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<title><![CDATA[TripAtlas' 10 Safest Countries in the World]]></title>
<link>http://blog.travelpod.com/2009/11/18/tripatlas-10-safest-countries-in-the-world/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TripAtlas.com recently listed the 10 safest countries in the world. &#8220;The Global Peace Index (G]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>TripAtlas.com recently listed the 10 safest countries in the world.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Global Peace Index (GPI) moves beyond simple crime statistics alone, and looks at the actions of a government, the country&#8217;s relationships with the world at large, and the attitudes and demographics of its population.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s see what TravelPod bloggers had to say about that.</p>
<h2>1. New Zealand</h2>
<div id="attachment_3510" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/kikiblogtrot/1/1239260040/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3510" title="1.1239260040.5_from-queenstown-to-chrischurch" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-1239260040-5_from-queenstown-to-chrischurch.jpg" alt="Kikiblogtrot in New Zealand" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kikiblogtrot in New Zealand</p></div>
<p>&#8220;I get to chat to local Kiwis who tell me about Christchurch and the life here, and not all of it is rosy and happy&#8230; far from it. They tell me about what they think of the racism and crime here. Something which I have to say I was surprised to hear about in New Zealand &#8211; it feels so much safer than some of the places I have been to before&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/kikiblogtrot">Kikiblogtrot</a></p>
<h2>2. Denmark</h2>
<div id="attachment_3393" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/pwong/6/1215481080/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3393" title="6.1215481080.img_1312" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/6-1215481080-img_1312.jpg" alt="Pwong found the town of Christiana to be relatively safe" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Twittg&#39;s friend Elisa on a trampoline in Norway</p></div>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>&#8220;Personally, I&#8217;d never live here, but the people seem to be happy and though crime has been on the rise in recent years, generally there is no trouble here.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/pwong">Pwong</a></p>
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<h2>3. Norway</h2>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/twittg/rtw/1092410580/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3394" title="rtw.1092410580.g-elisa" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/rtw-1092410580-g-elisa.jpg" alt="Twittg's friend Elisa on a trampoline in Norway" width="450" height="337" /></a>[/caption]&#8220;While traveling around Scandinavia, I heard people from most every country commenting on how crime has gotten worse with the influx of new immigrants from Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/twittg">Twittg</a></p>
<h2>4. Iceland</h2>
<div id="attachment_3395" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 423px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/cariverga/2/1253312687/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3395" title="2.1253312687.waterfall" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2-1253312687-waterfall.jpg" alt="Cariverga in front of a waterfall in Iceland" width="413" height="550" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cariverga in front of a waterfall in Iceland</p></div>
<p>&#8220;I was lodged not directly in the hostel (no places&#8230;or whatever the reason) but in a nearby home of an old man (possibly, they got an agreement with him to accommodate surplus guests).</p>
<p>- Man, would you give me a key?<br />
- Why? The door is open. We never close it.</p>
<p>OK. So, this is Iceland. No-crime-country. Previous year there were 2 car hijackings. Period.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/cariverga">Cariverga</a></p>
<h2>5. Austria</h2>
<div id="attachment_3396" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 423px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/danschedler/europe-2006/1158685200/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3396" title="europe-2006.1158685200.epv0272" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/europe-2006-1158685200-epv0272.jpg" alt="Danschedler was told that Vienna is safer than Budapest" width="413" height="550" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Danschedler was told that Vienna is safer than Budapest</p></div>
<p>&#8220;I had already decided by now not to go to Budapest, which had been my next tentative stop, due to the riots that had broken out there. It probably would have been fine, but Pippi told me Budapest was, &#8220;&#8230;just like Vienna, but with crime,&#8221; so I decided to skip it.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/danschedler">Danschedler</a></p>
<h2>6. Sweden</h2>
<div id="attachment_3397" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 422px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/monk-san/europe/1213806060/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3397" title="europe.1213806060.underground-resto" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/europe-1213806060-underground-resto.jpg" alt="Monk-san at an underground restaurant in Stockholm" width="412" height="550" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Monk-san at an underground restaurant in Stockholm</p></div>
<p>&#8220;Stockholm is a clean place.  There&#8217;s not much grafitti and crime seems low.  In fact, I noticed that the rows of bikes stood outside the central station were mostly not even chained to themselves (to stop the wheels moving) let along chained to an immoveable object.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/monk-san">Monk-san</a></p>
<h2>7. Japan</h2>
<div id="attachment_3398" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/seanandkat/1/1245930737/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3398" title="1.1245930737.51_ueno" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-1245930737-51_ueno.jpg" alt="Sean of Seanandkat in Ueno-mura, Japan" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sean of Seanandkat in Ueno-mura, Japan</p></div>
<p>&#8220;The area is nice and there isn&#8217;t hardly any crime and so I really had nothing to fear.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/seanandkat">Seanandkat</a></p>
<h2>8. Canada</h2>
<div id="attachment_3399" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/weilnau/1/1249521330/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3399" title="1.1249521330.3_scenic-view" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-1249521330-3_scenic-view.jpg" alt="Weilnau found Whistler, BC to be a dangerous place" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Weilnau found Whistler, BC to be a dangerous place</p></div>
<p>&#8220;Left with few options, Jason went to park at the municipal lot, which was free.  Free indeed, but loaded with crime.  Broken glass from car windows being smashed in, littered the lot and made us feel completely uncomfortable leaving our car, with all of our belongings, in such a place.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/weilnau">Weilnau</a></p>
<h2>9. Finland</h2>
<div id="attachment_3401" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/whitefox2008/1/1205707440/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3401" title="1.1205707440.hairy-cowxx" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-1205707440-hairy-cowxx.jpg" alt="Whitefox2008 petting a hairy cow in Yllas, Finland" width="450" height="337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Whitefox2008 petting a hairy cow in Yllas, Finland</p></div>
<p>&#8220;Would we visit Lapland again?  Most definitely, yes.  The appeal of Lapland is based on nature and landscapes.  The most significant experience for me is plenty of snow, the tranquility, tidiness, abundance of winter activities, uniqueness and safety.  Crime rate is low&#8230; I would recommend a visit to the Lapland.&#8221;  &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/whitefox2008">Whitefox2008</a></p>
<h2>10. Slovenia</h2>
<div id="attachment_3403" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/slipperycoconut/worldtour-part2/1241569454/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3403" title="worldtour-part2.1241569454.thats-good-horse" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/worldtour-part2-1241569454-thats-good-horse.jpg" alt="Slipperycoconut eating horse in Slovenia" width="450" height="298" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Slipperycoconut eating horse in Slovenia</p></div>
<p>&#8220;We were told that there is no crime in the country and we felt safe walking back through town late at night. I later read that there was not a single murder in Slovenia in all of 2008. That makes we want to move there. The people all seemed pretty happy.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/members/slipperycoconut">Slipperycoconut</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[How could you not]]></title>
<link>http://alwaysonemore.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/how-could-you-not/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Hills</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alwaysonemore.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/how-could-you-not/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I mean, come on! How can this not inspire something in you? This place is just around corner from Ch]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I mean, come on! How can this not inspire something in you? This place is just around corner from Christiana, Copenhagen. Perfectly situated for all the people with the munchies!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Do I have to change my name? (update)]]></title>
<link>http://blindspotlight.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/do-i-have-to-change-my-name/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kiki ~</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blindspotlight.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/do-i-have-to-change-my-name/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I tried to be a boy I tried to be a girl I tried to be a mess I tried to be the best I tried ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:right;"><em>&#8220;I tried to be a boy<br />
I tried to be a girl<br />
I tried to be a mess<br />
I tried to be the best</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>I tried to find a friend<br />
I tried to stay ahead<br />
I tried to stay on top<br />
</em><em>I guess I did it wrong&#8221;</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>( Madonna-American Life)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong> De ce mereu e la fel, in acelasi mod anost, stupid, simplist, banal, prea-bine-stiut? Stiu ca ce scriu aici de un an nu e un blog, e mai mult un jurnal intim si mai stiu si faptul ca daca mai continui asa nimeni nu intelege nimic. Dar, sunt si unii care inteleg prea bine la ce ma refer, unii care se simt, care se recunosc pentru ca fiecare post e referitor la o persoana anume. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong> Probabil barbatii au fost proiectati sa iubeasca. Dragostea pentru ei e doar o chestie secundara. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong> Stiu. Mereu ma motivez &#8220;Am o perioada incurcata&#8221; , &#8220;Nu stiu, n-am chef&#8221;, &#8220;Mai vorbim&#8221;, &#8220;No idea.&#8221;, &#8220;In fine&#8221;, &#8220;Sufar.&#8221; dar acum nu . Constiinta mea imi spune ca am exagerat, am jucat pe degete multe persoane, baieti, lucruri, tigari, alcool, glume bune, provocari, cuvinte dulci la persoane nepotrivite. But it&#8217;s over.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Vreau sa inchid ochii si sa fac ca totul sa dispara pentru todeauna. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Am realizat ca am capatat curaj sa spun adevarul si sa imi recunosc greselile, lucru necunoscut mie pana acum. Asadar, imi cer scuze tururor carora le-am gresit cu ceva, jignit, deranjat, umilit, inselat, amagit. Cei care o cunosteau pe vechea <span style="color:#00ccff;">Christiana</span>, cea sincera, directa, care nu suporta tigarile, se imbata de la o bere, radea colorat, era loiala si joviala, care a murit in primavara asta, care multi au urat-o pentru ca a plecat fara sa anunte, a revenit. Probabil nu in totalitalitate, probabil temporal, probabil pentru todeauna.(P.S.: Sunt sincera &#8211; pentru persoana care ma cristica si  care sustine ca imi place sa mint) . Veste proasta; sarcasmul inca il mai am ! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">jokyflow:&#8221; Asadar, imi cer scuze tururor carora le-am gresit cu ceva, jignit, deranjat, umilit, inselat, amagit.&#8221;<br />
jokyflow : ciudat<br />
Turquoise*: da, stiu .<br />
Turquoise* : si eu ma mir.<br />
jokyflow : tu ?<br />
jokyflow : iti ceri scuze?<br />
jokyflow : te-ai lovit de curand?<br />
jokyflow: la cap..sau eu stiu?<br />
Turquoise*:  =))<br />
jokyflow : eu vorbesc serios</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunny Sunday in Christiania]]></title>
<link>http://fashiontrotter.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/sunday-afternoon-in-christiania/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fashiontrotter</dc:creator>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-426" title="048" src="http://fashiontrotter.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/0481.jpg" alt="048" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-428" title="050" src="http://fashiontrotter.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/0501.jpg" alt="050" width="500" height="666" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[So schön kann Anarchismus sein]]></title>
<link>http://unitedanarchists.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/so-schon-kann-anarchismus-sein/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bremske</dc:creator>
<guid>http://unitedanarchists.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/so-schon-kann-anarchismus-sein/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Da traut sich die Polente nicht rein Henryk M. Broders Abenteuer im Anarcho-Land, Freistadt Christia]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_303" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 346px"><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/reise/staedte/0,1518,644473,00.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-303 " title="Anarchie" src="http://unitedanarchists.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/anarchie.jpg" alt="Da traut sich die Polente nicht rein" width="336" height="289" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Da traut sich die Polente nicht rein</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/reise/staedte/0,1518,644473,00.html" target="_blank">Henryk M. Broders Abenteuer im Anarcho-Land, Freistadt Christiana.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[**DELTAflt1189's Favourite Music Embeds!**]]></title>
<link>http://deltasfavouritemusic.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/deltaflt1189s-favourite-music-embeds/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[// &lt;![CDATA[// Chris Rea Leo Sayer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdnEmg8RX8w KC &amp; The Sunshi]]></description>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0 0;cursor:pointer;">Chris Rea</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;"><span>Leo Sayer</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Stevie Wonder</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;"><span>The Pointer Sisters</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/KNi8aW8Nf6s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/KNi8aW8Nf6s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>John Cougar Mellencamp</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Iy50DfW9FpM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Iy50DfW9FpM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>The Rolling Stones</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/CRaWx4EhZ0o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/CRaWx4EhZ0o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Cornelius Brothers</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/7WNN_9LNCEw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/7WNN_9LNCEw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/K_RHezEQt8o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/K_RHezEQt8o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/RzwowI1Psy4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/RzwowI1Psy4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Andy Gibb</span> &#38; <span>The Bee Gees</span></span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span> </span></span></p>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/S-xfFqWaK1s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/S-xfFqWaK1s&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Vzpszd_W7Mw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Vzpszd_W7Mw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/mcHlL6PR5NU&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/mcHlL6PR5NU&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Circus Maximus</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/O-aBYqVAYNo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/O-aBYqVAYNo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Petula Clark</span></span></span></div>
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<p><span> </span><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/NRtjDSuyvMA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/NRtjDSuyvMA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span> <span style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></p>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>A-Ha</span></span></span></span></div>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/9AXNBR2smPY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/9AXNBR2smPY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>The Beatles</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">War</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>The Doors</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Rupert Holmes</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Melissa Manchester</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">The <span>Five Stairsteps</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Joe Jackson</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;"><span>Suzanne Vega</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Duran Duran</span></span></span></div>
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<p><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux20YEopjjc" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux20YEopjjc</span></a></span></p>
<p><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLDMx5QXV8" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLDMx5QXV8</span></a></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">The <span>Steve Miller Band</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Earny k. Doe</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>The Castaways</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="border-bottom:1px dashed #0066cc;cursor:pointer;">Frankie Valli</span></span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span> </span></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;"><span>Glenn Shorrock</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>ABBA</span></span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aafqLOOI4o" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aafqLOOI4o</span></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_IGxXxsoE8" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_IGxXxsoE8</span></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTHlK_4goQ" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTHlK_4goQ</span></a></span></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Barbara Streisand</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Ozark Mountain Daredevils</span></span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span> </span></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Three Dog Night</span></span></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JA1XAmzbnw" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JA1XAmzbnw</span></a></span></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span> </span></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hamilton, Joe Frank &#38; Reynolds</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Cheap Trick</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>A Flock Of Seagulls</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Musical Youth</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span>Blondie</span></span></span></div>
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<span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtGWVoLGAA8" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtGWVoLGAA8</span></a></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="border-bottom:1px dashed #0066cc;cursor:pointer;">Earth Wind &#38; Fire</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;"><span>Night Ranger</span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span> </span></span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Blues Image Band</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nutty French Song! LOL</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fergie</span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2N79eOQOAw" target="_blank"><span>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2N79eOQOAw</span></a></span></span><br />
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<title><![CDATA[**EXPOSED! - Benny Hinn Is Phony!**]]></title>
<link>http://bennyhinnisafake.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/exposed-benny-hinn-is-phony/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deltaflt1189</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bennyhinnisafake.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/exposed-benny-hinn-is-phony/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[EXPOSED! &#8211; Benny Hinn is a Fake! by David J. Stewart &amp; Andrew Friedman At Benny Hinn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:Arial Black;font-size:large;"><span style="font-style:italic;color:#ff0000;">EXPOSED!</span> &#8211; Benny Hinn is a Fake!</span></div>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> <img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn-devil.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="10" width="170" height="256" align="right" /> At    Benny Hinn&#8217;s crusades—he dazzles the crowds, plays captivating music, and    manipulates the emotions of the audience; BUT, he is not of God.  What is    happening is not of God.  Benny Hinn is a master con artist, who fully    understands the human psyche.  I was watching one of Benny Hinn&#8217;s    crusades the other day on TV.  At first impression, Benny Hinn <span style="text-decoration:underline;">appears</span> as a man of God.  He has that curious and distinguishing look that    mesmerizes the crowds.  Benny Hinn comes across as an extremely    interesting character, with the power to hypnotize the masses with his charm,    music, and exploitation of the Bible. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">As I watched Benny Hinn perform on stage, it    reminded me more of a rock star in concert.  There were many thousands of    people in the audience, and no doubt, millions more on TV..  Just as    rock-n-roll fans, the audience was in the palm of the performer, Benny Hinn.     Hinn never mentioned the word &#8220;sin,&#8221; never mentioned the word &#8220;Saviour,&#8221; but    just kept talking about how wonderful Jesus is.  This is one of Satan&#8217;s    greatest deceptions.  We read in Acts16:16-18, &#8220;<em>And it came to pass,    as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination    met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed    Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high    God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.  And this did she many    days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee    in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.</em>&#8220;     Just as the demon possessed woman in Acts 16:17 who spoke the truth while also    serving the Devil, so does Benny Hinn speak of Jesus Christ while serving the    Devil.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> <img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn-con.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="180" height="182" align="left" /><img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn-india_victims.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="220" height="171" align="right" />Hinn&#8217;s    money comes mostly from people in TV land, who are foolishly conned by what    they see on TV.  It couldn&#8217;t be more obvious that Benny Hinn has hired a    top-notch group of manipulators to work with him.  One of the camera    tricks which Hinn employs is to zoom in on certain audience members who look    like they&#8217;re having a religious experience.  Seeing someone having such    an uplifting experience, while hearing the emotion-producing music, and    listening to Hinn ramble on with religious lingo, easily mesmerizes the    viewer.  As I watched Benny Hinn, he told the audience to get ready to    receive the power of the Holy Spirit.  Next, hundreds of people towards    the front, dressed differently than the people in the back, all fell backwards    to the floor.  It was apparent to me that the event was staged.     Then came the alleged healings.  During the healing period of the    crusade, several dynamic, sharp-looking, and trained people bring forth the    alleged recipients of Hinn&#8217;s healing power.  To no surprise, as is COMMON    to self-proclaimed faith-healers like Oral Roberts, ALL of the healings are    unable to be substantiated.  A small boy was brought up on stage,    allegedly deaf in one ear since birth, but now able to hear.  Another    woman in a wheel-chair was wheeled up to the platform, allegedly crippled from    diabetes, then she walked on stage.  Another man was claimed to have been    deaf in both ears from birth, but now was healed.  Then Hinn prompted the    man to speak in an attempt to confirm the healing, and he did speak.  So    when did the man learn to speak if he was deaf his whole life? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> <img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn_fake43.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="146" height="140" align="right" /><img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn_fake44.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="249" height="185" align="left" />I&#8217;d    like to see someone with no legs receive their legs back.  Why doesn&#8217;t    Benny Hinn ever go into a hospital and empty it out of all it&#8217;s sick patients?     Why only on stage, behind the camera, while asking for money?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> Benny Hinn    ministries took in over $100,000,000 last year alone.  Again, I ask, why    doesn&#8217;t Hinn ever use his alleged power to heal the sick people in hospitals?     The reason is abundantly clear &#8230; Hinn is a fraud.  Hinn, like John    Edward, Sylvia Browne, Oprah Winfrey, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, and so many    other false prophets, EXPLOITS Christianity and God&#8217;s Word to gain wealth,    prosperity, control, influence, and popularity.  God&#8217;s power is not for    sale.  Do you really think God would allow anyone to exploit his power on    stage, for money, and to   <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/benny_hinn-hidden.htm" target="_blank">a false    prophet who praises the cult of Catholicism</a>?  Satan is working    relentlessly through today&#8217;s false prophets to UNITE Christianity with false    religion, which is APOSTASY!  When Constantine declared Christianity as    the official religion of Roman in 380 A.D., it led to total apostasy, and the    beginning of the formal Roman Catholic cult.  Don&#8217;t be deceived, Benny    Hinn and Billy Graham are false prophets who are leading ecumenical churches    into the New World Order (the beast system of antichrist).  Satan knows    that the easiest way to deceive people is to obscure and blur the truth of    God&#8217;s Word.  This is why we see so many watered-down Bibles nowadays.     This is why we see   <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Apostasy/religious_leaders_praise_pope.htm" target="_blank"> Protestants praising Catholics</a>, and   <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/BTP/Dr_Max_Younce/homo_priests.htm" target="_blank"> Catholics protecting homosexual priests</a>, and homosexuals twisting the    Bible around to claim that   <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Basics/sodom.htm" target="_blank">Sodom and Gomorrah&#8217;s    sin was only a lack of hospitality</a>.  The Word of God is under attack!</span></p>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">The Bible teaches that the gift of    healing ended with the Apostles.  The sign gifts were only to validate    the message of the Apostles.  This is evidenced by the Biblical fact that    the Apostle Paul, who had once been healed of a deadly snake bite, couldn&#8217;t    find relief for his thorn in the flesh later in <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">2nd Corinthians 12:7.     2nd Timothy 4:20</span></span> also states that Paul <span style="text-decoration:underline;">couldn&#8217;t</span> heal his friend    Trophimus,<br />
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">&#8220;&#8230;but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.&#8221;</span><br />
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Paul    spoke of Timothy&#8217;s &#8220;<em>often infirmities</em>&#8221; in <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">1st Timothy 5:23</span></span>, but he <span style="text-decoration:underline;"> couldn&#8217;t</span> heal his friend Timothy either.  Clearly, the &#8220;gift&#8221; of    healing had ceased.  If you want to read an excellent in-depth Biblical    examination of tongues, healing, and gifts, then please read   <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/BTP/Dr_Max_Younce/Tongues/toc.htm" target="_blank"> FACE TO FACE WITH TONGUES</a> by Pastor Max D. Younce.</span></p>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">In Benny Hinn&#8217;s crusades, he sings,    he praises the name of Jesus, he places his hands on people and they fall to    the ground; BUT, it is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> of the Holy Spirit.  I&#8217;d like to see    Benny Hinn cry one time.  I&#8217;d like to hear Benny Hinn expose the demonic    Catholic religion.  Benny Hinn is a fraud!  According to a <em> Dateline</em> investigation in December of 2002&#8230;<br />
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<h2><span style="font-size:large;">Where does world-famous      televangelist&#8217;s money go?</span></h2>
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<pre style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Benny Hinn has millions of believers and millions in donations

NBC News

Dec. 27, 2002 - Maybe you spotted him while you were channel surfing one night
or maybe you were already tuned in. Either way, he's hard to ignore. Benny
Hinn - televangelist, faith healer, and appointment viewing for millions of
believers. His popularity and his wealth are matched only by the devotion he
's shown by his followers, many of them desperate for help. Their stories
and his ministry play out almost every night in made-for-TV mini-dramas. But
there are other stories, other scenes that reveal much more about Pastor
Benny, caught on Dateline's hidden cameras. Correspondent Bob McKeown
reports.

<span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">   HE ALWAYS ARRIVES onstage when they begin to sing the hymn, "</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">How Great</span><br style="font-style:italic;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">Thou Art.</span><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">"</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    And whether you measure success in his TV ratings, attendance at his</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">live services or crusades around the world, or the money he raises, he is</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">unquestionably one of the most popular and successful televangelists in the</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">world today. His television show is available around the globe. He attracts</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">capacity crowds at arenas and stadiums at home and abroad. And scenes like</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">this one in his TV studio are a big reason why:</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Benny Hinn: "Yes Lord. A lower back is being healed. Thank you Lord.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">Emphysema is being healed. We rebuke it in Jesus' name. Somebody's legs have</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">just been healed."</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">      On television or at his crusades, Benny Hinn promises that wherever</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">he goes, miraculous healing will follow.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Benny Hinn: "In the name of Jesus, I rebuke the allergies out of you.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">Touch! - The glory of God is in the studio. We are having a visitation in</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">the studio today as we have been taping these TV programs."</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Those miracles, Hinn says, can cure injury and illness - even</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">terminal disease.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Benny Hinn: </span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"The healing may happen instantly, and may happen</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">gradually but
 surely as God is God, your legs will work again, and your body</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">will be healed again."</span></span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    And according to Benny Hinn, it gets even more miraculous than that.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Benny Hinn: </span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"On the program today, you are going to see a clip of</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">this man who was raised from the dead."</span></span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Those dramatic claims - and his dynamic preaching style - have</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">attracted millions of devoted followers, like Carlotta Moore.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    "When I go to a crusade, I'm going because I need to be refreshed. I</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">need to be renewed. I need to be revived in my spirit," says Carlotta Moore.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    Moore says she also watches Benny Hinn's TV show everyday.</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">    "The Bible speaks of spiritual fathers," says Moore. "That is my</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;">spiritual father. He's a
 leader. And he is a mentor."</span><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;" /></span></pre>
<div style="text-align:center;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">EVANGELIST AND FUNDRAISER</span></span></span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><br />
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<pre style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">
    And he is a master fund raiser as well, so along with that devotion
comes money - a lot of it. Though pastor Benny denies it, estimates of total
ministry revenue exceed $100 million a year.

    Benny Hinn insists his only mission is to preach the gospel, save
souls, and heal the sick. But is there
 more than that to the man they call
pastor Benny?

    "Dateline" looked at the ministry of pastor Benny Hinn, who claims
miraculous power flows from God through him. We'll take a closer look at all
his healings and at all the money that goes into his collection buckets.

     Hinn was born in the Middle East, raised in Canada, and modeled
himself after a faith healer, the legendary Katherine Kuhlman. Hinn started
a church in Orlando, almost two decades ago. By 1999, he'd left Florida,
building his ministry's administrative headquarters in Dallas and his TV
studio in southern California where he now lives.

    Hinn's claims of miracles have made him immensely popular, but those
healings, combined with his ministry's enormous wealth, have also triggered
scrutiny of a different kind.

      "I say he's in the business of raising money and spreading his own
celebrity," says Ole Anthony, who heads the
 Trinity Foundation - a Christian
watch-dog group that examines the workings of television ministries. The
organization operates on donations, grants, and sales of its magazine and
tapes.

    Ole Anthony himself has been highly critical of television preachers
who don't divulge the details of how they raise and spend their money -
especially Benny Hinn.

    "We've gotten most of the complaints lately from Benny's organization
and Benny's followers," says Anthony. "That became our focus, we've been
following him intently since 1993."

    "Dateline" asked the Trinity Foundation to provide access to, among
other things, documents and videotape it's collected about the Hinn
Ministry. We reimbursed the foundation for its costs.

