Ler a Bíblia
Ler a Bíblia é essencial para a vida cristã. A Escritura é lâmpada para os pés, alimento para a alma e espada do Espírito. O cristão que lê a Bíblia é transformado pela Palavra.
A importância de ler
Meditar na Palavra dia e noite traz prosperidade e bom sucesso. Ler a Bíblia ilumina o entendimento e fortalece a fé.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
The entrance of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.
Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
A Escritura é inspirada
Toda a Escritura é útil para ensinar, corrigir e instruir em justiça. Examine as Escrituras — nelas encontramos a vida eterna.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.
Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Estudar com diligência
Os bereanos eram mais nobres porque examinavam as Escrituras diariamente. O estudo dedicado da Bíblia produz maturidade espiritual.
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily tofindout whether these things were so.
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
Jesus answered and said to them, "Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?
"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
The Value of Wisdom
My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;