In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul highlights an interesting point about the human condition, especially those converted to faith in Christ to be his witnesses: the majority of the saved, those who are part of the true Church of Christ (the one who is not seen through physical eyes, but through faith) are not people of great prominence or fame, nor of wealthy origin: the majority are people who, in the eyes of the world, are anonymous, humble, and even irrelevant to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nBrothers and sisters, consider your calling!
For not many wise men, according to human standards, were summoned; not many powerful men, not many noblemen.
On the contrary, God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
He chose what is insignificant, despised, and nothing in the eyes of the world, in order to reduce to nothing what is, so that no one may boast before Him.<\/p>\n(1\u02e2\u1d57 Corinthians 1:26-29 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nPaul himself, who wrote this text, was an exception to this rule, being a very unusual figure, almost unique in the world at his time: he was a Roman citizen, a Jew of the Pharisee class, and versed in Greek culture, therefore someone with a high social status and free access to three different cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, not many like him were called\u2014as he himself admits\u2014and, as is clear from the highlighted text, there is a reason for this: to show that God's only criterion for calling someone to be part of His Kingdom is His own grace. There is no human merit involved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just as God did not care about the appearance of David's older brothers when choosing the young shepherd to be king of Israel, but rather about the heart of the future monarch (see 1\u00ba Samuel 16:6-7<\/mark><\/strong>What the world considers valuable means nothing to the Lord of heaven and earth.
The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews also emphasizes this point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nSome women received back their dead through resurrection.
Some were martyred and did not negotiate their release, in order to attain a still more excellent resurrection;
Many faced mockery and torture, others were chained and thrown into prisons; stoned, sawn in half, tempted, killed by the sword.
They wandered aimlessly, dressed in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, distressed, and mistreated.
They walked like refugees, wandering through deserts and mountains, through caves and holes in the ground.
People of whom the world was not worthy!<\/p>\n(Hebrews 11:35-38 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThese people were so blessed by God that they received the strength even to endure persecution, suffering, and death, all because of their faith in receiving the ultimate reward: resurrection to possess the eternal kingdom shared with Jesus.
And, as you can see, the names of such people\u2014not a single one of them!\u2014are not even mentioned: the author simply says that "the world was not worthy of them.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And none of this is due to merit, especially since, as Paul says, most of these people were not pillars of society, nor were their names recorded in history, as the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews states.
All of this depends on one thing: God using his mercy, as the Lord himself said to Moses in Exodus 33:19<\/mark><\/strong> and is repeated by Paul in Romans 9:15-16<\/mark><\/strong>.
Therefore, there is nothing of human merit in belonging to Jesus and being saved. Everything is by divine grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLet each of us be constantly reminded that "merit" is something that only Jesus possesses; no one else has anything to present before the holiness of the Father.
And may this humility permeate our entire being, leading us to follow the will of the one who died and rose again for us, not to attain salvation, but as a result of knowing that we are saved.
Never through their own merit, not even boasting... but always and solely by divine grace and mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Bonds of Calvary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Eduardo Pydd Teixeira<\/p>