    And we also went looking for some answers ourselves. For almost two
years, "Dateline" sought permission to videotape Benny Hinn's crusades, to
see how this affluent
 television ministry really works.

    Eventually we were allowed to bring our cameras to a crusade in
Atlanta. But the ministry made it clear we were only permitted to tape the
first hour or so. Then after Hinn's entrance, a few hymns and some saving of
souls, we were told to stop.

VIEW FROM A HIDDEN CAMERA

    So, in order to try to find out what really goes on behind the scenes
of the Benny Hinn Ministry, we attended a number of other crusades and
walked in right though the front door with everybody else. Only this time,
the cameras were hidden.

    At least once a month, somewhere in the U.S., 50,000 or 60,000 people
attend one of Benny Hinn's two-day crusades. Over the past two years, we
followed pastor Benny around the country to Hampton, Virginia; Las Vegas;
Buffalo, and a few cities in between.

    At each of the crusades we attended, the faithful began to arrive
hours before
 the service. And so did we with our hidden cameras.

    But even when you get there early, the best sections are already
taken - reserved for major donors, church VIPs and, at the back, for the
disabled and those in wheelchairs.

    In Buffalo, we found our seats high up in the bleachers and we began
recording the service in the middle of that noisy crowd with a hidden
microphone and camera.

    What brings the faithful out to see Benny Hinn is the healing. The
expectation that sometime tonight they're going to see, or perhaps even be -
one of those people who arrive desperately ill and leave miraculously cured.
 What brings the faithful out to see Benny Hinn is the healing. The
expectation that sometime tonight they're going to see, or perhaps even be -
one of those people who arrive desperately ill and leave miraculously cured.

      The script - Benny Hinn's tried-and-true formula - was always
 the
same. And it always started with the music. There's an orchestra, a heavenly
host of local church choirs, and an all-star cast of Christian headliners.
The crowd's emotional temperature seems to rise, as they anxiously wait for
pastor Benny.

    "It's organized more closely than a political convention," says Ole
Anthony, of the Trinity Foundation.. "There's the repetitive music, there's
the mood lighting, there's this whole arrangement of waiting and waiting and
waiting until he comes on stage. The band is playing, "How Great Thou Art"
and then the process starts."

    Once he arrives onstage, pastor Benny preaches, prays and spiritually
tends his flock.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"If you mean business with God, he means business with
you."</span>

    At a Benny Hinn crusade, you can't
 help but notice the faith of his
followers and how much they appear to believe in him and his healing
message.

    The impression one gets being among that crowd is that whatever's
happening down there on the stage, however it may or may not be
choreographed, these people have come because they truly believe.

    "There's no question that the people that are there have strong
belief or a strong want-to-belief," says Anthony, "and so they respond."

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<div style="text-align:center;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE TENSION BUILDS</span></span><br />
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<pre style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">
    In fact, all evening, throughout the arena, the tension keeps
building because everyone here knows what's going to happen next.

    Benny Hinn:
 <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"There's power here, people. Lift your hands and receive
it."</span>

    According to pastor Benny, that "power" will soon lead to miracles:

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"By moving those legs that have been crippled for all
those years."</span>

    This is from a highlights tape we bought from the ministry's Web
site.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"You're tired of all the pills you've taken, and all the
needles they put in your body and all the pain you felt. Well, I'm here to
tell you, you will be healed tonight!"</span>

      After the preaching, there's the passing of the collection buckets.
And then comes the moment when Benny Hinn makes his
 much-anticipated
announcement - God is speaking to him, he says, revealing a multitude of
miracles, actual healings now taking place throughout the arena, some of
them very specific.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"There is a young man named George. George has HIV. But
my brother George, the holy ghost is burning it out of your body!"</span>

    At all of the evening crusades we attended, it was about 10 p.m. when
Hinn announced God was speaking to him.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"Another arthritis has been healed."</span>

    Benny Hinn's ministry says that in order to verify the miraculous
healings that have taken place, it screens those who claim they've been
healed before they get up on stage.

    First, Hinn staff members talk to the people who get in line. This
screener is even a
 doctor and he evidently thinks this woman is a good
candidate to announce her healing up on the platform with pastor Benny.

    Doctor: "No pain? Great job. You couldn't do that before? (As she
moves her head around.) That is neat. Yeah, take her up there."

    The people selected by the screeners are then introduced to Benny
Hinn and the capacity crowd. Those who've been healed, and others who attend
each service, are given a blessing by pastor Benny with his own personal
touch. And whether he blows or flicks or waves his hand, the faithful are
strewn across the floor like bowling pins. So what exactly is at work here?

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<div style="text-align:center;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;">RELIGION OR HYPNOSIS?</span><br />
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<pre style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">
    "They'd fall down," says Michael Cohen. "They'd fall backwards. He'd
blow on them. They'd fall over. And I thought these were actors that came in
and they paid them so much. And they had a string and they pulled them
 down."

    Even some who were skeptics at first soon became believers, like
Michael Cohen.

    "And when I finally went up there, I ended up falling down," says
Cohen. "I closed my eyes but I knew that Benny didn't push me. I knew I wasn't
 pulled or tugged. I knew that was God touching me."

    But Ole Anthony says he thinks it's a phenomenon that has much more
to do with mass hypnosis than religion.

    "And they watch him on television over and over and over for years,"
says Anthony. "And they see it, they expect it, they see other people
upstage are falling over right and left. Sometimes Benny falls over the
place. It's a circus. It's like professional
 wrestling."

    Bob McKeown: "But in fact he's been on the record time and time again
saying he is not a healer."

    Ole Anthony: "Of course."

    Bob McKeown: "It's God who heals."

    Ole Anthony: "Of course."

    Bob McKeown: "He's just the vessel that's been chosen."

    Ole Anthony: "What's the reason that people come to the crusades?
What's the main thing that happens onstage? That's his attraction. He
promotes himself as a healer, as a healing ministry."

    But according to former Hinn insiders, there's a great deal more to
Benny Hinn's crusades than what you see on television - and what we've found
supports that. A woman who worked at crusades said she was instructed to
look particularly for those standing in front of their wheelchairs.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"Look at all the empty wheelchairs here in Las
 Vegas,
people!"</span>

    Empty wheelchairs apparently imply there's been a lot of healing
going on. But for every one of the people declared healed by pastor Benny on
stage and on TV, many more leave the arena still sick or disabled.

    "Desperate people, the really desperate ones, the ones that break
your heart are at the back on the crusade, they won't let them up in the
lines," says Anthony.

    The broadcasts of Benny Hinn's crusade in Buffalo did not include
what our hidden camera captured. This man was escorted from his seat by
security guards after crying out for pastor Benny to touch his apparently
ill son. "I wanted to take my son up there and get prayed. That's all I
wanted," he said.

    So not everyone who wants to get up on stage is allowed to.. But what
happens to those who are called up on the platform to be touched by pastor
Benny? To try to find out, we attended a crusade in
 Las Vegas, and we did
our best to keep track of each and every one of the miracles Benny Hinn
proclaimed. By our count, there were 56 of them in all - many of which ended
up on this videotape we purchased through the ministry.

    This little boy said his damaged vision was cured: "And as soon as
God healed me, I could see better."

    According to one woman, her cancer was gone. Hinn said God told him a
demon had caused the cancer, and he cast it out.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Go out of her! It's gone!"</span></span>

    One woman said she had a diseased lung.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"The lord is asking me now to ask him to give you a new
lung."</span>

    According to pastor Benny, she got that new lung, right there on
stage.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"That's why she's coughing... that's why she's coughing."</span></span>

    And there was this woman, who said she was cured of lung cancer. She
says: "She had cancer in the lungs. She don't have it now!"

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    In his 25 years of healing, there have been thousands of similar
stories from Hinn's followers - none of them more famous than this one. At a
crusade in 1994, Benny Hinn came to the aid of the former heavyweight
champion of the world. Evander Holyfield had lost his boxing license because
a medical test had revealed a serious heart
 ailment.

    Benny Hinn (at a crusade): <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"The Lord is telling me right now he is</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">repairing Holyfield's heart completely."</span></span>

    Reportedly, Holyfield promised Hinn a check for $265,000, and before
long, he got a clean bill of health, and won the world title back.

    But Benny Hinn doesn't only minister to the rich and famous.

    Bob McKeown: "And you needed a miracle."

    Belva Ventura: "Oh, did I."

    Bob McKeown: "You and your son."

    Belva Ventura: "Yes."

      We met Belva Ventura at a crusade in Worcester, Massachusetts. She
and her son had both been diagnosed with cancer. Both had been told it was
terminal. Before long, she and her son were on stage in front of 14,000
people, right next to pastor
 Benny.

    Bob McKeown: "And what did Pastor Hinn say to you?"

    Belva Ventura: "Oh, he hugged us. And he put his arm around me. And
he couldn't believe all the cancer in one family. And he said we're gonna
get this cancer out of this house right now. It's not gonna bother you no
more. And we came home, we were happy. I was healed. I know I was."

    The question is, despite all the claims, how does anyone really know
if Belva Ventura or any of the others was indeed miraculously healed at one
of Benny Hinn's crusades?

    So we asked pastor Benny to help us follow up on some of the people
we saw on his stage. Then we did some following up of our own.

    Bob McKeown: "As far as you know, the ministry has no idea whether
your cancer is still there or not."

    Belva Ventura: "No."

    Bob McKeown: "Whether you're alive or not."

    Belva Ventura: "No. No. they don't."

   Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"But as surely as God is God - your legs will work again,</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">and your body will be healed again, and your lungs will breathe again, and</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">your eyes will see again!"</span></span>

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<div style="text-align:center;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">PROOF OF HEALING?</span></span><br />
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    At all of his live crusades, Benny Hinn proclaims a breath-taking
litany of miraculous healing. Pastor Benny has said that everyone who gets
up on his platform has been checked by a doctor. His ministry also claims
 it
has a follow up process with people afterwards that it describes as
"exhaustive" and "thorough," and that medical information it collects is
reviewed first by a nurse, then by a doctor.

    So we wanted to find out how that process works and which of those
claims of miracles actually can be verified. We thought a good place to
start would be with the ministry itself. Last year, we asked Benny Hinn to
help us confirm the 56 healings we counted at just one of his crusades - the
one in Las Vegas.

      By the time we asked, dozens of those "miracles" had already been
broadcast around the world on his TV show, including the woman who Benny
Hinn said had grown a new lung right there on stage.

    Woman: "Feels like something in there, like someone was reaching in
my heart, in my lung."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"I want you to
 go back to your earthly doctor, have him</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">give you an X-ray. I want to hear about it. I want a full story."</span></span>

    But if Hinn knows the full story about who was healed in Las Vegas,
he's not sharing it with us. In a letter from its lawyer, the ministry
refused to provide proof of any of those healings to "Dateline."

    So since the ministry wouldn't give us any information, we did some
checking of our own about Las Vegas, and other reported healings.

    Remember the woman we met in Las Vegas who said she'd been cured of
lung cancer? With our hidden camera, we were able to go back stage to her
follow-up interview.

    Hinn staffer: "Now, what happened tonight that makes you feel God
touched you?"

    She did speak to a Hinn staff member, but it's hard to know how from
this conversation alone he could have known
 whether she was cured of cancer,
or even if she had it in the first place.

    Staffer: "That primary tumor can be one cell."

    She was asked a few questions, but it didn't appear to us that there
was any medical examination.

    Staffer: "Keep trusting God. Follow it up with your physicians. Thank
you so much. The Lord bless you all."

    Unfortunately, there's one thing we were able to determine about this
woman without the ministry's help. She died two and a half months after the
crusade. The cause was lung cancer.

    And then there was Evander Holyfield's heart ailment - which seemed
to disappear after that crusade in 1994 - touted as one of pastor Benny's
greatest healing successes.

    When Holyfield then won his world title back, it seemed a storybook
ending - except for one problem. According to the Nevada Athletic
Commission, two different clinics determined that Holyfield
 had been
misdiagnosed. His doctor had been given incomplete information about his
condition. In other words, there was nothing seriously wrong with Holyfield'
s heart in the first place. But three years later, pastor Benny was still
claiming credit for the champ's miraculous healing.

    On the "Larry King" show with Pastor Benny, he was aksed: "Evander
Holyfield credits you with curing his heart problem, although doctors said
that maybe it was misread in the first place."

    Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"God healed him in one of our crusades, yeah."</span></span>

    Evander Holyfield had no comment through his lawyer.

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<div style="text-align:center;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">STILL DYING OF CANCER</span></span><br />
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    And remember Belva Ventura, who said Benny Hinn cast out cancer from
her and her son?

      A few weeks after that crusade in Worcester, Massachusetts, Belva's
son died of cancer. When we visited several months later, she said she hadn'
t had a follow-up call from anyone in the Hinn organization.

    Bob McKeown: "As far as you know, the ministry has no idea whether
your cancer is still there or not."

    Belva Ventura: "No."

    Bob McKeown: "Whether you're alive or not."

    Belva Ventura: "No. No. they don't. Otherwise, they would have got
hold of me. Nobody did."

    Her physicians evidently were not convinced of her claims of healing.

    Bob McKeown: "What do your doctors say?"

    Belva Ventura: "They laugh. They look at me and they laugh. They don'
t believe me."

    Belva
 still believed apparently until the end. A month after our
visit, she died. The cause, her doctor told us, was cancer.

    Bob McKeown: "If Benny Hinn, by whatever means, can give people like
that hope, is that not a good thing?"

    Ole Anthony: "Then why don't we just - why doesn't the FDA approve
snake oil? And we could have snake oil salesmen run around offering and
saying, "This little tube of water here, cost you $1,000. And if you take
it, you'll be cured of cancer." It's the same thing except he's doing it in
God's name, which makes it terrible, terrible. He's lying. False hope has to
always be exposed. It must be exposed."

    Benny Hinn says it's possible for someone to be healed at one of his
crusades only to have the illness or injury return later. Here's how he
explains it:

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"This is your Day Vegas... My
 Friend, hear this well. The
reason people lose their healing, is because they begin questioning if God
really did it."</span>

    That, says Ole Anthony, only makes matters even worse for those who
are desperately ill.

    "Now they're twice as bad off as they were before because now,
according to Benny, they've done something wrong," says Anthony.

    After repeated requests to verify healings - specifically the 56 we
saw at the crusade in Las Vegas - Benny Hinn's ministry sent us details of
what it said were five irrefutable and medically proven miracles, but none
was from the Las Vegas crusade we were asking about.

    The cases they gave us ranged from a herniated disc, to heart
problems, cancer and Lou Gehrig's disease. When we called them, all five
people insisted they had been healed, but four of them wouldn't or couldn't
provide their medical records, and we could not speak to their
 doctors.

    As for the woman who said she'd been healed of Lou Gehrig's disease,
for which there is no known cure, we did speak to her neurologist, who said
he suspected she didn't have Lou Gehrig's disease in the first place.

    Though the ministry says publicly that the medical information it
collects is reviewed by a nurse and a doctor, in a letter to us from its
lawyer, the ministry acknowledged to us that it is ".... Impossible to
investigate and substantiate each and every one" of the healings proclaimed
at pastor Benny's crusades.

    But with our without absolute proof of the miracles, millions of
followers keep coming to the crusades, and continue to donate millions to
his ministry.

    But now, people who've worked inside the Hinn organization are
raising questions about where some of that money has gone.

Part two: Former insiders question what happened to some of the church
 money

Benny Hinn (at his crusade): <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Only those who have been giving to God's work</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">will be spared."</span></span>

    The money starts pouring in at Benny Hinn's crusades, thousands of
people filling hundreds of pastor Benny's collection buckets at every
service we attended.

    Chris Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"One side cash, one side checks."</span></span>

    A 1994 security tape shows Hinn staffers and volunteers counting the
collection money at a crusade.

    For three years in the mid-1990s, Mike Estrella says he was one of
those responsible for counting crusade collections in his capacity as Benny
Hinn's head usher.

    At the time, Estrella says, he was a devoted follower, and
 still
credits pastor Benny with curing his heart condition.

    Bob McKeown: "In cash, what was the biggest night you counted?"

    Mike Estrella: "In cash? Well, one night I counted $420,000."

    Steve Brock: "A dollar a day. Everybody say it with me - a dollar a
day."

    It may sound like they start out small, but the numbers soon get very
big. According to documents provided by the Trinity Foundation, and
published reports - Benny Hinn has more than 100,000 people who promise to
give him a dollar-a-day. If they keep that pledge, that would add up to at
least $3 million a month - $36 million a year.

    The people on this list seemed to be even more generous than that -
it appears some of them pledged or gave more than $100,000 apiece last year.

    Benny Hinn: "The greatest thing you can do for your finances is to
give to the work of God."

    On TV, and at his
 crusades, Hinn promises that not only will God
improve your health, but your financial life as well - perhaps by getting
you out of debt with an unexpected financial windfall. But first, you have
to give money to his ministry. Hinn calls it "sowing the seed."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Amen. So expect a financial harvest but you have to sow</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">a seed to see it happen... you may want to call your seed in today. Our 800</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">number is on the screen."</span></span>

    Hinn follower Carlotta Moore told us she sows a seed of $12,000 a
year with pastor Benny, and that she expects to be financially rewarded.

    Carlotta Moore: "Because the Bible say [sic] what you sow, you gonna
reap. Now if you sow good things, you
 gonna reap good."

    Bob McKeown: "But might that mean that if you give money, you get
money back?"

    Carlotta Moore: "Oh yes, you will get money back. You will get money
back. Out of the clear blue sky, checks will come from somewhere. You go to
put on a dress or something, or take out a pocketbook up there in the
closet. There is $50 or $60 laying up in there. You'll be like, 'Woah, woah,
woah. Thank you, Lord.' You understand?"

    And the money Benny Hinn's ministry gets is not only in the form of
donations.

    "He sells his books, he sells his tapes, he sells everything, and is
just a money machine, and money pours in," says Ole Anothony. "He's one of
the most successful money raisers in history."

    In recent years, the Hinn ministry's total annual income has
increased dramatically from $50 million in 1997 to the latest estimates -
that the ministry says are inaccurate - of more
 than $100 million a year.
And because the ministry is registered as a church, all that money is
tax-free and Benny Hinn is under no legal obligation to make his finances
public.

    Bob McKeown: "Is there any way to know how much Benny Hinn makes?
Whether he's personally benefiting or not, and where the money goes?"

    Paul Nelson: "There really isn't, and that's why an organization like
ECFA has been formed."

    Paul Nelson is president of ECFA, the Evangelical Council for
Financial Accountability. Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, and the Salvation
Army are among its 1,000-plus members who voluntarily disclose to potential
donors more financial information than the law requires.

    "We believe that most people would like to know that the charities
that they give to are governed responsibly, that they practice disclosure of
their finances and other activities, they willingly answer questions,
 and
that they raise funds with integrity," says Nelson.

    Members release audited financial statements, including the salaries
of their ministers.

    Benny Hinn is not an ECFA member. He wouldn't tell us his annual
salary, but five years ago he acknowledged it was then between $500,000 and
$1 million a year.

    And Hinn won't specify how his ministry's money is spent, except to
say he doesn't personally benefit from any of it.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"Every dollar you give this morning is going to the work
of the Lord."</span>

    What Benny Hinn does tell his followers is that all their donations
are spent on God's work - for example, the expenses of his TV show and
crusades, the salaries of his staff, supporting churches and orphanages
around the world and more importantly.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"So everything you give this morning is going for souls.</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">Is going for what?"</span></span>

    The crowd repeats: "Souls."

    And many of his faithful, like Carlotta Moore, say they have no doubt
that's true.

    "We're not giving it to Pastor Benny, we're giving it to the ministry
to do the work the Pastor Benny has been entrusted to do," says Moore.

    But this former Hinn ministry staff member says he has reason to
question pastor Benny's sincerity.

    "And Benny was laughing and joking and saying, <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">'Hey guys watch how
much money I make tonight,'"</span> says Michael Cohen.

    For years, Michael Cohen and his wife were church members. He also
belonged to Hinn's security detail, traveling the world with
 him. Cohen
recalls an incident after a service at the church where he says pastor Benny
bragged about his financial conquests.

    "Like one little grandmother one time came up and cried, I think she
said, this is my last $5. And we got back in the Green Room and he said,
'Ha, I got her last $5, guys,'" says Cohen.

    The ministry says the incident never happened.

    As for his lifestyle, pastor Hinn has explained that some of the
perks he has enjoyed like custom-made suits and expensive cars have been
paid for by his personal income, including the royalties from his many
books.

    While that may be true and legal, it's only part of the story.
According to the Trinity Foundation, the biggest customer for pastor Benny's
books is pastor Benny's own ministry. Trinity says the Hinn ministry buys
thousands of the books for which Hinn apparently collects the royalties.

    The ministry then
 offers them for sale at crusades and on its Web
site, and gives them away to donors.

    According to Paul Nelson of ECFA, that kind of business deal is too
close for comfort, and wouldn't be allowed if Hinn belonged to his
organization.

    "Our standards prohibit the royalty in that case going to the
individual," says Nelson. "The royalty must go for the benefit of the
ministry."

    The Hinn ministry also spends a great deal on pastor Benny's
lifestyle when he's on the road. These records show hotel suites for well
over a thousand dollars a night and transatlantic flights on the Concorde -
at more than $8,000 round trip. That is, before pastor Benny began flying in
a multi-million-dollar private jet.

    But Hinn contributor Carlotta Moore says that use of money given to
Hinn's church for God's work is just fine with her.

    "I'm pretty sure NBC's man that owns NBC probably got his own
 jet and
multimillion dollars," says Carlotta Moore. "Probably got houses here,
houses there, and this that and the other. And I believe that the preachers
of the gospel, I believe they should live better than even NBC's president."

    But Benny Hinn's followers may not know about how all of their
donations are spent. For example there's Hinn's palatial new home, now being
built for $3.5 million in an exclusive gated community overlooking the
Pacific Ocean.

    The plans call for more than 6,000 square feet - 7 bedrooms, 8
bathrooms and a basement garage with enough space for ten cars. Who's paying
for that? Not pastor Benny. That mansion on the Pacific is considered the
Hinn ministry's church residence or "parsonage," and the ministry is picking
up all the expenses for land, construction, even property taxes.

    The ministry says the house is a good investment, but Paul Nelson of
ECFA says Benny
 Hinn should be concerned about the perception of that house
deal. He says the expenditure of millions of dollars of church money on a
house for it's leader, is almost unprecedented.

    Bob McKeown: "Are you aware among your membership of any church
residence, parsonage, that is worth $3 million?"

    Paul Nelson: "I am not aware of that."

    Bob McKeown: "Not Billy Graham's..."

    Paul Nelson: "I don't believe so. No."

    Bob McKeown: "...residence? Pat Robertson's?"

    Paul Nelson: "I don't believe so."

    However it managed to pay for his house. Benny Hinn's ministry has
apparently had problems finishing other special projects.

    Since February of 2001, the Hinn Web site has been soliciting
donations for a new orphanage to be built in this little town outside Mexico
City saying it would be finished "soon.."

    But when we checked in Mexico, more than a
 year-and-a-half later, we
could find no sign of any construction. But the Hinn web site kept promising
that construction would be finished in, "a few short months."

    That was news to the local official in charge of construction in the
town, who told us the Hinn ministry hadn't even been issued a building
permit yet.

    What we did find, however, was this sign - curiously not in Spanish,
but English - attached to a house the ministry called it's 'temporary
orphanage,' which appeared to be empty. The Hinn Web site continued to
solicit donations.

    And then there was pastor Benny's most ambitious project - his $25
million healing center to be built in Texas.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">"And the Lord said to me to build a healing center that
people can come to 24-hours a day, any day of the week to be prayed for and
get
 healed."</span>

    That was Benny Hinn raising funds for the project in 1999, but this
was Benny Hinn on a Christian telethon a year later: "Many of our wonderful
friends have called and said, 'What's with the healing center?' and
basically what the Lord has said to me is to wait for his voice."

    Hinn announced that God had told him to postpone construction, so he
said he was going to spend that money on other things.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"I am putting all the money we have in the ministry to</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">get out there and preach."</span></span>

    According to ECFA's Paul Nelson, that kind of unilateral diversion of
funds would simply be unacceptable.

    "They're creating a backlog of funds and they're not really released
to spend those funds on anything else,"
 says Nelson.

    But now apparently, pastor Benny has changed his mind again and says
the money raised for the healing center is being held in special ministry
accounts until the time is right.

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"The day will come, I am in no hurry, neither is God. The</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">day will come I will fulfill that vision."</span></span>

    Remember Mike Estrella, who was the head usher at Hinn crusades? He
says one night, the ministry's chief executive officer offered him a wad of
cash taken from the collection.

    How much money? Mike Estrella says thousands.

    According to Estrella, the man who took that money from the
collection buckets was pastor Benny's righthand man, CEO Gene Polino.

    "I just push it back," says Estrella. "One day he told me
 these
words, he says 'Mike, if you follow me and listen to me, I guarantee one
thing, you never have to work again.'"

    After that Mike Estrella says, he began to watch Gene Polino more
closely.

    Estrella: "One time, Polino says give me all the hundreds and all the
fifties. And I did that. And many of them went to his pockets."

    Now how does he know that? "Because I saw him doing it," says
Estrella.

    In a telephone interview, Gene Polino, now retired as Hinn's CEO,
denied those claims.

    Gene Polino told "Dateline" he has "no problem" with Mike Estrella,
but that the former head usher sometimes got "confused." But two years ago,
in a deposition given under oath, Benny Hinn's 's brother Christopher, who
worked in a crusade counting room, testified he too saw Gene Polino
regularly stuff $50 and $100 bills into a bag. Christopher Hinn also
testified that the ministry CEO told
 him "...don't worry about it." Hinn and
Estrella both say they don't know if Polino kept the money they described
seeing him take.

    But Gene Polino told us none of it happened, insisting he never took
any money from the collections.

