União

União

Deus o fez para que você pudesse participar do amor e da vida transbordantes encontrados na Divindade. Você foi criado para amar e ser amado e para compartilhar sua vida divina em união espiritual.

A religião feita pelo homem diz que você tem que trabalhar duro antes de se aproximar de Deus e se você pecar, ele o colocará de lado, mas o evangelho da graça declara que um com o Senhor, você é tão santo e justo quanto ele e seu futuro é eternamente seguro. Nossa união com o Senhor é íntima, inquebrável e o meio pelo qual experimentamos a vida abundante que brota da plenitude do seu amor.

União na Bíblia

A palavra união não aparece em muitas Bíblias em inglês, mas nossa união com o Senhor é mencionada centenas de vezes nas escrituras. É encontrado em frases como “Deus conosco”, “Cristo em você”, “em Cristo”, “com Cristo”, “com ele” e “nele” (ver entrada for Matt. 1:23). It’s in numerous promises (“I am with you always”) and word pictures (“I am the vine, you are the branches”). And union is implied in the word fellowship.

A palavra que geralmente é traduzida como comunhão (koinonia, 2842) significa literalmente parceria, comunidade (ou unidade comum) ou comunhão (ou união comum). Koinonia não é um verbo no sentido de ter comunhão depois da igreja. É um substantivo que descreve a união comum que os crentes têm uns com os outros e com o Senhor.

Union is more than relationship for it describes the mystical connection that all believers share with God the Father (Eph. 2:18, 1 John 1:2-3, 2:15), God the Son (1 Cor. 1:9, 10:16), and God the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14, Php. 2:1, 1 John 4:13). Our union also joins us to the church or the body of Christ (1 John 1:7). Koinonia-fellowship is about living fully out of our connection with Christ and his body with our hearts “knit together in love” (Col. 2:2).

fotos da união

Spiritual union is such an alien concept to the natural mind that the Bible provides us with pictures to help us grasp it. In the New Testament, our union with the Lord is portrayed as a vine and its branches (John 15:5), a building or temple (see entrada for 2 Cor. 6:16), a treasure in a jar of clay (2 Cor. 4:7), a new man (Eph. 2:15), a marriage (2 Cor. 11:2, Eph. 5:24-25, Rev. 19:7, 21:9, 22:17), a city (Heb. 11:10, 12:22, 13:14, Rev 3:12, 21:2), and a family or household (Matt. 12:50, Mark 3:35, John 11:52, 2 Cor. 6:18, Eph. 2:19, Gal. 3:26, 6:10, 1 Pet. 4:17). The union metaphor which appears most often in the New Testament is that of the body of Christ of which every believer is a member (see entrada for 1 Cor. 12:27; see also Rom. 12:4, 5, 1 Cor. 6:15, 10:17, 12:12-18, 22-25 , Eph. 3:6, 4:4, 4:15-16, 5:23, 30, Col 1:18, 2:19, 3:15).

One thing these pictures have in common is the theme of total dependence. A branch is nothing without the vine, and a toe cannot exist without the body. Our union reminds us that we are totally dependent on the Lord. He is the source of our life (Gal. 2:20, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:4). Apart from him we can do nothing, but in him we truly live and move and have our being.

palavras de união

Várias frases nas escrituras se referem à nossa união com o Senhor. Esses incluem; em Cristo Jesus, com Cristo, com ele e nele.

Em Cristo Jesus: Estamos vivos para Deus e temos a vida eterna em Cristo Jesus (Rom. 6:11, 23). The grace and kindness of God are found em Cristo Jesus (1 Cor. 1:4, Eph. 2:7) and his forgiveness is found em Cristo Jesus (Eph. 4:32). There is no condemnation for those who are em Cristo Jesus (Rom. 8:1), we are justified em Cristo (Gal. 2:17), and our salvation is em Cristo Jesus (2 Tim. 2:10). Nothing can separate us from the love of God that is em Cristo Jesus (Rom. 8:39). We have freedom and are sanctified em Cristo Jesus (1 Cor. 1:2, Gal. 2:4). We are seated in heavenly places em Cristo Jesus (Eph. 2:6). The peace, faith and love of God are found em Cristo Jesus (Php. 4:7, 1 Tim. 1:14). Em Cristo we are brand new creatures (2 Cor. 5:17). We are complete em Cristo (Col. 1:28) and blessed with every blessing em Cristo (Eph. 1:3). All the glory goes to God. It is because of him that you are em Cristo Jesus (1 Cor. 1:30).

Com Cristo: O crente foi crucificado com Cristo (Rom. 6:8, Gal. 2:20, Col. 2:20, 3:3), been raised and made alive com Cristo (Rom. 6:8, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:1), is a co-heir com Cristo (Rom. 8:17), clothed com Cristo (Gal. 3:27), and hidden com Cristo in God (Col. 3:3).

Com ele: O crente foi crucificado com ele, sepultado com ele, criado com ele para viver com ele e reinar com ele (Rom. 6:4-8, 2 Cor. 13:4, Eph. 2:6, Col. 2:12-13, 2 Tim. 2:11-12).

