{"id":966,"date":"2025-01-05T10:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comorinemuritoare.ro\/bLOGOS\/?p=966"},"modified":"2025-01-03T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T20:56:38","slug":"%e2%80%9epocaiti-va-caci-s-a-apropiat-imparatia-cerurilor%e2%80%9d-mt-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comorinemuritoare.ro\/bLOGOS\/%e2%80%9epocaiti-va-caci-s-a-apropiat-imparatia-cerurilor%e2%80%9d-mt-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201ePoc\u0103i\u0163i-v\u0103, c\u0103ci s-a apropiat \u00cemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia cerurilor\u201d (Mt 3, 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sf-Ioan-B\"<\/a>Ioan Marini<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Glasul celui ce striga alt\u0103dat\u0103 \u00een pustie strig\u0103 \u015fi \u00een pustia nesim\u0163itoare a lumi \u015fi oamenilor de azi: Poc\u0103i\u0163i-v\u0103! Preg\u0103ti\u0163i calea Domnului, drepte face\u0163i c\u0103r\u0103rile Lui\u2026 Face\u0163i fapte vrednice de poc\u0103in\u0163\u0103\u2026 Iat\u0103, c\u0103 securea a \u015fi fost \u00eenfipt\u0103 la r\u0103d\u0103cina pomilor; deci orice pom care nu face road\u0103 bun\u0103 va fi t\u0103iat \u015fi aruncat \u00een foc\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

