Showing posts with label teaching. Show all posts
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Sunday, 19 December 2021

Who shall roll us away the stone? Cine ne va prăvăli piatra?

[EN] They said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. Mark 16:3-4 

We are all alike. Even these holy women on this most sacred errand went forward expecting trouble. There was a stone in the way that must be rolled aside, and they had not strength to do it. Naturally enough, they began to be anxious as to the removal of this obstacle. When they came near they saw that the obstacle had been already removed. The Divine love had been before them, preparing the way. An angel had rolled the stone aside. The lesson is very simple and beautiful. We go forward worrying about the difficulties that lie before us, wondering how we can ever get through them, or who will remove them out of our way. Then when we come up to them we find that they are gone. Someone has been there before us and has taken them away. God always opens the way of duty for us if we quietly move on.

This also applies to someone beginning a Christian life. Many people shrink from it. They say, “I never can be faithful. I never can do the duties. I never can bear the burdens.” But as they enter and go on, they find that an unseen and mighty Helper goes on before and prepares the way. The hard tasks become easy, and the heavy burdens grow light. It is so all through the Christian life. God’s commandment seems impossible to obey. Walls of stone seem built across the path we are required to walk. But as we go on, the commandment is easy, and a gateway is opened in the wall. 

Love and faith always have an advance of angels to roll away stones. The practical lesson is that we are never to hesitate or shrink back because obstacles seem to lie before us. We are to go right on, and God will take them away for us. 

When he wants us to go anywhere he will open the path for our feet. Knowing this, we may go on feeling confident of our own safety.


 [RO] Cine ne va prăvăli piatra…?… au văzut că piatra… fusese prăvălită. Marcu 16: 3, 4.

 

Noi suntem cu toţii la fel. Chiar şi aceste femei sfinte, aflate în cea mai sacră misiune, s-au dus aşteptându-se să dea de necaz. Era o piatră în cale care trebuia rostogolită şi ele nu aveau puterea să o dea la o parte. După cum era de aşteptat, au început să se îngrijoreze cu privire la îndepărtarea acestui obstacol. Când s-au apropiat, au văzut că obstacolul fusese deja înlăturat. Dragostea divină fusese acolo înainte, pregătindu-le calea. Îngerii dăduseră piatra la o parte. Lecţia este foarte simplă şi frumoasă. Noi mergem înainte, îngrijorându-ne de dificultăţile care ne aşteaptă, întrebându-ne cum vom putea să le depăşim sau cine le va înlătura din cale. Apoi descoperim că acestea au fost deja înlăturate. Cineva a trecut pe acolo înaintea noastră şi le-a îndepărtat. Dumnezeu ne deschide întotdeauna calea datoriei, dacă mergem liniştiţi înainte.


Aceasta se aplică cuiva care se află la începutul vieţii creştine. Mulţi se dau înapoi de la aceasta, spunând: „Nu voi putea niciodată să fiu credincios. Nu voi putea niciodată să fac ceea ce sunt dator să fac. Nu voi putea niciodată să port poveri.” Însă, odată ce încep această viaţă şi merg înainte, descoperă că un Ajutor nevăzut şi puternic merge înaintea lor şi le pregăteşte calea. Sarcinile dificile devin uşoare, iar poverile grele se uşurează. Este la fel pe tot parcursul vieţii creştine. Poruncile lui Dumnezeu par imposibil să fie ascultate. Ziduri de piatră par să se ridice de-a curmezişul căii pe care ni se cere să păşim. Însă, pe măsură ce înaintăm, porunca devine uşoară, iar în perete se deschide o poartă. 


Dragostea şi credinţa au întotdeauna îngeri care merg înainte pentru a da pietrele la o parte. Lecţia practică pentru noi este aceea că nu ar trebui să ezităm niciodată sau să dăm înapoi din cauza obstacolelor care par să se afle înaintea noastră; noi trebuie să mergem drept înainte, iar Dumnezeu le va da la o parte în locul nostru. 


Când El vrea să mergem undeva, va pregăti calea sub picioarele noastre. Ştiind aceasta, putem merge înainte, având încrederea că vom fi în siguranţă.




