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7:9 Odinioara, fiindca eram fara Lege, traiam; dar cand a venit porunca, pacatul a inviat, si eu am murit. Odinioara fiindca eram fara lege. [,,Fara lege, candva”, KJV]. Perioada din viata sa mai timpurie la care se refera aici Pavel a fost subiect de multa discutie. Pare evident din context ca el vorbeste de timpul dinainte de a-si da seama de adevarata natura a legii divine. A fost o perioada in timpul careia se socotea neprihanit si cat priveste faptele din afara, parea ca asculta de lege. Dar era o indreptatire legalista, de felul aceleia cu care se lauda tanarul bogat, cand a fost pus fata in fata cu poruncile: ,,Toate aceste porunci le-am pazit cu grija din tineretea mea; ce-mi mai lipseste?” (Mat. 19,20). La fel, Pavel putea pretinde ca ,,cu privire la neprihanirea [indreptatire] pe care o da legea” era ,,fara vina” [impecabil] (Fil. 3,6; cf. Fapte 26,5). Comparati rugaciunea faloasa, plina de indreptatire de sine a fariseului (Luca 18,11.12). Dar cand Pavel si-a dat seama de caracterul spiritual al legii, pacatul a aparut in adevarata lui hidosenie. El si-a dat seama ca e vinovat si stima de sine s-a dus (vezi SC 29,30). Traiam [,,Pentru ca traiam”, KJV]. Pavel se refera la propria sa experienta, dar aici se refera la aceea a tuturor acelora care sunt neconvertiti si depind de propria lor indreptatire. Cand a venit porunca. Adica atunci cand insemnatatea spirituala a poruncii: ,,sa nu poftesti” (vers. 7) a fost prezentata mintii si constiintei sale, Pavel vedea in oprelistea aceasta a oricarei dorinte pacatoase spiritul intregii legii, si cand ea a venit la el ca un Cuvant al lui Dumnezeu, vie si puternica si mai taioasa ca o sabie cu doua taisuri (Evrei 4,12), satisfactia sa de sine plina de indreptatire de sine a fost brusc zdruncinata. Pacatul a inviat. Literal ,,pacatul a revenit la viata”. Pavel nu vrea sa spuna ca inainte de timpul ,,cand a venit porunca” pacatul – personificat aici ca o faptura respingatoare – fusese inactiv in viata lui, dar ca el nu-si daduse seama nici de adevarata lui natura, si nici de consecintele lui fatale (vers. 13). De fapt, pacatului nu i se opusese rezistenta in stapanirea asupra vietii (vers. 5). Dar venirea ,,poruncii” a provocat prezenta pacatului si neprihanitul lui de a stapani viata lui. Pacatul s-a trezit acum pentru a-si mentine autoritatea nedisputata. In toata rautatea si taria lui a aparut in adevaratul lui caracter – acela al unui inselator, al unui vrajmas si al unui ucigas. Unde si cum a inceput Pavel intaia oara sa simta puterea osanditoare a Legii nu se spune. Totusi cunoastem de ajuns cu privire la experienta lui cu Legea inainte de convertirea lui. Ca un fariseu bine instruit, traind in acord cu secta cea mai stricta a religiei sale, el incercase cu efort intens, dar zadarnic, sa satisfaca prin implinire exterioara cererile unei legi sfinte si cercetatoare de inima. Dar seninatatea si iubirea iertatoare date pe fata de Stefan cu prilejul martiriului sau a framantat adanc gandurile lui Pavel si a trezit constiinta lui la oarecare intelegere ca ascultarea de lege era ceva mai mult decat numai o chestiune de litera (vezi vers. 8). Am murit. Cand Pavel a ajuns sa inteleaga natura spirituala a legii, noua cunostinta a servit numai ca sa-l acuze ca calcator de lege si sa-l provoace la tot felul de pofte rele (vers. 8). In felul acesta, Pavel a devenit constient si in intelesul cel mai deplin un pacatos si a descoperit ca nu avea nici o nadejde de viata (vezi cap. 6,21.23). |
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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
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