Printable Mode1 Corinteni 9:26
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9:26 Eu, deci, alerg, dar nu ca şi cum n-aş şti încotro alerg. Mă lupt cu pumnul, dar nu ca unul care loveşte în vânt. Nu aşa ca şi cum n-aş şti încotro. [,,Nu ca nesigur”, KJV]. Pavel cunoştea exact unde se ducea şi ce făcea. El ţintea să înainteze cât mai repede cu putinţă în alergarea vieţii. Nu era nici o confuzie înaintea lui cu privire la direcţia pe care trebuia să o apuce. El alerga cu o siguranţă clară şi pozitivă de atingere a ţintei. El se străduia până la limită, ca nu cumva să dea greş de a-şi asigura coroana, o coroană, nu din frunze care se ofilesc, ci de viaţă, pace, bucurie şi fericire nemuritoare în împărăţia slavei. Alergătorul la jocurile greceşti n-avea o astfel de certitudine de a atinge ţinta şi de a obţine premiul. Dar Pavel ştia că el, şi oricine se conforma acestor condiţii, putea fi sigur de succes. Când se apropia de sfârşitul alergării sale, a dat glas siguranţei absolute că va primi coroana împreună cu ceilalţi creştin biruitori (vezi 2Tim 4:7, 8). Mă lupt. Gr. pukteuo, ,,a lupta cu pumnii”, ,,a boxa”. Lupta cu pumnii, sau boxul, era una din formele de distracţie la întrecerile atletice din vechime. Pavel introduce aici o schimbare a metaforei de la aceea a unui alergător pe un stadion la aceea a unui pugilist în ringul de box. Loveşte în vânt. [,,Bate aerul”, KJV; ,,Bate văzduhul”, G. Gal.]. Un boxer ar putea fi privit ca bătând aerul când practică fără un adversar. Sau s-ar putea ca adversarul său să evite lovitura sa, şi făcând aşa îl determină să-şi irosească efortul în aer. Pavel arată aici lămurit că el nu şi-a cruţat adversarul, şi că nu i-a permis să scape de sub loviturile sale; şi nici nu şi-a irosit timpul în lupta cu umbrele, deoarece adversarul său era pururea de faţă şi trebuia să se ocupe de el cu hotărâre. El ţintea fiecare lovitură cu certitudine, îndreptând-o cu toată voinţa şi energia lui aşa că ea îşi atingea efectiv ţinta. Dorinţele stricate ale cărnii trebuia să fie reprimate şi întreaga lui fiinţă adusă roabă la Dumnezeu prin Hristos (vezi 2Cor 10:3-5). Mulţi creştini ştiu că e nevoie de a câştiga biruinţă asupra dorinţelor şi apetitului care sunt în opoziţie faţă de voia lui Dumnezeu, dar ei sunt cu jumătate de inimă în eforturile lor de a supune eul. Ei dau un simulacru de luptă, dar nu doresc cu adevărat ca loviturile lor să pedepsească ceea ce face parte din ei înşişi, deoarece se tem de durerea produsă de astfel de lovituri bine îndreptate. Ei îşi iubesc prea mult firea lor păcătoasă pentru a o răni, şi duc lipsă de tăria de voinţă de a trece cu vederea rugăminţile de îndurare ale cărnii. Nu aşa stau lucrurile cu Pavel. El voieşte cu adevărat să nu arate îndurare cărnii sale păcătoase, naturii sale fireşti. Îi e ruşine de ea, o urăşte şi doreşte moartea ei; de aceea el renunţă la toate gândurile şi sentimentele de milă şi de gingăşie şi ţinteşte loviturile sale cu toată tăria şi iscusinţa sa şi cu toată voinţa sa (vezi Cols 3:5; CH 51). Cuvintele acestea nu trebuie interpretate ca şi cum (vezi p. 54-58), Pavel ar fi privit trupul în mod gnostic şi deci ca intrinsec rău şi incurabil. El căuta să-şi stăpânească, nu să-şi distrugă trupul. |
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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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