca, uma fagulha\u2026 um brilho que se apaga a uma velocidade alucinante, quando comparada \u00e0quilo que espera o homem para depois desta vida.O homem faz seus planos, projeta sua exist\u00eancia nesse mundo, tra\u00e7a seus objetivos, por\u00e9m, a verdade \u00e9 que n\u00e3o tem qualquer controle sobre a dura\u00e7\u00e3o de sua exist\u00eancia terrena: mesmo as pessoas mais fortes e saud\u00e1veis \u2014 como Bruce e Brandon \u2014 podem ser tiradas do mundo em um piscar de olhos, ou em um acidente, ou por algum mal s\u00fabito, ou por assassinato, enfim, as formas s\u00e3o as mais variadas.E, morrendo uma pessoa, seus projetos e ambi\u00e7\u00f5es morrem junto: podem ser levados adiante por outras pessoas, mas o pr\u00f3prio idealizador n\u00e3o desfrutar\u00e1 de seus resultados, caso aconte\u00e7am. Em \u00faltima an\u00e1lise, uma vez que a vida de todos tem um fim, caso n\u00e3o exista nada ap\u00f3s a morte, a exist\u00eancia humana, tal como a de qualquer ser vivo \u00e9 desprovida de sentido\u2026 ao menos de um sentido objetivo.Mesmo que nada haja depois da morte, h\u00e1 os que insistem em dizer que a pessoa pode dar algum sentido \u00e0 sua exist\u00eancia (subjetivismo) como, por exemplo, “influenciar positivamente a vida de outros”.Mas se esses \u201coutros\u201d a ser influenciados tamb\u00e9m v\u00e3o, mais cedo ou mais tarde, morrer\u2026 que sentido h\u00e1 em se influenciar a vida deles?Por mais nobre que possa parecer, caso o ser humano se restrinja a este mundo, qualquer projeto de vida n\u00e3o mant\u00e9m uma raz\u00e3o verdadeira para existir ou acontecer.Sem nada ap\u00f3s a morte, n\u00e3o faz diferen\u00e7a se algu\u00e9m teve uma vida muito feliz ou muito infeliz; uma exist\u00eancia muito boa ou muito ruim; ou se a vida foi muito f\u00e1cil ou muito dif\u00edcil; boas ou ruins; \u00e9ticas ou desregradas\u2026 todas levam ao mesmo fim: tudo termina no t\u00famulo, inclusive projetos e ambi\u00e7\u00f5es. Absolutamente todas as pessoas morrem por serem pecadoras: Porque o sal\u00e1rio do pecado \u00e9 a morte,mas o dom gratuito de Deus \u00e9 a vida eterna por interm\u00e9dio de Cristo Jesus, nosso Senhor! (Romanos 6:23 – KJA) A f\u00e9 crist\u00e3, felizmente, oferece ao homem n\u00e3o apenas um projeto de vida que faz sentido, mas tamb\u00e9m a certeza de que sua exist\u00eancia n\u00e3o termina nesta terra, neste plano, porque Cristo, em sua obra, livrou a todos do pecado e de sua pior consequ\u00eancia, a morte eterna, tendo se feito propicia\u00e7\u00e3o pelos pecados de todo o mundo. Caros filhinhos, estas palavras vos escrevo para que n\u00e3o pequeis.Se, entretanto, algu\u00e9m pecar, temos Advogado junto ao Pai, Jesus Cristo, o Justo;e Ele \u00e9 a propicia\u00e7\u00e3o pelos nossos pecadose n\u00e3o somente por nossas ofensas pessoais, mas pelos pecados<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[464],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apologetica"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":464,"label":"Apolog\u00e9tica"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Eduardo Pydd Teixeira","author_link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/author\/eduardo-pydd\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":464,"name":"Apolog\u00e9tica","slug":"apologetica","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":464,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":96,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":464,"category_count":96,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Apolog\u00e9tica","category_nicename":"apologetica","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal.jpg",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal.jpg",1920,1080,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal.jpg",18,10,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ideal.jpg",1320,743,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Eduardo Pydd Teixeira","author_link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/author\/eduardo-pydd\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"“Eu, Bruce Lee, serei o ator oriental mais bem pago dos EUA, um superstar.Em troca disso, farei as performances mais entusiasmadas e entregarei o melhor de mim como ator.Come\u00e7ando em 1970, atingirei fama mundial e a partir da\u00ed, at\u00e9 o final de 1980, terei em minha posse 10 milh\u00f5es de d\u00f3lares, viverei do jeito que…","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}