4:4 a caror minte necredincioasa a orbit-o dumnezeul veacului acestuia, ca sa nu vada stralucind lumina Evangheliei slavei lui Hristos, care este chipul lui Dumnezeu. Minte. [,,minti”, KJV]. Gr. noemata, ,,facultati perceptive”. Lupta dintre Hristos si Satana este o lupta pentru mintea oamenilor (Romani 7,23.25; 12,2; 2 Corinteni 3,14; 11,3; Filipeni 2,5; 4,7.8). Lucrarea principala a lui Satana este aceea de a orbi sau intuneca vointa oamenilor. El face lucrul acesta oprindu-i de la studiul Cuvantului lui Dumnezeu, afectand puterile mintii prin excese ale trupului si ale sufletului, prin ocuparea totala a mintii cu lucrurile vietii acesteia si apeland la mandrie si inaltare de sine. Necredincioasa. [,,nu cred”, KJV]. Raspunderea pentru orbirea spirituala ii revine lui Satana, dar si celor care aleg sa ,,nu creada”. Ei au fost adusi la lumina adevarului lui Dumnezeu, dar reactiile lor mentale si spirituale sunt oarbe si negative. Marile doctrine fundamentale ale credintei crestine le par lipsite de valoare. Dar ei insisi sunt raspunzatori, deoarece s-au abatut cu buna stiinta de la adevar. Au ochi, dar nu vad (Isaia 6,9; Matei 13,14.15; Ioan 12,40; Romani 11,8-10). Nu vad in Domnul nici o frumusete care sa-i faca sa-L iubeasca (Isaia 53,2). Dumnezeul veacului acestuia. [,,Dumnezeul acestei lumi”, KJV]. Adica Satana. Pavel clarifica aici de ce Evanghelia cea slavita este acoperita pentru multi oameni. Satana e o fiinta (vezi la Matei 4,1) si e important sa-l recunoastem cand vine in orice forma sau prin orice intermediar. Titlul ,,dumnezeul acestei lumi” face aluzie la incercarea lui Satana de a uzurpa suveranitatea lui Dumnezeu asupra acestei lumi. Diavolul pretinde ca e dumnezeul acestei lumi (Matei 4,8.9; 1 Ioan 5,19). El a fost domnitorul invizibil al multora dintre marile regate si imparatii ale pamantului. E numit ,,dumnezeul acestei lumi”, deoarece scopul lui este sa obtina controlul deplin asupra ei si a locuitorilor ei. El este ,,dumnezeul acestei lumi”, deoarece lumea este in cea mai mare masura sub controlul lui. El stapaneste in inima celor mai multi dintre locuitorii ei (cf. Efes 2,1.2). Lumea asculta de poruncile lui, cedeaza la ispitele lui, ia parte la lucruri rele si la uraciunile lui. El este autorul si instigatorul tuturor pacatelor si intruchiparea lor. se Spune ca pacatosii cu voia sunt dati pe mana lui Satana (1 Corinteni 5,5; cf. 1 Timotei 1,20). El este ,,dumnezeul acestei lumi” din cauza stapanirii lui, desi limitate, asupra fortelor naturii, a elementelor pamantului, a marii si a cerului. Lumina. Gr. photismos, ,,iluminare”, ,,iluminatie”, de la un verb care inseamna ,,a da lumina”. Comparati cu phos, cuvantul obisnuit pentru ,,lumina” (vezi la Ioan 1,7.9). Photismos e folosit cu privire la Evanghelie, care va lumina orice minte sincera si deschisa. Totusi, multi raman orbi, chiar si atunci cand lumina deplina a Evangheliei straluceste in mintea lor intunecata. Ei sunt ca niste oameni intr-o camera intunecoasa care voit se tin departe de lumina. Ei impiedica lumina Evangheliei, sa nu cumva sa rasara si sa se ridice la zenitul vietii lor (vezi Prov. 4,18). Problema se pune intre lumina si intuneric. Satana nu poate face mai mult decat sa i se adreseze mintii oamenilor. El nu poate intuneca lumina Evangheliei, dar poate invalui mintile oamenilor in intuneric. El poate face ca un val sa acopere privirea lor, chiar daca Evanghelia ii lumineaza pe oameni pretutindeni in jurul lor. Imparatia lui Satana este imparatia intunericului (vezi Isaia 60,2; Iuda 6; Apocalipsa 16,10) si tocmai pentru motivul acesta diavolul uraste lumina Evangheliei. El vrea sa-si faca lucrarea lumina oricarui inlocuitor al Evangheliei: lumina cunostintei, a culturii, a moralitatii, a educatiei, a bogatiei si a intelepciunii omenesti. Dar intregul lui efort este indreptat impotriva raspandirii luminii Evangheliei, singura care poate sa ii salveze pe oameni (Fapte 4,12). Evanghelia este singurul mijloc prin care uneltirile si inselaciunile diabolice ale lui Satana pot fi demascate si prin care oamenii pot sa vada calea care duce de la intuneric la lumina. Vezi la Ioan 1,4.5.9.14. Chipul. Gr. eikon, ,,figura”, asemanare”. Cuvantul acesta e folosit in LXX la Geneza 1,2.6 si in 1 Corinteni 11,7; Coloseni 1,15; 3,10; Evrei 10,1. Hristos este chipul exact al Tatalui, prin faptul ca atributele, caracterul si desavarsirea Ambilor sunt identice. Dumnezeu Tatal este ca Fiul (Ioan 12,45; 14,9, Filipeni 2,6). Adam si Eva au fost facuti la inceput dupa acel chip si obiectivul planului de mantuire este sa refaca acest chip in omenire. |
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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.