    Bob McKeown: "You categorically deny that?"

    Gene Polino: "Surely."

    Polino was never charged with any crime and the ministry says he did
not engage in any wrongdoing while employed by the church.

    Christopher Hinn and Mike Estrella both say they told Benny Hinn what
they saw, and we wanted to ask him about it. Through his lawyers and
spokesmen, Hinn repeatedly turned down our request for an interview. We
finally approached him outside his hotel after a crusade in Buffalo last
year.

    Bob McKeown: "Pastor Hinn, I'm Bob McKeown from 'Dateline, NBC.'
Could we have a word with you? We would like to arrange an interview. As you
know,
 we've been trying to contact you."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"I'm so tired right now. I'm worn out."</span></span>

    Bob McKeown: "Well, we would be pleased to do it at any time you'd be
available."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Alright."</span></span>

    Bob McKeown: "In the near future. But as you know, we've been trying
to do this for several months now."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"I know, I've been so busy."</span></span>

    Bob McKeown: "And we haven't had much luck with you."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"No, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey, gentlemen, please."</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /></span>
    Bob
 McKeown: "We seem to be having a bit of a problem with your
security detail here."

    Benny Hinn: <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"I know, I'm sorry about that."</span></span>

    We did eventually get a final answer from Benny Hinn to our interview
request - it was still <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"no."</span></span>

    Benny Hinn's brother Christopher has left the ministry after a
dispute with his brother, and the church says it has had no further dealings
with him.

    As for those other former Hinn insiders, head usher Mike Estrella and
security man Michael Cohen, they say that when they tried to complain to
pastor Benny about abuses in his organization, they were fired.

    In another letter from its lawyer, the ministry says Mike Estrella's
allegations are "unfounded and
 unsubstantiated," and that he was "... Acting
irresponsibly, maliciously or suffered from some impairment when making the
charges."

    As for Michael Cohen, the ministry says, "he is motivated by a
misguided personal vendetta against pastor Hinn and the church..." and
called him an "...unstable and unreliable source."

    Bob McKeown: "What would he say about you now, and the things you're
saying about him?"

    Michael Cohen: "He may tell people that haven't been around for
years, that I'm a disgruntled employee. The fact is, when I first started
working for him, for two years, I wouldn't even take a paycheck."

    Bob McKeown: "Do you believe that he has healed people? "

    Michael Cohen: "No."

    Bob McKeown: "Or that people are healed because of him?"

    Michael Cohen: "No. I don't. I believe that people have been healed.
It's God's power, it's not Benny's. Benny, in the
 last couple of years,
wields this power around likes it's his power."

    Cohen and Estrella maintain they were true believers, who put their
faith in a man they thought could bring hope and healing to millions.

    "What I saw was a big business rolling millions of dollars every
year, many people getting rich," says Mike Estrella. "And the rich getting
richer, and the poor getting worse."

    But then, there's Carlotta Moore, a pastor herself, who like millions
of others says she still believes in Benny Hinn.

    She says, "Pastor Benny's job is the work that God has called him to
do, to be that mediator, that channel for that anointing that God has placed
on his life, the work that God has called him to do, to carry that work out
here on Earth."

