{"id":7222,"date":"2023-03-31T06:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=7222"},"modified":"2024-08-02T22:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T22:16:29","slug":"the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-within-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2023\/03\/the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-within-you\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201e\u00cemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia cerurilor este \u00eenl\u0103untrul vostru\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00cen luna aprilie, seara duhovniceasc\u0103 a avut ca subiect un alt cuv\u00e2nt al M\u00e2ntuitorului, \u201e\u00cemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia cerurilor este \u00eenl\u0103untrul vostru\u201d (Luca 17, 21). Seara duhovniceasc\u0103 \u0219i-a propus s\u0103 eviden\u021bieze faptul c\u0103 felul \u00een care suntem crea\u021bi (\u201edup\u0103 chipul \u0219i asem\u0103narea lui Dumnezeu\u201d (Facerea 1, 26-27), \u00een fapt, dup\u0103 chipul \u0219i asem\u0103narea lui Mesia-Hristos) este \u00een deplin\u0103 armonie cu \u00eenv\u0103\u021b\u0103turile Evangheliei, Evanghelie care ne arat\u0103 chipul lui Hristos, cum este El.<\/p>

Evanghelia este ad\u00e2ncul nostru. Noi ne descoperim cu adev\u0103rat doar \u00eemplinind Evanghelia. Lucrarea m\u00e2ntuirii noastre este at\u00e2t din exteriorul nostru, str\u0103duindu-ne s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndim virtu\u021bi, de exemplu, dar \u0219i din interiorul nostru, pentru c\u0103 lucr\u00e2nd Evanghelia, iese la suprafa\u021b\u0103 adev\u0103rata noastr\u0103 fire, de fii ai lui Dumnezeu dup\u0103 har (cf. Ioan 1, 12).<\/p>

S\u0103m\u00e2n\u021ba de mu\u0219tar.<\/strong> \u201eO alt\u0103 pild\u0103 le-a pus \u00eenainte, zic\u00e2nd: \u00cemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia cerurilor este asemenea gr\u0103untelui de mu\u0219tar, pe care, lu\u00e2ndu-l, omul l-a sem\u0103nat \u00een \u021barina sa, \u0219i care este mai mic dec\u00e2t toate semin\u021bele, dar c\u00e2nd a crescut este mai mare dec\u00e2t toate legumele \u0219i se face pom, \u00eenc\u00e2t vin p\u0103s\u0103rile cerului \u0219i se s\u0103l\u0103\u0219luiesc \u00een ramurile lui\u201d (Matei 13, 31-32). Aceasta este realitatea pe care M\u00e2ntuitorul ne-o spune, c\u0103 exist\u0103 un gr\u0103unte de mu\u0219tar \u00een noi, mai \u00eent\u00e2i prin crea\u021bie, apoi, cu at\u00e2t mai mult, prin lucrarea pe care El a f\u0103cut-o \u00een noi atunci c\u00e2nd ne-am botezat. \u0218i vedem \u00eenc\u0103 de la Facere acest gr\u0103unte de mu\u0219tar: \u201eAtunci, lu\u00e2nd Domnul Dumnezeu \u021b\u0103r\u00e2n\u0103 din p\u0103m\u00e2nt, a f\u0103cut pe om \u0219i a suflat \u00een fa\u021ba lui suflare de via\u021b\u0103 \u0219i s-a f\u0103cut omul fiin\u021b\u0103 vie\u201d (Facerea 2, 7). Sfin\u021bii P\u0103rin\u021bi spun c\u0103 prin aceast\u0103 \u201esuflare\u201d Dumnezeu a s\u0103dit \u00een om nu numai sufletul ra\u021bional, \u00eenrudit cu Dumnezeu, ci \u0219i harul S\u0103u. \u201eHarul este nedesp\u0103r\u021bit de fiin\u021ba lui Dumnezeu\u201d (Sf. Grigorie Palama). El este o rela\u021bie, o leg\u0103tur\u0103 nemijlocit\u0103 \u00eentre om \u0219i Dumnezeu. Iar harul este particular fiec\u0103rui om, \u00een sensul c\u0103 fiecare om are felul s\u0103u de a p\u0103stra aceast\u0103 rela\u021bie cu Dumnezeu. Astfel, omul este l\u0103sat s\u0103 creasc\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103 dospeasc\u0103 acest har prin rela\u021bie cu Dumnezeu. Gr\u0103untele de mu\u0219tar este dat omului de la crea\u021bie \u0219i este mic, aproape c\u0103 nici nu se vede, \u00eens\u0103 este extraordinar de plin de vitalitate (cre\u0219te pom mare). Ei bine, el are un proces de cre\u0219tere, de graduare, de dezvoltare, iar partea noastr\u0103 este s\u0103-i asigur\u0103m condi\u021biile de cre\u0219tere, adic\u0103, s\u0103 \u00eemplinim Evanghelia. Noi suntem crea\u021bi dup\u0103 chipul lui Hristos \u0219i cre\u0219tem \u201egr\u0103untele\u201d prin comportament hristic, comport\u00e2ndu-ne ca Hristos, adic\u0103 \u00eemplinind Evanghelia. A\u0219adar, \u201eGr\u0103untele de mu\u0219tar este Domnul sem\u0103nat prin credin\u021b\u0103 \u00een duh \u00een inimile celor care-L primesc \u0219i \u00cel cultiv\u0103 cu grij\u0103 prin virtu\u021bi\u201d (Sf. Maxim M\u0103rturisitorul).<\/p>

