Printable ModeFaptele Apostolilor 21:21
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21:21 Dar ei au auzit despre tine ca inveti pe toti Iudeii, care traiesc printre Neamuri, sa se lepede de Moise, ca le zici sa nu-si taie copiii imprejur, si sa nu traiasca potrivit cu obiceiurile. Au auzit. [Sunt informati, KJV.] Preferabil ,,li s-a spus” sau poate ,,au fost invatati”. Potrivnicii iudaizanti ai lui Pavel nu fusesera numai ,,plini de ravna pentru Lege (v. 20), dar, pe cat de pare, fusesera plini de ravna si pentru a raspandi zvonuri exagerate si paguboase cu privire la invataturile lui teologice. Nu e de mirare ca Pavel avertizeaza atat de staruitor cu privire la judecarea unui frate de catre altul cu privire la savarsirea de ceremonii in religie (Romani 14,1-10; Coloseni 2,16). El insusi a suferit sever din partea criticilor legalisti plini de ravna. Desi marturisind ca sunt crestini, acesti judecatori cu de la sine putere nu aveau experienta in ce priveste Evanghelia lui Hristos, deoarece le lipsea credinta. Si a face lucrurile religiei fara credinta este pacat (Romani 14,23). Inveti... sa se lepede de Moise. Literal, ,,tu inveti apostazie de la Moise”. Aceasta era acuzatia raspandita impotriva lui Pavel si nu era acuzatie mai grea ca aceasta in fata iudeilor plini de ravna pentru religia lor. Ea trezea resentimente pe temeiuri de patriotism, spirit de partid, traditie istorica, legaturi sociale si ,,lege publica”, ca si cele mai profunde sentimente religioase. Chiar faptul ca aceste multimi (v. 20) de iudei acceptasera pe Isus ca Mesia, care sa restatorniceasca toate lucrurile, ii facea evident cu atat mai plini de ravna in a mentine cerintele si ritualurile iudaismului si sa se teama de Pavel si sa se lepede de el cu atat mai repede ca de un apostat atat de la neam, cat si de la religie. Sa nu-si taie copiii imprejur. Aceasta era o acuzatie specifica, ilustrand generalizarea precedenta. Potrivit cu acuzatia aceasta, Pavel contravenea nu unei traditii, ci sensului legamantului iudeilor, integrat in Legea insasi. Sa nu traiasca potrivit cu obiceiurile. Comparati cu cele de la cap. 6,14. Aici se sustinea ca Pavel ar fi atacat ceremoniile detaliate dezvoltate din Lege si practicile traditionale care se introdusesera ca dezvoltari inevitabile. Acestea sunt acuzatii serioase, crezute cu ravna de multime. Ca aplicate la invatatura lui Pavel data iudeilor insisi si purtarea lui personala in ce priveste religia, acuzatiile erau usor respinse (cap. 22,3; 23,1.6; 24,11-16; 25,10.11; 26,4-7.22), desi combaterea era fara succes din cauza violentei crescute din prejudecata. Atitudinea lui Pavel cu privire la pastrarea cerintelor ceremoniale de catre iudei era aceea a Consiliului de la Ierusalim (cap. 15) si anume ca iudeii crestini sa fie lasati sa practice oricare din ritualurile pe care constiinta lor le cerea. Dar Pavel sustinea cauza convertitilor dintre neamuri ca sa fie liberi de faptele legii. Omul care fusese indreptatit prin credinta nu urma sa fie ajutat in a inainta spre cer prin practici legaliste (Romani 2,24-29; Galateni 4,1-11; 5,1-6; Coloseni 2,16-22). Propria lui regula de adaptare personala (1 Corinteni 9,19-23) il facea pe Pavel sa continue sa traiasca o viata ca un iudeu, mai ales printre iudei. El permitea iudeului din biserica crestina libertatea de a continua practicile sale ceremoniale, pana cand vedea lipsa lor de inteles in prezenta Evangheliei credintei (Romani 14,1-10; 1 Corinteni 7,17-24). Pavel insusi facuse juruinta nazireica (Fapte 18,18). El supusese pe Timotei circumciderii (cap. 14,3). Nu era nici un temei pentru acuzatia ca Pavel invatase pe crestinii iudei ,,sa nu-si taie copiii