18:9 A mai spus şi pilda aceasta pentru unii care se încredeau în ei înşişi că sunt neprihăniţi, şi dispreţuiau pe ceilalţi. Pilda aceasta. [Fariseul şi vameşul, Luca 18,9-14; despre parabole vezi p. 203-207]. Nu există nici o legătură aparentă între parabola aceasta şi acea precedentă cu privire la judecătorul nedrept şi pare să nu existe nici un mijloc de a şti dacă cele două au fost date cu aceeaşi ocazie. Parabola aceasta, ca şi cea precedentă, a fost dată probabil prin luna martie a anului 31 d.Hr., undeva în regiunea Perea. Se încredeau în ei înşişi. Deşi ei nu sunt numiţi în mod specific, este clar că Isus îi are îndeosebi pe Farisei în mintea Sa. Lucrul acesta este scos în evidenţă de faptul că în parabolă un Fariseu este arătat ca un exemplu de cineva care se ,,încredea” în sine că este ,,neprihănit” şi care ,,dispreţuia pe ceilalţi”. Cărturarii şi Fariseii fuseseră de faţă la ocaziile recente când Isus dădea învăţătură (vezi la cap. 15,2; 16,14; 17,20) şi erau probabil prezenţi şi acum. În introducerea lui la parabolă, Luca arată că este adresată acelora care au credinţă ,,în ei înşişi” şi nu în Dumnezeu (vezi cap. 18,8.9). Credinţa lor este o credinţă falsă, în contrast cu credinţa adevărată pe care Dumnezeu ar fi vrut ca ei să o dezvolte. Pentru o ilustraţie a dispoziţiei sufleteşti a Fariseilor care ,,se încredeau în ei înşişi”, vezi descrierea despre sine ca Fariseu a lui Pavel (Filipeni 3,4-6). Că sunt neprihăniţi. Adică, potrivit cu propriul lor standard de neprihănire, conform căruia Fariseii trăiau în general cu scrupulozitate sau cel puţin pretindeau că trăiesc după el. Standardul fariseic de neprihănire consta din stricta ţinere a legilor lui Moise şi a tradiţiilor rabinice. El era, în esenţă, neprihănirea prin fapte. Concepţia fariseică, legalistă, a neprihănirii se întemeia pe premiza că mântuirea era câştigată prin păzirea unui anumit fel de purtare şi nu dădea decât puţină atenţie sau nu dădea nici o atenţie necesarei consacrări a inimii lui Dumnezeu şi transformării motivelor şi obiectivelor omului în viaţă. Fariseii accentuau litera Legii, ignorând spiritul ei. Concepţia că conformarea din afară la cerinţele divine era tot ceea ce cerea Dumnezeu, indiferent de motivul care determina conformarea la ele, era ceea ce determina gândirea şi vieţuirea lor. În diferite ocazii Isus îi avertizase pe ucenicii Săi şi pe alţii contra acestei abordări formaliste a mântuirii (vezi la Matei 5,20; 16,6; Luca 12,1). Dispreţuiau. Gr. exoutheneo, ,,a face de ocară”, ,,a dispreţui de tot” sau ,,a trata cu dispreţ”. Cuvântul acesta este tradus şi ,,a se purta cu dispreţ” (Luca 23,11; Fapte 4,11; Romani 14,10) şi ,,n-are nici o greutate” (2 Corinteni 10,10). Aceia care se consideră modele de virtute tind să privească pe semenii lor cu dispreţ. Pe ceilalţi. [,,Alţii”, KJV]. Literal, ,,restul”, însemnând ,,toţi ceilalţi”. Adică, Fariseii tratau cu dispreţ pe toţi aceia care nu recunoşteau definiţia lor în ce priveşte neprihănirea şi nu-şi rânduiau viaţa în acord cu ea. |
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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.