Mente renovada: o que a Bíblia ensina sobre os pensamentos
Na Bíblia, a mente não é um espectador passivo, mas o centro das decisões, intenções e convicções morais. A vida com Deus requer intencionalidade sobre os pensamentos: avaliar o que se absorve, buscar discernimento prático e submeter o raciocínio à verdade.
Amar a Deus com o intelecto
No maior dos mandamentos, Jesus estabelece que o amor a Deus envolve a totalidade do ser, incluindo expressamente a mente. A fé bíblica não propõe a anulação do pensamento, mas o direcionamento da atenção para valores eternos e o cultivo de um autoexame sóbrio e equilibrado.
He said to him: "Thou shalt love Yehovah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] your Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength".(Gosel 22:37)
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.(Colossians 3:2)
See then that you2f walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.(Ephesians 5:15,16)
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God-The Father has dealt to every man the measure of faith.(Romans 12:3)
Discernimento e prudência em Provérbios
O livro de Provérbios trata a sabedoria como uma disciplina cotidiana que preserva a vida e previne erros graves. Desenvolver uma mente criteriosa exige humildade para aceitar repreensões, domínio próprio sobre o que se fala e prudência para antever riscos antes de agir.
Happy [is] the man [that] finds wisdom, and the man [that] gets understanding.(Mishlei - Proverbs 3:13)
He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.(Mishlei - Proverbs 19:8)
Just as iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) of his friend.(Mishlei - Proverbs 27:17)
A fool despises his father’s instruction: but he that regards reproof (rebuke; scolding) is prudent.(Mishlei - Proverbs 15:5)
Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shuts his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.(Mishlei - Proverbs 17:28)
A prudent [man] foresees the evil, [and] hides himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.(Mishlei - Proverbs 27:12)
Conhecimento colocado em prática
O acúmulo de informação sem discernimento espiritual gera apenas frustração e enfado, como aponta Eclesiastes. No ensino de Jesus e das cartas apostólicas, a mente verdadeiramente madura é aquela que traduz o que aprendeu em conduta coerente, alicerçando a vida em atos concretos de obediência.
Again he said to them: "Everyone who hears these my words and does them is like a wise man who built his house on a rock".(Gosel 7:24)
Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good Conversation (behavior; way of life; community) his works with meekness of wisdom.(Jacob 3:13)
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Yeshua [God is Salvation] Moshiach [Messiah], and him crucified.(1 Corinthians 2:2)
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:(Romans 1:20)
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.(Ecclesiastes 1:18)
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