Thursday, 13 August 2020

We ought to obey God rather than men / Trebuie sa ascultam mai mult de Dumnezeu decat de oameni

 [En] "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men." - Acts 5:29 KJV


Nowadays people are trying so hard to find the right leader. They spend hours waiting to vote for their favourite; they march in protest against one or the other; they put their faith in someone and nothing good ever happens. They have to start all over again. 

It's like winning the lottery: maybe this time we'll choose the right one. Maybe we'll get lucky. Hardly ever happens. 


It all began in the time of Moses:

"And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die." 

-Exodus 20:19


And it was so from that day on until today. Everybody listens to other people instead of God. 

We can vote, we can protest, we can fight but we'll never find the right leader. 

There's only one solution to this: fixing what went wrong back then. 

The solution is :STOP listening to people and listen God again. God speak with us again lest we die. 

Let's obey God again rather than men! 


"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." - Revelation 21:4 KJV


[Ro] "Trebuie sa ascultam mai mult de Dumnezeu decat de oameni" - Faptele Ap. 5:29


Oamenii din ziua de azi se chinuie sa gaseasca liderul potrivit. Ei merg si stau ore intregi la vot, protesteaza impotriva unora sau altora, isi pun nadejdea in unul sau altul si data viitoare o iau de la inceput. Totul e degeaba. E ca la loz in plic: poate poate nimerim unul bun, poate asta-i cu noroc. Nu se intampla aproape niciodata.


Totul a început pe vremea lui Moise cand oameniii au spus urmatoarele:


Ei au zis lui Moise: „Vorbește-ne tu însuţi, și te vom asculta, dar să nu ne mai vorbească Dumnezeu, ca să nu murim.” - Exodul 20:19


De atunci pana azi exact asa a ramas: toti asculta de alti oameni si mai deloc de Dumnezeu.


Putem noi sa ne zbatem la infinit ca niciodata un om nu va putea gasi solutia perfecta.


!!! Singura solutie este corectarea greselii din trecut.

Solutia este: Sa nu ne mai vorbeasca Iohanis, Orban, Trump, etc. Sa ne vorbeasca Dumnezeu ca sa nu murim.


Haideti sa ascultam din nou de Dumnezeu mai mult decat de oameni.

"El va șterge orice lacrimă din ochii lor. Și moartea nu va mai fi. Nu va mai fi nici tânguire, nici ţipăt, nici durere, pentru că lucrurile dintâi au trecut.” -Apocalipsa 21:4


Thursday, 4 July 2019

[EN] Should a christian promote world peace?/ [RO] Ar trebui crestinul sa promoveze pacea mondiala?

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27 KJV

Vă las pacea , vă dau pacea Mea. Nu v-o dau cum o dă lumea. Să  nu vi se tulbure inima, nici să nu se înspăimânte. (Ioan 14:27 VDC)

[EN] Question: "Should a Christian promote world peace?"

Answer: 
World peace is a beautiful ideal, but one that will be realized only when Jesus returns (Revelation 21:4). Until that time, peace throughout the world will never occur. Jesus said that until the day of His coming, there will be “wars and rumors of wars” and that “nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom” (Matthew 24:6-7). There has never been a time in the history of the world that somewhere, someone wasn’t fighting with someone else. Whether it was a world war involving dozens of nations or a local skirmish involving tribes or clans, men have always been at war with one another.

Promoting world peace even though we know human beings, no matter how hard they try, will never be able to bring it about, is not biblical. While giving to charity, promoting tolerance and sharing are certainly appropriate for Christians, we should do so in the name of Jesus, understanding that He alone will be the bringer of world peace. Until every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:10), there can be no true and lasting peace. Until that time, Christians are to “make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).

As Christians we should promote peace instead of conflict, remembering that by our own actions, complete peace will never be achieved because of the fallen state of man. Our faith remains in God and Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. Until He comes to renew the world and bring true peace, world peace will remain little more than a dream. Our most important task is to convince others of their need for the Savior, who is the only One who can bring about peace between individuals and God. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). This, then, is the way we promote world peace—by bringing to the world the message of peace with God: be reconciled to God through Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20).


