{"id":1268,"date":"2012-01-05T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T11:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monergism.ro\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2012-01-05T13:35:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T11:35:54","slug":"charles-spurgeon-nu-va-puteti-regenera-prin-propria-putere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monergism.ro\/index.php\/2012\/01\/charles-spurgeon-nu-va-puteti-regenera-prin-propria-putere\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Spurgeon – Nu v\u0103 pute\u0163i regenera prin propria putere!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Dup\u0103 cum<\/span> un smoch<\/span>in nu poate s\u0103 fac\u0103 m\u0103sline, tot a\u015fa este imposibil pentru un om ne<\/span>m\u00e2ntuit<\/span> <\/span>s\u0103 produc\u0103 roadele <\/span>d<\/span>rept\u0103\u0163i<\/span>i.<\/span> O astfel de misiune este peste puterile sale.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eTrebuie s\u0103 te na\u015fti din nou\u201d.<\/em><\/span> Dac\u0103 nu te-ai n\u0103scut din nou, nu e\u015fti un adev\u0103rat cre\u015ftin, nici nu po\u0163i produce <\/span>roadele<\/span> primite de la Dumnezeu. S\u0103 ne imagin\u0103m c\u0103 ne afl\u0103m \u00een sudul Fran\u0163ei \u015fi c\u0103 st\u0103m l<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ng\u0103 un frumos smochin. Am vrea tocmai s\u0103-l facem s\u0103 produc\u0103 m\u0103sline \u015fi ne imagin\u0103m c\u0103 acest smochin ar fi gata s\u0103 fac\u0103 acest lucru. Cum s\u0103 ne apuc\u0103m de treab\u0103? <\/span>\u00ce<\/span>n primul r<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd s\u0103 lipim pe copac o etichet\u0103 pe care scrie: \u201eM\u0103slin\u201d. Apoi, s\u0103 a\u015ftept\u0103m p<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>n\u0103 la sezonul urm\u0103tor. \u015ei iat\u0103 c\u0103 atunci ab<\/span>i<\/span>a, pe acest copac vom g\u0103si frunze de smochin \u015fi smochine, nimic altceva. Denumindu<\/span>-l<\/span> m\u0103slin, noi n-am schimbat <\/span>cu<\/span> nimic natura lucrurilor. Acela\u015fi lucru se petrece \u015fi cu oamenii. Dac\u0103 numim pe cineva copil al lui Dumnezeu, nu \u00eenseamn\u0103 c\u0103 el este \u00eentr-adev\u0103r un copil al lui Dumnezeu. Nu \u00ee<\/span>nseamn\u0103 c\u0103 dac\u0103 punem<\/span> <\/span>eticheta<\/span> de cre\u015ftin pe c<\/span>in<\/span>eva, omul \u00ee\u015fi va schimba automat \u015fi natura s<\/span>a rea. De m<\/span>ul<\/span>te ori, oamenii<\/span> s<\/span>u<\/span>nt denumi\u0163i cre\u015ftini <\/span>pentru si<\/span>mplul fapt <\/span>c\u0103 s-au n\u0103scut<\/span> \u00eentr<\/span>–<\/span>o \u0163ar\u0103 cre<\/span>\u015ftin\u0103. Dar<\/span> mul\u0163i di<\/span>ntr<\/span>e ace\u015ftia n-au intrat \u00een via\u0163a lor \u00eentr-un l\u0103ca\u015f de rug\u0103ciune, al\u0163ii se \u00eembat\u0103 zilnic, at<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>\u0163ia nici nu cred m\u0103car \u00een existen\u0163a lui Dumnezeu.