Alma: o que é e qual o seu significado na Bíblia
O que é a alma na Bíblia
Na Bíblia, a alma é a totalidade da vida humana, a sede dos afetos, da vontade e da consciência diante do Criador. Mais do que uma centelha abstrata desvinculada do corpo, os termos bíblicos — néfesh no Antigo Testamento e psyche no Novo — descrevem a pessoa viva em sua inteireza, com seus anseios, fragilidades e capacidade de se relacionar com Deus.
A alma que busca e descansa em Deus
Nos Salmos, a alma expressa a experiência humana real: a sede espiritual em meio às dificuldades, a luta contra o abatimento e a decisão de confiar no socorro divino. O salmista ensina a orientar a própria alma em direção à fidelidade e à palavra de Deus.
BY DAVID. Bless, O my soul, YHWH, || And all my inward parts—His Holy Name.(Psalms 103:1)
A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, || My soul has thirsted for You, || My flesh has longed for You, || In a dry and weary land, without waters.(Psalms 63:1)
Why bow yourself, O my soul? And why are you troubled within me? Wait for God, for I still confess Him, || The salvation of my countenance, and my God!(Psalms 42:11)
TO THE OVERSEER. FOR JEDUTHUN. A PSALM OF DAVID. Toward God alone [is] my soul silent, || My salvation [is] from Him.(Psalms 62:1)
I hoped [for] YHWH—my soul has hoped, || And I have waited for His word.(Psalms 130:5)
My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to You, || And my soul that You have redeemed,(Psalms 71:23)
The law of YHWH [is] perfect, refreshing the soul, || The testimonies of YHWH [are] steadfast, || Making the simple wise,(Psalms 19:7)
For You have possessed my reins, || You cover me in my mother’s belly. I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, || And my soul is knowing [it] well.(Psalms 139:13,14)
O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, || From a deceitful tongue!(Psalms 120:2)
O valor e o cuidado com a alma
Jesus ensina que a integridade da alma supera qualquer ganho material terreno. Ao mesmo tempo, a Escritura mostra que amar e buscar a Deus de toda a alma envolve entrega completa, produzindo descanso interior, saúde e estabilidade nas escolhas da vida.
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?(Matthew 16:26)
And Jesus said to him, "You will love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your understanding—(Matthew 22:37)
And do not be afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.(Matthew 10:28)
And you have sought your God YHWH from there, and have found [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.(Deuteronomy 4:29)
Only, be very watchful to do the command and the Law which Moses, servant of YHWH, commanded you, to love your God YHWH, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul."(Joshua 22:5)
And behold, I am going, today, in the way of all the earth, and you have known—with all your heart, and with all your soul—that there has not fallen one thing of all the good things which your God YHWH has spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there has not failed of it one thing.(Joshua 23:14)
and you have sought Me, and have found, for you seek Me with all your heart;(Jeremiah 29:13)
Thus said YHWH: "Stand by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, || Where [is] this—the good way? And go in it, || And find rest for yourselves. And they say, We do not go.(Jeremiah 6:16)
Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, || Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.(Proverbs 16:24)
Beloved, I desire you to prosper concerning all things, and to be in health, even as your soul prospers,(3 John 1:2)
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