Mente
A mente é campo de batalha espiritual. A Bíblia nos chama a renovar o entendimento, pensar com sabedoria e buscar a mente de Cristo em todas as áreas da vida.
Amar a Deus com a mente
O maior mandamento inclui amar a Deus com toda a mente. A vida intelectual deve ser consagrada ao Senhor.
37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.
Sabedoria e discernimento
A sabedoria é melhor que rubis. Quem a encontra, encontra a vida. A mente sábia discerne, planeja e previne erros.
13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
8 He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
28 Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.
12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
Construir sobre a rocha
Quem ouve as palavras de Jesus e as pratica é como o sábio que edificou sobre a rocha firme e inabalável.
24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
20 For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
18 Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.