Nele: Quando você creu nas boas novas sobre Jesus, você foi selado nele (Eph. 1:13). All the blessings of heaven are found nele (Eph. 1:3), and nele we have redemption, forgiveness, and righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21, Eph. 1:7). All the promises of God are yes nele (2 Cor. 1:20), and nele you have been made complete (Col. 2:10). Nele we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

A promessa de união

Jesus prayed for his disciples “that they may be one as we are one” (John 17:11). Then he prayed for those who would come after them, “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you” (John 17:21). Jesus’ prayer is answered whenever someone turns to the Lord in faith and is sealed in him by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13). Once upon a time, you were apart from the Lord and lacking the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:9, 1 Cor. 2:14-15). But the moment you responded in faith to the gospel, you were placed in Christ and you received the Holy Spirit. “God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus” (1 Cor. 1:30, GNB).

The believer has been crucified with Christ (Rom. 6:8, Gal. 2:20, Col. 2:20, 3:3, 2 Tim. 2:11), raised and made alive with Christ (Rom. 6:8, Eph. 2:5, Col. 3:1), is a joint heir with Christ (Rom. 8:17), is clothed with Christ (Gal. 3:27), and now reigns with Christ (Eph. 2:6, 2 Tim. 2:12). Truly the believer is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).

There are no stages to union with Christ; you are either in Christ or you need to be. The Christian life is not about trying to get closer to the Lord, but learning to walk in the union we already have. “As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to him” (Col. 2:6, AMP). We are able to walk with the Lord when we know our union is intimate, unbreakable, and blessed.

Uma união íntima

Union with Christ is the number one reason why we have it better than those who lived before the cross. Back then they wrote love songs about yearning and absence. “I opened to my beloved, but my beloved was gone” (Song 5:6) “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul pants for you, O God” (Ps. 42:1). “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life” (Ps. 27:4). But the good news of union declares that you está the house of the Lord (2 Cor. 6:16, Heb. 3:6). You can dwell in the house of the Lord as long as you like. In fact, it’s going to be quite impossible for you to dwell anywhere else.

“I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” (John 14:20). You are in Christ and he is in you. One with the Lord, you are as close as you ever will be. If you don’t feel close, renew your mind and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth of God’s word to you. Intimacy is not something we ever need long for. (He is already with us.) We don’t have to beg God to rend the heavens and come down. (He already did.) And we never have to fear that he might abandon us as orphans. (He promised he wouldn’t.) The good news declares that now and forever more, you are in intimate union with the Lord (Eph. 2:13).

Uma união inquebrável

“Surely I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). Jesus said the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit abide or make their home with us (John 14:16–17, 23). You are not a motel room for the Lord. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit and he will never leave you (Heb. 13:5).

“The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him” (1 Cor. 6:17). The original word for joins (olá, G2853) significa colar ou cimentar juntos. Você foi cimentado ao Senhor pelo Espírito Santo. Você está preso com ele para sempre.

“We have become united with him” (Rom. 6:5). The original word for united (sumphutos, 4854) significa plantados juntos. Esta é a palavra mais forte para união que você poderia imaginar. Significa “nascer junto com” ou “de origem conjunta”. A palavra inglesa mais próxima é connate, que significa partes individuais que são unidas para formar um único todo. A melhor ilustração de uma união conata é aquela que Jesus nos deu — uma videira e um ramo, duas partes que se combinam para formar um todo indivisível. Videiras e galhos não podem ser entendidos isoladamente. Uma videira que não tem ramos não é bem uma videira, e um ramo que não faz parte de uma videira não é um ramo.

What does this connate or unbreakable union mean for us? One with the Lord, we are as holy and righteous as he is (1 Cor. 1:30). His future is our future and in him we are eternally secure. Since Christ cannot deny or disown himself, Christ cannot disown you (2 Tim. 2:13).

Uma união abençoada

Paul prayed that we would have “a deeper understanding of every blessing which we have in our life in union with Christ” (Phm. 1:6, GNB). There are many blessings which come to us through our union in Christ. These blessings include: love (Rom. 8:39, 1 Tim. 1:14, 1 John 3:17), forgiveness (Eph. 1:7, 4:32), reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:19), salvation (Eph. 1:13, 2 Tim. 2:10), the gift of no condemnation (Rom. 8:1), freedom (Gal. 2:4), eternal life (Rom. 6:23, 2 Tim: 1:1, 1 John 3:15, 5:20), peace (Php. 4:7), sanctification (1 Cor. 1:2, 30, Php. 1:1, 4:21, 2 Tim. 1:9), righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30, 2 Cor. 5:21, Php. 3:9), authority (Eph. 2:6), new life (Eph. 2:5), an inheritance (Eph. 1:10-11), strength (Eph. 6:10), and provision (Php. 4:19. Indeed, every blessing is ours in Christ (Eph. 1:3). In him we are complete (Col. 2:10). Truly we are “privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God” (1 Cor. 3:23, MSG).

C.S. Lewis once said that grace separates Christianity from every other religion. The grace of God is certainly special, but it is hardly the only thing that makes Christianity unique. How about union? No other religion dares to propose the intimacy, fruitfulness, and security that flow from our union with the Lord. “In union with Christ you have become rich in all things…” (1 Cor. 1:5, GNB).

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