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ce<\/span>n alt\u0103 ordine de idei, s\u0103 ne g<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ndim la altceva. Deoarece schimb<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd numele smochinului, n-am rezolva problema, s\u0103 \u00eencerc\u0103m s\u0103-i schimb\u0103m forma, f\u0103c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ndu-<\/span>l<\/span> s\u0103 arate ca un m\u0103slin. Ceea ce nu va fi deloc u\u015for, deoarece un m\u0103slin nu seam\u0103n<\/span>\u0103<\/span> de<\/span>l<\/span>oc cu un smochin. Totu\u015fi, cu ajutorul unui topora\u015f, un briceag, ni\u015fte foarfec<\/span>i<\/span> s\u0103 ne str\u0103duim s\u0103 facem smochinul s\u0103 arate ca un m\u0103slin. <\/span>\u00ce<\/span>ns\u0103, <\/span>\u00een<\/span> sezonul viitor, acela\u015f<\/span>i<\/span> rezultat: c\u0103ut<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd printre ramuri, sper<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd s\u0103 g\u0103sim m\u0103sline, nu le vom g\u0103si. Chiar dac\u0103 am ciuntit copacul, poate vom g\u0103si ici \u015fi colo c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>te o <\/span>smochin\u0103, dar m\u0103sline niciodat\u0103. <\/span>\u00ce<\/span>n cazul nostru, ori<\/span>c\u00e2t<\/span> ne-am str\u0103dui s\u0103-i educ\u0103m pe copiii no\u015ftri s\u0103 fie cinsti\u0163i, devota\u0163i, prieteno\u015fi \u015fi a\u015fa mai departe, poate chiar s\u0103 izbutim <\/span>s\u0103 ob\u0163inem ca<\/span> unii dintre ei s\u0103 <\/span>par\u0103 <\/span>ca <\/span>fiind <\/span>tineri cre\u015ftini; dar dac\u0103 harul lui Dumnezeu nu le-a f\u0103cut s\u0103 fie o nou\u0103 creatur\u0103 \u00een Isus Hristos, toat\u0103 educa\u0163ia, or<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nduirea, \u00eendreptarea \u015fi \u00eendrumarea noastr\u0103 i-ar l\u0103sa nem<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ntui\u0163i \u015fi \u00een zadar vom c\u0103uta la ei dup\u0103<\/span> \u201erodul Duhului\u201d.<\/span><\/em> Exist\u0103 ceva peste puterile noastre, \u00een ciuda eforturilor noastre, de a-i face pe ace\u015fti copii s\u0103 arate ca ni\u015fte adev\u0103ra\u0163i cre\u015ftini. Este nevoie ca acolo, \u00een inima lor, s\u0103 existe un proces divin, o schimbare complet\u0103 a naturii care poate fi f\u0103cut\u0103 numai de c\u0103tre Duhul Sf<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pe c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd m\u0103 aflam \u00een sudul Fran\u0163ei, la Menton, am remarcat de multe ori c\u0103 oamenii care lucrau acolo \u00een livezile de m\u0103slini, obi\u015fnuiau s\u0103 sape un mic \u015fan\u0163 \u00een jurul copacilor, pe care \u00eel umpleau cu c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>rpe. Era un soi ciudat de \u00eengr\u0103\u015f\u0103m<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nt pentru ace\u015fti pomi. S\u0103 proced\u0103m \u015fi noi la fel: s\u0103 trat\u0103m m\u0103slinul nostru dup\u0103 acela\u015fi procedeu, apoi s\u0103 a\u015ftept\u0103m rezultatul. <\/span>P\u00e2<\/span>n\u0103 la urm\u0103, vom descoperi c\u0103 ne<\/span>–<\/span>am irosit timpul \u015fi munca degeaba. <\/span>\u00ce<\/span>n sf<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>r\u015fit, \u00een cazul nostru, s\u0103 \u00eencerc\u0103m s\u0103 ne trat\u0103m copiii ca \u015fi cum ei ar fi adev\u0103ra\u0163i cre\u015ftini, hr\u0103nindu-i cu acea hran\u0103 divin\u0103 care \u00eenc\u0103 nu le-a p\u0103truns \u00een suflet. La fel toate eforturile vor fi \u00een zadar, c\u0103ci nu le vom putea schimba firea, neput<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ndu-i transforma din copiii lui Adam \u00een copiii lui Dumnezeu. Vom face mult bi<\/span>ne<\/span> rug<\/span>\u00e2ndu-L<\/span> pe Dumnezeu <\/span>s<\/span>\u0103 fac\u0103 ceea ce noi nu putem face \u015fi s\u0103-i \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103m pe cei nem<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ntu<\/span>i\u0163i, tineri \u015fi b\u0103tr<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ni, s\u0103 spun\u0103:<\/span> \u201eZide\u015fte \u00een mine o inim\u0103 curat\u0103, Dumnezeule, pune <\/span><\/em>\u00ee<\/span><\/em>n mine un duh nou \u015fi statornic\u201d <\/span><\/em>(Psalmul 51:10)<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Acum s\u0103 \u00eenconjur\u0103m smochinul nostru cu m\u0103slini, s\u0103 vedem c<\/span>e<\/span> urmeaz\u0103. Smochinul va r\u0103m<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ne singur \u00eentre m\u0103slini, \u015fi c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd va veni timpul <\/span>l<\/span>ui, ramurile sale vor fi \u00eenc\u0103rcate cu smochine. Ce va face un om ne\u00eentors la Dumnezeu \u00een mijlocul unor adev\u0103ra\u0163i cre\u015ftini? El nu se va sim\u0163i \u00een largul s\u0103u, \u00eei va lipsi ceva. El s-ar sim\u0163i mai bine la un local de noapte, sau acas\u0103 <\/span>l<\/span>a el, citind o carte sau un ziar. Poate <\/span>c\u0103<\/span> so\u0163ia lui este o adev\u0103rat\u0103 cre\u015ftin\u0103, totu\u015fi acest lucru nu este suficient pentru a-<\/span>l face \u015fi pe el un cre\u015ftin. Omul poate avea o fiic\u0103, \u015fi ea o bun\u0103 cre\u015ftin\u0103, care-l invit\u0103 s\u0103 vin\u0103 la Biseric\u0103 sper\u00e2nd c\u0103 astfel \u00eel va ajuta. Adev\u0103rul este c\u0103 nu e de ajuns s\u0103 ai o so\u0163ie sau o fiic\u0103 cre\u015ftine, at\u00e2ta vreme c\u00e2t natura ta nu este schimbat\u0103 de c\u0103tre Duhul Sf\u00e2nt. Trebuie s\u0103 v\u0103 repet mesajul lui Pavel <\/span>c\u0103tre temnicerul din Filipi:<\/span> \u201eCrede \u00een Domnul Isus, \u015fi vei fi m\u00e2ntuit tu \u015fi casa ta\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Faptele Apostolilor 16:31).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Acum, s\u0103 presupunem c\u0103 ducem un smochin pe v<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>rful unui deal, ca de pild\u0103 pe Dealul M\u0103slinilor, \u015fi-<\/span>l<\/span> plant\u0103m acolo. \u015ei acolo el va r\u0103m<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>ne totu\u015fi un smochin, ca atare, va produce tot smochine. Deci, chiar dac\u0103 Dumnezeu ar fi ridicat un neconvertit p<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>n\u0103 \u00een culmea raiului, acesta va fi r\u0103mas un neconvertit chiar \u015fi acolo. O simpl\u0103 schimbare de loc nu l-ar face s\u0103 intre <\/span>\u00een<\/span> gra\u0163iile lui Dumnezeu, \u00een afar\u0103 de cazul c<\/span>\u0103 s<\/span>-ar na\u015fte din nou. El ar fi ca omul f\u0103r\u0103 haine de nunt\u0103 din pilda lui Hristos, c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd \u00eemp\u0103ratul <\/span>a zis slujitorilor s\u0103i:<\/span> \u201eLega\u0163i-i m<\/span><\/em>\u00e2<\/span><\/em>inile \u015fi picioarele, \u015fi lua\u0163i-l \u015fi arunca\u0163i-l \u00een \u00eentunericul de afar\u0103; acolo va fi pl<\/span><\/em>\u00e2<\/span><\/em>nsul \u015fi scr<\/span><\/em>\u00e2<\/span><\/em>\u015fnirea din\u0163ilor\u201d<\/span><\/em> (Matei 22: 13).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Probabil cineva ar \u00eentreba: \u201eDar ce \u00eenseamn\u0103 \u00een fond s\u0103 te na\u015fti din nou?\u201d Aceasta nu \u00eenseamn\u0103 numai o schimbare a aspectului exterior, nici abandonarea p\u0103catelor \u015fi a dorin\u0163elor de a poseda anumite virtu\u0163i. Ci este aici vorba de lucrare m\u0103rea\u0163\u0103, o ie\u015fire complet\u0103 \u00een afara existen\u0163ei tale. Dumnezeu creeaz\u0103 un om cu totul nou. Oricine \u00eel \u00eembr\u0103\u0163i\u015feaz\u0103 pe Isus reprezint\u0103 o nou\u0103 crea\u0163ie \u00een care omul cel vechi cu apuc\u0103turile lui au disp\u0103rut.<\/span><\/p>\n

