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13:13 Acum dar rămân aceste trei: credinţa, nădejdea şi dragostea; dar cea mai mare dintre ele este dragostea. Rămâne. Cuvântul acesta transmite ideea de permanenţă. Cu excepţia iubirii, toate cele care au fost tratate în acest capitol, inclusiv profeţia, limbile şi alte daruri ale Duhului, vor înceta de a fi de preţ sau vor fi anulate, dar cele trei elemente fundamentale ale experienţei creştine nu vor trece; ele sunt permanente. De aceea, creştinul e îndemnat să-şi concentreze atenţia la acestea. Credinţa, aici nu darul spiritual al credinţei (vezi cap. 12:9), ci experienţa descrisă în Evr 11 (cf. cele de la Rom 4:3), trebuie să fie de valoare veşnică, deoarece va fi pururea un element esenţial al vieţii armonioase pe noul pământ. Nădejdea, fiind o dorinţă după un obiect sau o aşteptare de a-l obţine, prin însăşi natura ei va fi o parte a trăirii în cer, unde pururea vor fi noi câmpuri de explorat pentru poporul lui Dumnezeu şi noi delectări de gustat (vezi 1Cor 2:9; Ed 306, 307). Toate comorile cerului nu pot fi gustate deodată de cei răscumpăraţi, şi atâta vreme cât e ceva care urmează să fie dorit şi aşteptat în viitor, va exista nădejdea. Cea mai mare. Când se ajunge a se înţelege că din însuşirile caracterului, iubirea este aceea pe care inspiraţia o foloseşte pentru a descrie însăşi natura lui Dumnezeu, e uşor de a vedea de ce spune apostolul că mai pre sus de toate darurile Duhului, acesta este cel mai mare (vezi 1Ioan 4:7, 8, 16). Ca o manieră de viaţă, iubirea este eficientă, mai biruitoare, mai satisfăcătoare decât posedarea şi exercitarea diferitelor daruri ale Duhului enumerate în cap. 12 (vezi 1Cor 12:31). Iubirea de Dumnezeu şi de semenii noştri este cea mai înaltă expresie a armoniei cu Dumnezeu (vezi Mat 22:37–40; 8T 139). Iubirea trăită în viaţa credinciosului e cea mai mare probă a sincerităţii creştinismului cuiva (vezi Isa 58:6–8; Mat 25:34–40; 6T 273–280). A fi creştin înseamnă a fi ca Hristos, care ,,umbla din loc în loc făcând bine” (Fapte 10:38). Creştinii deci, sunt aceia care, în duhul lui Isus, umblă din loc în loc făcând bine tuturor celor care au nevoie de ajutorul lor. Ei îl fac fără vreun interes personal, ci pentru că iubirea lui Dumnezeu din inimile lor face cu neputinţă ca ei să facă altfel (vezi 6T 268; 3T 524). Iubirea este calea excelentă, deoarece exprimarea ei practică este proba care urmează să decidă soarta veşnică a tuturor oamenilor. Aceia a căror religie este una de simplă conformare externă la forme şi datini, vor descoperi că una ca aceasta nu e plăcută lui Dumnezeu (vezi 5T 612). Iubire care se leapădă de sine, care produce unire între credincioşi, va convinge lumea că Dumnezeu a trimis pe fiul Său în lume să mântuiască omenirea. Aceasta este metoda aleasă de Dumnezeu pentru poporul Său ca să dea mărturie despre adevărul Evangheliei (vezi Ioan 17:21, 23). O astfel de iubire, care nu arată nici o dorinţă de a înălţa, îndreptăţi sau mulţumi eul, ci e dedicată lucrării neegoiste pentru cei nevoiaşi, este un argument pe care oamenii neconvertiţi nu-l pot contrazice. Ei văd în ea ceva de neînţeles pentru filozofia lor de viaţă. Inima lor e mişcată, şi inteligenţa lor răspunde la dovada puterii temerii de Dumnezeu în viaţa oamenilor pocăiţi. În felul acesta se demonstrează că iubirea este calea cea mai de seamă a predicării Evangheliei şi a promovării împărăţiei lui Dumnezeu. COMENTARIILE ELLEN G. WHITE 1 CH 560; CS 29; Ev 507; 2T 116, 581; 4T 133; 5T 98 1–3AA 318; MB 38 1–55T 168 3 2T 116; 4T 133 3–72T 169 4 Ed 114; FE 279; ML 179, 334; 4T 65; 5T 123 4, 5 AA 543; DA 549; FE 283 4–74T 257; 5T 290 4–8AA 319; Ed 242; MB 16 5 CW 67; DA 20, 439; EW 112; ML 84; 2T 276, 313; 3T 397; 5T 124; 7T 243 5–7GW 448 6 FE 279 6–85T 169 7 MH 498; 2T 135; 4T 27; 5T 404 11 AH 119, 213; 3T 194 12 AH 544; DA 804; Ed 303, 306; GC 676, 677; MB 27; MH 466; ML 12, 353, 366; SC 113; SR 432; 1T 30; 3T 540; 5T 706; 6T 309; 8T 328 13 AA 319; MM 251; 3T 187; WM 328 |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
Multilingual Online Ebooks
It is possible now to have the inspirational ebooks on your browser and to read it allowing you to make comparisons between different translations or versions for a specific language. This occasion is unique, and you have only to browse to the desired author and book.
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