    Benny Hinn (at a crusade): <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Stand up, lift your hands, and
 receive</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;">from heaven, in the name of Jesus!"</span></span></span></pre>
<pre style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:small;">What more information do you need?
Benny Hinn is a manipulator who EXPLOITS the Gospel and Christianity.</span></pre>
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<title><![CDATA[**My Response To The Blog: "VonHess's Blog - As Fake As Jesus":**]]></title>
<link>http://amessagetothepridefulvonhess.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/my-response-to-the-blog-vonhesss-blog-as-fake-as-jesus/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deltaflt1189</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[You are a false prophet, a liar, &amp; a misled snake in the grass who has no truth in him. It]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>You are a false prophet, a liar, &#38; a misled snake in the grass who has no truth in him. It&#8217;s a shame, really. you ought to read my testimony of miracles that occurred in my life when Jesus Christ made Himself known to me, in 11/06/2006. Typically, many pagans lack the courage to view my testimony in it&#8217;s entirety, but hopefully, you&#8217;re not as cowardly as the rest of your type usually is.</p>
<p>According to you &#38; your pride, Jesus Christ is &#8220;fake&#8221;. but you just keep telling yerself that, &#38; when you begin to beg Him for yer eternal life at the end of time, yer gonna look back at every single time He tried to send one of us your way to try to get you to see the truth about who He is, &#38; the miracles that He could have performed in your life, but out of all that worldly garbage pride you people so covet, you chose not to. So be it. It&#8217;ll be your loss, &#38; you&#8217;ll have no one else to blame for your getting tossed into hell, but yourself.</p>
<p>I hope that you will come to your senses, my main man. the test for you at this time is this: Do you have courage? Are you that eager to avoid an eternity writhing in agony in hell? Let us see, if you are brave, or if you are a sorry sucker of Satan. Y would you wanna side with an eternally- condemned deity (Satan) who will do nothing but get inside your head to fuck with yer health, both physically &#38; spiritually? Surely you cannot be that much of a sorry sucker, are you? Or is it that you&#8217;re just plain weak? Because anyone who has either heard of an extensive story of miracles that Jesus Christ the King of peace performs in one of our lives, or if one of you have read one of our extensive testimonies of the miracles that He&#8217;s done in our lives but refuses to give Him a chance anyway, is nothing more than a sucker, &#38; a coward &#8212; PERIOD.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t you know that Satan is nothing more than a permission boy? He&#8217;s just some bullshitter &#38; a chicken shit, who every time he hears the name of Jesus Christ, he runs like one. Oh &#38; just so you know my man &#8230; we as the born again Christian have power over witches &#38; warlocks. So getting cute with us will only get the fire returned back to you, alrghty then? Hahahaha &#8230;</p>
<p>Keep in touch, my main man.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Andrew Friedman</p>
<p>http://delta-flt1189.xanga.com/703169840/miracles-that-actually-happened-to-me-on-the-night-of-11062006/</p>
<p>DELTA_flt.1189@yahoo.com</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blood &amp; Sex, Vol. 3: Blane - OUT TODAY!]]></title>
<link>http://angelacameron.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/blood-sex-vol-3-blane-out-today/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>angiecameron</dc:creator>
<guid>http://angelacameron.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/blood-sex-vol-3-blane-out-today/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the third book of Angela Cameron&#8217;s steamy trilogy about a vampire mafia, we discover Blane]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In the third book of Angela Cameron&#8217;s steamy trilogy about a vampire mafia, we discover Blane&#8217;s hidden passions and <img class="alignright" title="Blood &#38; Sex Vol. 3: Blane by Angela Cameron" src="http://www.ravenousromance.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Blood___Sex_III__4a5de68f7166f.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="295" />struggle to succeed within the vampiro hierarchy. We get glimpses into Michael and Tori&#8217;s established relationship, and learn more about the opportunities and threats that the vampiro faces as they journey to Venice.</p>
<p>Will the Alleanza survive the modern pressures of the vampiro cosca?</p>
<p>Will Blane be able to break through the guarded reserve of Christiana, the beautiful woman the vampiro leader has sent to educate the newest vampires?</p>
<p>Or will her sense of duty be stronger than the passion that threatens to sweep her away?</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t miss this exciting continuation of the series Romance Junkies named a &#8220;debut that rocks&#8221;!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ravenousromance.com/fantastica/blood-sex-iii-blane.php">http://www.ravenousromance.com/fantastica/blood-sex-iii-blane.php</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[**EXPOSED! - America's Phony, Apostate "Churches"!**]]></title>
<link>http://beholdamericasphonyapostatechurches.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/exposed-americas-phony-apostate-churches/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deltaflt1189</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[EXPOSED! &#8211; America&#8217;s Apostate Churches! “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodice]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff0000;font-size:x-small;"><em>“</em><span style="font-size:xx-small;">And unto the  		angel of the church of the Laodiceans write&#8230; I know thy works, that  		thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then  		because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee  		out of my mouth.</span><em>”</em> —<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Revelation 3:14-16</span></span></span></p></blockquote>
<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> <img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/images/preacher-invert.gif" border="0" alt="" hspace="7" width="75" height="110" align="right" /> The Devil is sly and he uses the arrogance, greed and ignorance of religious  	men to blind them from the truth. Today&#8217;s evangelical circles are  	complacently apostate, completely silent regarding the evils plaguing  	America. It is tragic. All across America ministers are selling books and  	hosting pastor&#8217;s conventions, but they are virtually silent concerning the  	wickednesses of our society. It is apostasy. Every church in America ought to  	be crying aloud publicly against the evils of abortion, homosexuality,  	pornography, et cetera. </span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">I&#8217;m not endorsing 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/offend_them.htm#fp" target="_blank">Fred Phelps</a>, but  	his methods come MUCH closer to being right than most pastors in America who  	hide behind closed doors in their pompous arrogance. America needs more  	Billy Sundays, John the Baptists, George Whitefields and Jonathan Edwards.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The Damnable World of Joel Osteen</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">God pity false  	prophets like Joel Osteen who never take a stand against sin. Mr. Osteen is  	nothing more than a greedy businessman and motivation speaker, and a  	disgrace to the name of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist could have trimmed  	his sermons, turned a blind eye to Herod&#8217;s adultery, avoided telling people  	they needed to repent; but he told the truth. In sharp contrast, Joel Osteen  	makes one <span style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">nauseous.</span> He doesn&#8217;t mention the word &#8220;repent&#8221; until after his  	sermonette is over, as to avoid offending anyone. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">2nd Timothy 4:3</span> perfectly  	describes Joel Osteen and his congregation&#8230; </span> <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">“</span><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">For  	the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their  	own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="color:#7f003f;">”</span><br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Joel Osteen is a greedy televangelist who&#8217;s afraid to tell the truth of  	God&#8217;s Word, lest he lose money. Judgment Day is coming&#8230; “<span style="font-size:xx-small;">And through  	covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose  	judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth  	not.</span>”<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Joel Osteen deceitfully brags of not taking a salary from his  	church, while making tens-of-millions of dollars from apostate book sales.  	Woe unto Joel and Victoria Osteen. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Would to God that Joel Osteen would tell people  	the truth, i.e., that they&#8217;re a bunch of dirty, rotten, hell-deserving  	sinners bound for hellfire in their sins. They&#8217;re GUILTY! Osteen alleges  	that people already know this; but they do not want to deal with the issue  	of sin, which is why they come to hear Osteen&#8217;s apostate sermons. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> In sharp contrast to Osteen&#8217;s milquetoast  	sermons, please read this brief excerpt from Jonathan  	Edward&#8217;s famous sermon, <em>SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD</em>&#8230;</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:200%;font-style:italic;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;color:#bf00bf;"><span style="font-size:small;">“The God that holds you  		over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome  		insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath  		towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing  		else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to  		have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his  		eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours. You have  		offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince;  		and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the  		fire every moment. It is to be ascribed to nothing else, that you did  		not go to hell the last night; that you was suffered to awake again in  		this world, after you closed your eyes to sleep. And there is no other  		reason to be given, why you have not dropped into hell since you arose  		in the morning, but that God&#8217;s hand has held you up. There is no other  		reason to be given why you have not gone to hell, since you have sat  		here in the house of God, provoking his pure eyes by your sinful wicked  		manner of attending his solemn worship. Yea, there is nothing else that  		is to be given as a reason why you do not this very moment drop down  		into hell.”</span></p>
<p style="line-height:200%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#00ff00;font-size:x-small;">SOURCE: 		<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Basics/sinners_in_the_hands_of_an_angry.htm" target="_blank"> SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD!</a> by Jonathan Edwards;</span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> <span style="color:#00ff00;">preached in Enfield, Connecticut;  		July 8, 1741</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">If Joel Osteen preached a sermon like that,  	he&#8217;d lose half his congregation overnight. Today&#8217;s superior, arrogant,  	thin-skinned, pompous, selfish, spoiled rotten America is INTOLERANT to the  	truth. Woe unto America! 	<a style="font-weight:bold;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/souls_are_dying.htm" target="_blank">Souls are Dying</a> Joel.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">America&#8217;s Dead Churches</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">It was Billy Sunday, who nearly 100 years ago  	said&#8230; </span></p>
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<p style="color:#bf00bf;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;</span><span style="font-style:italic;">It would be a  		godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn&#8217;t  		suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging  		behind. Going back.</span><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;</span> </span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">-<strong>Billy Sunday</strong>, <em>The Need  		for Revivals</em>, From<em> &#8220;Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message&#8221;</em>,  		by William T. Ellis, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1914</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#00ff00;font-size:x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Evangelical Christianity today is more  	resemblant of the 1,200 lb. pig I saw at the<em> Wisconsin State Fair </em> many years ago. It seems that most pastors are only interested in obtaining  	more money&#8230;. gimme, gimme, gimme. It is not fair for a church congregation  	to have to finance the escapades of a pastor&#8217;s selfish interests. And then  	that pastor heads over to The Holy Land on vacation, while most of his  	church members can barely afford to drive to the next town. It is apostasy! </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">&#8220;Nevertheless among the chief rulers  		also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not  		confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they  		loved the praise of men more than the praise of God&#8221;</span> (<span style="font-weight:bold;">John  		12:42,43</span>). </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">There were Pharisees who believed on Jesus; but  	were unwilling to take a stand for God for fear of losing the praise of men.  	This same cowardliness saturates evangelical circles today in America. The  	average Christian minister in America is afraid of losing the praise of men,  	which equates to loss of revenues. Shame on them! God must come first and  	His Word must be preached to the world.<br />
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<p style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">At Ease On Zion</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">It is sinful how so many ministry leaders today make frequent trips to Hawaii and the Holyland; while they do little to fight against sin, contend for the Christian faith by exposing false doctrines, and cry aloud against the wickednesses of our time. Sadly, the few pastors who do preach the truth are cowards, afraid to publicly take a stand, and the message never leaves the <a style="font-weight:bold;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/problem_with_christians.htm" target="_blank">comfort of  	their church walls</a>. It is apostasy!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Here is  	a lengthy list of compromised, apostate, milquetoast, ecumenical, prophets  	of Baal that I <strong>wouldn&#8217;t</strong> give you a dime for&#8230;</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Bob Bell, Doug Sager, J. Harold Smith,  		James Dobson, Chuck Swindoll, Charles Stanley, Alistair Begg, Dennis  		Rainey, Ron Stewart, Chip Ingram, Mart DeHann, Steve Brown, John  		MacArthur, David Jeremiah, Steve Arterburn, Sam Polson, Dan Corner, Adrian Rogers,  		Andrew Wommack, Chuck Bentley, Bil Gephardt, Fredrick Brabson Sr., RC Sproul, June Hunt,  		Hank Hanegraaff, Joni Eareckson Tada, Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Ray  		Comfort, Kirk Cameron, Paul Washer, Rick Warren, Joel Osteen, and  		hundreds of others. </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">These ministers are what&#8217;s wrong with the  	church in America today!!! They are wishy-washy and never  	stick-their-neck-out for God. They don&#8217;t dare offend anyone, especially  	their peers in the ministry. They write scores of worthless books to  	inoculate people from receiving genuine Christianity. They all look and act  	like a bunch of spoiled elites. They&#8217;re all in the ministry to make a buck. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">We need some John the Baptists in America to  	cry aloud against Herod&#8217;s adultery (Mark 6:18)! We need some Billy Sundays  	to cry aloud against booze, dancing and gambling! Rise up oh Christian!  	Where are the men of God who hate sin and love the sinner? Where are the men  	of God who walk with God, and get ANGRY over the wickednesses of our society  	in which we live? Where are the men of God who are willing to be counted as  	a fool for the cause of Christ?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">All I see are these Shirley Temple,  	milquetoast, girly-boy types, like Joel Osteen who  	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/joel_osteen.htm" target="_blank">didn&#8217;t  	have enough gonads on the Larry King Show</a> to say that Christ-rejecting  	Jews weren&#8217;t going to Heaven. Truly the love of money is the root of all  	evil as <span style="font-weight:bold;">1st Timothy 6:10</span> warns. Joel Osteen couldn&#8217;t preach his way out of a  	paper bag. It makes God vomit&#8230; &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I know thy works, that thou art  	neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou  	art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth</span>&#8221;  	(<span style="font-weight:bold;">Revelation 3:15,16</span>). Joel Osteen is lukewarm.<br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Apostate RBC Ministries</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">I was recently looking at different  	contemporary ministries online, including <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rbc.org/" target="_blank">RBC  	Ministries</a> whose President is Mart DeHaan (Martin DeHaan&#8217;s grandson).  	Sadly, they promote the <em>New International Version</em> [NIV] of the Bible on their website. By looking at their ministries&#8217;  	webpage, you&#8217;d never get the impression that they take a stand for anything.  	They&#8217;re just collecting donations. It makes me sick that hardly any  	Christians nowadays have anything negative to say about anything. What is  	wrong with Christians today? We are engrossed in a raging battle in America  	today against evil and all I see are covetous believers who want to make  	money. It seems that everyone&#8217;s got a &#8220;new&#8221; book to sell.  	They&#8217;re no better than the &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">den of thieves</span>&#8221; Jesus condemned in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Matthew  	21:13</span>.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> It&#8217;s a shame. RBC Ministries didn&#8217;t forget the &#8220;donate&#8221; button  	though. Don&#8217;t any believers care that homosexuals are trying to force  	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Sodomy/glsen_fistsex.htm" target="_blank">their sick culture</a> upon our children? Why doesn&#8217;t Mart DeHaan  	publicly speak out  	against this rot in America? What about abortion? What about pornography? It  	is apostasy. They drive their new cars, and live in their big homes, and eat  	the best of foods, and sit idle while their brothers are on the  	frontlines fighting the Devil&#8230; &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">Shall your brethren go to war, and  	shall ye sit here?</span>&#8221; (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Numbers 32:6</span>). Repent!<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/mbi_corrupt.htm" target="_blank">Moody  	Bible Institute</a></em> is about as pathetic as you can get nowadays,  	honoring heretics like <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/macarthurs_words.htm" target="_blank">John  	MacArthur</a> at their annual <em>Founder&#8217;s Week </em>and teaching the heresy  	of <em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Doctrines/Lordship%20Salvation/foolish.htm" target="_blank">Lordship Salvation</a></em> to their students. Their female students dress  	immodestly, wearing tight pants and halter tops, their bookstore sells  	so-called Christian Rock &#8216;N&#8217; Roll music (i.e., the Devil&#8217;s music) to the  	students, et cetera. This is apostasy! Moody today is a spiritual toilet  	bowl. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Whatever  	happened to the horses and carriages that Dwight L. Moody used to use to bring poor  	families to church in the Chicagoland area? Why no bus ministry today? Why  	has the <em>Moody Memorial Church</em> abandoned soulwinning? God deliver us  	from church-pew Christianity! The early believers in the Book of Acts DIDN&#8217;T  	have a church building. Their ministry was in the public streets of  	Jerusalem. They made people very angry with the truth of God&#8217;s Word. People  	either repented towards God or picked up stones to hurl at Jesus&#8217; disciples.  	How does this compare to the sissy-pants type ministers today who  	dare not rock-the-boat or offend anyone? 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/offend_them.htm" target="_blank">Offend Them!</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">If you&#8217;re a believer, and you&#8217;re sitting idle  	on the sidelines during the raging battle today in America against sin, then  	you ought to be ashamed. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Matthew 20:6</span>, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">And about the eleventh  	hour he [Jesus] went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto  	them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?</span>&#8221; 	Believers today need to 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/make_some_noise.htm" target="_blank">Make Some Noise!</a></span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">There is something very wrong with America&#8217;s  	Christians today, who are eerily silent concerning the evils which saturate  	American society. God hates LUKEWARM Christianity (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Revelation 3:14-16</span>). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Homosexuals are everywhere and we ought to  	expose them for the Bible-hating, abnormal, mentally ill and spiritually  	rebellious sinners they are. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Apostasy/minor_concern.htm" target="_blank">Pastor Lon Solomon</a> says homosexuality and abortion are only &#8220;minor concerns&#8221; in his church of  	10,000. Youth Pastor, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Apostasy/pastor_says_gay_ok.htm" target="_blank">Tony Jones</a>, says  	that he believes homosexuals can still live a Biblical lifestyle pleasing to  	God. Jones is an unsaved heretic. I don&#8217;t believe in condemning people,  	because the Bible condemns ALL OF US; but we need to protect our children  	from the evils of homosexuality and take an uncompromising stand against  	immorality! Homosexuality is immoral. No one has a right  	to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Sodomy/glsen_fistsex.htm" target="_blank">teach children</a> that it&#8217;s ok to  	be IMMORAL. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">In 1998, Ellen DeGeneres exploited the murder  	of a <em>University of Wyoming</em> homosexual student named Matthew Shepard,  	using the boy&#8217;s death to demonize Bible-believing Christians. Read some of  	the hateful and malicious statement Ellen made publicly about Christians&#8230; </span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Ellen DeGeneres came to Washington last  		week, joined a bipartisan demonstration led by congressmen and senators  		on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, and declared, &#8220;This is a war.&#8221; Who is  		she fighting and why? She is fighting you because of what you believe&#8230;</span></span></p>
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<div><span style="color:#00ff00;font-size:x-small;"> <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The &#8220;war&#8221; that  									Ellen DeGeneres talked about was a war  									against Jewish and Christian belief itself. </span> </span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">&#8220;This is what I  									was trying to stop. This is exactly why I  									did what I did,&#8221; DeGeneres told the cheering  									throng, referring to the canceled prime-time  									television show in which she tried to  									normalize the practice of homosexuality. </span></span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">She made it  									clear that her principal enemy in this cause  									is the &#8220;religious right,&#8221; Christianity in  									general, and people who raise their children  									to think that homosexual activity is wrong. </span></span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">First, she  									attacked a series of newspaper ads published  									last summer by the Christian Coalition, the  									Family Research Council, the American Family  									Association and a dozen other Christian  									organizations-ads that promoted the idea  									that those who have fallen into a homosexual  									lifestyle can rise out of it and change for  									the better. </span></span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;I don&#8217;t see  									full-page ads saying `Stop the Hate, Stop  									the Violence.&#8221;</span></span> said DeGeneres. <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;These  									same evil, idiotic, so-called God-loving  									people who use the Bible to justify their  									hate I&#8217;m sure still feel deep down  									that blacks aren&#8217;t equal to whites because  									the Bible was also used to justify slavery.&#8221;</span></span> </span></span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">She then compared such people to Hitler 									and those who were complicit in the  									Holocaust. <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;When Hitler was killing all the  									Jews,&#8221;</span></span> she said, <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;the church was silent,  									they did nothing.&#8221;</span></span> </span></span></p>
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Then she made  									her fundamental point:  									Children should be taught that the  									homosexual lifestyle is a good thing.<br />
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<p style="color:#7f003f;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">DeGeneres  									stomped off to the wings to hug and kiss  									Hollywood actress Ann Heche. Heche mounted  									the stage and shouted, <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8220;I am so glad to be  									Ellen DeGeneres&#8217;s wife.&#8221;</span></span> [emphasis added]<br />
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<p><span style="color:#00ff00;font-size:x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> <span style="color:#00ff00;">SOURCE:</span><span style="color:#7f003f;"> </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_199810/ai_n8815714" target="_blank"><span style="color:#7f003f;"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_199810/ai_n8815714</span></a></span></div>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Ellen DeGeneres the degenerate, is an <span style="font-style:italic;">evil</span> &#8220;woman&#8221; who hates the  	Bible, hates the God of the Bible and hates Bible-believing Christians.  	Consider the following two horrible statements made by Ellen DeGeneres from  	the preceding article quote&#8230;</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:small;">“These same evil, idiotic,  		so-called God-loving people who use the Bible to justify their hate&#8230;”</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Such deranged statements coming from one of  	America&#8217;s most influential lesbians ought to upset every born-again  	Christian in America. Ellen DeGeneres (or degenerate) calls God-fearing  	Christians <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-style:italic;">“evil, idiotic and hateful.”</span></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"> She&#8217;s the evil idiot. Only a  	complete fool would spit in God&#8217;s face by condemning Bible-believing  	Christians for preaching <span style="text-decoration:underline;">against</span> sin. Homosexuality is a horrible sin which  	guarantees the judgment of God (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Romans 1:24-32</span>). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Children ought to be taught that homosexuality  	is sick, abnormal, shameful, unnatural, morally reprehensible and most of  	all&#8230; a SIN. What DeGeneres labels as “hate” is obedience to God. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ephesians  	5:11</span> commands all believers to refute (Greek:<em> elencho</em>, which means  	“<span style="font-size:xx-small;">to expose</span>”) all works of darkness&#8230; “<span style="font-size:xx-small;">And have no fellowship with the  	unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.</span>” This means  	we are to expose homosexuality for the vile, disgusting, shameful, unhealthy  	sin that it is. Ellen DeGeneres errantly calls this idiotic and evil. No  	Ellen, you are a God-hating rebel who chooses to live in unrepentant sin.  	Proverb 29:27 proclaims, “<span style="font-size:xx-small;">An unjust man is an abomination to the just:  	and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.</span>”  	This is the root of the matter. Christians are evil in the eyes of  	homosexuals, and homosexuals are evil in the eyes of Christians. There can  	be NO harmony between sodomites and born-again Christians who love the Word  	of God. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Sadly, America&#8217;s churches are virtually silent  	concerning the evils of homosexuality. Ellen DeGeneres needs to be exposed  	as a threat to America&#8217;s children. Several Fortune 500 companies have  	embraced Miss DeGeneres, featuring her in commercials. This is wickedness.  	<span style="font-weight:bold;">Proverb 26:1</span> states, “<span style="font-size:xx-small;">As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so  	honour is not seemly for a fool.</span>” Ellen DeGeneres is a fool  	undeserving of any honor; yet Godless heathens who hate Jesus Christ  	sinfully promote and honor her. Ellen DeGeneres is a disgrace to America and  	to the name of decency. It&#8217;s not about love and acceptance; it&#8217;s about  	obeying God&#8217;s morally perfect Law. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">God wants His children to rise out of  	complacency, and not be lukewarm concerning sin. We must not be afraid to  	speak our opinion in public concerning the awfulness of sin. I complain  	frequently when I see smut and offensive things in public. I let people know  	where I stand. Of course, we need to discern each situation and use wisdom  	accordingly.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">It appears that most believers today have given up on the war against sin and evil.  	Even America&#8217;s <em>Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches</em> (my camp)  	have become a sorry bunch, increasingly focusing upon making money rather  	than preaching the truth at all cost. You CAN&#8217;T have both!&#8230;</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><em><strong>“</strong></em><span style="font-size:xx-small;">No man can serve two masters: for  		either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to  		the one, and despise the other. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Ye cannot serve God and mammon</span> [money].</span><em><strong>” </strong></em></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Pastor&#8217;s are either going to preach the truth  	and end up struggling financially (like the Apostle Paul did) or else  	they&#8217;re going to sellout, compromise their message, suppress the truth, and  	appeal to the apostate, thin-skinned, woefully ignorant, carnal believer  	which saturate our churches today. God is sick of vacationing pastors and  	church-pew Christianity! If your pastor vacations often, while 95% of his  	church cannot afford to do so, find another church! A pastor is supposed to  	be a <em>servant</em>, which is what the word “minister” means. Most pastors  	today selfishly hound their congregation for more money, but the pastor and  	his family always seem to come out on top financially in the end. It&#8217;s  	called manipulating people and it&#8217;s wrong. God deliver us from shady  	car-salesman pastors. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">Some pastors and evangelists teach bizarre  	unbiblical ideas concerning money&#8230; whatever it takes to brainwash naive  	people into surrendering their money to finance his own personal ministry  	agendas. Too many pastors today are enslaved to their own carnal ego,  	saturated with selfish pride and covetousness; but spiritually in denial,  	evidenced by their intense desire for financial success and unwillingness to  	humble themselves to preach the WHOLE truth. Money shouldn&#8217;t be an issue in  	one&#8217;s ministry; but sadly, it has become the MAIN ISSUE in most churches  	today (at the tragic expense of preaching the truth)! It is God&#8217;s ministry;  	not ours! Somewhere along the way believers have forgotten that it&#8217;s our  	duty to seek out, teach and defend THE TRUTH&#8230; &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;"><span style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;">And ye shall know the  	truth, and the truth shall make you free</span></span>&#8221; (<span style="font-weight:bold;">John 8:32</span>). God expects  	every believer to contend for the Christian faith (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Jude 1:3</span>). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><strong>There is a direct correlation between a  	pastor&#8217;s LOVE FOR MONEY versus the AMOUNT OF TRUTH HE PREACHES! </strong> Tragically, most of today&#8217;s evangelical ministers love money more than  	truth, which is why they&#8217;re so publicly silent concerning sin, the moral  	meltdown of America and the blatant evils being committed by our government  	leaders. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:150%;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-style:italic;color:#bf00bf;" align="left"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;On moral matters  			where right and wrong are involved, and where the Bible clearly  			speaks, many preachers have so compromised and sold out, and are so  			afraid of their congregations, that they cannot give the clear Word  			of God. God pity the preacher who is afraid to preach against sin  			just because somebody will cry &#8216;politics&#8217;! &#8220;</span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;">SOURCE: <em>Dr. Rice&#8230;  			Here Are More Questions</em>; <em> </em>Question: <em>Should politics  			and religion be mixed?</em>; by Dr. John R. Rice, pg. 250, <em>Sword  			of the Lord Publishers</em>; 1973, ISBN: 0-87398-157-X</span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial Black;font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-style:italic;color:#ff0000;">EXPOSED!</span> &#8211; Kittredge </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial Black;font-size:x-large;">Cherry:      Lesbian, Modernist, </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial Black;font-size:x-large;">False Prophet, &#38; A Deceiver!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff0000;font-size:x-small;">&#8220;</span></strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff0000;font-size:xx-small;">But      there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be      false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even      denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift      destruction.</span><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff0000;font-size:x-small;">&#8221; —</span></strong><span style="color:#ff0000;font-weight:bold;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:small;">2nd Peter 2:1</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> A popular modernist today is ordained lesbian    minister, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesusinlove.org/" target="_blank">Kittredge Cherry</a>. According to her blasphemous website at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesusinlove.org/" target="_blank"> www.jesusinlove.org</a>&#8230;</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> <span> <img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/kittredge_cherry-modernist.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="3" width="140" height="181" align="left" /></span></span><span style="color:#00ff00;"><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;"><span>Kittredge Cherry </span>is an author, spiritual director and art historian whose ministry put  	her on the cutting edge of the homosexuality debates at the National Council  	of Churches (USA) and the World Council of Churches. She is the motivational  	force behind <strong>JesusInLove.org.</strong> Kittredge Cherry was ordained by  	Metropolitan Community Churches and served as clergy in the lesbian, gay,  	bisexual and transgender community for seven years until health issues  	forced her into a more contemplative life. She worked extensively with  	people from every branch of Christianity, including the Protestant,  	Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical traditions. She now considers herself a  	free agent for Christ in the world.</span></span></p>