Un altul ar \u00eentreba: \u201eDar poate fi \u00eendeplinit\u0103 o astfel de transformare? Pentru mine, a\u015fa ceva ar fi un lucru demn de glorie\u201d. Da, Duhul Atotputernic poate \u00eendeplini aceast\u0103 transformare. Dac\u0103 a\u0163i fost meni\u0163i s\u0103 v\u0103 afla\u0163i sub gloria dumnezeiasc\u0103, acest fapt trebuie \u00eendeplinit \u00een f\u0103ptura voastr\u0103. Aminti\u0163i- <\/span>v\u0103 cuvintele lui Isus:<\/span> \u201eDac\u0103 nu v\u0103 ve\u0163i \u00eentoarce la Dumnezeu \u015fi nu v\u0103 ve\u0163i face ca ni\u015fte copila\u015fi, cu niciun chip nu ve\u0163i intra \u00een \u00cemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia Cerurilor\u201d <\/span><\/em>(Matei 18:3).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cineva, mul\u0163umit de sine, ar putea s\u0103 spun\u0103: \u201eEu m\u0103 <\/span>simt suficien<\/span>t de<\/span> bun\u201d. <\/span>Simp<\/span>lul fapt <\/span>c\u0103 el declar\u0103 <\/span>a<\/span>c<\/span>est <\/span>lu<\/span>cru este dovada cea mai <\/span>bu<\/span>n\u0103 c\u0103 <\/span>nu este<\/span> <\/span>sufic<\/span>i<\/span>ent de <\/span>bun<\/span>. V\u0103 aminti\u0163i de cei care, \u00een timpul vie\u0163ii <\/span>l<\/span>ui Hristos pe p\u0103m<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nt, se considerau suficient <\/span>de buni? Hristos le-a spus:<\/span> \u201eDac\u0103 neprih\u0103nirea voastr\u0103 nu va \u00eentrece neprih\u0103nirea c\u0103rturarilor \u015fi a <\/span><\/em>f<\/span><\/em>ariseilor, cu niciun chip nu ve\u0163i mira \u00een \u00cemp\u0103r\u0103<\/span><\/em>\u0163ia <\/span><\/em>C<\/span><\/em>erurilor\u201d <\/span><\/em>(Matei 5: 20)<\/span>.<\/span><\/em> Cel n\u0103scut din nou recunoa\u015fte cu am\u0103r\u0103ciune \u015fi umilin\u0163\u0103 c\u0103 bun\u0103tatea lui nu i se datore<\/span>az\u0103<\/span> lui personal, ci numai lui <\/span>Dumnezeu.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Altul poate spune: \u201eDac\u0103 acest fapt este adev\u0103rat, nu mai pot avea nicio speran\u0163\u0103\u201d. Asta \u015fi vreau ca s\u0103 sim\u0163i\u0163i, pentru a v\u0103 \u00eendep\u0103rta privirea de la propria voastr\u0103 persoan\u0103 \u015fi a privi numai <\/span>\u00eenspre<\/span> Isus. Nu v\u0103 pute\u0163i regenera prin propria voastr\u0103 <\/span>putere<\/span>. Aceast\u0103 lucrare poate fi dus\u0103 la \u00eendeplinire numai de c\u0103tre o for\u0163\u0103 divin\u0103. Deci, s<\/span>u<\/span>nte\u0163i obliga\u0163i s\u0103 depinde\u0163i \u00een mod absolut de mila lui Dumnezeu. <\/span>Dac\u0103 E<\/span>l <\/span>v-ar <\/span>l\u0103s<\/span>a<\/span> singuri, <\/span>a<\/span>\u0163i fi pierdu\u0163i. Iubirea Lui <\/span>\u00ce<\/span>l face s\u0103 intervin\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 v\u0103 salveze. Deci, dac\u0103 El, \u00een bun\u0103tatea sa infinit\u0103 v\u0103 z<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>mbe\u015fte \u015fi v\u0103 face s\u0103 v\u0103 na\u015fte\u0163i din nou \u00een Isus Hristos, se cuvine ca voi s\u0103-i mul\u0163umi\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103-l l\u0103uda\u0163i de-a pururi. Tocmai la acest punct de vedere vreau s\u0103 v\u0103 aduc. Trebuie s\u0103 admite\u0163i c\u0103 numai prin <\/span>harul<\/span> lui Dumnezeu a\u0163i fost izb\u0103vi\u0163i.