Printable ModeFaptele Apostolilor 24:25
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24:25 Dar, pe când vorbea Pavel despre neprihănire, despre înfrânare şi despre judecata viitoare, Felix, îngrozit, a zis: De astă dată, du-te; când voi mai avea prilej, te voi chema. Vorbea. [,,argumenta”, KJV]. Educaţia primită de Pavel, mai ales lângă Gamaliel la Ierusalim, fără îndoială că dezvoltase puterile naturale ale minţii şi abilitatea de a ţine cuvântări publice. Contactul lui personal cu Domnul în viziune, pe drumul spre Damasc, şi în templul din Ierusalim (cap. 9,4-6; 22,17.19) şi puterea întăritoare a Duhului Sfânt îi dăduseră o concepţie clară cu privire la adevăr, făcând posibilă o prezentare logică a adevărurilor evanghelice vitale care era atât de scumpe inimii sale. Anii de experienţă în lucrarea de predicare făcuseră ca felul în care prezenta el Evanghelia să reprezinte o forţă de câştigare a oamenilor la Dumnezeu. Neprihănire. Gr. dikaiosune (vezi Rom 1,17). Aici, este evident că Pavel vorbeşte despre o atitudine dreaptă şi o purtare corectă faţă de Dumnezeu şi faţă de semenii săi. În acest cuvânt, Luca însumează expunerea de către Pavel a marilor adevăruri ale Legii şi Evangheliei (vezi Mica 6,8; Matei 22,36-40). Conştiinţa lui Felix trebuie să fi fost zguduită când a reflectat asupra propriei sale purtări (vezi Fapte 24,2). Nu e de mirare că s-a cutremurat când vorbea Pavel şi şi-a închipuit cum propria sa persoană stă la bara judecăţii, înaintea lui Dumnezeu. Înfrânare. [,,temperanţă”, KJV]. Gr. egkrateia, ,,stăpânire de sine” sau stăpânirea apetitului şi a pasiunilor (vezi Gal 5,23). Această trăsătură de caracter este deosebit de importantă pentru un conducător, şi este sigur că Pavel i-a explicat lui Felix cum poate ajunge la ea. Judecata. Gr. krima, sentinţa venită în urma judecăţii (vezi Ioan 9,39), aici, judecata finală. Felix stă acum în poziţia de judecător. Atunci va sta ca acuzat la bara judecăţii lui Dumnezeu. Lăcomia, cruzimea şi desfrânarea lui Felix (Tacit, Annals XII.54; History, V.9) făceau solia lui Pavel cât se poate de potrivită. Pavel fie cunoştea caracterul omului căruia îi vorbea, fie era îndemnat de Duhul Sfânt să sublinieze chiar lucrurile de care avea nevoie Felix. Pavel nu era numai un învăţător de etică, el nu se mărginea să aducă argumente abstracte despre frumuseţea şi utilitatea dreptăţii [,,neprihănirii”] şi cumpătării. Cuvintele lui erau cât se poate de practice şi constituiau invitaţia Cerului adresată lui Felix şi soţiei lui de a se întoarce la adevăratul Dumnezeu. Îngrozit. [,,a tremurat”, KJV]. Gr. phobosem, ,,îngrozit”, ,,înspăimântat”. Cuvântul denotă agitaţie nu de natură fizică, ci mintală. Duhul Sfânt lucra asupra conştiinţei frământate a procuratorului, mustrându-l ,,de păcat, de dreptate şi de judecată” (Ioan 16,8). Ca şi demonii, Felix credea şi se cutremura (Iacov 2,19), în spirit. Guvernatorul, care nu recunoştea că Pavel avea dreptate în speranţa de a câştigă o sumă de bani pentru eliberarea lui, tremura la gândul că avea să dea socoteală înaintea Judecătorului universului. Când voi mai avea vreme. [,,la un timp potrivit”, KJV]. Felix a înăbuşit glasul conştiinţei prin amânarea unei decizii personale. El n-a respins direct chemarea Duhului Sfânt, ci oscilând în faţa unei decizii pentru ceea ce este bine, s-a hotărât să amâne lucrarea chinuitoare a punerii în ordine a treburilor lui personale. ,,Timpul cel mai potrivit” pentru această sarcină adesea neplăcută e totdeauna cel prezent, dar pentru omul cu conştiinţa vinovată, prezentul e mereu un timp foarte nepotrivit şi tulburător. Te voi chema. Felix l-a chemat pe Pavel iarăşi şi iarăşi (v. 26), dar niciodată nu a ajuns la punctul hotărârii. El n-a găsit niciodată ,,timpul potrivit” despre care vorbea. |
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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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