A sosit iar\u0103\u015fi praznicul Botezului, praznic de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tur\u0103, a\u015fa cum sunt \u015fi trebuie s\u0103 fie toate praznicele sfinte.
\nPraznicul Botezului ne aduce aminte de un lucru pe care nu-l prea lu\u0103m \u00een seam\u0103. Ne aduce aminte de Taina Botezului, de rena\u015fterea cea sufleteasc\u0103, de na\u015fterea din ap\u0103 \u015fi din duh, cu \u00eentrebarea dac\u0103 am r\u0103mas noi \u00een aceast\u0103 rena\u015ftere, dac\u0103 tr\u0103im noi prin \u201eduh\u201d sau am r\u0103mas numai cu \u201eapa\u201d? M\u0103rturise\u015fte oare via\u0163a noastr\u0103 despre botezul prin care am trecut sau aceast\u0103 m\u0103rturie o avem numai \u00een Matricola boteza\u0163ilor? Suntem cre\u015ftini cu fapta sau numai cu numele?
\nC\u0103ci, a fi cre\u015ftin \u00eenseamn\u0103, \u00eenainte de toate, a avea Duh Sf\u00e2nt, a tr\u0103i \u015fi am umbla prin Duhul (Gal 5, 25), aduc\u00e2nd roade de via\u0163\u0103 nou\u0103. \u201eIar roata Duhului este dragostea, bucuria, pacea, \u00eendelunga r\u0103bdare, bun\u0103tatea, facerea de bine, credincio\u015fia\u2026\u201d (Gal 5, 22). Aceste roade sunt singura adeverin\u0163\u0103 despre cre\u015ftin\u0103tatea noastr\u0103.
\nDac\u0103 aceste roade lipsesc, \u00eenseamn\u0103 c\u0103 lipse\u015fte Duhul; iar dac\u0103 n-are cineva Duhul lui Hristos, nu este al Lui (Rom 8, 9).
\nS\u0103 nu uit\u0103m! Botezul este un praznic al Duhul Sf\u00e2nt. Ziua apelor, ziua sfin\u0163irii apelor, cum i se mai spune prin unele locuri, cuprinde \u00een sine un ad\u00e2nc \u00een\u0163eles. Apa, peste tot \u00een Sf\u00e2nta Scriptur\u0103 \u00eenseamn\u0103 \u201eapa cea vie\u201d \u2013 darurile Duhului Sf\u00e2nt. Duhul Sf\u00e2nt este ar\u0103tat peste tot \u00een Biblie ca simbolul \u015fi izvorul \u201eapelor celor vii\u201d prin care odr\u0103sle\u015fte via\u0163a noastr\u0103.
\nRev\u0103rsarea acestor ape peste \u201ep\u0103m\u00e2ntul uscat \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 ap\u0103\u201d al omenirii ne adus-o \u00een lume scumpul nostru M\u00e2ntuitor, prin Care L-am primit pe Duhul Sf\u00e2nt. \u201eIar \u00een ziua de pe urm\u0103 a praznicului, Iisus a stat \u00een mijloc \u015fi a strigat: \u00abDac\u0103 \u00eenseteaz\u0103 cineva, s\u0103 vin\u0103 la Mine \u015fi s\u0103 bea; cine crede \u00een Mine, din inima lui vor curge r\u00e2uri de ap\u0103 vie, cum zice Scriptura\u00bb. Spunea cuvintele acestea despre Duhul, pe Care avea s\u0103-L primeasc\u0103 cei ce vor crede \u00een El\u201d\u2026 (In 7, 37-39).
\nProorocul Isaia, vorbind despre aceste ape, spune: \u201eIat\u0103, voi face ceva nou\u2026 voi da ape \u00een pustie \u015fi r\u00e2uri \u00een locuri secetoase, ca s\u0103 adap pe poporul Meu (Isaia 43, 18-21)\u2026 Voi face s\u0103 izvorasc\u0103 r\u00e2uri pe dealuri \u015fi izvoare \u00een mijlocul v\u0103ilor, voi preface pustia \u00een iaz \u015fi p\u0103m\u00e2ntul uscat \u00een izvoare de ap\u0103 (Isaia 41, 17-20)\u2026 Pustia \u015fi \u0163ara f\u0103r\u0103 ape se vor bucura. Pustietatea se va veseli \u015fi va \u00eenflori ca trandafirul (Isaia 35, 1-2).
\nCu Duhul Sf\u00e2nt a venit \u00een lume via\u0163a. El este \u201eapa cea vie\u201d \u015fi \u201er\u00e2ul\u201d, \u201e\u015euvoiul\u201d care a schimbat \u015fi schimb\u0103 \u201epustia \u00een iaz\u201d, \u201ep\u0103m\u00e2ntul uscat \u00een \u015fuvoaie de ap\u0103\u201d, \u00eenflorind \u201epustietatea ca trandafirul\u201d.
\nAstfel ar trebui s\u0103 fie cre\u015ftin\u0103tatea \u015fi cre\u015ftinii de azi: plini de ar\u0103tarea roadelor \u015fi puterii Duhului Sf\u00e2nt. Dar via\u0163a cre\u015ftin\u0103t\u0103\u0163ii de azi este, cum spunea Sundar Singh: o albie seac\u0103, pentru c\u0103 \u201er\u00e2ul vie\u0163ii\u201d nu curge prin ea, ci numai pe al\u0103turi de ea. Lumea \u015fui cre\u015ftin\u0103tatea de azi este un \u00eentins \u015fi fioros pustiu sufletesc, fiindc\u0103 s-a dep\u0103rtat de \u201eizvorul apelor vii\u201d.
\nSe \u00eempline\u015fte \u015fi azi Cuv\u00e2ntul Domnului care zice: \u201ePoporul Meu a s\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit un \u00eendoit p\u0103cat: M-au p\u0103r\u0103sit pe Mine, Izvorul apelor vii, \u015fi \u015fi-au s\u0103pat f\u00e2nt\u00e2ni sparte, care nu \u0163in ap\u0103 (Ier 2, 13).
\nVia\u0163a cre\u015ftin\u0103t\u0103\u0163ii de azi este ca o cumplit\u0103 \u201eMare Moart\u0103\u201d, ale c\u0103rei ape nu se pot vindeca dec\u00e2t l\u0103s\u00e2nd s\u0103 treac\u0103 printr-\u00eensa apele cele vii ale Duhului Sf\u00e2nt. \u201e\u015ei am v\u0103zut o ap\u0103 curg\u00e2nd din loca\u015ful Domnului. Un om mi-a zis: \u00abTreci apa\u00bb. \u015ei am intrat \u00een ap\u0103 \u015fi apa ajungea p\u00e2n\u0103 la glezne, apoi p\u00e2n\u0103 la genunchi \u015fi pe urm\u0103 s-a f\u0103cut r\u00e2u mare p\u00e2n\u0103 la br\u00e2u. \u015ei omul mi-a zis: \u00abAceasta este apa iert\u0103rii \u015fi aceast\u0103 ap\u0103 va intra \u00een Marea Moart\u0103 \u015fi, v\u0103rs\u00e2ndu-se \u00een mare, apele ei se vor vindeca\u2026 \u015fi se va \u00eens\u0103n\u0103to\u015fi \u015fi va tr\u0103i to\u0163i cei peste care va curge r\u00e2ul\u2026 \u015ei pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 acest r\u00e2u vor cre\u015fte tot felul de pomi roditori \u015fi nu se va sf\u00e2r\u015fi rodul lor, pentru c\u0103 apele care-i ud\u0103 din cele sfinte ies\u00bb\u201d (Iezec 47).
\nAcestea sunt apele vii pe care trebuie s\u0103 le l\u0103s\u0103m s\u0103 curg\u0103 \u00een \u201eMarea cea Moart\u0103\u201d a vie\u0163ii noastre, pentru ca s\u0103 o vindece \u015fi s\u0103 putem odr\u0103sli roade de fapte bune \u015fi via\u0163a nou\u0103.
\n\u00cen Praznicul Botezului, glasul Domnului strig\u0103 peste ape, gr\u0103ind: \u201eVeni\u0163i de lua\u0163i to\u0163i Duhul \u00een\u0163elepciunii, Duhul \u00een\u0163elegerii, Duhul temerii de Dumnezeu\u201d. Iar acest dar ni se d\u0103 gratuit. Voi, to\u0163i cei \u00eenseta\u0163i, veni\u0163i la ape, chiar \u015fi cel ce n-are bani. Veni\u0163i s\u0103 cump\u0103ra\u0163i bucate, veni\u0163i s\u0103 cump\u0103ra\u0163i vin \u015fi lapte f\u0103r\u0103 bani \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 plat\u0103 (Isaia 55).
\nNumai c\u00e2nd ne vom ad\u0103pa cu adev\u0103rat din aceste ape vom putea tr\u0103i o via\u0163\u0103 nou\u0103 \u015fi numai c\u00e2nd aceste ape vor cuprinde \u015fi \u201e\u00eeneca\u201d via\u0163a noastr\u0103 vom ar\u0103ta \u00een lume roadele Duhului de la Galateni 5, 22-23.<\/p>\n

(Misionarul Vie\u0163ii Cre\u015ftine nr. 1-2 \/ 1940)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ioan Marini Glasul celui ce striga alt\u0103dat\u0103 \u00een pustie strig\u0103 \u015fi \u00een pustia nesim\u0163itoare a lumi \u015fi oamenilor de azi: Poc\u0103i\u0163i-v\u0103! Preg\u0103ti\u0163i calea Domnului, drepte face\u0163i c\u0103r\u0103rile Lui\u2026 Face\u0163i fapte vrednice de poc\u0103in\u0163\u0103\u2026 Iat\u0103, c\u0103 securea a \u015fi fost \u00eenfipt\u0103 la r\u0103d\u0103cina pomilor; deci orice pom care nu face road\u0103 bun\u0103 va fi t\u0103iat \u015fi <\/p>\n

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