[RO] Întrebare: Ar trebui creștinul să promoveze pacea mondială?

Răspuns: 
Pacea mondială e un ideal frumos, însă unul care va fi îndeplinit doar când Isus Se va întoarce (Apocalipsa 21.4). Până în acea vreme, pacea în toată lumea nu va avea loc. Isus a spus că până în ziua venirii Lui vor fi „războaie și vești de războaie" și că „un neam se va scula împotriva altui neam și o împărăție împotriva altei împărății" (Matei 24.6-7). Nu a existat niciodată un timp în istoria lumii în care undeva cineva să nu se lupte cu altcineva. Fie că a fost vorba despre un război mondial, care a implicat zeci de națiuni, fie despre o încăierare implicând triburi sau clanuri, oamenii au dus întotdeauna război unii cu ceilalți.

Să promovăm pacea globală chiar dacă știm că ființele umane, oricât de greu ar încerca, nu vor reuși niciodată să o realizeze, nu e un lucru biblic. Cu toate că dăruirea în scopuri caritabile, promovarea toleranței și împărțirea cu alții sunt potrivite pentru creștini, trebuie să face acest lucru în Numele lui Isus, înțelegând că numai El va aduce pacea lumii. Până când fiecare genunchi nu se va pleca și fiecare limbă nu va mărturisi că Isus Cristos este Domnul (Filipeni 2.10), nu va exista o pace adevărată și de durată. Până atunci creștinii trebuie să „[Urmărească] pacea cu toți și sfințirea, fără care nimeni nu-L va vedea pe Domnul" (Evrei 12.14).

Ca si creștini, trebuie să promovăm pacea în locul conflictului, amintindu-ne că prin acțiunile noastre nu va fi dobândită niciodată pacea completă, din cauza stării căzute a omului. Credința noastră rămâne în Dumnezeu și în Isus Cristos, Domnul păcii. Până când El nu va veni să înnoiască lumea și să aducă pacea adevărată, pacea lumii va rămâne cu puțin mai mult decât un vis. Sarcina noastră cea mai importantă este să-i convingem pe alții de nevoia lor de un Salvator, care este Cel care poate aduce pacea între oameni și Dumnezeu. „Deci, fiindcă suntem socotiți neprihăniți prin credință, avem pace cu Dumnezeu, prin Domnul nostru Isus Cristos." (Romani 5.1) Prin urmare, aceasta este calea prin care promovăm pacea lumii – aducând lumii mesajul păcii cu Dumnezeu: împăcarea cu Dumnezeu prin Cristos (2 Corinteni 5.20).


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Friday, 12 April 2019

The confusion of identity

Moses & God: The confusion of identity

"Come, make us a god who will go before us!" With these words the children of Israel appealed to Moses" older brother Aaron when it appeared that Moses had got lost on the mountain. The people demanded of Aaron a god to replace Moses. Even though in some translations we find the word "gods", in the Hebrew Bible text the word is Elohim (אֱלֹהִים). It is the same word for the one true God, as is found in the first verse of the Bible: "In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth". Or did "gods" created the heavens and the earth? No!


"...as for Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him" (Exodus 32:1). Eight chapters previously, God had invited Moes to meet with Him on Mount Sinai. I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction" (Exodus 24:12). However, Moses' return is delayed, and the people become impatient.

In the midst of the desert, without Moses, the people of Israel feel helpless and abandoned. In order to understant the background of this narrative we need to first realize how the people of Israel regarded Moses. In the eyes of the children of Israel, it was Moses who had liberated them from slavery: "Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him" (Exodus 32:1). It wasn't God who liberated them, but rather Moses. Although the people believed in God, they perceived the miracle as if Moses had accomplished it with his staff. Without this Moses, the people felt uncertain, stranded in the desert, surrounded by enemies and without water.