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ORIGINAL TITLE<\/mark>Do not boast in the presence of God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIt seems that the end times are unfolding ever 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>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Paulo, em sua primeira ep\u00edstola aos Cor\u00edntios, ressalta um ponto interessante na condi\u00e7\u00e3o do ser humano, especialmente os convertidos \u00e0 f\u00e9 em Cristo para serem suas testemunhas: a maioria dos salvos, daqueles que fazem parte da verdadeira Igreja de Cristo (aquele que n\u00e3o se v\u00ea atrav\u00e9s dos olhos f\u00edsicos, mas pela f\u00e9) n\u00e3o s\u00e3o pessoas de grande proje\u00e7\u00e3o ou famosas, nem de origem abastada: sua maioria \u00e9 formada por pessoas que, aos olhos do mundo, s\u00e3o an\u00f4nimos, humildes, e at\u00e9 irrelevantes \u00e0 sociedade. Irm\u00e3os, contemplai a vossa voca\u00e7\u00e3o!Pois n\u00e3o foram convocados muitos s\u00e1bios, de acordo com crit\u00e9rios humanos, nem muitos poderosos, nem tampouco nobres.Pelo contr\u00e1rio, Deus escolheu justamente o que para o mundo \u00e9 insensatez para envergonhar os s\u00e1bios, e escolheu precisamente o que o mundo julga fraco para ridicularizar o que \u00e9 forte.Ele escolheu o que do ponto de vista do mundo \u00e9 insignificante, desprezado, e o que nada \u00e9, para reduzir a nada o que \u00e9, com o objetivo de que nenhuma pessoa se vanglorie perante Ele. (1\u00aa Cor\u00edntios 1:26-29 – KJA) O pr\u00f3prio Paulo, que escreve esse texto, era uma exce\u00e7\u00e3o a essa regra, tratandos-e de uma figura muito incomum, quase \u00fanica no mundo em seu tempo: era cidad\u00e3o romano, judeu da classe dos fariseus e versado na cultura grega, sendo, portanto, algu\u00e9m com um status social elevado e livre acesso a tr\u00eas culturas diferentes. No entanto, n\u00e3o foram chamados muitos como ele \u2014 como ele pr\u00f3prio admite \u2014 e, como fica claro no texto destacado, isso tem uma raz\u00e3o: mostrar que o \u00fanico crit\u00e9rio de Deus para chamar algu\u00e9m para ser parte de seu Reino \u00e9 a sua pr\u00f3pria gra\u00e7a. N\u00e3o existe qualquer m\u00e9rito humano nisso! Assim como Deus n\u00e3o se importou com a apar\u00eancia dos irm\u00e3os mais velhos de Davi ao escolher o jovem pastor de ovelhas para ser o rei de Israel, mas sim para o cora\u00e7\u00e3o do futuro monarca (vide 1\u00ba Samuel 16:6-7), aquilo que o mundo considera valioso n\u00e3o significa nada para o Senhor dos c\u00e9us e da Terra.O autpor da ep\u00edstola aos Heberus tamb\u00e9m ressalta esse ponto: Algumas mulheres receberam por meio da ressurrei\u00e7\u00e3o os seus mortos de volta \u00e0 vida.Uns foram martirizados e n\u00e3o negociaram seu livramento, a fim de poderem conquistar uma ressurrei\u00e7\u00e3o ainda mais excelente;muitos enfrentaram zombarias e torturas, outros ainda foram acorrentados e jogados aos c\u00e1rceres; apedrejados, serrados ao meio, tentados, mortos ao fio da espada.Andaram sem rumo, vestidos de pele de ovelhas e de cabras, necessitados, angustiados e maltratados.Caminharam como refugiados, vagando pelos desertos e montes, pelas cavernas e buracos na terra.Pessoas das quais o mundo n\u00e3o foi digno! (Hebreus 11:35-38 – KJA) Essas pessoas foram a tal ponto agraciadas por Deus que receberam a for\u00e7a at\u00e9 mesmo para suportar persegui\u00e7\u00e3o, sofrimento e morte, tudo pela f\u00e9 que tinham de receberem a recompensa final, a ressurrei\u00e7\u00e3o para a posse do reino eterno compartilhado com Jesus.E, como se percebe, os nomes de tais pessoas \u2014 de nenhuma delas! \u2014 s\u00e3o sequer citados: o autor simplesmente diz que “o mundo n\u00e3o era digno deles”. E nada disso \u00e9 m\u00e9rito, mesmo porque, como diz Paulo, essas pessoas, em sua maioria, n\u00e3o eram pilares da sociedade, nem tiveram seus nomes registrados na hist\u00f3ria, como diz o autor da ep\u00edstola aos Hebreus.Tudo isso \u00e9 dependente de uma s\u00f3 coisa: de Deus usar a sua miseric\u00f3rdia, como o pr\u00f3prio Senhor disse a Mois\u00e9s em \u00caxodo 33:19 e \u00e9 repetido, por Paulo, em Romanos 9:15-16.Nada h\u00e1, portanto de m\u00e9rito humano em se pertencer a Jesus e ser salvo. Tudo \u00e9 por gra\u00e7a divina. Seja cada um de n\u00f3s constantemente lembrado que “m\u00e9rito” \u00e9 algo que apenas Jesus possui, nenhum outro tem nada a apresentar diante da santidade do Pai.E que essa humildade permeie todo o nosso ser, fazendo-nos seguir a vontade daquele que por n\u00f3s morreu e ressuscitou, n\u00e3o para alcan\u00e7ar a salva\u00e7\u00e3o, mas como fruto daquele que sabe que est\u00e1 salvo.Nunca por seus pr\u00f3prios m\u00e9rito, sequer se vangloriando\u2026 mas sempre e somente pela gra\u00e7a e miseric\u00f3rdia divinas. Nos La\u00e7os do Calv\u00e1rio T\u00cdTULO ORIGINAL: N\u00c3O SE VANGLORIE NA PRESEN\u00c7A DE DEUS Parece que os tempos finais est\u00e3o se revelando cada vez mais rapidamente e, antes que o Senhor volte como um ladr\u00e3o na noite, j\u00e1 podemos observar ind\u00edcios do profetizado reinado do anticristo se consolidando n\u00e3o apenas no Brasil, mas por todo o mundo!Na fase 2023 d’O Pior evangelho decidi lan\u00e7ar m\u00e3o de novos formatos na expectativa auxiliar a aumentar o alcance dos conte\u00fados relacionados \u00e0s Escrituras \u2014 stories, v\u00eddeos, textos mais curtos, autores convidados\u2026 \u2014 e essa publica\u00e7\u00e3o, onde tomei a liberdade de realizar revis\u00e3o e ilustra\u00e7\u00e3o, \u00e9 parte desse projeto.Obrigado por ter lido at\u00e9 aqui.Continuo necessitando de toda colabora\u00e7\u00e3o poss\u00edvel: coment\u00e1rios, compartilhamentos e rea\u00e7\u00f5es ajudam a divulgar este conte\u00fado que foi integralmente produzido na 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