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<p style="color:#c00000;"><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;">One of Kitt’s biological and spiritual  	ancestors is John Donne, the 17th century English poet and clergyman who  	wrote, “No man is an island.” Kitt was born and raised in Iowa. She met her  	life partner, Audrey, when they were both students at the University of  	Iowa. After earning degrees in journalism and art history, Kitt worked as a  	newspaper reporter and studied in Japan on a Rotary International Journalism  	Scholarship. She was baptized at age 25 at an interdenominational church in  	Japan. She went on to earn a Master of Divinity degree from Pacific School  	of Religion in Berkeley, California.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">From looking at Ms. Cherry&#8217;s     <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sylvia.org/" target="_blank">website</a>, you could easily get the    impression that she is a Christian if you didn&#8217;t know any better.  She    speaks of Jesus, love, prayer, and spiritual matters; HOWEVER, the honest    truth is that Kittredge Cherry is a modernist, i.e., she falsely gives the    impression of being a Christian, but she is not.  Ms. Cherry is an    unsaved heathen bound for the lake of Fire without Christ.  Her salvation    testimony is non-existent.  Her website mentions that she was baptized in    Japan.  This is not salvation.  Ms. Cherry makes no mention of being    born-again, or of repentance towards God, or of the condemnation of God&#8217;s Law    upon sinners.  Our churches are becoming saturated with liberalism, with    a shallow social gospel that requires no repentance.  There can be NO    salvation apart from God&#8217;s Law.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">In a deceitful maneuver, Ms. Cherry presents      her homosexual views in a hypothetical manner; yet, her work is interpreted      by homosexuals as defining the true character of Christ.  <span style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">This is      masterful deception of the Devil.</span> </span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:medium;">Kittredge Cherry states&#8230;</span></p>
<blockquote><p><img src="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/jesusinlove-blasphemy.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="10" vspace="3" width="187" height="298" align="right" /><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;color:#00ff00;"><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;"><span>&#8220;Surprising answers</span> come in Jesus in        Love,</span><span style="color:#bf00bf;font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:small;"> a novel that re-imagines Christ’s legendary life as an erotic, mystical adventure in first-century Palestine. Jesus has today’s queer sensibilities and sexual sophistication as he lives out the Christian story in this novel of spiritual and sexual awakening &#8230; He falls in love with people of both sexes. Society doesn’t understand him &#8230; Jesus, the narrator, speaks in an engaging, up-to-date tone as he reveals his intimate relationships with John the beloved disciple (a gay man mourning his lover’s death)&#8230;&#8221; -</span> </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesusinlove.org/newbook.php" target="_blank"> http://www.jesusinlove.org/newbook.php</a></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">There are some horrible people in this world,        and Kittredge Cherry is one of them.  I say this, not to be unkind,        but to expose her for assassinated the character of my Savior, Jesus        Christ.  <span style="font-weight:bold;">Hebrews 1:9</span> tells us that Jesus HATED iniquity!  <span style="font-weight:bold;">Psalm        97:10</span> says, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ye that love the LORD, hate evil.</span>&#8220;  I&#8217;ve yet to        find one homosexual who speaks out against evil.  The reason why is        obvious&#8211;they are committing evil themselves.  Homosexuality is a        sin.  The entire Chapter of Romans one is dedicated to revealing the        origin, cause, and wickedness of homosexuality.  Yet, Ms. Cherry        fully rejects the plain teachings of Scripture, and puts forth the notion        that Jesus and John the disciple were homosexual lovers.  There&#8217;s        nothing any more blasphemous and rotten to say about the Savior than what        Kittredge Cherry has said.  She ought to be horribly ashamed of        herself for attacking the Lord.  Ms. Cherry goes on to state&#8230;</span></p>
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<p style="color:#c00000;"><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:Bookman Old Style;font-size:small;">&#8220;Ultimately he       [Jesus] leads disciples of both sexes beyond        ordinary human consciousness to a place where sexuality and spirituality        are one.</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">&#8221; </span> <span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;">(emphasis added) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;color:#00ff00;">-       <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www..jesusinlove.org/newbook.php" target="_blank"> http://www.jesusinlove.org/newbook.php</a></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Blasphemy!  Miss Cherry would lead us to        believe that homosexuality is of God, and spiritually good.  Nothing        could be further from the Truth of God&#8217;s Word&#8230; &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">If a man also lie        with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an        abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be        upon them</span>&#8221; (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Leviticus 20:13</span>).<br />
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<blockquote><p><span style="color:#00ff00;"><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;">Cutting-edge theology, medieval mysticism and the latest archeological        discoveries undergird this artful page-turner filled with spiritual        insights and sensuality. <em>Jesus in Love</em> frees the reader to imagine        and experience Christ in new ways. </span> <span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;color:#00ff00;"><span style="color:#c00000;">- </span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesusinlove.org/newbook.php" target="_blank"> http://www.jesusinlove.org/newbook.php</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">You&#8217;ve got to be kidding&#8230; CUTTING-EDGE        THEOLOGY?  Do you see how deceptive Miss Cherry is?  She        presents her attack on the Bible as if it&#8217;s fiction, but then she claims        to have used &#8220;cutting-edge theology&#8221; to do so.  So the SAME        blasphemous work she presents to the homosexual community as a definitive        work, is simultaneously presented to the religious right as only being a        fictitious novel.  This is the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">same</span> deceitful tactic which was used by the        evolutionists when they began teaching their LIES.  What was        originally taught as theories and speculation is nowadays taught as fact        and irrefutable science.  Of course, the evolutionists are LIARS. </span><br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The artwork to the right is also found on        JesusInLove.org (Ms. Kittredge website).  The painting was designed        to identify a rejected Christ with rejected homosexuals.  The message        is evil, unbiblical, and blasphemous to God Almighty!  This is        another master deception by Satan to dupe naive people into believing that        homosexuals are equal to Jesus in their sufferings.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> Jesus was        persecuted because He preached the TRUTH&#8230; <span style="font-weight:bold;">John 8:40</span>, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">But now ye seek        to kill me, a man that hath <strong>told you the truth</strong>, which I have heard        of God: this did not Abraham.</span>&#8220;  Jesus was rejected by most people        because He spoke the Truth!  Homosexuals on the other hand, are not        accepted because homosexuality is unhealthy, unnatural, uncivilized, and        ungodly!!!  We&#8217;re talking apples and oranges here folks.  How        dare Becki Jayne, Kittredge Cherry, and other homosexuals, pervert the        meaning of the cross of Christ, by alleging that their rejection is no        different than what Jesus endured.  Homosexuality MUST be rejected        because it goes hand-in-hand with apostasy, AIDS, the deterioration of        society, and the judgment of God.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/CCM/marsha_stevens.htm" target="_blank"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/CCM/marsha_stevens.htm" target="_blank">Marsha Stevens</a> is a professed Christian, who operates the ministry BALM (<em>Born Again        Lesbian Music</em>).  Sadly, Bill Gaither has befriended her, singing        in concert with her, and has remained silent about the sin of        homosexuality.  Apostasy has crept into so many churches that today        that a Bible-believing Christian is criticized for speaking out against        sin.  Tragically, the average professed &#8220;Christian&#8221; today is more        upset with people like me (who preach against sin), than they are with the        rockers, lesbians, abortionists, strippers, and shysters who deceitfully        CLAIM to be &#8220;Christian.&#8221;  Our churches are filled with modernists who        aren&#8217;t what they appear to be, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">&#8230;having a form of godliness, but        denying the power thereof: from such turn away.</span>&#8220;  That &#8220;power&#8221; is        the Gospel (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Romans 1:16</span>)..  Modernists are everywhere today!         They talk about the Bible, spiritual concepts, Biblical teachings, and the        principles Jesus taught; BUT, they are unsaved, unregenerated,        unrepentant, and on their way to Hell without Jesus Christ.  They        will certainly die in their sins if they continue on their present path of        destruction. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I find the artwork above very offensive and        blasphemous.  Jesus was <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> a &#8220;faggot.&#8221;  The message        being implied by the above picture is that any criticisms or rejection of        homosexuality is equal to Christ-rejection..  Talk about        REVERSE-PSYCHOLOGY!  Homosexuality is DIAMETRICALLY opposed to        everything the Word of God teaches!  The Bible is incontrovertible        concerning the sinfulness of homosexuality.  Any child knows that it        was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.  God called homosexuals        &#8220;sodomites&#8221; in the Old Testament (<em>King James Bible</em>), linking their        wicked sin with the destruction which fell upon Sodom and Gomorrah.         Is it any wonder why the apostate <em>New International Version</em> NIV        translators completely <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/sodomite_missing_from_niv.htm" target="_blank"> removed the word &#8220;sodomite&#8221; from the Bible</a>?  To no surprise, the       <span style="text-decoration:underline;">same</span> parent company which publishes the NIV also publishes <em> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Bible/NIV/niv-gay-satan.htm" target="_blank">The Joy of Gay Sex</a></em>.         A homosexual recently wrote me, alleging that <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ezekiel 16:49-50</span> indicates        that Sodom wasn&#8217;t destroyed mainly for homosexuality.  Argue as they        may, the hideous sin which is spotlighted in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Genesis 19:4-11</span> is        homosexuality.  By the way, these same Scriptures in Genesis reveal        the violence, lawlessness, cold-heartedness, and vile affections which        become more evident in a homosexualized society.  The United States        is headed for some dark times as homosexuality saturates our society and        churches.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size:small;"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Photo to Left: A popular gay  	painting of Judas showing homosexual affection to Christ.  This is a sick, twisted LIE!</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Anyone who pretends that Jesus was a homosexual is a  	deceiver!</span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:medium;"> </span> <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> Judas did <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> kiss Jesus with  	homosexual affection.  Jesus and John were <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> gay lovers!</span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> Kittredge Cherry&#8217;s new book, <em> Jesus In Love</em>, presents Jesus and John as gay lovers.  Kittredge        Cherry is unjust towards the Savior.  She admits that she CAN&#8217;T prove        Jesus was homosexual, but she writes a fictitious novel attacking Him        nevertheless.  She has assassinated Jesus&#8217; character!  Woe unto  	those who attack the Lord, and take His name in vain!  To say that  	Christ was a homosexual is the same as calling Him a sinner, which is a  	denial of His deity.  Jesus hated iniquity (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hebrews 1:9</span>).  The  	Word of God states that <span style="font-size:xx-small;">homosexuality is an ABOMINATION</span> (i.e., hate coupled  	with disgust) to God.  <span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;">Homosexuality is utterly </span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;">disgusting</span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;">.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Here&#8217;s an enlightening article from 	<em>World Net Daily</em> about expert liars, who know that the best way to destroy  an innocent man, is to tell BIG LIES &#8230;</span></p>
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<p style="color:#c00000;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">In his 1925 autobiography &#8220;Mein Kampf,&#8221; Hitler – who actually 		<em>did</em> lie his country into war, and a whole lot more – explained with remarkable      insight the fantastic power of lying: </span></p>
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<p style="font-style:italic;color:#bf00bf;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:small;">&#8220;… [I]n the big lie there is always a certain        force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more        easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than        consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their        minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie,        since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be        ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.. It would never come into        their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe        that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.        Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to        their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think        that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie        always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact        which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire        together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use        falsehood for the basest purposes. &#8230;&#8221;</span></p>
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<p style="color:#c00000;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Let&#8217;s bring this explanation down to earth with another example:  		Suppose, right before an election, one candidate accuses his opponent of  		immoral or illegal behavior. Even if the charges are totally false, and  		even if the accused answers the charges credibly and effectively, <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">&#8220;the  		grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it.&#8221; Which means, no  		matter how effectively the accused candidate answers the charges, some  		people will still believe he&#8217;s guilty, and many others will still retain  		varying degrees of doubt and uncertainty regarding the accused, who may  		well lose the election due to the cloud hanging over his head. This, as  		Hitler said, is the magic of lying that &#8220;is known to all expert liars in  		this world …</span>&#8221; </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Liars!  Jesus was <span style="text-decoration:underline;">NOT</span> a        homosexual.  If you listen to all these idiots today who are        promoting homosexuality, you&#8217;d think <span style="text-decoration:underline;">everyone</span> was a homosexual.         Homosexuality is a total denial of Jesus Christ!  To deny the clear        teachings of the Word of God is to deny Christ, for they are one and the        same (<span style="font-weight:bold;">John1:1-3,14; Revelation 19:13</span>).  Jesus is the Living Word; the        Bible is the Written Word.  Woe unto the fools who despise God&#8217;s Law.         Homosexuals are a perverted bunch.  <span style="font-weight:bold;">Isaiah 47:10</span>, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">For thou hast        trusted in thy wickedness&#8230; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath        perverted thee&#8230;</span>&#8220;  <span style="font-weight:bold;">Isaiah 5:20</span>, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;"><strong>Woe unto them that call        evil good, and good evil</strong>; that put darkness for light, and light for        darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!</span>&#8220;  &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">God        will not be mocked.</span>&#8221; (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Galatians 6:7</span>)! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s fictitious or not,        anyone who even suggests that my precious Savior may have been a morally  		reprehensible        homosexual is a LIAR!<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Sound crazy?  It is, about as crazy as        the title of one of Kittredge Cherry&#8217;s books called: <em>Equal Rites:        Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations</em>.  Even the        title of her book is a big lie!  There is NO such thing as <em>lesbian        and gay worship</em>&#8230; unless you&#8217;re worshipping Satan!  Now a        lesbian may come to Christ for forgiveness, and be saved, and worship        Jesus; BUT, it is NOT &#8220;lesbian worship&#8221; anymore than king David practiced        &#8220;murderer worship.&#8221;  King David had sinned horribly.  He        committed adultery with Bathsheba, and got her pregnant.   To        hide his evil, David conspired to have Uriah&#8211;Bathsheba&#8217;s husband&#8211;killed        (and he was).  In <span style="font-weight:bold;">Psalm 51</span> we read David&#8217;s words of sorrow, regret,        and repentance for the evils he had done.  In sharp contrast,        homosexuals today have <span style="text-decoration:underline;">no</span> remorse, regret, or desire to cease from        their sinful lifestyle.  In fact, they are trying to JUSTIFY their        wickedness, even by corrupting the Bible to do so (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Romans 1:25</span>).         King David didn&#8217;t write a book titled, <em>Murderer Worship!!! </em> How about a book called, <em>Adulterous Murderer Worship? </em>This is        EXACTLY what Ms. Cherry has done with the woeful sin of homosexuality.         David didn&#8217;t brag about his sins and defend his innocence; rather, he        confessed his woeful GUILT to God in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Psalm 51:4</span>&#8230; &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">Against thee, thee        only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest        be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.</span>&#8220;         David repented.  In sharp contrast, UNREPENTANT religious homosexuals        have crept into our churches and colleges, shaking young people&#8217;s faith in        the Word of God.  Homosexuality is of the Devil.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Kittredge Cherry loves with her words, but not      with the Truth of God&#8217;s Word.   She certainly is NO Christian.  When       speaks of the &#8220;spirit,&#8221; she is speaking of a familiar spirit (a demonic      spirit); not, the Holy Spirit of God.  Jesus clearly said in <span style="font-weight:bold;">John 4:24</span> that <span style="font-size:xx-small;">God can ONLY be worshipped in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">truth</span></span>.  This is why Jesus      said that the people in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mark 7:7</span> were worshipping God in VAIN, because they      were following the traditions of men instead of the commandments of God.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Homosexuals today are living in denial, and God      allows them to do so to their own demise.  God will <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> force      anyone to repent and come to Jesus Christ for salvation.  The decision      is up to each individual (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Romans 14:12</span>).  The homosexual community is      working relentlessly to pervert the Word of God, twist the truth, and      confuse public school children.  They are succeeding; but thank God,      the truth is always here for those who care enough to seek for it.<br />
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<p style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:large;">More on Kittredge Cherry</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#00ff00;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> <span> <span style="color:#c00000;">Kittredge  	Cherry is an author and mystic whose ministry put her on the cutting edge of  	the international debate on sexuality and spirituality. Her website,  	JesusInLove.org, offers LGBT Christian resources. Kitt was ordained by  	Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and served as clergy in the LGBT  	community for seven years until health issues forced her into a more  	contemplative life. One of her primary duties was promoting dialogue on  	homosexuality at the National Council of Churches (USA) and the World  	Council of Churches. She worked extensively with people from every branch of  	Christianity, including the Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical  	traditions. She now considers herself a free agent for Christ in the world.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00ff00;"> </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"> <span> <span style="color:#00ff00;">Her  	books include <span style="font-size:small;"><em>&#8220;Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies and  	Celebrations&#8221;</em></span> (co-edited with Zalmon Sherwood; Westminster/John Knox  	Press, 1995), <em>Hide and Speak:  <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">&#8220;How to Free Ourselves from Our Secrets&#8221;</span></span></em> (HarperSanFrancisco, 1991) and <em>Womansword:  What Japanese Words Say  	About Women</em> (Kodansha International, revised edition 2002). The <em>New  	York Times Book Review</em> praised her &#8220;very graceful, erudite&#8221; writing  	style and her poetry has won several awards.  She has also written for <em> Newsweek</em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>.</span><span style="color:#c00000;"> </span>-</span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?A=E&#38;ID=140" target="_blank">Profile &#8211; LGBTRAN</a></span></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Homosexuality is a horrible sin condemned in  	Romans Chapter one.</span><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;"><em> </em>Kittredge  	Cherry<em> &#8220;<span style="font-size:small;">considers herself a free agent for Christ in the world&#8221;</span> </em></span> <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">(<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesusinlove.org/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>)<em>. </em>A &#8220;<span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">free agent for Christ,</span>&#8221; who goes around portraying Jesus as a  	homosexual?  Miss Kittredge is clearly an unsaved modernist who  	propagates religious liberalism.  She ought to be ashamed of herself.   	God deliver us from today&#8217;s modernists who outwardly appear as Christians,  	but inwardly are ravening wolves (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Matthew 7:15</span>).  We are seeing an  	increase in UNREPENTANT homosexuals who claim to be &#8220;Christians.&#8221;   	Truly, God is willing to forgive anyone (<span style="font-weight:bold;">Isaiah 1:18</span>), including  	homosexuals.  God wants everyone to come to 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer%27s%20Corner/Doctrines/repentance.htm" target="_blank">repentance</a> (<span style="font-weight:bold;">2nd Peter 3:9</span>).  However, God will NEVER accept homosexuality or those  	seeking to legitimize it.  That&#8217;s the big difference!  You&#8217;ve got  	many critics today who accuse us Christians of being judgmental.   	However, Jesus told us to &#8220;judge&#8221; in <span style="font-weight:bold;">John 7:24</span>&#8230; &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">Judge not according to  	the appearance, <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">but judge</span> righteous judgment.</strong></span>&#8220;  <span style="font-weight:bold;">1st  	Timothy 5:20</span> is very clear, &#8220;<span style="font-size:xx-small;">Them that sin rebuke before all, that others  	also may fear.</span>&#8220;  What does this Scripture mean?  Are we to  	gossip and tell everyone about other&#8217;s sins?  No, of course not.   	This Scripture is speaking of OPEN sin, such as in the case of the man  	living in fornication in <span style="font-weight:bold;">1st Corinthians 5:1</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;font-size:small;">&#8220;It is reported <span style="text-decoration:underline;">commonly</span> that there is fornication among you&#8230;&#8221;</span> Notice that the sin was  	&#8220;commonly&#8221; reported, i.e., it was no secret.  Kittredge Cherry not only  	commits the sin of homosexuality with her gay lover, but she parades it  	defiantly in the face of God, twisting the Scriptures, and even portraying  	the Savior as a sodomite.  Kittredge Cherry&#8217;s work,<em> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Jesus In Love&#8221;</span></span></em> is not about &#8220;love&#8221;, acceptance, and equal rights&#8211;it&#8217;s about wickedness,  	corrupting the truth, and rebellion against God.  Please don&#8217;t be  	deceived by Kittredge Cherry, 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/CCM/marsha_stevens.htm" target="_blank">Marsha Stevens</a>, 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Apostasy/christian_lesbian_living.htm" target="_blank"> Anita Cadonau</a>, and other lesbian modernists who exploit Christianity to  	further the 	<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Sodomy/teaching_kids_gay_sex.htm" target="_blank"> Homosexualization</a> of America and our children. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ffffff;font-size:x-small;"><strong> Audiotape of Massachusetts public employees discussing how teens  				can fist their sex partners at a GLSEN &#8211; sponsored conference at  				Tufts University in 2000.&#8221;</strong> </span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;"><strong> &#8220;Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.&#8221; &#8211; John 20:29</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>A disciple</strong></span> was a general term meaning, a learner, or a pupil of some teacher. The Disciples of Yahshua, were to proclaim the Gospel<span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong> </strong></span>[the good news] of the Kingdom of YAHWEH, and “to feed MY sheep” (which means <em>teaching</em> the Divine knowledge needed to develop in grace, spiritual knowledge, and GODLY character). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>It has been suggested, </strong></span>that these dozen “called out” disciple&#8217;s of Yahshua had more impact on world history then any other group of twelve men who have ever lived.<span> </span>Yahshua did not choose men from “the holier than thou” crowd, and they were not high society types.<span> </span>They were common working men.<span> </span>From tentmaker to fisherman, Yahshua “called out” men that generally were not at all refined, cultured or educated.<span> </span>They were rough men living rough lives, they would use profanity, smelled of fish and were dirty.<span> </span>Another Disciple was a tax collector, not necessarily the most popular man in town.<span> </span>They are listed in Matthew 10:1-4; Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <strong>A point often missed is</strong> that YAHWEH, always as a principal, used plain people to carry out important spiritual missions, and Yahshua did the same.  Today’s social snobbishness would find these ordinary men, who were laborers for a living, and then took up “the work” of preaching a Great Message, unacceptable as ministers.  Not to mention inviting them into your home and listening to their spiritual concepts, and then wanting to join up with them.  Yet they have the highest positions in the church.  The lesson is, YAHWEH judges the heart not outside appearances. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <strong>When the righteous hearts of the Disciples</strong> were empowered by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, these rough-hewn Galileans, were filled with new boldness and understanding, (Act.ch.2).  Transformed and powered by the Holy Spirit, the Disciples became Apostles, which means sent forth &#8211; one chosen and sent with a special commission as an authorized representative of the sender.  They preached with power and boldness, performing healings and miracles.  Their appeal for the faith was irresistible, and their zeal for the Gospel was powerful, inspiring thousands to convert. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Ambassadors of the Kingdom</strong></span> is what the true Believers are considered to be (2Cor.5:20).<span> </span>The prime directive of Ambassadorship: Love your GOD, and love your neighbor.<span> </span>And, <em>“. . . forgive them for they know not what they do . . .,“</em> is the motto (Luk.23:34).<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>To be an Ambassador of the Kingdom</strong> means you are a Friend of the Kingdom, not a servant to it.<span> </span>The Believers are considered Friends because of the Divine Knowledge revealed to them, (Jno.15:15). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Believers know Satan is the target of this spiritual war not our neighbor, (Eph.6:12).<span> </span>Satan is the god of this world, and the Believers in our CREATOR are “living in their native lands &#8211; but as aliens.”<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>The Believers are “in this world, but not of this world.”</strong><span> </span>The Believers are citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom of YAHWEH (Phi.3:20), fellow citizens with the Old Testament Saints (Eph.2:19) &#8211; under the authority of the Messiah.<span> </span>They follow local customs in clothing, food, and other aspects of life &#8211; but as citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom, they are only passing their days on Earth.<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>Knowin’ is the easy part!<em><span> </span></em></strong>This is not a church of potted plants.<span> </span>The citizens are Ambassadors of the Kingdom and represent their Government.<span> </span>This is not a passive role.<span> </span>It is a pro-active role.<span> </span>They live by example and share the spiritual truths that they have learned, using clear and simple language &#8211; not political style double-talk (Mat.5:37). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>They are “present in the flesh” &#8211; but do not live “according to the flesh.”</strong><span> </span>They obey man&#8217;s laws &#8211; but go beyond that and follow the Heavenly Laws in their own lives.<span> </span>They are treated with outrageous disrespect &#8211; but behave respectfully and bless those in return.<span> </span>They are dishonored and their names blackened &#8211; but they gain glory through dishonor, and their names are cleared in the Heavenly Book of Life.<span> </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>The first rapture-event described in the Bible</strong> is when Enoch was caught up to Heaven before the flood (Gen.5:24).<span> </span>Another rapture happened with Elijah described in 2Kings 2:17, <em>“Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.”</em><span> </span>This belief of a rapture-event is also what numerous documents from the early church leaders (first 300 years) revealed.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">During this Age of Grace,</span></strong> the Messiah is calling out disciples to help Him rule the earth during His Millennium reign. </span>These called-out ones are known as “the Bride of the Messiah or Christ.”<span> </span>The true Believers of the Messiah are called three things in the New Testament: The Church, in Acts 2:47.<span> </span>The Body of Christ, in 1Corinthians 12:13.<span> </span>And, “the Bride,” in John 3:29.<span> </span>It refers to a great mystery told as an allegory of a symbolic union of husband and wife in Ephesians 5:25-32.<span> </span>An allegory, is a story that symbolically represents another meaning other than what is apparently stated.<span> </span>Yahshua used this teaching technique in His parables, to teach complex Heavenly lessons by comparing them to simple everyday objects. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#808080;">(<strong>Just for the record</strong>, and to avoid confusion, all those humans who did not know the Messiah, or were not chosen by the Him, or chose not commit themselves to the higher Covenants, will sleep until the time of the final Great White Throne Judgment of YAHWEH, after the earthly 1,000 year millennial rule of the Messiah. For more info. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c12_judgment_day.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;">click here</span></a>.) </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">The question</span></strong> every Believer ponders is, how many people will be called-out by Yahshua?<span> </span>Some say tens of millions of people will be called, and the puritans would say the numbers are much smaller.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>Some say the term Christian has already been ruined</strong> by its many pretenders, maybe so, but then every religion has its pretenders and hucksters.<span> </span>In surveys taken in the United States and Canada almost 80% of the people responded saying they are Christian.<span> </span>But when asked the following: Do you believe the Bible to be the inspired word of GOD?<span> </span>Do you study the Bible?<span> </span>Do you believe in creation?<span> </span>Do you believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ?<span> </span>Do you believe in His blood atonement for sin?<span> </span>Then the numbers drop to about 13% of those claiming to be believing Christians.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong><a rel="nofollow">A hint can be found</a></strong> in Yahshuas’ messages to the seven churches in Revelation ch.2-3.<span> </span>Out of the seven churches only one was commended by Him.<span> </span>There is one revealing passage in Revelation 3:15-16 <em>“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.<span> </span>I could wish you were cold or hot.<span> </span>So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”</em><span> </span>In simpler terms just going through the motions is not enough. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">(For more info see <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.homeworship101.com/wp_ego_religion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;">Ego Religion</span></a>.)</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span>Throughout the ages, there are always a lot of debate and doctrine among the Christian churches on how to get to Heaven.<span> </span>Today, surveys generally show that over 85% of Americans think they will go to Heaven, but only about 40% think their neighbor will get in.<span> </span>Why does it seem like the standard is always higher for those who live next door?<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span>It is a thorny issue, and since I am not compiling the list, we will leave that debate to others . . .. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><strong>YAHWEH knows your heart</strong> and HE knows who the Believers are.<span> </span>When Elijah went out into the desert to escape persecution and said, “I am alone.”<span> </span>YAHWEH answered, “No, I have 7,000 Believers here” (1Kgs.19:18).<span> </span>When the Holy Spirit came upon the assembly on Pentecost described in Acts ch.2, HE knew exactly how many Believers there were.<span> </span>While Paul was teaching at the city of Corinth, he was afraid and thought it was hopeless, but he was told there were Believers there and he should continue his work (Act.18:10). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>The Age of Grace closes</strong> </span>when the hinderer (or the &#8220;intolerant ones&#8221;) is removed (2Ths.2:7).<span> </span>The term hinderer (some Bibles use the word restrainer, Jno.14:8), is a curious word used to describe the Holy Spirit that dwells within the true Believers of Yahshua.<span> </span>It can be any human being from, any domination, any nation, any ethnic origin, male or female, on the planet Earth.<span> </span>These are the intolerant ones &#8211; fighting for freedom &#8211; and they are the only power that is holding back or hindering the dark forces of evil. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>When the hinderer is removed,</strong> then the world will propel itself into a period of seven years of tribulation, climaxing when the Conquering Messiah appears to save humanity.<span> </span>It will be Satan’s last attempt at establishing his New-World-Order.<span> </span>It will begin under the banner of peace and reform, complete with real convincing spiritual psycho-babble, all leading to a fool’s paradise and certain destruction.<span> </span>The peace will not last long, and “woe to them that are weak,” this society will turn on itself and many people will die during these years.<span> </span>This is not the talk of weird conspiracy nuts, shades of this story are in almost every culture. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> <strong>Blessed are those who believe with out seeing, </strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Jon.20:29,1Pet.2:9).</span> </span>People have been seeking His return for many years, but 2Peter 3:9 says the Messiah is not slack concerning his promises.