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.
Praise Yahweh, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy name!(Psalms 103:1)
God, you are my God.
I will earnestly seek you.
My soul thirsts for you.
My flesh longs for you,
in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.(Psalms 63:1)
Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God! For I shall still praise him,
the saving help of my countenance, and my God.(Psalms 42:11)
My soul rests in God alone.
My salvation is from him.(Psalms 62:1)
My lips shall shout for joy!
My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!(Psalms 71:23)
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul.
Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.(Psalms 19:7)
For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.(Psalms 139:13,14)
Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips,
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 will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? (Matthew 16:26)
Jesus said to him, "‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’(Matthew 22:37)
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.(Matthew 10:28)
But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.(Deuteronomy 4:29)
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."(Joshua 22:5)
"Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.(Joshua 23:14)
You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.(Jeremiah 29:13)
Yahweh says, "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’(Jeremiah 6:16)
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.(Proverbs 16:24)
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.(3 John 1:2)
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