From this perspective, one might even wonder if the people of Israel regarded Moses himself as a god. After all, the people demanded from Aaron a new god to replace Moses. Why not try to replace Moses with another human leader, like Joshua or Caleb? Were there no other gifted leaders in the camp? We know that there were, but the people went to Aaron and demanded an idol, a golden calf, as is written in verse 4: "And they said, "This is your god (Elohim), O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt". The golden calf is not only described as god, but also as a replacement for Moses as their redeemer. Moses appeared to have supernatural powers. After their passing through the Red Sea (Exodus 14:31), it was written of the people: "And they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses". The people saw God and Moses as one power. In their view, Moses was a partner of the Almighty. In a sense, he was equated with God, and so his disappearance necessitated a replacement god.

Is it really so different from what we see today with certain Jewish and Christian leaders? We all know of rabbis and pastors who, due to superanatural signs, are revered by their followers as though they were God. Naturally, this is sin.

We should note that in this narrative there are two tangible illustrations. One of them is found in the tablets of the law, the other the golden calf. Both of these are destroyed; the stone tablets are shattered and the golden calf is burned. In both cases, God showed that His power is not hidden in tangible objects, but rather in faith and trust.

As a result of this dramatic confusion of God with Moses, we today do not find Moses mentioned even a single time in the Haggadah read during the Passover meal. For it was God who liberated the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt, not His servant Moses. For the same reason, the precise location of the biblical Mount Sinai has also disappeared from collective memory. It is not a location, but rather God who should be glorified. It was not the moment in which the las was given that's important, but rather the reminder of God's revelation throughout the generations.

By Aviel Schneider (israeltoday.co.il)

Friday, 22 February 2019

The Blind Spot

<< I have been driving for 50 years and I have never had an accident! But this is only the grace of God. Anyone who drives knows that avoiding an accident depends not only on him but also on the actions of those around him.

Every year hundreds are caught in another driver's blind spot resulting in an accident for which they are not responsible. It is estimated that this is the cause of as many as two-thirds of all accidents. The term "blind spot" describes a portion of one's field of vision that, in spite of the use of mirrors, is blocked from one's view.

Blind spots can also appear in our lives. In spite of taking every precaution to protect ourselves, just as in traffic accidents happen. The Ten Commandments and other Bible teachings can be seen as traffic regulations designed to direct us to our heavenly destination.

Rather than being an annoyance, as some seem to think, these regulations guide us through each day, helping us to avoid damage to ourselves and others.

Regarding this subject there are two opposing views. Some choose to rely completely on God's grace, while others completely on His laws. Some people try their hardest to live in accordance with God's law as they perceive it, in every situation, while others depend on the freedom they have in the Messiah. They see adherence to biblical laws and regulations as Old Testament "legalism".

Accidents, however, seem to occur to both groups of people, those who follow the path of law and those who adhere to grace. True believers can, among other things, get embroiled in divorce, greed, criminal activity and sexual promiscuity or perversity.

How can such things happen to believers? Do they take advantage of the grace they have in the Messiah (to escape the consequences of sin), or is legalism not working for them?

This is where the "blind spot" comes into play. It is not enough to simply rely o grace, thinking that everything will work out in the end, or to depend on our ability to keep God's laws; we also need to have a completely clear field of view. Even though we think that we have everything covered, that we have checked all the "mirrors" in our lives so to speak, the is still that dangerous "blind spot" to contend with. That is why we must be extra cautious, and look very carefully, before making what could be dangerous moves or turns (decisions).

For this we need to be sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. This does not mean that we should operate as robots, acting as if governed by remote control. Allowing the Holy Spirit access into every area of our lives will help keep us from falling into self-righteousness if we are close adherents of the law, and from falling into sin because of the freedom provided by grace.

In James 2:20 we read that "faith without works is dead". In other words, faith is expressed through works. Here again we come to the blind spot, that straight and narrow path between law and grace, that we need to keep constantly in our sights. Anyone who builds his life solely on one or the other is not taking heed of the blind spot and is therefore endangering not only his own faith but also that of his fellow men.

Therefore, we need the leading of the Holy Spirit, the comforter whom Yeshua (Jesus) said would "teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you" (John 14:26). Onlyy then will we be able to say together with Paul, "My conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 9:1). It is neither a feeling of being obedient to a religious tradition that guarantees me an exemplary life nor a blind adherence to grace. It is the Holy Spirit. >>

(Ludwig Schneider, israeltoday.co.il)





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