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apoi, mai aud pe altul: \u201eO, a\u015f vrea s\u0103 m\u0103 nasc din nou!\u201d Aceast\u0103 exclamare, dac\u0103 este sincer\u0103, dovede\u015fte c\u0103 omul se afl\u0103 deja\"\"<\/a> <\/span>aproape<\/span> de na\u015ftere<\/span>a<\/span> din nou. Exact a\u015fa a fost \u015fi m\u0103rturia <\/span>lu<\/span>i Hristos <\/span>despre Saul din Tars:<\/span> \u201eC\u0103ci iat\u0103, el se roag\u0103\u201d <\/span><\/em>(Fapt<\/span>ele<\/span> Ap<\/span>ostolilor<\/span> 9:11)<\/span>.<\/span><\/em> Faptul c\u0103 s-a rugat lui Dumnezeu a dovedit c\u0103 <\/span>Saul<\/span> a \u015fi scos primul strig\u0103t de copil nou<\/span>–<\/span>n\u0103scut al lui Dumnezeu. Aminti\u0163i-v\u0103 acel text pe care Dumnezeu mi <\/span>l<\/span>-a <\/span>dat<\/span> cu ocazia <\/span>conver<\/span>tirii<\/span> mele, acum c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>\u0163iva ani:<\/span> \u201e<\/span><\/em>\u00ce<\/span><\/em>ntoarce\u0163i-v\u0103 la Mine, \u015fi ve\u0163i fi m<\/span><\/em>\u00e2<\/span><\/em>ntui\u0163i to\u0163i cei ce s<\/span><\/em>u<\/span><\/em>nte\u0163i la marginile p\u0103m<\/span><\/em>\u00e2<\/span><\/em>ntului! C\u0103ci Eu s<\/span><\/em>u<\/span><\/em>nt Dumnezeu, \u015fi <\/span><\/em>nu altul\u201d <\/span><\/em>(Isaia 15:22)<\/span>.<\/span><\/em> Credin\u0163a \u00een Hristos este unul din semnele \u015fi dovezile unei noi vie\u0163i \u00een sufletul vostru. Face\u0163i la fel ca mine, \u015fi via\u0163a voastr\u0103 va lua o alt\u0103 \u00eentors\u0103tur\u0103.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sf<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>r\u015fitul crea\u0163iei este \u00eenceputul Creatorului. Atunci c<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>nd ve\u0163i recunoa\u015fte c\u0103 nu v\u0103 pute\u0163i <\/span>m\u00e2ntui <\/span>singuri, \u015fi-<\/span>l<\/span> ruga\u0163i pe El s-o fac\u0103, <\/span>Dumnezeu<\/span> o va face. Arunca\u0163i-v\u0103 la picioarele Lui f\u0103r\u0103 \u00eent<\/span>\u00e2<\/span>rziere, ca apoi, printr-o minune a lui Dumnezeu, smochinul s\u0103 fie transformat \u00eentr-un m\u0103slin roditor, ale c\u0103rui fructe v\u0103 vor face s\u0103 <\/span>experimenta\u0163i<\/span> via\u0163a ve\u015fnic\u0103.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(fragment din predica Smochine \u015fi m\u0103sline<\/em>, publicat\u0103 \u00een volumul \u00centoarcerea<\/strong><\/em>, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Colec\u0163ia Glasul \u00cendrum\u0103torului Cre\u015ftin, Paris, 1981, traducere: Vasile Cojocneanu, foto: DREAMSTIME)<\/span>
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Dup\u0103 cum un smochin nu poate s\u0103 fac\u0103 m\u0103sline, tot a\u015fa este imposibil pentru un om nem\u00e2ntuit s\u0103 produc\u0103 roadele drept\u0103\u0163ii. O astfel de misiune este peste puterile sale. \u201eTrebuie s\u0103 te na\u015fti din nou\u201d. Dac\u0103 nu te-ai n\u0103scut din nou, nu e\u015fti un adev\u0103rat cre\u015ftin, nici nu po\u0163i produce roadele primite de la Dumnezeu. … <\/p>\n

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