<span> </span>The Age of Grace remains open so as many Believers as possible may be included in His family. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><img src="http://www.homeworship101.com/images/rapture.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="236" height="200" align="right" /> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;">The Rapture:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">Yahshua’s lesson of the rapture is told in the parable of the fishermen recorded in John 21: 5-12.<span> </span>As the fishermen pulled in their nets full of fish, so will it be with the called-out ones, caught up out of their earthly world.<span> </span>They will be in the middle of their daily routines, then all of a sudden caught up in the spiritual net (you have only a moment to stop what you are doing and prepare).<span> </span>It is called the translation of the body into spirit (1Cor.15:51-53).<span> </span>Then taken to YAHWEH’S Heaven, and once there no one will drop out of Heaven &#8211; “. . . <em>the net was not broken.” </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span>Bible Believers are accustomed to reading and studying the fantastic supernatural stories which can only be carried out by a higher intelligence.<span> </span>There is no Biblical reason why this event will not take place.<span> </span>One can only imagine how the mechanics of such an event would be organized.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span>The records kept by the Angels record humanities history on an individual basis, people must be selected for translation, the location of the chosen humans for translation must be recorded, the temporary collection center above the Earth after translation must be determined, and then transportation with Yahshua to YAHWEH’S Heaven.<span> </span>It takes more then say, twitching a nose to get these things done.<span> </span>The ground rules and executive orders are drawn up in the Great White Throne Room, and there will be a lot to do for the community of Angels who carry out these orders, under the supervision of Yahshua. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">The second question</span></strong> every Believer ponders is</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">, when will the rapture happen?  &#8220;</span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Millennium&#8221; is a term meaning &#8220;thousand,&#8221; and it refers to the thousand year reign of the Messiah in connection with His return to Earth.  The belief is that the Messiah will call His believers home before He returns to earth as the Conquering Messiah, but many theologians cannot even decide on the Millennium rule itself.  Revelation ch.20 clearly referrers to the Messiah&#8217;s thousand year rule six times, and most Jews and Christians agree the Messiah&#8217;s rule will be an age of blessedness on the Earth.  But because of anti-Semitism, some Christians ignore Scriptures and do not teach the Millennium-rule theory because that is what the Jews believe; they say the Millennium is the present church age &#8211; a period of indefinite length.  Still others regard the Millennium as a way of referring to the ages of eternity. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><img src="http://www.homeworship101.com/images/radar.gif" border="0" alt="" width="55" height="55" align="left" /> </span><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><a rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Timing of the rapture</span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> in relation to the Millennium rule and the Tribulation Period is an item of great debate and contention by Christian </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">theologians</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">, over time it has evolved into three views: </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><strong>[2] Mid-tribulation:</strong> The Believers will remain on the Earth for the first 3 1/2 years of the seven-year Tribulation period, and will be caught up before the last 3 1/2 years (the Great Tribulation) falls upon the human race. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><strong>[3] Post-tribulation: </strong>The Believers will continue on the Earth through the Tribulation period.<span> </span>At the end of the Tribulation, Believers will be caught up to be with the Messiah and immediately return to Earth with Him for the Millennium reign.<span> </span>They believe the Marriage Supper described in Revelation 19:7-10, will take place after the Messiah’s second coming to Earth. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>The Bible teaches</strong>,<strong> the Believers are the children of light . . ., </strong></span>(1Ths.5:3-11)<span style="color:#0000ff;">,</span> and YAHWEH did not appoint you to wrath (Rev.3:10).<span> </span>There is no example in the Bible when YAHWEH allowed the righteous to be destroyed by the judgment on the unrighteous.<span> </span>If one examines the lives of Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, and Lot at Sodom, the pattern of YAHWEH’S judgment throughout human history is unchanging.<span> </span>First, a Prophet warns of the coming doom.<span> </span>Next the righteous Believers are removed by YAHWEH from danger.<span> </span>Finally, the prophesied judgment falls upon those who continue in their sin without repenting.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span>Yahshua told His Disciples that the time of the end would be “as it was in the days of Noah” (Luk.17:26) and that they were to remember the lessons of Lot’s wife (vs.32).<span> </span>There YAHWEH raptured Enoch to Heaven then protected Noah and his family by sealing them in the Ark before the judgment.<span> </span>The Angels warned Lot that, despite the terrible sin of Sodom, YAHWEH would not destroy the city until Lot and his family were safely away, and they should not look back.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:medium;"><em>The Wedding Custom:</em></span> </strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">The key to unlocking the mysterious meaning of “the Bride of the Messiah” one must understand the Jewish wedding custom as it was in the time of Yahshua.<span> </span>This is a remarkable analogy which also helps solve the timing mystery of the rapture. <span> </span>This is a wonderful Biblical story that is best told by a Jewish Believer because it is their history.<span> </span>Such a story teller is Zola Levitt and he has a great little book on it called <span style="text-decoration:underline;">A Christian Love Story</span> &#8211; it will be the best few dollars you ever spent.<span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">(See the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.homeworship101.com/links.htm#Jewish%20Roots" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;">Links</span></a> page)</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><strong><em>The Visitation:</em></strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> When a man had chosen the woman he wanted for his bride he left his house and traveled to the house of his perspective bride.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> Yahshua left His FATHER’S House in Heaven and traveled to the home of His perspective bride on Earth.<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><em>The Covenant Proposal:</em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">The man arrives at the woman’s home, with the purpose of establishing a marriage covenant and the purchase price to be paid.<span> </span>She and her father would take a little time to talk it over and make a decision. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> when Yahshua came to Earth he established what is today called The New Testament, which is based on the New Covenant (Jer.31:31-34; Heb.8:8-12).<span> </span>And this Age of Grace is the time for people to review the Covenant and decide. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><img src="http://www.homeworship101.com/images/wine_cup-proposaL.gif" border="0" alt="" width="177" height="116" align="right" /> <span> </span></span><span> </span><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><em>The Cup of the Covenant:</em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">After considering his contract, if the terms were suitable, the bride and groom would drink a cup of wine together.<span> </span>Sometimes called the Cup of Acceptance, this would seal the bargain. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> in the New Covenant faith, “the cup” of wine to seal Yahshua’s Covenant was a Rite established at the Passover supper, commonly known as the Communion service at the Last Supper (Mat.26:27-29). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>The Price:</em></span></strong> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">After the drink of wine, the groom would make a little speech of his intentions and pay the agreed to price.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy, </strong>the purchase price He paid for His Bride was the shedding of His own life blood at His death (Act.20:27; 1Cor.6:20).<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>The Separation:</em></span> </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">After the groom established a covenant and paid the price, they would remain separated for a while.<span> </span>He would leave her at her home, and return to his father’s house to prepare a beautiful place, a wedding chamber, to receive his bride for the honeymoon and wedding feast.<span> </span>He did not know how long this would take, usually about a year.<span> </span>His father would be the one to judge when the project was complete (if it was up to the young man, he would slap something together in a hurry and quickly return for his bride).<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span>Meanwhile the bride was now consecrated, set apart and veiled when she went outdoors.<span> </span>Her manner was discreet.<span> </span>As a true lady in waiting, she would stay home every night with friends or family.<span> </span>She would be spending time preparing her trousseau, and making arrangements for her bridesmaids. <span> </span>She would be watching and waiting. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> Yahshua returned to His FATHER’S House and has been away ever since.<span> </span>He promised His assembly in John 14:1-3, that He had to go and prepare a place to receive His Bride, and He will be back.<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span> </span>Meanwhile the Bride of the New Covenant on Earth should also be preparing herself as stated in the parable of the ten virgins (Mat.25:1-13).<span> </span>The Bride of the Messiah is veiled, “in this world, but not of this world.”<span> </span>The trousseau of the Bride is learning the way’s of the Messiah’s righteous Kingdom.<span> </span>The Bride should be watching for the signs and waiting . . ..<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>Watching for the Signs:</em></span> </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">When the father determined his son’s project was completed, the groom would return for his bride on an unannounced night.<span> </span>That was the thrilling part of romance &#8211; the bride never knew exactly what night he would come to steal her away.<span> </span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span> </span><strong>By analogy,</strong> when the FATHER determines the time is fulfilled (Mat.24:36), Yahshua will return for His Bride at an unannounced time.<span> </span>The rapture is always an imminent event, it could happen at any time.<span> </span>But Apostle Matthew also says in 25:13, Yahshua gives us signs to watch . . ., to know the seasons . . . (2Tim.3:19). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>The Snatching Away:</em></span> </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">When the groom returned for his bride, he and his male escorts would call out to her from outside her home.<span> </span>An alert bride would hear the shouting from a distance as they were coming down the street (this would give her a few moments to prepare).<span> </span>The groom did not go into the house, the bride would quickly ready herself, light her oil lamp, and go outside to meet him.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> Yahshua will not return to Earth for His Bride, but will be just above the Earth in the air.<span> </span>He, along with the Angels will call to her, “come up hither. . .” (Rev.4:1).<span> </span>It will be a surprise.<span> </span>He will come as a thief in the night (2Pet.3:3-8).<span> </span>The Bride will only have a moment to stop her activities and then rise up to meet Him in the air. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>Onto the Father’s House:</em></span> </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">After the bride, along with her bridesmaids, went outside to meet her groom, the whole wedding party would have a torch light procession to the groom’s house. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> Yahshua will greet His Bride above the Earth and they all will return to His FATHER’S House in Heaven. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>The Bridal Chamber:</em></span> </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">After the bride and groom arrived at the bridal chamber that he prepared at his fathers house, they would go into hiding.<span> </span>In the privacy of the bridal chamber they would get to know each other, enter into a physical union and consummate the marriage.<span> </span>They would stay hidden in the bridal chamber for<em> seven days</em>.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> when Yahshua and His Bride arrive at the FATHER’S house they will go into hiding for a period of <em>seven years</em>.<span> </span>In Yahshuas’ Bridal Chamber is the Judgment Seat where everyone will sit alone with the Messiah (2Cor.5:10).<span> </span>There they will get to know each other.<span> </span>Most think their sins will be judged, but their sins are burnt up and forgotten, it will be a review of the righteous deeds one has done in their earthly service (1Cor.3:11-13).<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><strong>We are all as different as snowflakes,</strong> and people shape their own destinies.<span> </span>They will be judged by what they did with the individual gifts given to them, and how they used these gifts as ambassadors in service for the Kingdom (2Cor.5:20). </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">[2] Watching for the signs crown, 2Timothy 4:8. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">[3] Running the race faithfully crown, 1Corinthians 9:24-27; James 1:12. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">[4] Winning friends crown, 1Thessalonians 2:19. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">[5] Martyrs crown, Revelation 2:10. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>A special gift</strong> to those who overcome false teaching proves that not everyone who is called by Yahshua will be called because they keep a perfect theology.<span> </span>There will not be one human being who will not be surprised when they discover there is more to the theology then they understood from their earthly education.<span> </span>The Bible says it is important that the Believers should earnestly contend for the true doctrine (Jud.3), because if someone has faith and believes in something, they will want to do the best they can with it.<span> </span>This reward is given to those that when they discover a new Biblical truth, set their old belief aside and adopt the new found truth.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>Some are ashamed</strong> that they have not done more, they were not given any rewards, yet they are still called to Heaven to serve (1Jno.2:28). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span>The unique and special gifts that make up a person’s character, along with the crowns received, will determine a type of rank or position for the individual in the organizational structure of Yahshuas’ government. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><em>The Marriage Supper:</em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">When the seven days were completed the groom would come out of hiding with his bride, her veil was removed and they would present themselves for all their close friends to see at a joyous wedding feast in the father’s house. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> after judgment all the Believers gather together in the Throne Room of YAHWEH and the Bride will lay their crowns at Yahshua’s feet, as a wedding present (Rev.4:10).<span> </span>They will meet the faithful Believers of Old Testament assembly and wait for the Tribulation martyrs to arrive (Rev.6:9-11). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span><strong>The Rapture will trigger the greatest Biblical revival in world history.</strong><span> </span>As the Biblical revelations are understood, the new converts that will make up this harvest of Believers are called the Tribulation Saints (their numbers will be greater than in the Rapture).<span> </span>They come to believe in Yahshua after the true assembly has been removed.<span> </span>These people unfortunately will have to prove their faith with their lives, as it will be these people who will first resist worshiping the Antichrist.<span> </span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span> </span>They will resist the new satanic global governing system and their ersatz leadership.<span> </span>They will not accept the future compulsory computer chip implants, and for their rebellious attitude they will be tortured, killed or beheaded (Rev.20:4<em>).<span> </span></em>The last Rapture event will be those true Believers of Hebrew blood in Israel (Mat.24:40-41; many mistake this prophecy for the Rapture of Christians, but the Messianic Church was still a hidden mystery when this prophecy was given).  For more info see: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c9_prophecy_trib01.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;">Tribulation /</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c9_prophecy_trib01.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;"> Apocalypse prophecies</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><strong>The Bible talks of two churches.</strong> <em><span> </span>The Local Church</em> was the local earthly <em>believers.<span> </span>The</em> <em>Universal Church, </em>which is the higher Heavenly church made up of all members of the Heavenly Societies &#8211; “angels and strange creatures” &#8211; in the Universe,<em> according to the Order of Melchizedek. </em><span> </span>Now, with all the human Believers together in the FATHER’S House in Heaven, will begin the first official meeting of the Universal Church, as everyone sits together at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Rev.19:7-8).<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#cc0000;font-size:medium;"><em>Leave for their New Home:</em></span> </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;">After the marriage supper the bride and groom would make their first public appearance as they depart his father’s house to live in their own permanent home.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"><span> </span><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>By analogy,</strong> at the end of the seven years Yahshua will return to Earth as the Conquering Messiah, coming with His Bride and the wedding party for all the world to see.<span> </span>They will dwell together in a house prepared by Yahshua on Earth for a thousand years, (in the Millennium Temple complex Eze.ch.40-43).<span> </span>And the Bride will help Yahshua govern the creation during the Millennial reign (Rev.2:26-27, 3:21).</span></span></p>
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<link>http://oppudebora.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/anasman-siraitchristiana-bp-bryanmama-bryan-surabaya/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marihot Sirait</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Christina Aguilera ]]></title>
<link>http://underwearqueen.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/christina-aguilera/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Christina Aguilera goes shopping at Agent Provocateur &#8211; and maybe getting a few sexy pieces. S]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">She may have just had a baby a mere 14 months ago and now the proud mother of a bouncing baby, but Christina being Christina  won&#8217;t be ditching her sexy persona any time soon.   Christina  is determined not to let motherhood affect her sex life with her husband of three years, Jordan Bratman.   Christina was spotted looking at some of the Agent Provocateur ranges and you can see her here checking out the swimwear in West Hollywood yesterday afternoon.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Christians was dressed casually in a pair of light blue jeans, stripy t-shirt and baggy white shirt, Christina left baby son Max in the care of his father while she enjoyed a girlie afternoon shopping with a blonde female pal.    After enjoying lunch at Italian eaterie La Scala in Beverly Hills, the two women visited trendy Hollywood store Fred Segal, before moving on to Agent Provocateur.   Christina peruses a selection of babydoll nighties and bras at the store, including a red and black polka dot swimwear bra top which appeared to be inspired by Minnie Mouse.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.agentprovocateur.com/cara/info/short-slip/green" target="_blank">Cara Slip fro £145</a></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">The pop star has been a fan of Agent Provocateur for several years and has been spotted buying lingerie from the chain of boutiques in New York, LA and London.   On Saturday, she stepped out in a leopard-print body by the label at gossip blogger Perez Hilton&#8217;s birthday party.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Christina has apparently openly spoken about her sex life with husband Jordan and admits she likes to dress up for him &#8211; saucy minx!!!!   She told Maxim magazine two years ago: &#8216;<span class="black2pt">I like to play doctor. I got Jordan a doctor&#8217;s outfit with a doctor&#8217;s bag full of sex toys. I wore the naughty nurse&#8217;s costume, of course.&#8217;   Since the arrival of Max in January last year, Christina and Jordan have worked extra hard to ensure they find time for themselves.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span class="black2pt">She told Glamour magazine: &#8216;</span>We make sure we have mommy and daddy nights out. Our child comes first, obviously, but there are certain things you can do.   &#8216;Once we know he&#8217;s in good hands, we go out late at night and have a few drinks. Then we&#8217;ll come home, dim the lights and do our thing&#8230; and I&#8217;m not going into any more detail than that.&#8217;  Christina is currently recording her fourth studio album, a follow-up to her 2006 hit Back To Basics. She has described the disc as &#8217;short, sweet and completely different&#8217; after the retro sound of her Back To Basis album.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">As found on the <a href="ADD TO BASKET CHECK OUT  * Added to basket *      * Information  This ravishing body has a leopard print jersey top layer with a zip up back, a detachable belt and cute neck bow. The inside layer has a powermesh body with a hook and eye fastening up the back to pull in the figure and emphasise the bust with inbuilt padded cups." target="_blank">Agent Provactaur</a> website.</p>
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<link>http://ioanuscateol.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/comentarii-la-psalmi-14/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[PSALMUL 14 &#8211; Un psalm al lui David.               „Se presupune că psalmul reflectă o ceremoni]]></description>
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<p><span><strong>PSALMUL 14 &#8211; <em>Un psalm al lui David.</em></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Se presupune că psalmul reflectă o ceremonie la intrarea în sanctuar: pelerinii pun întrebarea rituală, iar preoţii le reamintesc condiţiile apropierii de <span>Dumnezeu: trăirea în adevăr, înfăptuirea dreptăţii, iubirea de aproapele. Şi în Egipt, şi în Babilon există, la intrarea în temple, inscripţii de tipul: <em>Cel care intră trebuie să fie curat; la intrarea în templul marelui zeu trebuie să se purifice cum se cuvine</em>. În Biblie însă, puritatea rituală şi exterioară tinde tot mai mult să devină una etică şi existenţială (cf. Ravasi, I, p. 272)”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Doamne, cine va locui în locaşul Tău</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şi cine se va sălăşlui în muntele Tău cel sfânt?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„<em>Locaşul</em>: literal, <em>cortul</em>, cu trimitere la vechiul <em>cort al mărturiei</em>, care era templul ambulant al poporului lui Israel. <em>Muntele Tău cel sfânt</em> = Sionul, înălţimea pe care se afla templul de la Ierusalim. Primul e legat de verbul <em>a locui</em> (temporar); celui de al doilea îi este asociat verbul <em>a se sălăşlui</em> (a locui permanent). În perspectiva creştinului, din prima categorie fac parte cei ce se află în Biserica luptătoare, de pe pământ, în care statornicia e relativă şi pot exista căderi; în cea de a doua se încadrează cei ce ajung în Biserica triumfătoare, din ceruri, unde totul devine permanent şi statornic (Fericitul Ieronim)”<a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„<em>Muntele cel sfânt </em>este, pentru Origen, cunoaşterea lui Hristos; a-l urca înseamnă a te uni cu Hristos (la <span>Psalmul 119, 5). Pentru Eusebiu, <em>muntele cel sfânt</em> este Ierusalimul ceresc, iar pentru Ilarie, Hristos Însuşi (citează Isaia 2, 2)”<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Se numeşte locaş al lui Dumnezeu trupul dat de Dumnezeu ca locuinţă sufletului omului. […] Cel care locuieşte ca străin în trup, acela se va sălăşlui în muntele cel sfânt. Muntele acela e ţara cea mai presus de cer, ţara cea strălucită şi luminoasă”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>. Râvnim să fim în <em>muntele cel sfânt al lui Dumnezeu</em>, adică „în Biserica cea mai de sus, în care sunt adunaţi filozofii lui Dumnezeu, cei într-adevăr israeliţi, cei curaţi cu inima, în care nu este nici o viclenie, cei care n-au rămas în odihna numărului şapte (oprirea de la rău) ci, prin fapta bună a asemănării cu Dumnezeu, se înalţă la moştenirea facerii de fapte bune din numărul opt, alipindu-se, printr-o privire curată, de o contemplaţie fără saţiu”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Cel ce umblă fără prihană şi face dreptate,</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Cel fără prihană este desăvârşit în orice virtute după omul lăuntric, iar cel ce face dreptate este cel ce săvârşeşte partea practică prin lucrările trupeşti. Aşadar, cel ce umblă fără prihană este omul desăvârşit în ce priveşte mintea ; iar cel ce face dreptate este lucrătorul. Cuvântul <em>adevăr</em> înseamnă două lucruri: unul, înţelegerea pe care o avem despre lucrurile care privesc viaţa fericită; altul, cunoştinţa sănătoasă pe care o avem despre orice lucru care priveşte viaţa de aici”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>cel ce cu limba lui n-a grăit vicleşuguri,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>nici nu i-a făcut rău aproapelui său</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şi ocară n-a rostit împotriva celor de lângă el.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Greu pentru om să ajungă la măsura celor de mai sus: „Noi însă ocărâm pe cei ce se căiesc şi se întorc de la păcatele lor”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>. <em>Rău</em>: „Este nevoie de multă grijă pentru a nu vătăma pe aproapele nostru nici cu o faptă mică, nici cu una mai mare; să nu-l vătămăm cu cuvântul, să nu-l lipsim de vreunul din bunurile sale, să nu-i voim răul, să nu-i invidiem buna lui stare”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>. <em>Ocară</em>: „Cele care nu ni se întâmplă din alegerea noastră sunt fără voia noastră; de aceea, de defectele pe care le au oamenii fără voia lor se cuvine să avem mai degrabă milă decât ocară”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Amăgirea şi viclenia cu chip de bunătate e cu adevărat păcat foarte greu şi mai mare decât toată prihana şi un lucru din cele mai urâte lui Dumnezeu, având ca soră faţa îndoită a sufletului şi a gândurilor şi schimbarea neîncetată care stârneşte mânia dumnezeiască. Astfel, legea îi interzice omului ca un lucru prea urât şi necuvenit a umbla cu viclenii, adică a vieţui făţarnic şi a-şi lua chipul dreptăţii şi a păgubi pe fraţi, dispreţuind legile iubirii”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>Dispreţuit e-n ochii săi cel ce face răul,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>dar el îi slăveşte pe cei ce se tem de Domnul,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>el, cel ce i se jură aproapelui său şi nu se dezice,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span>Cel ce face răul</span></em><span>: „Pentru Ieronim, acesta este diavolul”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>el, cel ce nu şi-a dat argintul cu camătă</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şi mită n-a primit împotriva celor nevinovaţi.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Cel ce face acestea nu se va clătina în veac.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Într-adevăr, este culmea neomeniei ca de la cel lipsit de cele necesare vieţii, care-ţi cere împrumut ca să se ajute în viaţă, tu să nu te mulţumeşti cu capitalul, ci să născoceşti venituri şi să aduni bogăţii de pe urma nenorocirilor săracului”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>. Finalul Psalmului, însă, nu aceasta o accentuează, ci deosebirea fără greş pe care o face Dumnezeu între drept şi nedrept, ca şi urmările care decurg din aceste moduri de vieţuire.</span></p>
<p><span>Întreg psalmul este un model de cum „trebuie să fie cel ce locuieşte acest cort, pe care nu omul, ci Dumnezeu l-a stabilit”<a name="_ftnref13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a>. Prin <em>cort</em> putem înţelege atât trupul, cât şi Biserica.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a> Origen, <em>Omilii la Cartea Proorocului Ieremia</em>, XVI, 6</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Chiril al Alexandriei, <em>Despre închinarea şi slujirea în Duh şi Adevăr</em>, VII</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a> SEP 4/I, p. 66</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>PSALMUL 13 &#8211; <em>Pentru sfârşit: un psalm al lui David.</em></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span> </span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Acest psalm este aproape identic cu </span><span>Psalmul 52. Este descris <em>nebunul </em>(ebr. <strong>nabhal</strong>) echivalat cu omul care nu ţine seama de Dumnezeu: indiferenţa religioasă naşte indiferenţa morală”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Zis-a cel nebun întru inima sa: „Nu este Dumnezeu!”</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Stricaţi au devenit şi urâţi s-au făcut în căile lor,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>nu-i nimeni care să facă binele, nu, nici măcar unul nu este.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Sfântul Ioan Damaschin demonstrează că tăgăduirea existenţei lui Dumnezeu se opune gândirii logice. Ca atare, numai un nebun Îl poate nega pe Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„<em>Nu este Dumnezeu </em>nu este o afirmaţie teoretică: în Israelul biblic nu există ateism absolut<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>; doar un ateism practic: <em>nebunul</em> se poartă ca şi cum <span>Dumnezeu nu ar exista (Origen)”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Răutatea celui viclean contra firii omeneşti a avut atâta putere încât a tras pe unii în cea mai absurdă şi cea mai rea decât toate răutăţile prăpastie a pierzării, anume de a spune că nu există Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Înfigându-se, deci, acest gând în mintea lor, încep să păcătuiască fără să mai ţină seama de nimic. Dacă nu este cineva care să conducă lumea, dacă nu este cineva care să răsplătească după merit cele săvârşite în viaţă, cine-i mai poate împiedica să asuprească pe sărac, să ucidă pe orfani, să omoare pe văduvă şi pe străin, să facă orice faptă nelegiuită şi să se murdărească cu patimi necurate şi ticăloase şi cu toate poftele dobitoceşti?”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span><em>Nu-i nimeni care să facă binele…</em>: „Hiperbolă cu trimitere la Facerea 6, 5.12; text pe care Pavel îl va exploata teologic, asociindu-i altele asemănătoare, în Romani 3, 9-20”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Urmarea firească după cele spuse e că de acum înainte celor legaţi, în chip slugarnic, doar de viaţa aceasta, li se potrivesc cele spuse, ca unora care socot că moartea e cea mai grea dintre nenorociri, iar despre vreun câştig care ar proveni dintr-o viaţă virtuoasă spun că nici nu poate fi vorba, căci şi într-un caz şi într-altul viaţa se sfârşeşte în acelaşi fel, pentru că de moarte nu putem scăpa chiar dacă am duce o viaţă oricât de îmbunătăţită”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Din cer S-a aplecat Domnul spre fiii oamenilor</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>să vadă dacă este cineva care-nţelege sau care-L urmează pe Dumnezeu.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Astfel de locuri vor fi, desigur, înţelese ca pogorăminte, adaptări ale limbajului la înţelegerea oamenilor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>Toţi s-au abătut, împreună netrebnici s-au făcut,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>nu-i nimeni care să facă binele, nu, nici măcar unul nu este!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Eusebiu, comentând decăderea universală care face necesară venirea lui Hristos în lume, citează Isaia 50, 2”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Toţi cei părtaşi de firea omenească îşi mărgineau puterea minţii la înfăţişarea lucrurilor sensibile şi nu mai aveau nici o înţelegere pentru cele mai presus de simţuri”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Iar fiindcă nu era ieşire din rău, Dumnezeu şi Tatăl ne-a trimis din cer Mântuitor şi Răscumpărător pe unicul Său Fiu, care ne îndreptează prin credinţă şi ne eliberează de pedeapsă şi face viguroasă slăbiciunea noastră, luminând pe cel întunecat, întorcând pe cel rătăcit şi scoţând de sub stăpânirea diavolului pe cel supus lui”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>Oare nici unul din cei ce lucrează fărădelegea nu va ajunge la cunoaştere?</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Cei ce-l mănâncă pe poporul Meu, aşa cum mănâncă pâine, nu L-au chemat pe Domnul.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>În afara lui Dumnezeu nu este cunoaştere.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>Cu frică s-au temut acolo unde nu era frică,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>fiindcă Dumnezeu este în neamul drepţilor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Părăsirea fricii de Dumnezeu ne atrage către o altă frică, de cele ce nu ne-ar putea birui dacă n-am fi tăiat legătura cu Izvorul binelui.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>Sfatul săracului l-aţi ruşinat,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>dar Domnul este nădejdea lui.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Iarăşi, cele dispreţuite de oameni sunt preţuite înaintea lui Dumnezeu.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>Cine va da din Sion mântuirea lui Israel?</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Când Domnul va întoarce robia poporului Său,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>atunci se va bucura Iacob şi se va veseli Israel.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Socotim că aici Israel e <em>mintea văzătoare de Dumnezeu</em>, poporul ce a urmat lui Hristos, fiind izbăvit de robia păcatului şi a morţii. Vechiul Israel şi robia egipteană sunt doar tipuri ale acestora.<span></span></span></p>
