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.
Make sure to habitually read to the people some of the laws that God gave Moses. Meditate on those laws every day and every night. And be sure to obey all those laws. If you do that, you will be successful in everything that you do [DOU].
Your words are like [MET] a lamp to guide me;
they are like a light [MET] to show me the path that I should walk on.
When someone explains ◄your words/what you have said►,
it is as though they are lighting a light;
what they say causes even people who have not learned your laws to be wise.
I love your laws very much.
I ◄meditate on/think about► them all during the day.
Because I know ◄your commands/what you have commanded►,
and because I think about them all the time,
I have become wiser than my enemies.
I understand more than my teachers do,
because I ◄meditate on/think about► ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.
I know [RHQ] how a youth can ◄keep his life pure/avoid sinning►;
it is by obeying what you have told us to do.
I try to serve you with my entire inner being;
do not allow me to ◄wander away from obeying/disobey► ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.
I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised►
in order that I will 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.
God ◄inspired/put into men’s minds► everything that is written in the Scriptures {they wrote in the holy writings}, and those writings are all useful to teach us what is true, to cause us to know when we are wrong and then ◄to correct us/to show us what we have done that is wrong►, and to train/teach us to do what is right. What is written {they wrote} is useful to help us who serve God to be ready/prepared to do all that we should do. By means of it, we are equipped {God gives us what we need} in order to do every kind of good deeds.
You carefully study (OR, Study) the Scriptures, because you think that by studying them you will find the way to have eternal life. And those Scriptures tell people about me!
And you need to remember that what was written previously {what God’s servants previously wrote} in the Scriptures, was written {they wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by reading/believing what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect God to do for us all he has promised.
God is pleased with those who read this book to the congregations, and he will be pleased with those who listen carefully to it and obey what he has commanded in this prophetic message that I am writing. So read this message to the congregations, listen carefully to it, and obey it, because these things that Jesus has revealed will happen soon.
Until I come, be sure that you read the Scriptures to the congregation and that you exhort/urge them to obey the Scriptures, and teach them.
Estudar com diligência
Os bereanos eram mais nobres porque examinavam as Escrituras diariamente. O estudo dedicado da Bíblia produz maturidade espiritual.
The Jews in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the Jews who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message about Jesus. Every day they read the Scriptures for themselves to find out if what Paul said about the Messiah was true.
During my entire life, I devoted myself to studying the laws of Yahweh, and how to obey those laws. I had also taught those laws and all their regulations to the Israeli people for many years.
They also read from scrolls that contained the laws that God gave to Moses, and they interpreted into the Aramaic language what they read, making the meaning clear so that the people could understand the meaning.
Jesus replied to them, "You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know what they have written in the Scriptures about this. You also do not understand God’s power to make people alive again.
Never forget [IDM] these commands that I am giving to you today. Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them all the time: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down and when you are doing things. Write them on tiny scrolls and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads to help you to remember them.
The results of wisdom
My son, listen to what I say,
and consider my instructions to be as valuable as [MET] a treasure.
Pay attention to wisdom
and try hard to understand it.
Call out to God to get insight;
plead with him to help you to understand more of what he wants you to know.
Search eagerly for wisdom, like you would search for silver,
like you would search for a treasure that someone has hidden.
If you do that, you will understand how to revere Yahweh,
and you will succeed in knowing God.
Yahweh is the one who gives us wisdom.
He is the one who tells us things that we need to know and understand.