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23:1 Sectiunea a VI-a - Punand in actiune principiile unei vieti transformate 1. NUMAI IN MASURA IN CARE VIATA ESTE SCHIMBATA 23:2 Caracterul remodelat. - Lucrarea noastra pentru cei ispititi si cazuti va avea un succes real numai cand harul lui Hristos remodeleaza caracterul si omul este adus intr-o vie legatura cu infinitul Dumnezeu. Acesta este scopul oricarui adevarat efort pentru temperanta. - Testimonies, vol.6, pag. 111. 23:3 Hristos lucreaza dinspre interior. - Oamenii nu vor fi niciodata cu adevarat cumpatati pana cand harul lui Hristos nu va fi un principiu in inima lor... Aspectele exterioare nu pot face reforma. Crestinismul propune o reforma in inima. Ceea ce face Hristos in interior va fi manifestat in exterior, sub comanda unui intelect convertit. Incercarea de a incepe dinafara si apoi a lucra in interior a dat si va da intotdeauna gres. - Counsels on Diet and Foods, pag. 35. 23:4 Trebuie recastigata puterea autocontrolului. - Unul dintre cele mai deplorabile efecte ale apostaziei originare a fost pierderea puterii omului de autocontrol. Numai dupa ce aceasta putere este recastigata poate exista un real progres. 23:5 Trupul este unicul mediu prin care mintea si sufletul se dezvolta pentru zidirea caracterului. Prin urmare, el este cel asupra caruia vrajmasul sufletelor isi directioneaza ispitele, pentru slabirea si degradarea capacitatilor fizice. Succesul lui in acest punct inseamna supunerea intregii fiinte fata de rau. Daca nu se afla sub stapanirea unei puteri mai inalte, tendintele naturii noastre fizice vor aduce sigur ruina si moarte. 23:6 Trupul trebuie adus la supunere. Puterile mai nobile ale fiintei trebuie sa guverneze. Pasiunile trebuie stapanite de vointa care, ea insasi, trebuie sa fie sub controlul lui Dumnezeu. Puterea suverana a ratiunii, sfintita de harul divin, trebuie sa domneasca in viata noastra. - The Ministry of Healing, pag. 129, 130. 23:7 Inutilitatea incercarilor treptate. - Se vor scuza aceia care au avut multe ocazii si multa lumina pretioasa, care se bucura de avantajele educatiei, ca n-o pot rupe cu practicile nesanatoase? De ce nu rationeaza de la cauza la efect cei care au puteri exceptionale de judecata? De ce nu sustin ei reforma stand ferm la principii, hotarati sa nu guste alcool sau sa foloseasca tutun? Acestea sunt otravuri si folosirea lor inseamna o calcare a Legii lui Dumnezeu. Unii spun, atunci cand se face vreun efort pentru iluminarea lor in aceasta privinta: "Am sa ma las treptat!" Dar Satana rade de orice astfel de decizie. El spune: "Acestia sunt sigur ai mei. Nu mi - e frica pentru ei, cand sunt pe acest teren!" 23:8 El stie insa ca nu are putere asupra omului care, atunci cand pacatosii il ademenesc, are curajul moral de a spune un "Nu" clar si raspicat. Un astfel de om a respins compania diavolului si, atata vreme cat se prinde de Isus Hristos, ingerii pot fi in legatura cu el, dandu-i puterea morala de a birui. - Manuscris 86, 1897. 23:9 O batalie grea, dar Dumnezeu ajuta. - Folositi tutun sau bauturi ametitoare? Alungati-le de la voi, pentru ca va afecteaza puterile. A renunta la folosirea acestor lucruri va insemna o batalie grea, dar Dumnezeu va va ajuta sa duceti aceasta lupta. Cereti de la El har pentru a birui si apoi credeti ca va va da, pentru ca va iubeste. Nu lasati ca tovarasii lumesti sa va scoata din supunerea fata de Hristos ci, mai degraba, lasati ca mintea sa va fie indepartata de la acesti tovarasi la Isus. Spuneti-le ca urmariti comoara cerului. Nu sunteti ai vostri; ati fost cumparati cu un pret, cu insasi viata Fiului lui Dumnezeu si trebuie sa-I aduceti slava lui Dumnezeu in trupul si duhul vostru, pentru ca ele sunt ale Lui. - Scrisoarea 226, 1903. 23:10 Cautati ajutorul lui Dumnezeu si al sfintilor - Am o solie de la Domnul pentru sufletul ispitit, care a fost sub dominatia lui Satana, dar care lupta pentru a se elibera. Mergi la Domnul, pentru ajutor. Mergi la cei pe care-i stii ca II iubesc pe Dumnezeu si se tem de El, si spune-le: "Luati - ma in grija voastra, caci Satana ma ispiteste cu inversunare. Eu n-am putere sa ies din capcana. Tineti - ma aproape de voi in orice clipa, pana ce voi avea mai multa putere, pentru a rezista ispitei." - Scrisoarea 166, 1903. 23:11 Relatia personala cu Dumnezeu. - Aduceti inaintea lui Dumnezeu dorintele, bucuriile, tristetile, grijile si temerile voastre. "Domnul este plin de mila si indurare". Inima Lui iubitoare este miscata de necazurile noastre chiar si numai auzind de ele... Nimic din ceea ce priveste in vreun fel pacea noastra nu este prea neinsemnat pentru El, ca sa nu-l ia in seama. Nu exista, in experienta noastra, capitol prea intunecat pentru ca El sa nu-l poata citi; nu exista, pentru El, incurcatura prea mare pentru a nu o putea rezolva. Nici o nenorocire nu vine asupra celui mai neinsemnat dintre copiii Sai, nici o neliniste nu-i chinuie sufletul, nici o bucurie nu este exprimata si nici o rugaciune sincera nu pleaca de pe buze, fara ca Tatal nostru ceresc sa nu le observe sau sa nu-L intereseze imediat. "El vindeca pe cei cu inima zdrobita si le leaga ranile". Relatia dintre Dumnezeu si oricare suflet este atat de distincta si totala, ca si cum n-ar mai exista altul pentru care El a dat pe singurul Sau Fiu. - Steps to Christ, pag. 104, 105. |
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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.
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