Comoara din \u021barin\u0103.<\/strong> \u201eAsemenea este \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia cerurilor cu o comoar\u0103 ascuns\u0103 \u00een \u021barin\u0103, pe care, g\u0103sind-o un om, a ascuns-o, \u0219i de bucuria ei se duce \u0219i vinde tot ce are \u0219i cump\u0103r\u0103 \u021barina aceea\u201d (Matei 13, 44). \u00cen aceast\u0103 parabol\u0103 avem toate ingredientele pentru a descoperi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia lui Dumnezeu. Vedem mai \u00eent\u00e2i c\u0103 ea este ascuns\u0103 \u0219i c\u0103 omul, descoperind-o, o ascunde la r\u00e2ndul s\u0103u. Adic\u0103 totul este tainic, discret, a\u0219a cum \u00cei place M\u00e2ntuitorului. Apoi, \u201evinde totul\u201d, adic\u0103 pune Evanghelia pe primul loc, pentru c\u0103 ea doar \u00een acest fel rode\u0219te. Doar c\u00e2nd punem via\u021ba duhovniceasc\u0103 pe primul loc putem \u00eenflori, rodi. Atunci se face \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia lui Dumnezeu sim\u021bit\u0103 \u00een noi. A\u0219a cum spune Sf\u00e2ntul Sofronie: \u201eC\u00e2nd poruncile Sale se fac legea, singura lege a fiin\u021b\u0103rii noastre, atunci toat\u0103 alc\u0103tuirea vie\u021bii noastre se schimb\u0103.\u201d<\/p>

Gr\u0103dinarul.<\/strong> \u201eA\u0219a este \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia lui Dumnezeu, ca un om care arunc\u0103 s\u0103m\u00e2n\u021ba \u00een p\u0103m\u00e2nt, \u0219i doarme \u0219i se scoal\u0103, noaptea \u0219i ziua, \u0219i s\u0103m\u00e2n\u021ba r\u0103sare \u0219i cre\u0219te, cum nu \u0219tie el. P\u0103m\u00e2ntul rode\u0219te de la sine: mai \u00eent\u00e2i pai, apoi spic, dup\u0103 aceea gr\u00e2u deplin \u00een spic. Iar c\u00e2nd rodul se coace, \u00eendat\u0103 trimite secera, c\u0103 a sosit seceri\u0219ul\u201d (Marcu 4, 26-29). Aceast\u0103 parabol\u0103 ne arat\u0103 c\u0103 \u00eencep\u00e2nd s\u0103 tr\u0103im Evanghelia, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u0219tim noi, ne facem dup\u0103 chipul lui Hristos. El ia chip \u00een noi.<\/p>

Aluatul.<\/strong> \u201eAsemenea este \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u021bia cerurilor aluatului pe care, lu\u00e2ndu-l, o femeie l-a ascuns \u00een trei m\u0103suri de f\u0103in\u0103, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce s-a dospit toat\u0103\u201d (Matei 13, 33). Pilda aceast\u0103 arat\u0103 cel mai bine \u201elucrarea\u201d harului: sfin\u021birea, transfigurarea materiei. \u00cens\u0103, pentru ca aluatul s\u0103 dospeasc\u0103 trebuie s\u0103 existe condi\u021biile necesare, adic\u0103 \u00eemplinirea Evangheliei.<\/p>

Pilda talan\u021bilor.<\/strong> P\u0103rintele Arsenie Papacioc spune c\u0103 \u201etalan\u021bii\u201d sunt toate prilejurile pe care le avem pentru a ne lucra m\u00e2ntuirea \u0219i vom fi tra\u0219i la r\u0103spundere pentru c\u0103 nu le-am folosit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The theme of April\u2019s spiritual evening was another saying of our Lord: \u201cThe Kingdom of Heaven is within you\u201d (Luke 17:21). The spiritual evening aimed to show how the model by which we were created (\u201caccording to God\u2019s image and likeness\u201d (Genesis 1:26-27), in fact, according to the image and likeness of the Messiah-Christ) is […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-7222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-mar-apr-23","tag-exploring-your-faith","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7263,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222\/revisions\/7263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}