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 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on the things of the earth;
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to understand with a sound mind, as God has dealt to each 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 finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding;
8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
5 A fool despises his fathers instruction, but he who restrains himself because of reproof is prudent.
28 Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips, as a man of understanding.
12 A prudent person foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.
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 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works out of good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
20 For ever since the creation of the world the unseen things of Him are clearly perceived, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.