4:1 Iata cum trebuie sa fim priviti noi: ca niste slujitori ai lui Hristos, si ca niste ispravnici ai tainelor lui Dumnezeu. Sa fim priviti noi. Pavel sfatuieste pe corinteni sa-l priveasca pe el si pe conlucratorii sai ca pe slujitori si ispravnici nu de la oameni, ci de la Dumnezeu. Fiind chemati de Dumnezeu la lucrarea lor in slujba Evangheliei, ei nu trebuia sa fie considerati drept conducatori ai diferitelor factiuni din biserica sau capetenii ai unor partide in cearta. Hristos daduse lucratorilor Sai raspunderea de a face cunoscut Cuvantul Sau lumii (vezi Mat. 28:19,20). Lor nu le este ingaduit sa predice si sa invete parerile si credintele oamenilor, ci sunt insarcinati sa prezinte oamenilor solia curata a mantuirii nemanjita de filosofia lumeasca (vezi 1Tim. 6:20, 21; 2Tim. 4:1–3). Slujitori. Gr. huperetai, ,,slujitori”, ,,ajutoare”, ,,slujbasi”. Cuvantul era folosit cu privire la vaslasii de pe galerele de razboi. Mai tarziu a ajuns sa fie folosit cu referire la orice subaltern care avea de indeplinit o munca grea si in terminologie militara, cu privire la ofiterii de ordonanta care serveau pe comandantul lor sef. Folosirea aceasta a lui huperetai ca slujitori militari a caror datorie era sa serveasca pe ofiterii superiori din armata se poate sa fie reflectata in folosirea lui de catre Pavel in versetul acesta. Aceia carora le-a fost incredintata lucrarea de slujitori ai Evangheliei sunt intr-un sens special, slujitorii Marelui Comandant Sef ceresc, Isus. Ei sunt reprezentantii oficiali, umani, ai lui Hristos, ofiteri regali ai imparatiei Sale spirituale (vezi Ioan 18:36, unde cuvantul acesta este tradus ,,slujitorii”). Ispravnici. Gr. oiconomoi, ,,administratori”, ,,ispravnici”. Grecii foloseau acest cuvant in legatura cu administrarea de proprietate, fie a unei cladiri, fie a unei mosii si-l aplicau la sclavi sau la oameni eliberati din sclavie, carora li se incredintau grija si administratia casei si pamantului care apartineau stapanului lor. Ispravnicul nu numai ca avea grija de treburile gospodariei, dar si lua masuri de prevedere pentru ea. Aceasta era o slujba de o mare raspundere. Aplicarea acestui cuvant la slujitorii lui Hristos e deosebit de exacta. Slujitorul Evangheliei este insarcinat cu ingrijirea de biserica lui Dumnezeu de pe pamant si procurarea a ceea e necesar pentru buna ei stare (vezi Ioan 21:15–17; 1Pet. 5:1–3). In ispravnicie, lucrul de suprema importanta e credinciosia. Omul nu are putere absoluta asupra a nimic din lumea aceasta, nici macar asupra puterii sale fizice sau mentale, deoarece ,,toate insusirile pe care le poseda oamenii apartin lui Dumnezeu” (5T 277). El e o fiinta creata si ca atare apartine Creatorului sau. El e si o fiinta rascumparata prin sangele lui Hristos (vezi Fapte 20:28); de aceea, intr-un dublu sens, omul nu isi apartine. Pamantul si tot ce e pe el apartin lui Dumnezeu; El e proprietarul suprem. El a incredintat grija proprietatii Sale omului, care in felul acesta devine administratorul Lui, cel insarcinat cu raspunderea de a folosi bunurile Stapanului sau in asa fel ca sa revina un castig lui Dumnezeu. Recunoasterea acestei legaturi dintre om si Creatorul sau ar trebui sa produca o hotarare de a exercita o mare grija in folosirea a tot ceea ce i-a fost incredintat in cursul perioadei ramanerii lui pe pamantul acesta. Adevaratul credincios in Hristos va cauta continuu sa proslaveasca pe Dumnezeu in administrarea din partea sa a lucrurilor puse in grija lui, fie fizice, mentale sau spirituale. El va recunoaste ca nu e liber sa foloseasca bunurile sau talentele sale pentru satisfacerea dorintelor si ambitiilor firesti ale inimii sale. El e sub obligatia ca totdeauna sa puna interesul lui Dumnezeu mai presus de toate activitatile vietii. Adevarul acesta e ilustrat de parabola talantilor (vezi Mat. 25:14-30; COL 328,329). Tainelor. Gr. musteria, (vezi Rom. 11:25; 1Cor. 2:7). Planurile lui Dumnezeu de readucere a omului in armonie cu Sine, mai inainte vreme au fost intelese numai in chip intunecos, dar acum sunt date la lumina prin Isus Hristos (vezi Efes. 3:9–11; Col. 1:25–27; 1Tim. 3:16). Lucratorii lui Hristos sunt insarcinati sa lamureasca adevarurile sublime ale Evangheliei tuturor oamenilor (Mat. 28:19.20; Mar. 16:15). Ei trebuie sa lucreze in asa maniera incat nevoile fiecarui suflet care cauta neprihanirea sa fie implinite. Raspunderea aceasta de a duce vestea cea buna a mantuirii revine fiecarui credincios, deoarece toti sunt administratori carora li s-a incredintat painea vietii pentru a fi dusa unei lumi flamande si muritoare de foame (vezi 9T 246; Ed. 139). |
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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.