<p><span>„<em>Mântuirea</em>, gr. <strong>σωτήριον</strong>: Origen şi alţi Părinţi spun că acesta este numele dat în mod deosebit lui Mesia atunci când Isaia prevesteşte chemarea păgânilor; deci <em>mântuirea </em>este Hristos. ♦ </span><span>[…]<span> Ieronim: Întregul psalm profeţeşte că răscumpărarea noastră vine din Sion.<span>  </span>Augustin citează Isaia 49, 20: <em>Să vină din Sion cel care va îndepărta fărădelegea lui Iacob</em>. ♦ Pentru Origen, <em>robia </em>este trecerea voită de la cunoaştere la necunoaştere şi de la purtarea dreaptă la purtarea ticăloasă. ♦ Părinţii văd în această intervenţie mântuitoare a lui Dumnezeu o prefigurare a întrupării lui Hristos, sau/şi o preamărire a roadelor învierii Lui din morţi (<em>e</em>.<em> g</em>. Maximus din Torino, PL 57, 361-364)”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vania</dc:creator>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Rugăciune pentru a implora ajutorul lui </span><span>Dumnezeu în vremuri de restrişte. Credinciosul trece de la angoasă la certitudinea plină de bucurie a izbăvirii, anticipând cântarea de mulţumire”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Până când, Doamne, mă vei uita cu totul?;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>până când Îţi vei întoarce faţa de la mine?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Chiar când tristeţea noastră ia chipul deznădejdii, să nu uităm că Dumnezeu ne poate oferi un dar îndoit: El Se poate coborî să ne ilumineze mintea prin cunoaştere şi, pe de altă parte, să retrezească în noi virtutea şi să ne ridice la El prin lucrarea îndreptăţirii (Sfântul Maxim Mărturisitorul)”<a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„<span>Dumnezeu Îşi ascunde faţa, pe care îngerii o contemplă pururi, ca să ne aducem aminte de El<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a> (Origen). Majoritatea Părinţilor afirmă că <em>faţa lui Dumnezeu </em>este Hristos, <em>chipul nevăzutului Dumnezeu </em>(Coloseni 1, 15)”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Până când voi pune îngândurări în sufletul meu,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>dureri în inima mea ziua şi noaptea?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Până când se va ridica vrăjmaşul meu împotriva mea?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Credinciosul încearcă şi astfel de stări, când se simte părăsit de Dumnezeu. E vremea cea mai potrivită de a-şi înteţi strigarea către Domnul.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>Cată spre mine, auzi-mă Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>luminează-mi ochii, ca nu cumva să adorm întru moarte,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Când ochiul lăuntric e luminat de Dumnezeu, somnul natural devine el însuşi veghetor şi nu alunecă în moarte”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Desigur, aici nu e vorba despre ochii obişnuiţi, nici despre somnul simţurilor şi nici despre moarte în înţelesul de toate zilele”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Nimeni nu-i atât de prost să-şi închipuie că ochii trupului sunt cei care înţeleg tainele legii dumnezeieşti, sau că porunca lui Dumnezeu luminează ochii din cap, ori (că) l-ar putea surprinde un somn care să-i aducă moartea”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Această strălucire a Duhului nu este numai un fel de descoperire de înţelesuri şi o luminare a harului, ci o iluminare sigură şi neîncetată a luminii ipostatice în suflete”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>ca nu cumva să zică vrăjmaşul meu: „Întăritu-m-am împotrivă-i!”</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Dacă eu mă voi clătina, cei ce mă necăjesc se vor bucura.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Ori de câte ori păcătuim, diavolul zice <em>Am biruit asupra lui!</em> După cum îngerii se bucură pentru un păcătos care se căieşte, la fel diavolii joacă de bucurie când cineva păcătuieşte (Origen)”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Cu alte cuvinte, ca nu cumva despărţindu-se sufletul de trup să fie acoperit cu vălul morţii răutăţii”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>Dar dreptul „nu se va clătina nici de cuvântul care înşeală, nici de plăcerea care duce la rătăcire; şi de aceea nu se va clătina din casa care i cuvine ca moştenire”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>Dar eu spre mila Ta am nădăjduit,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>bucura-se-va inima mea de mântuirea Ta;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>cânta-voi Domnului, binefăcătorului meu,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>cânta-voi numelui Domnului Celui-Preaînalt.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Pregustare a bucuriei eterne. În plus, e „de reţinut legătura intimă dintre Dumnezeu şi numele Său”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p><span>Plecând de la primul stih al versetului, Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur îndeamnă ca toţi să putem răspunde <em>spre mila Ta am nădăjduit</em>, dacă vom fi întrebaţi: „Dar ce ai făcut ca să fii ascultat?”<a name="_ftnref13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<link>http://ioanuscateol.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/comentarii-la-psalmi-11/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vania</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ioanuscateol.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/comentarii-la-psalmi-11/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[PSALMUL 11 &#8211; Pentru sfârşit: un psalm al lui David pentru Octavă.   „Psalmul e socotit printre]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„</span><span>Psalmul e socotit printre rugăciunile colective de implorare a ajutorului. Săracii au cel mai mult de suferit din pricina ipocriziei şi a minciunii care tind să se generalizeze. Salvarea vine de la Dumnezeul adevărului”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Mântuieşte-mă, Doamne, că a lipsit cel cuvios,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>că s-au împuţinat adevărurile de la fiii oamenilor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Înţelesul versetului: De vreme ce în lume nu mai sunt oameni pe care să te poţi rezema, mântuirea (scăparea) nu poate veni decât de la Domnul”<a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>. Fără a contrazice acestea, facem observaţia că Dumnezeu lucrează şi prin oameni, exemplul cel mai la îndemână fiind chiar cel de faţă, al Psalmistului.<span>  </span>Dar, „la oameni toate s-au întors pe dos: înţelepciunea, vorbirea, modul de viaţă. […] Toţi muritorii de sub cer au nevoie să li se întindă o mână. Cu adevărat, Hristos este aşteptarea neamurilor (Facerea 49, 10) (Chiril al Alexandriei)”<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Deşertăciuni a grăit fiecare către aproapele său, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>buze viclene are în inimă, în inimă grăit-a ce e rău.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Psalmul fiind <em>pentru Octavă</em>, imaginea e aceea a judecăţii din ziua a opta şi a pârâşilor ce vin să ne învinovăţească.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>Domnul va nimici toate buzele viclene </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şi limba cea plină de trufie,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>pe cei ce au zis: „Cu limba noastră ne vom slăvi,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>buzele noastre sunt ale noastre;/ cine e domn peste noi?”</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Sunt duhurile căzute în orgoliu, sortite pieirii, adică suferinţei veşnice. Aceasta şi din cauza incapacităţii lor de a recunoaşte că nu-şi sunt suficiente.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>„Pentru necazul săracilor</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şi pentru suspinul sărmanilor</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>acum Mă voi scula, zice Domnul,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>îi voi aşeza în mântuire, întru aceasta Eu voi vorbi deschis”.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Prin <em>săraci</em> ori <em>sărmani </em>vom înţelege pe cei ce s-au recunoscut astfel în faţa măreţiei dumnezeieşti. „Când S-a sculat spre ajutorarea noastră Unul Născut, atunci au căzut vrăjmaşii şi au fugit cei ce se împotriveau şi luptau împotriva slavei dumnezeieşti”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>Şi Ieronim vede acest loc ca vestind trimiterea Fiului în lume.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>Cuvintele Domnului, cuvinte curate, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>argint lămurit în foc, cercat în pământ,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>de şapte ori trecut prin curăţire.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Se pare că e vorba de argintul purificat într-un cuptor săpat în pământ sau cu pereţi de cărămidă. Oricum: cuvintele Domnului, odată ajunse la noi, sunt libere de orice impuritate”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>, cum sunt, de altfel, şi fără a ajunge la noi.<span>  </span>Sau cuvintele de mai sus „simbolizează faptul că sufletul, părăsind întunericul, duce în sine obiecte de aur şi argint, adică gândurile cele bune, de şapte ori purificate prin foc, cu care slujeşte pe Dumnezeu şi în care Se odihneşte Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Dreptul sau este pus la încercare, fiind curăţit de multe ori, ca argintul, ca să ajungă monedă a Domnului şi să fie marcat cu pecetea cea împărătească, sau arată că are o învăţătură pusă la probă, înţeleaptă, lăudabilă şi vrednică de primit, când învăţătura este curăţită bine de pământ, adică atunci când sufletul gnostic se sfinţeşte în multe chipuri, abţinându-se de la aprinderile cele pământeşti”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Mintea cuvântătoare de Dumnezeu (teologică), îndulcindu-şi şi încălzindu-şi sufletul cu înseşi cuvintele lui Dumnezeu, dobândeşte nepătimirea în măsură potrivită”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Căci toate cuvintele despre dumnezeirea Lui sunt fierbinţi şi n-au nimic apos şi răcit”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>Tu, Doamne, ne vei păzi</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şi ne vei feri de neamul acesta în veac.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>E <em>neamul</em> uneltitorilor, care vânează sufletele dreptcredincioşilor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>8: <strong>Necredincioşii umblă-mprejur;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>după măsura înălţimii Tale i-ai preţuit pe fiii oamenilor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Variantă: <em>când răsar păcătoşii ca iarba</em><span>. <em><span> </span></em></span>„Păcătoşii ce răsar ca iarba sunt gândurile pătimaşe. Căci neputincioasă este iarba şi nu are tărie. Când răsar deci gândurile pătimaşe în suflet, atunci se ivesc toţi cei ce lucrează fărădelegea, care sunt patimile, ca să fie nimicite în veacul veacului. Căci când se arată patimile în cei ce luptă, atunci sunt nimicite de către ei”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p><span><span>            </span>Variantă: <em>Demonii lipsiţi de evlavie umblă împrejurul lui</em><span>.<em> </em></span>Diavolul apelează în mod predilect la simţuri: „un demon săgetează ochiul aţâţându-l spre pofte; altul săgetează auzul spre a asculta cu plăcere cele ce nu trebuie; altul mişcă pântecele spre lăcomie; altul mişcă mâinile spre moleşeală”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Macarie Egipteanul, <em>Omilii duhovniceşti</em>, XLVII, 10</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a> SF. Chiril al Alexandriei, <em>Glafire la Ieşire</em>, II</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„În faţa nedreptăţii şi violenţei, cel drept refuză fuga şi îşi pune toată nădejdea în </span><span>Dumnezeu, care Îşi va manifesta puterea”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Spre Domnul am nădăjduit; cum de-i ziceţi sufletului meu:</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>„Mută-te în munţi ca o pasăre!?”</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Muntele e loc de ascunziş, un loc de care însă psalmistul nu are nevoie, de vreme ce Îl are ocrotitor pe Domnul”<a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Că, iată, păcătoşii şi-au încordat arcul,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>gătit-au săgeţi în tolbă</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ca să-i săgeteze la întuneric pe cei drepţi la inimă.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Vrăjmaşii mântuirii pândesc din întuneric, adică profită de momentele noastre de confuzie, şi şi-ar dori să ne robească inima, adică adâncul sufletului nostru.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>Că ei au stricat ceea ce Tu ai alcătuit;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>dar dreptul ce-a făcut?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Ebraică: <em>Atunci când temeliile sunt nimicite</em>,/ <em>ce poate face dreptul</em>?”<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>Domnul este în locaşul Său cel sfânt,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Domnul în cer Îşi are tronul,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ochii Lui spre cel sărac se-ndreaptă,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>genele Lui îi cercetează pe fiii oamenilor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„<em>Locaşul Său cel sfânt</em>: în Legea Veche, templul; în Legea Nouă, biserica (pe de-o parte, ca locaş de închinare, dar şi fiinţa fiecărui creştin, pe de alta, ca templu al lui Dumnezeu; vezi I Corinteni 3, 17 şi 6, 19)”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„<em>Fiii oamenilor</em>, aici: cei ce s-au lepădat de <em>omul cel vechi</em> şi au devenit, prin primenire duhovnicească, oameni noi”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>În loc de <em>gene</em>, SEP 4 are <em>pleoape</em>: „Origen interpretează <em>pleoapele </em>ca imagine a îndurării lui <span>Dumnezeu care închide ochii asupra multor păcate. Eusebiu le interpretează ca simbolizând puterea lui Dumnezeu care, cercetându-l pe sărman, îl fereşte de păcat. Augustin vede în <em>pleoapele </em>care <em>cercetează</em> faptul că Dumnezeu uneori îşi închide ochii spre a fi căutat, alteori Şi-i deschide, luminându-i pe oameni şi umplându-i de fericire”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>Domnul îl cercetează pe cel drept şi pe cel necredincios,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>dar sufletul Său îl urăşte pe cel ce iubeşte nedreptatea.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Cel ce iubeşte nedreptatea, „rupând şi stricând chipul lui Dumnezeu, se împovărează cu o patimă asemănătoare cu a acelora care-şi sfâşie în chip jalnic trupurile lor şi de o nebunie care-i face nesimţitori. Căci şi el îşi surpă fără să simtă şi-şi sfâşie în chip jalnic frumuseţea lui firească, sfârtecând nebuneşte podoaba treimică şi mai presus de lume a sufletului său, podoabă întregită prin dragostea lăuntrică”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>Cu laţuri va ploua El peste cei păcătoşi,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>foc, pucioasă şi suflare de vifor e partea paharului lor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Prilej pentru a iubi pe Dumnezeu avem la îndemână toată viaţa, iar ca să ne înstrăinăm de vrăjmaşul Lui avem prilej în orice clipă. Cel căruia nu i-a trebuit decât un scurt răstimp din viaţa lui pentru ca să se rupă de iubirea faţă de Domnul, acela a ieşit cu desăvârşire de la faţa Celui de a cărui iubire s-a despărţit; de aceea, cel care s-a depărtat de la faţa lui Dumnezeu, acela trebuie să fie lipsit şi de lumină şi de viaţă şi de nestricăciune precum şi de orice alt gând ori lucrare mai înaltă, care în fond toate sunt legate de Dumnezeu. Căci cine n-are parte de acestea, acela desigur se împărtăşeşte de altele, potrivnice. Pe unul ca acesta îl aşteaptă întunericul, nimicirea, pieirea şi moartea”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>Că drept este Domnul, iubeşte dreptatea,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>iar faţa Lui spre cele drepte priveşte.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Deci pe bună dreptate a fost părăsit la început omul de către Dumnezeu, întrucât omul L-a părăsit mai întâi pe Dumnezeu şi de bună voia sa a fugit la cel viclean; şi încrezându-se în cel care-l sfătuia cu vicleşug cele potrivnice, pe drept a fost lăsat şi părăsit aceluia. Astfel, prin pizma celui rău şi cu dreapta îngăduinţă a Celui Bun, moartea a intrat în lume. Iar moartea, prin răutatea cea nespus de mare a diavolului, s-a făcut îndoită. Căci nu numai moartea firească (naturală), ci şi cea veşnică s-a săvârşit prin lucrarea celui rău”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p><span>Psalmul se încheie cu viziunea dreptăţii divine instaurate definitiv; aceasta, desigur, se va face în mod desăvârşit la Judecata cea de obşte.</span></p>
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<link>http://ioanuscateol.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/comentarii-la-psalmi-9/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Vania</dc:creator>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span><span>            </span></span></em></strong><span>„Versiunea Ebraică a împărţit acest psalm în două părţi: versetele 1-21 alcătuiesc Psalmul 9, în timp ce versetele 22-38 formează Psalmul 10. De aici, un decalaj între Textul Ebraic, care numără 151 de psalmi, şi între Septuaginta şi Vulgata, care numără în total 150 de psalmi. Fireşte, versiunea de faţă păstrează ordinea Septuagintei şi, prin ea, a tradiţiei româneşti”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Este un psalm de recunoştinţă pentru izbăvire şi de implorare a ajutorului lui <span>Dumnezeu împotriva duşmanilor. Poate că este, la origine, psalmul exilaţilor care se întorc din Babilon: bucuria reîntoarcerii e umbrită de opoziţia pe care o întâmpină din partea celor rămaşi în ţară, care îi privesc ca pe nişte intruşi. Peste toate, se afirmă încrederea în Domnul, care îi izbăveşte pe cei sărmani ai Săi. Aici (v. 10) se dă, poate, cea mai bună definiţie a <em>săracilor Domnului</em>: cei care cunosc Numele Domnului, cei care-L caută pe Domnul şi îşi pun toată nădejdea în El </span>[…]<span>. ♦ Chiril al Alexandriei vede în acest psalm o referire la venirea lui Hristos la plinirea timpurilor: biruinţa Lui definitivă asupra diavolului”<a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Cuvintele introductive: <strong>al mut laben</strong><a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a><strong> </strong>(<em>la moartea unui fiu</em>) ar putea fi o indicaţie despre prilejul cu care acest psalm trebuia cântat. Este totuşi posibil ca, şi în acest caz, să avem de a face cu o recomandare adresată dirijorului muzicanţilor: <em>după </em>[melodia folosită la] <em>moartea unui fiu</em>, referindu-se la o melodie cunoscută de toţi şi întrebuinţată în cântarea acestui psalm”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span> </span>Revenind la titlul din <span>Septuaginta</span>, „Fericitul Ieronim raportează acest titlu enigmatic (şi specific Septuagintei) la taina morţii Fiului lui Dumnezeu, într-un text profetic, pe care traducătorii evrei care ne-au dat Septuaginta l-au intuit prin revelaţie, dar pe care n-au cutezat, la vremea lor, să-l exprime”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Titlul îţi dă ca lumină cuvântul care scrutează tainele cunoaşterii lui Dumnezeu: cea mai însemnată este credinţa în Fiul (Grigore al Nyssei, 35)”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Mărturisi-mă-voi Ţie, Doamne, cu toată inima mea,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>spune-voi toate minunile Tale;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Nu atât Taina Mărturisirii e amintită aici, cât nevoia sufletului cuvios de a preamări lucrările lui Dumnezeu şi, prin ele, pe Autorul lor. Dar, noi nu putem aduce preamărire deplină. „Origen consideră că numai Mântuitorul poate face aceasta, pentru că numai El cunoaşte tainele lui <span>Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>mă voi veseli şi mă voi bucura de Tine,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>cânta-voi numele Tău, Preaînalte!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Bucuria însoţeşte, chiar şi în încercări, sufletul dreptului.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>Când se vor întoarce vrăjmaşii mei, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>slăbi-vor şi vor pieri de dinaintea feţei Tale,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Duşmanul care va fi nimicit de Dumnezeu este, în cele din urmă, moartea (cf. I Corinteni 15, 26; Origen; Eusebiu; Augustin)”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.<em></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Dracii slăbesc când, prin împlinirea poruncilor, se micşorează patimile în noi şi pier, când sunt stinse cu totul prin nepătimirea sufletului, nemaiaflându-le pe acelea prin care intrau în suflet şi îl războiau”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>că Tu mi-ai făcut mie judecata şi dreptatea,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>şezut-ai pe scaun, Tu, Cel ce judeci după dreptate.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>E anticipată pacea eshatologică.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>Tu i-ai mustrat pe păgâni şi pierit-au necredincioşii;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>stins-ai numele lor în veac şi în veacul veacului;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Augustin spune că se referă la <em>numele de păcătoşi şi de nelegiuiţi</em> pe care Dumnezeu le şterge, dând fiecărui om un nume nou”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>. Viziune valabilă doar pentru cei decişi să se unească cu Dumnezeu.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>vrăjmaşul a fost pân-la urmă lipsit de sabie, iar cetăţile lui le-ai surpat;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>pierit-a pomenirea lui cu răsunet.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Toţi vrăjmaşii Domnului pier într-o fundătură, puterea lor de moment fiind iluzorie.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>Dar Domnul rămâne în veac,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>întru judecată Şi-a pregătit scaunul</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>8: <strong>şi lumea o va judeca întru dreptate,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>după îndreptar va judeca popoarele.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Popoarele vor fi judecate după <em>îndreptar</em>, însă diferit, funcţie de cum au primit Revelaţia şi, riscăm să o spunem, de particularităţile fiecăruia.<span>  </span>„Augustin şi Chiril al Alexandriei referă acest verset la Hristos, care, înviat, domneşte de-a dreapta Tatălui. Pentru Chiril, <em>judecător</em> este cel care are toată puterea”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>9: <strong>Şi S-a făcut Domnul scăpare sărmanului,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ajutor la vreme de necaz.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>10: <strong>Să nădăjduiască în Tine cei ce cunosc numele Tău,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>că nu i-ai părăsit pe cei ce Te caută pe Tine, Doamne!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>11: <strong>Cântaţi-i Domnului Celui ce locuieşte în Sion,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>faptele Lui vestiţi-le între neamuri.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span>Faptele</span></em><span> sau <em>lucrările </em>Domnului „se referă şi la creaţie, dar mai ales la <em>lucrarea mesianică</em> (Origen)”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Suntem datori să aducem preamărire lui Dumnezeu şi pentru „ca faptele Domnului să nu fie judecate în chip nedrept”<a name="_ftnref13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>            </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>12: <strong>Că Cel ce le caută sângele Şi-a adus aminte de ei,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>n-a uitat strigarea săracilor.</span></strong><em><span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>13: <strong>Miluieşte-mă, Doamne, vezi-mi înjosirea din partea duşmanilor mei,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Tu, Cel ce mă înalţi din porţile morţii,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Tonul implorator<span>  </span>arată un suflet ce s-a smerit înaintea Domnului: „Smerenia este cunoaşterea de sine a fiecăruia în comparaţie cu Dumnezeu, Care e cauza făcătoare şi stăpânitoare a tuturor şi din care răsare afecţiunea oamenilor întreolaltă şi iertarea greşelilor celor ce ne-au greşit”<a name="_ftnref14" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn14"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[14]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>14: <strong>ca să vestesc toate laudele Tale</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>în porţile fiicei Sionului;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>veseli-mă-voi de mântuirea Ta!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„<em>Porţile fiicei Sionului</em>, în contrast cu <em>porţile morţii</em>. Prin <em>Sion</em> se înţelege Ierusalimul, cetatea care era socotită drept mama locuitorilor ei; aşadar <em>fiicele Sionului </em>= poporul Ierusalimului. De reţinut: nu se spune <em>la porţile</em>, ci <em>în porţile</em>, adică în interiorul cetăţii, acolo unde laudele aduse cu glas mare Domnului răscumpără tăcerea din Şeol”<a name="_ftnref15" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn15"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[15]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Cuvântul numeşte <em>porţi ale morţii</em> pe cele ale păcatului, care duc la moarte şi pierzanie, precum dimpotrivă, prin <em>porţile Sionului</em>, indică faptele bune”<a name="_ftnref16" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn16"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[16]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>15: <strong>Căzut-au păgânii în groapa pe care-au făcut-o;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>în cursa aceasta pe care au ascuns-o s-a prins piciorul lor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Grecescul <strong>ethni</strong> (de la <strong>ethnos</strong>) se traduce fie prin <em>neamuri</em>, fie prin <em>păgâni</em>, în funcţie de context. Al doilea înţeles era: <em>ne-evrei</em>, adică toţi cei de alt neam decât fiii lui Avraam. Pavel a fost numit <em>apostolul neamurilor</em>, adică al păgânilor”<a name="_ftnref17" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn17"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[17]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>16: <strong>Cunoscut e Domnul când face judecată,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>pe păcătos îl prinde în faptele mâinilor lui.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>17: <strong>În iad întoarcă-se păcătoşii, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>toate neamurile care-L uită pe Dumnezeu!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„<em>Întoarcă-se păcătoşii în iad</em> ce este altceva dacă nu hotărârea din urmă şi osânda cea veşnică?”<a name="_ftnref18" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn18"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[18]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span><em>Cunoscut e Domnul când face judecată</em> ar arăta că toţi L-au cunoscut pe Domnul, chiar şi înainte de venirea Mântuitorului, dar L-au uitat apoi, abătându-se la slujirea idolatră: „Negreşit L-au uitat pe Acela de Care îşi aminteau mai înainte; pe Acela pe Care-L cunoşteau înainte de a-L uita, pe Acela L-au părăsit. Era deci şi la neamuri o cunoaştere obscură despre Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref19" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn19"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[19]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>18: <strong>Că nu până-n sfârşit va fi uitat sărmanul,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>răbdarea săracilor în veac nu va pieri.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Scriptura nu laudă nicăieri sărăcia pur şi simplu, ci sărăcia în răutate, sau sărăcia asumată conştient, pentru dobândirea altor bunătăţi, netrecătoare.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>19: <strong>Scoală-Te, Doamne, să nu se întărească omul, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>păgânii să fie judecaţi în faţa Ta;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span>Scoală-Te</span></em><span>: „Atanasie îl interpretează referitor la întruparea Domnului”<a name="_ftnref20" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn20"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[20]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Omul, fiinţă orgolioasă, mai ales prin necredinţă”<a name="_ftnref21" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn21"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[21]</span></span></span></span></a>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>20: <strong>pune, Doamne, legiuitor peste ei,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ca să cunoască păgânii că oameni sunt.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Păgânul, necredinciosul lipsit de evlavie şi bun simţ, pierde măsura şi nu-şi dă seama de limitele lui”<a name="_ftnref22" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn22"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[22]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„După Atanasie, profetul cere să vină mai curând ziua chemării neamurilor”<a name="_ftnref23" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn23"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[23]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>21: <strong>De ce, Doamne, stai Tu departe?</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>De ce ne treci cu vederea la vreme de necaz?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Dar Cel ce era despărţit de noi prin legea firii, considerat de toţi ceilalţi prin proprietatea şi superioritatea Sa de altă fire şi de neapropiat, S-a făcut ca noi când a suportat deşertarea de bună voie pentru noi”<a name="_ftnref24" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn24"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[24]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>22: <strong>Când se trufeşte necredinciosul, săracul se aţâţă;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ei se prind în sfaturile pe care le ticluiesc.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Trufia nelegiuitului îl poate face pe cel năpăstuit să-şi piardă şi el măsura şi să păcătuiască prin mânie”<a name="_ftnref25" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn25"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[25]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>Astfel, un păcat al nostru stârnind şi păcatele altora, la judecată va fi privit după toate roadele pe care le-a adus în istorie.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>23: <strong>Că se laudă păcătosul cu poftele sufletului său, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>iar nedreptul pe sine se blagosloveşte.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>E o tentaţie pentru om să fie îngăduitor cu sine şi să-şi justifice căderile.<span>  </span>„Răul e socotit bine, păcătosul se laudă cu nelegiuirea sa (Chiril al Alexandriei)”<a name="_ftnref26" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn26"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[26]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>24: <strong>Păcătosul Îl întărâtă pe Domnul;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Acesta nu-l va căuta după mulţimea mâniei Sale:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>În faţa lui nu este Dumnezeu.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>E punctul de vedere al păcătosului care, tocindu-şi orice simţ lăuntric, crede adesea că nu e văzut de Dumnezeu sau, simplu, se comportă ca şi când Acela n-ar fi.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>25: <strong>Spurcate sunt căile lui în toată vremea.</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>De la faţa lui lepădate sunt judecăţile Tale,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>(el crede) că peste toţi duşmanii lui va stăpâni;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>26: <strong>că a zis în inima lui: „Nu mă voi clătina,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>nu-mi va fi mie rău cât va fi lumea”.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>E un mod al păcătosului de a-şi alunga neliniştile proclamând, cu totul arbitrar, că nu-l poate ajunge nici un rău. Desigur, va afla în curând că s-a înşelat.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>27: <strong>Gura lui e plină de blestem, de amăreală şi vicleşug;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>sub limba lui, osteneală şi durere.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>28: <strong>Cu cei bogaţi el stă la pândă într-ascuns</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ca să-l ucidă pe cel nevinovat,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ochii lui stau ţintă spre cel sărac;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>29: <strong>din ascunziş pândeşte ca leul din culcuşul său,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>pândeşte ca să-l apuce pe cel sărac,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>pe sărac îl pândeşte ca să-l tragă la el.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Nu pare a fi aici vorba despre vreun om, fie acesta chiar cel mai păcătos, ci credem că e vorba despre duhurile răutăţii, care-l pândesc pe sărac, adică pe omul sărăcit în urma căderii, „şi nu ne pândeşte ziua, ci pe când se coboară noaptea”<a name="_ftnref27" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn27"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[27]</span></span></span></span></a>. Cu alte cuvinte, atunci când suntem mai slabi (mai depărtaţi de Dumnezeu), va veni atacul.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>30: <strong>În laţul său se va smeri, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>se va pleca şi va cădea când îl va stăpâni pe cel sărman.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Diavolul a alcătuit lui Hristos, drept cursă, moartea. Dar a fost umilit în însăşi cursa lui. Căci s-a nimicit moartea în moartea lui Hristos şi s-a desfiinţat tiranul care nu se aştepta să cadă”<a name="_ftnref28" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn28"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[28]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>31: <strong>Că a zis în inima lui: „Dumnezeu a uitat,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Şi-a întors faţa, ca pân-la urmă să nu mă vadă…”.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Dorind să nu fie văzut de Dumnezeu, păcătosul ajunge chiar la a crede că se poate ascunde; sporind în perversitate, va nega cu totul existenţa lui Dumnezeu. Într-un fel, are dreptate: păcătosul, îndepărtându-se de Dumnezeu, sfârşeşte în a vieţui ca şi cum Acela n-ar exista.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>32: <strong>Scoală-Te, Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, înalţă-se mâna Ta,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>nu-i uita pe săracii Tăi până în sfârşit!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Pare o rugăciune ce anticipează Învierea.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>33: <strong>De ce L-a întărâtat necredinciosul pe Dumnezeu?</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Pentru că a zis în inima lui: „Nu, El nu va cerceta!…”.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>Pare vizată <em>nepocăinţa până la moarte</em>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>34: <strong>Vezi, pentru că Tu înţelegi ca osteneala şi mânia</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>să le iei în mâinile Tale; </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>că Ţie Ţi s-a încredinţat<span>  </span>sărmanul,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>orfanului Tu i-ai fost ajutor.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span><em>Cel sărac, orfanului</em>: „folosirea singularului arată că <span>Dumnezeu are grijă de fiecare ca şi cum ar fi unic (Origen)”<a name="_ftnref29" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn29"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[29]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>35: <strong>Zdrobeşte braţul celui păcătos şi rău;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>păcatul său va fi căutat şi nu se va afla.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span>Nu se va afla</span></em><span>: „a fost interpretat în două feluri: păcatul nu va fi găsit pentru că totul va fi purificat (Origen) sau păcătosul va fi dat pieirii (Ieronim, Augustin)”<a name="_ftnref30" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn30"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[30]</span></span></span></span></a>. Susţinem a doua variantă, prima fiind vădit apocatastazistă.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>36: <strong>Împărăţi-va Domnul în veac şi în veacul veacului,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>voi, păgânilor, pieriţi din pământul Său!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>E anticipată biruinţa Bisericii sau, mai degrabă, Biserica triumfătoare.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>37: <strong>Dorinţa sărmanilor ai auzit-o, Doamne,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>auzul Tău a luat aminte la râvna inimii lor</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Biserica din neamuri s-a declarat gata îndată pentru dragostea fierbinte, pentru că mărturiseşte aceasta şi dumnezeiescul David, zicând despre turma cea din neamuri aceste versete”<a name="_ftnref31" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn31"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[31]</span></span></span></span></a>. Astfel, prin <em>păgânii sortiţi să piară din pământul sfânt</em> vom înţelege pe cei ce-L vor respinge pe Hristos.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>38: <strong>spre judecarea orfanului şi sărmanului,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>ca să nu se mai mândrească omul pe pământ.</span></strong></p>
<p><span>E implorată dreptatea divină în toate aceste versete, dar, în surdină, e şi o anticipare a instaurării dreptăţii absolute în Împărăţia lui Dumnezeu.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a> SEP 4/I, p. 57</p>