imprejur”. Acuzatia era o nascocire a vrajmasilor lui. Totusi invatatura lui cu privire la Evanghelie nu putea decat sa aiba ca rezultat cu timpul, ca si iudeii sa renunte la practici si ceremonii care nu mai aveau nici un rost. Invatatura lui Hristos era temeiul celei a apostolului. Domnul invata pe urmasii Sai sa aiba o dreptate care ,,sa intreaca” pe cea a carturarilor si a fariseilor (Matei5,20); El condamna practicile exterioare ale religiei numai de dragul lor (Matei6,1-7) si staruia asupra faptului ca lui Dumnezeu sa I se aduca inchinare ,,in duh si in adevar” (Ioan 4,23). Pavel nega o religie de ,,nu lua, nu gusta, nu atinge”, asa cum fusese nascocita si impusa de oameni (Coloseni 2,20-22); de reguli si scrupule cu privire la lucruri care nu aveau o insemnatate morala si spirituala reala (Romani 14,1-10; Galateni 4,9-11; Evrei 9,9.10) si care, datorita vietii si jertfei lui Hristos, incetasera de a mai avea sens (Coloseni 2,8-17). Sacrificiile si circumciziunea fusesera instituite prin porunca divina. Sacrificiile incetasera de a mai avea inteles cand Acela catre care aratau, murise ca purtator de pacate pentru oameni. Templul, ca loc al jertfelor si preotii, ca jertfitori (Daniel 9,24-27; Matei27,51; Evrei 8,13; 9,11-15), la fel isi pierdusera insemnatatea. Circumciziunea era un semn exterior al legaturii de legamant intre o natiune, popor si Dumnezeul lor (Romani 4.11). Desi ritualul era aplicat individual, primirea nu era prin credinta din partea copilului taiat imprejur si circumcizia era numai un semn tribal sau national. De aceea ea si-a pierdut sensul atunci cand inchinarea la viul Dumnezeu, in Hristos, era aratata ca nemaifiind o chestiune de trib sau natiune (Galateni 3,28,29; Coloseni 3,11), ci una de acceptare individuala, prin credinta, a lui Isus Hristos Mantuitorul (Romani 3,22-24; Galateni 3,26.27; Efeseni 2,8). Iarasi, o data cu descoperirea in Hristos a noului legamant al mantuirii, calea credintei (Ier. 31,31-34; 2 Corinteni 3,6-9; Evrei 8,6-13), vechiul semn al legamantului circumciderea, nu mai avea insemnatate. Iudeul care urma ,,a cunoaste pe Domnul” (Osea 6,3) prin credinta, trebuia in mod sigur, sa inceteze a mai privi circumciderea ca avand vreo insemnatate in viata spirituala. De aceea, ,,taierea imprejur nu e nimic”, invata Pavel, cat priveste legatura omului cu Dumnezeu (1 Corinteni 7,19; cf. Romani 3,31; 8,4; 1 Ioan 2,3). In prezenta Evangheliei lui Hristos, circumcizia (si din cauza aceea, nici o ceremonie iudaica) nu are nici un rost al existentei (Galateni 5,6; 6,12-17). Iudeul si omul dintre neamuri sunt cu totii una in Hristos (Galateni 3,16, 27-29; Coloseni 2,9-14) care a daramat ,,zidul de la mijloc care-i despartea” unul de celalalt (Efeseni 2,11-17). Toti urmeaza sa fie mantuiti numai prin Hristos, ,,prin har... prin credinta” (Efeseni 2,4-10; cf. Romani 3,26-30). Pavel nu a spus iudeilor sa nu practice circumcizia, dar daca iudeul crestin al credintei si intelegerii spirituale ar intreba: ,,Pentru ce, fiind un om al credintei, mantuit prin Hristos prin har sa circumcid pe copilul meu?” Raspunsul ar fi urmat sa fie: ,,Pentru nici un motiv in Hristos, ci numai pentru fratii tai care inca nu inteleg”. Asa credea si practica Pavel. Se poate spune, deci, ca acuzatiile iudaizantilor impotriva lui Pavel erau false, dar ca temerile lor cu privire la viitorul tuturor ritualurilor iudaice erau indreptatite. |
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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.
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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).
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