Opportunities in life (3)

The need to discern opportune moments

Eclesiastes 3.1 RA

Tudo tem o seu tempo determinado, e há tempo para todo propósito debaixo do céu:

Every possible opportunity should be taken to do good

Gálatas 6.10 RA

Por isso, enquanto tivermos oportunidade, façamos o bem a todos, mas principalmente aos da família da fé.

Veja também Lc 10.33; Jo 9.4; Ef 5.16; Cl 4.5; 2Tm 4.2

Examples of individuals who seized opportunities to serve God

Rahab saved the spies and her household:

Js 2.8–14; Js 6.23

2Rs 5.1–3 Naaman’s wife’s maid helped Naaman by telling her mistress about Elisha; Ne 2.2–5 Nehemiah gained permission to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Esther saved the Jews from Haman’s plot:

Et 4.14; Et 7.3–6

Dn 2.14–16 Daniel offered to interpret Nebuchadnezzar’s dream; At 18.24–26 Priscilla and Aquila taught Apollos.

Some opportunities should be rejected

1Sm 24.3–4; 1Sm 24.10; 1Sm 26.6–11

Opportunities to do evil may have appalling consequences

Gn 4.8 Cain made an opportunity to murder Abel; Gn 25.29–31 Jacob took the opportunity to “buy” Esau’s birthright.

Joseph’s brothers seized the opportunity to capture and sell him:

Gn 37.18–20; Gn 37.27

Dn 6.4–5 Daniel’s enemies sought and found an opportunity to lay a charge against him.

Judas sought an opportunity to betray Jesus Christ:

Mateus 26.16 RA

E, desse momento em diante, buscava ele uma boa ocasião para o entregar.

Giving others an opportunity to do wrong must be avoided

1Timóteo 5.14 RA

Quero, portanto, que as viúvas mais novas se casem, criem filhos, sejam boas donas de casa e não deem ao adversário ocasião favorável de maledicência.