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<description><![CDATA[PSALMUL 8 &#8211; Pentru sfârşit: un psalm al lui David privitor la teascurile de vin.              ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>PSALMUL 8 &#8211; <em>Pentru sfârşit: un psalm al lui David privitor la teascurile de vin.</em></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span><span>            </span></span></em></strong><span>„Pornind de la contemplarea celor create, omul îşi înalţă gândul la măreţia Creatorului. La această măreţie e făcut părtaş şi omul, fiindcă Dumnezeu se pleacă spre el şi îi poartă de grijă şi lui i-a supus întreaga creaţie (cf. Facerea 1, 28; 9, 1-3)”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span><span>            </span></span></em></strong><span>„Cuvintele introductive: La începutul textului i se indică dirijorului că psalmul trebuie cântat <em>după ghittith </em>(<strong>al-haghittit</strong><a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>). Acest termen obscur, de natură muzicală sau literară, pare să provină din aceeaşi rădăcină triconsonantică (<strong>g-t-t</strong>) ca şi cuvântul <strong>gat</strong> – <em>teasc</em>. De aceea, expresia mai sus amintită a fost tradusă în </span><span>Septuaginta ca <strong>υπερ των ληνων </strong>(<em>pe teascuri</em>), iar în Biblia 1688 <em>pentru teascuri</em>”<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span><span>            </span></span></em></strong><span>„Titlul acestui psalm nu acoperă conţinutul, deoarece nicicum nu e vorba de teascuri. Aşadar, el este un simbol profetic asupra Bisericii: aşa cum prin treier grâul se separă de pleavă şi cum prin tescuire se separă vinul de ciorchine, tot astfel în Biserica luptătoare se aleg cei buni de cei ce rămân prea mult legaţi de lume (Fericitul Augustin)”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>Sau, „<em>pentru teascuri</em> vrea să însemneze <em>sfârşitul</em>; or, sfârşitul luptelor e desigur iarăşi o biruinţă”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Doamne, Dumnezeul nostru, cât de minunat este numele Tău în tot pământul!</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>Că măreţia Ta s-a înălţat mai presus de ceruri.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Măreţia lui Dumnezeu depăşeşte toată slava creaţiei.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Din gura pruncilor şi a celor ce sug Ţi-ai pregătit laudă,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>din pricina vrăjmaşilor Tăi,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>ca să-i nimiceşti pe duşman şi pe răzbunător.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Primul stih a fost citat de Mântuitorul Hristos cu prilejul Intrării Sale triumfale în Ierusalim, aplicându-l copiilor care-L aclamau (Matei 21, 16).<span>  </span><em>Pe duşman şi pe răzbunător</em>: „literatura rabinică şi Părinţii Bisericii văd aici şi o aluzie la îngerii căzuţi (cf. Facerea 6)”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>Când privesc cerurile, lucrul mâinilor Tale,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>luna şi stelele pe care Tu le-ai întemeiat:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Aceste din urmă cuvinte Îl arată Creator al universului”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>   </span>„Nu avem nici înţelegerea exactă a creaţiei. Şi acesteia nu-i ai decât umbrele şi raţiunea îngroşată din ele, căci nu le vezi acum (raţiunile ei), ci le vei vedea cândva. Dar mult mai presus de acestea este firea neînţeleasă şi necuprinsă, care este mai înaltă decât acestea şi din care sunt toate”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Facerea lumii este numai opera voinţei Lui. Singur El a făcut-o, pentru că singur El este cu adevărat Dumnezeu. Prin simpla Sa voinţă creează şi la simpla Sa voie urmează cele ce se fac”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>. Biblia 1988 are: <em>Când privesc cerurile, lucrul mâinilor Tale, luna şi stelele pe care Tu le-ai întemeiat, îmi zic</em>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>Ce este omul, că-Ţi aminteşti de el?</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>sau fiul omului, că-l cercetezi pe el?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„<em>Omul</em> semnifică prototipul speciei umane (Biblia de Ierusalim îl traduce prin <em>Adam</em>) sau omul ca specie, în timp ce <em>fiul omului</em> (denumire ce nu-i poate fi atribuită lui Adam, de vreme ce el nu s-a născut din alt om) semnifică omul individual. Versetul are ecou în cartea lui Iov (7, 17-18), într-o parafrază din care nu lipseşte ironia”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„<em>Vizita lui </em><span>Dumnezeu e o temă biblică importantă: ea aduce viaţă şi binecuvântare (<em>e. g. </em>Facerea 18), dar poate fi şi pedepsirea celor care se încăpăţânează în păcat. Omul trebuie să vegheze pentru a nu pierde clipa în care e <em>cercetat</em> de Dumnezeu (cf. Luca 19, 44)”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>Micşoratu-l-ai pentru-o clipă mai prejos de îngeri,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>cu slavă şi cu cinste l-ai încununat</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Ebraică: <em>Făcutu-l-ai cu puţin mai prejos decât un zeu</em>. Apostolul Pavel va raporta întregul text din versetele 5 şi 6 la Iisus Hristos, citând însă după Septuaginta (Evrei 2, 6-8), unde sensul temporal <em>pentru scurtă vreme</em> (pe durata întrupării <em>Fiului Omului</em>) e preferat celui spaţial-calitativ din Versiunea Ebraică”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Trimiţându-L pe [Fiul] pe pământ [Tatăl] L-a micşorat cu puţin faţă de îngeri, urmând totuşi să-L încununeze cu slavă şi cinste când Îl va primi din nou la Sine în ceruri”<a name="_ftnref13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a>. Tot de aici, este evident că Hristos nu este înger sau creatură, după cum rezultă destul de limpede şi realitatea celor două firi ale Sale (cea omenească fiind asumată prin întrupare): „Cum va trece El drept înger, de vreme ce a fost micşorat faţă de îngeri?Pentru că este om în măsura în care este trup, şi suflet, şi Fiul Omului. Însă în măsura în care este duhul lui Dumnezeu şi puterea Celui Preaînalt nu poate fi aşezat mai prejos decât îngerii, desigur, ca Dumnezeu şi Fiu al lui Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref14" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn14"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[14]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>şi l-ai pus peste lucrul mâinilor Tale,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>pe toate le-ai pus sub picioarele lui,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Scriptura nu vorbeşte în acest text de Domnul, deşi şi El purta trup, ci de gnostic, de omul desăvârşit, care este mai mic decât îngerii, datorită şi timpului şi îmbrăcămintei”<a name="_ftnref15" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn15"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[15]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>oile şi boii, da, totul,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>chiar şi fiarele câmpului,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>8: <strong>păsările cerului şi peştii mării,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>cele ce străbat cărările mărilor.</span></strong><em><span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Omul a fost zidit ca stăpânitor peste cele create; şi după cădere, într-o măsură, el stăpâneşte peste acestea, deşi adeseori se vede stăpânit de ele. Omul restaurat în Hristos redevine stăpân peste cele create, din voia Împăratului întregii zidiri.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>9: <strong>Doamne, Dumnezeul nostru, cât de minunat este numele Tău în tot pământul!</strong></span></p>
<p><span><span>            </span><em>Tot pământul</em>, sau întreaga zidire, are menirea de a preaslăvi pe Creator.<span>  </span>„Pentru prima dată se întâlneşte în Psalmi refrenul, care, aici, marchează începutul şi sfârşitul, subliniind ideea principală”<a name="_ftnref16" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn16"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[16]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<description><![CDATA[PSALMUL 7 &#8211; Un psalm al lui David, pe care l-a cântat Domnului pentru cuvintele lui Huşai, fiu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>PSALMUL 7 &#8211; <em>Un psalm al lui David, pe care l-a cântat Domnului pentru cuvintele lui Huşai, fiul lui Iemeni.</em></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span> </span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span><span>            </span></span></em></strong><span>„</span><span>Psalmul oscilează între lamentaţia individuală şi jurământul cultual de nevinovăţie de tipul celui prescris în Ieşirea 22, 6-10. Conţine figuri de stil din sfera juridică şi militară, precum şi de vânătoare (<em>leu</em>, <em>groapă</em>)”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span><span>            </span></span></em></strong><span>„Cuvintele introductive: În mod curios, acest psalm nu este definit prin cuvântul <strong>mizmor</strong><a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a><strong> </strong>- <em>psalm</em>, ci printr-un termen obscur, de natură muzicală sau literară, <strong>shiggaion</strong><a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>, derivat, se pare, din rădăcina triconsonantică <strong>sh-g-h</strong> cu sensul de <em>a greşi</em>. Aşadar, în loc de <strong>mizmor ledavid </strong>(<em>psalm al lui David</em>), găsim expresia <strong>shiggaion ledavid</strong><a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a> (<em>shiggaion</em> al lui David). Această inconsecvenţă este ignorată de <span>Septuaginta, care traduce <strong>ψαλμός </strong>(<em>psalm</em>). În ebraică <strong>chush ben-yemini</strong><a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a> poate fi tradus în două feluri: <em>Cuş, fiul lui Iemini</em> şi, mai probabil, <em>Cuş Beniaminitul</em>, adică <em>Cuş din tribul lui Beniamin</em>. Acest personaj enigmatic a fost identificat de unii cu Saul, iar de alţii cu Şimei, cel care l-a blestemat pe David”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Huşai este cel ce a salvat viaţa lui David când acesta se afla în război cu Abesalom, şi tot el i-a vestit regelui moartea fiului său (vezi II Regi 17-18). Totuşi, istoria nu-l numeşte <em>fiul lui Iemeni</em>, ci <em>Huşai Archianul</em>, Iemeni fiind un nume inexistent. Sfântul Ioan Gură de Aur crede că psalmistul i-a dat un nume simbolic: <em>fiul dreptei</em>, după fapta cea dreaptă pe care o săvârşise; exemple asemănătoare în Sfânta Scriptură: Iuda = <em>fiul pierzării</em> (Ioan 17, 12), diavolul = <em>fiul pierzării</em> (II Tesaloniceni 2, 3), omul primitor = <em>fiu al păcii </em>(Luca 10, 6)”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Dacă reuşim să ne folosim de bunele sfaturi ale lui Husai, s-ar putea asigura un temei pentru mulţumirea pe care o aducem lui Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1:<strong> Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, în Tine am nădăjduit,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>mântuieşte-mă de toţi cei ce mă prigonesc şi izbăveşte-mă,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>ca nu cumva ei asemenea unui leu să-mi răpească sufletul,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>nefiind cel ce mântuieşte şi nici cel ce izbăveşte.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„În legătură cu dubla folosire a celor două verbe, <em>a mântui</em> şi <em>a izbăvi</em>: Omul se poate mântui şi prin puterea lăuntrică a propriei sale credinţe (Luca 7, 50; Matei 8, 13), dar pentru izbăvire (eliberare din robie) are nevoie de cineva din afară care să-l răscumpere. Psalmistul se roagă să fie mântuit de duşmanii săi de acum, din această viaţă, şi izbăvit de cei ce în ceasul morţii sale, la pragul trecerii în viaţa de dincolo – diavolii şi propriile sale păcate – se vor repezi, asemenea unui leu, să-i răpească sufletul. Aşadar, o lectură posibilă: Mântuieşte-mă de mulţimea celor ce mă prigonesc şi izbăveşte-mă, pentru ca să nu fiu răpit ca şi cum n-ar exista Cel-Ce-Răscumpără (Sfântul Ioan Hrisostom)”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3:<span>  </span><strong>Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, dac-am făcut eu aceasta,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>dacă-n mâinile mele e cumva nedreptate,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>dac-am răsplătit cu rău celor ce mi-au făcut mie rău,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>atunci gol să cad eu din faţa vrăjmaşilor mei;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Textul Masoretic: <em>Dac-am răsplătit cu rău celor ce mi-au făcut bine</em>”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>. Septuaginta merge mai departe, anticipând preceptele evanghelice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5:<strong> vrăjmaşul să-mi prigonească sufletul şi să-l prindă, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>viaţa în lut să mi-o calce</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>şi slava să mi-o culce-n ţărână!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„<em>Să cad din partea vrăjmaşilor mei deşert. </em>Ce este: <em>Să cad</em>? Până când stă cineva, are putere să se împotrivească vrăjmaşului său: loveşte şi e lovit, biruieşte şi e biruit; căci încă stă. Iar de va ajunge să cadă, nu mai poate, zăcând jos, să lupte cu vrăjmaşul său. Dar ne rugăm nu numai să nu cădem din partea vrăjmaşilor noştri, ci să nu cădem deşerţi. <em>Deşert</em> este a nu mai avea în sine ceva bun, ca să se mai poată scula. Căci cel ce se scoală, poate să se îngrijească iarăşi de sine şi poate să intre iarăşi în luptă”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Sufletul păcătosului, care trăieşte după trup şi-i amestecat cu plăcerile trupului, se tăvăleşte în patimile trupului ca într-o mocirlă, iar vrăjmaşul calcă în picioare sufletul lui, îl murdăreşte şi mai mult şi caută să-l îngroape; se suie pe cel căzut, îl calcă la pământ cu picioarele, cu alte cuvinte calcă în trup viaţa celui ce a alunecat în păcat. Sfinţii, avându-şi vieţuirea în ceruri şi punându-şi faptele lor bune în vistieriile cele veşnice, au slava lor în ceruri; slava oamenilor pământeşti, însă, şi a celor ce trăiesc după trup se sălăşluieşte, spune Scriptura, în ţărână”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>Scoală-Te, Doamne, întru mânia Ta,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>înalţă-Te pân-la hotarele duşmanilor mei;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>scoală-Te, Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, cu porunca pe care ai poruncit-o,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><em><span>Porunca pe care ai poruncit-o</span></em><span>: „</span><span>Textul Masoretic are <em>Tu ai poruncit judecata</em>. Theodor al Mopsuestiei parafrazează: Fă Tu însuţi ce ai poruncit: ia apărarea celor asupriţi”<a name="_ftnref13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Profetul se roagă sau ca taina învierii Domnului să lucreze la nimicirea păcatului oamenilor, sau se roagă pentru înălţarea pe cruce a Domnului, care avea să se săvârşească după ce răutatea duşmanilor avea să se urce până la cea mai înaltă limită. […] Cuvintele acestea se pot referi la taina învierii Domnului. Profetul se roagă să se scoale Judecătorul, ca să pedepsească orice păcat, ca să se desăvârşească poruncile date nouă mai înainte”<a name="_ftnref14" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn14"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[14]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>şi adunare de popoare Te va înconjura,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>şi de dragul lor în înălţime Te vei întoarce.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Pentru adunarea care Te înconjoară, pe care ai dobândit-o prin pogorârea cea după har şi prin întruparea Ta, întoarce-Te la înălţimea slavei, pe care o aveai înainte de a fi lumea”<a name="_ftnref15" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn15"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[15]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>8: <strong>Domnul va judeca popoarele;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>Doamne, judecă-mă după dreptatea mea</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>şi după nerăutatea de deasupra mea.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Verbul <em>a judeca</em> are în Sfânta Scriptură mai multe înţelesuri: <em>a face dreptate</em>, <em>a pedepsi</em>, <em>a cerceta</em>, <em>a examina</em> (după anumite criterii), <em>a cumpăni</em>, <em>a cataloga</em>. În cazul de faţă, el înseamnă <em>a cerceta</em> circumstanţele prin care unui iudeu, unui elen sau unui scit, de exemplu, i se poate atribui o vină mai mare sau mai mică”<a name="_ftnref16" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn16"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[16]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Psalmistul cere o judecată conformă cu neputinţele sale; însă dreptatea la care se poate ridica omul e cea a lui Dumnezeu făcut om. „Căci e măsurat după Dumnezeu modul dreptăţii omeneşti, oarecum fiind mai presus adică de cea a sfinţilor îngeri şi întrecând cu mult măsura noastră”<a name="_ftnref17" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn17"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[17]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>9: <strong>Isprăvească-se răutatea păcătoşilor,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>iar Tu îl vei călăuzi pe cel drept,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>Tu, Cel ce pătrunzi inimile şi rărunchii, Dumnezeule!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„În sens biblic, inima este locaşul simţămintelor nobile, în timp ce rărunchii (măruntaiele) sunt sediul pasiunilor carnale”<a name="_ftnref18" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn18"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[18]</span></span></span></span></a>. Dar, acestora din urmă, se poate robi şi <em>inima</em>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Scriptura, în multe locuri, socoate inima conducător al sufletului şi, tot aşa, în multe locuri, socoate rărunchii partea pasională a sufletului”<a name="_ftnref19" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn19"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[19]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Dumnezeu nu priveşte faţa din afară a celor zise sau făcute de noi, ci stările sufletelor şi scopul pentru care facem ceva din cele văzute, sau zicem ceva din cele cugetate, precum cei ce se deosebesc de cei ce vorbesc sau fac ceva, prin înţelegerea lor, văd mai bine înţelesurile cuvintelor şi sfârşiturile lucrurilor şi-şi fac judecăţi fără greşeală despre ele”<a name="_ftnref20" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn20"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[20]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Dracii nu cunosc inimile noastre, cum socot unii dintre oameni. Căci singurul cunoscător al inimii este Cel ce ştie mintea oamenilor şi a zidit inimile lor, pe fiecare deosebit. Dar ei cunosc multe din mişcările inimii, pe baza cuvântului rostit şi a mişcărilor văzute ale trupului”<a name="_ftnref21" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn21"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[21]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>10: <strong>Drept e ajutorul meu de la Dumnezeu,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>Cel ce-i mântuieşte pe cei drepţi la inimă!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„<em>Drept la inimă</em> este cel care n-are mintea pornită spre exagerare, nici spre micşorare, ci se îndreaptă spre calea de mijloc a virtuţii”<a name="_ftnref22" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn22"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[22]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>11: <strong>Dumnezeu, judecător drept şi tare şi îndelung-răbdător,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>mânia nu Şi-o aduce-n fiecare zi.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Sunt subliniate atât dreptatea, cât şi îndelunga răbdare a lui Dumnezeu.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>12: <strong>Dacă nu vă veţi întoarce, El sabia Şi-o va face să lucească,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>arcul Şi l-a încordat şi l-a pregătit</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Dumnezeul <em>arcaş </em>apare şi în Iov 16, 12-14. Unele versiuni au trecut <em>armele</em> pe seama păcătosului”<a name="_ftnref23" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn23"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[23]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Dumnezeu nu ameninţă îndată cu lovituri, cu răni şi cu moarte, ci, cu sclipiri de arme, îi pregăteşte oarecum pentru apărare. Nu muşchii sunt cei ce încordează arcul lui Dumnezeu, ci puterea Lui pedepsitoare, care este când întinsă, când destinsă. Cuvintele acestea îl ameninţă pe păcătos că, dacă va stărui în păcat, îi sunt pregătite cele ce îl vor trimite la pedeapsă”<a name="_ftnref24" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn24"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[24]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>   </span>Dar nici nu trebuie să vedem neapărat o ameninţare aici, ci o făgăduinţă: „Căci Hristos S-a războit pentru noi cu <em>mână tare</em>. Şi a surpat începătorii, a biruit puteri, a surpat domnii şi pe cei de pe pământ, care erau prizonieri, i-a eliberat”<a name="_ftnref25" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn25"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[25]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>13: <strong>şi-n el a gătit unelte de moarte,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>săgeţile Lui sunt gata pentru cei ce ard în mânie:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Pentru Vasile cel Mare, săgeţile lui Dumnezeu sunt îndreptate împotriva celor care primesc în ei săgeţile aprinse ale Vrăjmaşului şi ard de patimi trupeşti”<a name="_ftnref26" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn26"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[26]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Deci, oricine e obişnuit să cugete înţelept se va feri să jignească în vreo privinţă pe Bunul Dumnezeu. Căci faptul de a nu adăuga îndată celor ce greşesc împotriva Sa ameninţarea mâniei nu-L face mai blând. Este bun, întrucât nu-Şi arată în fiecare zi mânia, dar, dacă nu ne vom întoarce, va face, precum s-a scris, să lucească sabia Lui şi va încorda arcul Său împotriva noastră, gătind uneltele morţii noastre, adică tot felul de nenorociri dureroase şi de nesuportat”<a name="_ftnref27" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn27"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[27]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>14: <strong>Iată, s-a chinuit să nască nedreptate,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>a zămislit durere, a născut nelegiuire;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Aici subiectul e subînţeles: omul rău. Verbele predicative sunt preluate din actul naşterii, dar nu în ordinea lor naturală: a zămisli, a avea dureri, a naşte, ci după o altă logică, pe care Sfântul Ioan Hrisostom o explică: poftele nebuneşti, repezi, provoacă spasme chinuitoare; nestăpânirea gândului rău zămisleşte durere; răutatea aprinsă în inimă naşte nelegiuire”<a name="_ftnref28" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn28"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[28]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Pornirile nesocotite ale desfrânaţilor au fost numite dureri de naştere pentru că se nasc în suflet cu iuţeală şi durere. Cel care n-a ajuns stăpân pe gândurile sale rele în timpul unei astfel de porniri a zămislit durere; iar cel care prin fapte rele a aprins răutatea în inima sa a născut nelegiuire”<a name="_ftnref29" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn29"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[29]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>15: <strong>a deschis o groapă, şi a adâncit-o</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>şi va cădea în groapa pe care a făcut-o;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>E drumul pe care duce păcatul, cu consecinţele sale fireşti.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>16: <strong>durerea lui se va întoarce pe capul său,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>pe creştetul său nedreptatea lui se va coborî.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Sfârşitul omului ce săvârşeşte răutatea e unul pe măsură.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>17: <strong>Lăuda-voi pe Domnul după dreptatea Lui</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>şi voi cânta numele Domnului Celui-Preaînalt.</span></strong></p>
<p><span>Lăudat în alte locuri ca bun, aici e subliniată dreptatea lui Dumnezeu, fără a despărţi dreptatea de bunătatea Sa.</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>PSALMUL 6 &#8211; <em>Pentru sfârşit: un psalm al lui David, printre cântările pentru Octavă.</em></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span> </span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Psalmistul este în acelaşi timp pătruns de teama judecăţii lui </span><span>Dumnezeu şi înflăcărat de iubirea divină. Dorinţa de a se împăca cu Dumnezeu nu rabdă întârziere: el îşi adună puterile şi cheamă în ajutor milostivirea divină (<em>Expositiones </em>la cei şapte psalmi de pocăinţă, atribuite o vreme lui Grigore cel Mare). Tradiţia creştină a grupat laolaltă şapte psalmi pe care i-a numit <em>de pocăinţă</em> (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142)”<a name="_ftnref1" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Cuvintele introductive: La începutul acestui verset i se indică dirijorului că psalmul trebuie cântat <em>după şminit </em>(<strong>al hashminit</strong><a name="_ftnref2" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[2]</span></span></span></span></a>). Acest termen obscur, de natură muzicală sau literară, a fost tradus textual în <span>Septuaginta <strong>υπερ της ογδόης </strong>(<em>pe a opta</em>) şi în Biblia 1688 <em>pentru a opta</em>”<a name="_ftnref3" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[3]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span>            </span>„Fericitul Augustin tâlcuieşte: Octava (într-un fel, ziua a opta) nu poate fi altceva decât veşnicia de după sfârşitul veacurilor. Dacă timpul e repetarea ritmică a celor şapte zile, cea de a opta înseamnă ieşirea din timp, trecerea existenţei dincolo de cronologie”<a name="_ftnref4" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn4"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Grigore al Nyssei (35): Începutul veşniciei este numit <em>ziua a opta</em>, pentru că urmează după timpul ce cade sub simţuri, al cărui ciclu este de şapte. Titlul ne sfătuieşte să nu privim la timpul de faţă, ci la ziua […] când învierea va schimba condiţia firii noastre, când timpul trecător va înceta şi va urma ziua a opta, veşnicia viitoare, care formează în întregime o singură zi, luminată de Soarele dreptăţii, Răsăritul fără de apus”<a name="_ftnref5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>1: <strong>Doamne, nu cu mânia Ta să mă mustri,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>nici cu urgia Ta să mă cerţi.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>„</span></strong><span>Prin mânia şi iuţimea lui Dumnezeu profetul vrea să arate cât va fi de cumplită pedeapsa oamenilor păcătoşi (ştia doar că Dumnezeirea este lipsită de patimă)”<a name="_ftnref6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>2: <strong>Miluieşte-mă, Doamne că sunt neputincios;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>vindecă-mă, Doamne, că oasele mele s-au tulburat,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„În neputinţa limitelor sale, omul ştie că nu se poate salva prin el însuşi şi că are nevoie de ajutorul lui Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Care oase ale proorocului s-au tulburat? Se vede că armonia sufletului şi statornicia cugetului s-au zguduit şi vindecarea pe care o cere o exprimă prin liniştirea oaselor lui”<a name="_ftnref8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>3: <strong>şi sufletul mi s-a tulburat foarte;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>dar Tu, Doamne, până când?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Sensul: Până când zăboveşti a-mi veni în ajutor?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>4: <strong>Întoarce-Te spre mine, Doamne, izbăveşte-mi sufletul,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>de dragul milei Tale mântuieşte-mă.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Dreptatea lui Dumnezeu nu exclude mila.<span>  </span>„<em>Întoarce-Te, Doamne</em>: chemare frecventă în Biblie, ca şi cum <span>Dumnezeu, mâniat, s-ar fi îndepărtat de om. Unii Părinţi interpretează pornind de la altă rugăciune, tot atât de frecventă: <em>Întoarce-mă şi mă voi întoarce</em> (în Ieremia şi în Psalmi), însemnând că, în convertire, primul impuls vine de la Dumnezeu. De exemplu, Augustin explică acest verset: Fă-mă să mă întorc: </span>[…]<span> sufletul acesta nu a atins încă rugăciunea desăvârşită despre care este scris: <em>Mai înainte ca ei să fi sfârşit vorba, Eu voi zice: Iată-Mă</em> (Isaia 65, 24)”<a name="_ftnref9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>5: <strong>Că nu din moarte Te va pomeni cineva;</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>cine, în iad fiind, se va mărturisi Ţie?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>„</span></strong><span>Păcatul, a cărui plată este moartea (iadul), nu face altceva decât să-l separe pe om de Dumnezeu şi de lucrarea Duhului Sfânt, aruncându-l în imposibilitatea comunicării şi comuniunii”<a name="_ftnref10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Credinţa în învierea morţilor a apărut târziu în Vechiul Testament (Daniel 12; Cărţile Macabeilor). Până atunci se spunea despre cei morţi că merg în <em>lăcaşul morţilor</em> (ebr. <strong>şeol</strong>; gr. <em>Hades</em>), definit mai mult neutru: acolo nu există nici cunoaştere, nici sentiment, nici răsplată, nici pedeapsă. <span>♦ Părinţii s-au străduit să dea un sens spiritual acestor pasaje. De exemplu, Didim spune că aici e vorba de moartea păcatului, care desparte sufletul de viaţă. ♦ </span>[…]<span> Grigore cel Mare: Dacă nu Te întorci, dacă nu smulgi sufletul meu, mă laşi în întunericul păcatelor, adică în moarte. După cum păcătosul ajunge din moarte în iad, aşa cade, din mulţimea păcatelor, în groapa deznădejdii </span>[…]<span>. ♦ [<em>se va mărturisi</em>]: Ioan Gură de Aur spune: Sunt două feluri de <em>mărturisire</em>: recunoaşterea păcatelor proprii şi recunoaşterea binefacerilor lui Dumnezeu (<em>Ex</em>. <em>Ps</em>.<em> </em>9)”<a name="_ftnref11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>Sensul, aici, e acela al aducerii de mulţumire, nu de mărturisire a păcatelor.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span><span> </span>„Dacă lăsăm să treacă timpul acesta şi suntem smulşi dintr-o dată de aici, nici un<span>  </span>folos nu vom avea de ne vom căi atunci”<a name="_ftnref12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>   </span>„Cel care nu şi-a spălat păcatele în viaţa de aici nu va găsi dincolo nici o mângâiere. Acesta este timpul nevoinţelor, al întrecerilor, al luptelor”<a name="_ftnref13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Nu-i, oare, o mare prostie ca aceia care jelesc moartea trupului să plângă amar, cu toate că ştiu că nu vor învia pe mort cu plânsul lor, iar noi să nu plângem deloc un suflet mort, mai ales când ştim că de multe ori avem nădejde să aducem din nou la viaţă un suflet pierdut?”<a name="_ftnref14" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn14"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[14]</span></span></span></span></a>. Psalmistul „nu vrea să spună că nu ne vom mărturisi în iad, că nu ne vom spune păcatele, ci că vom face asta în zadar”<a name="_ftnref15" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn15"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[15]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>6: <strong>Ostenit-am întru suspinul meu,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>în fiece noapte scălda-voi patul meu,</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span>  </span>în lacrimi aşternutul mi-l voi uda.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Nu te uita la David că a căzut ca să te trândăveşti, ci uită-te câte fapte de virtute a făcut după aceea, câte plângeri şi câtă căinţă prelungită zile şi nopţi n-a arătat, dând drumul la izvoare de lacrimi, spălându-şi patul cu lacrimi şi îmbrăcându-se cu sac, pe lângă toate acestea”<a name="_ftnref16" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn16"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[16]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Cel ce se plânge pe sine nu cunoaşte trândăvia sufletului”<a name="_ftnref17" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn17"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[17]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span>  </span>„Mai existăşi o a şaptea iertare<a name="_ftnref18" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn18"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[18]</span></span></span></span></a>, dură şi încordată, prin pocăinţă, când păcătosul îşi spală <em>aşternutul său în lacrimi</em> […], când nu roşeşte a arăta preotului Domnului păcatul şi a cere leac”<a name="_ftnref19" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn19"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[19]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>7: <strong>Ochiul meu s-a tulburat de supărare, </strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>în mijlocul duşmanilor mei m-am învechit.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Versetele 7-8: „în sens literal, e descrisă suferinţa omului înconjurat de duşmani. Tradiţia creştină o referă însă şi la căinţa pentru păcate (cf. Grigore al Nyssei şi <em>Omilia </em>atribuită lui Macarie)”<a name="_ftnref20" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn20"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[20]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„Mocnind acesta (duhul mâniei) tăinuit în inima noastră şi orbind cu turburări întunecate ochii inimii, nu putem dobândi puterea de-a deosebi cele ce ne sunt de folos, nici pătrunderea conştiinţei duhovniceşti. De asemenea, nu putem păzi desăvârşirea sfatului bun şi nu ne putem face părtaşi vieţii adevărate, iar mintea noastră nu va ajunge în stare să privească lumina dumnezeiască”<a name="_ftnref21" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn21"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[21]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>8: <strong>Îndepărtaţi-vă de mine voi, meşteri ai fărădelegii,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>căci auzit-a Domnul glasul plângerii mele;</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-align:justify;"><span>Iarăşi se referă la duhurile diavoleşti; nu sunt excluşi, însă, nici oamenii care fac voia acelora.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>9: <strong>Domnul mi-a auzit ruga,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span>Domnul mi-a primit rugăciunea.</span></strong><em><span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„În acest verset sunt folosite două cuvinte înrudite, dar cu înţelesuri specifice: în primul stih, <strong>deisis<em> </em></strong>= rugă de mijlocire pentru alţii (cuvânt ce a dat numele icoanei <em>Deisis</em>, a Dreptului Judecător Care ascultă ruga Maicii Domnului pentru omenire); în cel de-al doilea, <strong>prosevhe</strong> = rugăciune în general, personală”<a name="_ftnref22" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn22"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[22]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>10: <strong>Să se ruşineze şi foarte să se tulbure toţi vrăjmaşii mei,</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span><span> </span>acum, degrab să dea înapoi copleşiţi de ruşine!</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><span>„În efortul general de a oferi o interpretare spirituală chemărilor la răzbunare, Grigore cel Mare explică: De ar roşi [cerând iertare], la fel ca mine, toţi cei care au fost creaţi după chipul şi asemănarea lui Dumnezeu </span><span>[…]<span>. Sufletul nobil nu respinge umilirea când a păcătuit </span>[…]<span>. Şi să se întoarcă la Dumnezeu foarte repede, căci Dumnezeu va veni în toiul nopţii, ca un fur (II Petru 3, 10)”<a name="_ftnref23" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn23"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[23]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span>„Nu se roagă împotriva celor ce uneltesc să-l păgubească în avutul lui, sau a celor ce-i tăgăduiesc miezuina (răzorul) ţarinii, sau a celor ce pun la cale vreun rău pe seama trupului său, ci a celor ce uneltesc împotriva sufletului său. Iar uneltirea împotriva sufletului nu e altceva decât voinţa de a-l înstrăina de Dumnezeu”<a name="_ftnref24" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftn24"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[24]</span></span></span></span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn5" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref5"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[5]</span></span></span></span></a> SEP 4/I, p. 51</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn6" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref6"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[6]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur, <em>Despre căinţă</em>, II, 4</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn7" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref7"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[7]</span></span></span></span></a> BBVA, p. 624</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn8" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref8"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[8]</span></span></span></span></a> Origen, <em>Convorbirile cu Heraclide</em></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn9" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref9"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[9]</span></span></span></span></a> SEP 4/I, p. 51</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn10" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref10"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[10]</span></span></span></span></a> BBVA, p. 624</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn11" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref11"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[11]</span></span></span></span></a> SEP 4/I, pp. 51-52</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn12" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref12"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[12]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur, <em>Omilii la Facere</em>, XLIII, 1</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn13" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref13"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[13]</span></span></span></span></a> <span>Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur</span>, <em>Omilii la </em>Facere, V, 2</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn14" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref14"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[14]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur, <em>Cuvânt de sfătuire către Teodor cel căzut</em>, 3</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn15" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref15"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[15]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur, <em>Cuvântări de laudă la Sfinţi</em>, <em>E primejdios lucru…</em>, III</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn16" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref16"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[16]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur, <em>Omilii la Matei</em>, XXVI, 8</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn17" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref17"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[17]</span></span></span></span></a> Sf. Ioan Scărarul, <em>Scara</em>, XIII, 9</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn18" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref18"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[18]</span></span></span></span></a> Iertarea păcatelor se dobândeşte, conform acestui cuvânt, pe şapte căi, dintre care primele şase sunt: 1) prin botez; 2) primirea martiriului; 3) prinmiluire; 4) prin iertarea celorlalţi; 5) prin întoarcerea unui păcătos de la rău; 6) prin prisos de iubire.</p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn20" href="/Ioan/Comentarii%20la%20VT/VT.doc#_ftnref20"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[20]</span></span></span></span></a> SEP 4/I, p. 52</p>
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