HEALING THE BLIND FROM BIRTH
By: Valdemir Mota de Menezes
John chapter 9, verses 1-12
Wondered why this man was born blind. Jesus was said to manifest the glory of God. There was a popular belief that people could sin in the womb of his mother and as a punishment could be born with a disability. Is also explicit in the Bible doctrine of hereditary curses, ie punishment that falls in the descendants of that offended God. Suffer the sorrows of this world, first because our ancestor Adam and Eve sinned and were born with the inclination to sin. Another point of discussion of this passage is not always healing and miracles is a sign of good faith. Many people are seeking for in witchcraft and magic, supernatural interverencias because often "response is faster."
1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.
4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes,
7 saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”
10 But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.”
12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
mardi 28 janvier 2014
ROMAN EMPEROR HEALED A BLIND
ROMAN EMPEROR HEALED A BLIND
BY: Valdemir Mota de Menezes
The text which I reproduce below, shows that supernatural interventions, and superhuman are common in all religions and beliefs. See that the ruthless and depraved emperor Vespasian Rome healed a blind man. Often the only cure is a matter of faith, positive thinking. Jesus often healed and said, "Are not I healed you, your faith has saved you." Other manifestations are divine powers and other demons. Each case must be examined in all its fullness for us to make a correct judgment.
Tacitus, Histories 4.81
In the months during which Vespasian was waiting at Alexandria for the periodical return of the summer gales and settled weather at sea, many wonders occurred which seemed to point him out as the object of the favor of heaven and of the partiality of the Gods. One of the common people of Alexandria, well-known for his blindness, threw himself at the Emperor's knees, and implored him with groans to heal his infirmity. This he did by the advice of the God Serapis, whom this nation, devoted as it is to many superstitions, worships more than any other divinity. He begged Vespasian that he would deign to moisten his cheeks and eye-balls with his spittle. Another with a diseased hand, at the counsel of the same God, prayed that the limb might feel the print of a Cæsar's foot. At first Vespasian ridiculed and repulsed them. They persisted; and he, though on the one hand he feared the scandal of a fruitless attempt, yet, on the other, was induced by the entreaties of the men and by the language of his flatterers to hope for success. At last he ordered that the opinion of physicians should be taken, as to whether such blindness and infirmity were within the reach of human skill. They discussed the matter from different points of view. "In the one case," they said, "the faculty of sight was not wholly destroyed, and might return, if the obstacles were removed; in the other case, the limb, which had fallen into a diseased condition might be restored, if a healing influence were applied; such, perhaps, might be the pleasure of the Gods, and the Emperor might be chosen to be the minister of the divine will; at any rate, all the glory of a successful remedy would be Cæsar's, while the ridicule of failure would fall on the sufferers." And so Vespasian, supposing that all things were possible to his good fortune, and that nothing was any longer past belief, with a joyful countenance, amid the intense expectation of the multitude of bystanders, accomplished what was required. The hand was instantly restored to its use, and the light of day again shone upon the blind. Persons actually present attest both facts, even now when nothing is to be gained by falsehood.
BY: Valdemir Mota de Menezes
The text which I reproduce below, shows that supernatural interventions, and superhuman are common in all religions and beliefs. See that the ruthless and depraved emperor Vespasian Rome healed a blind man. Often the only cure is a matter of faith, positive thinking. Jesus often healed and said, "Are not I healed you, your faith has saved you." Other manifestations are divine powers and other demons. Each case must be examined in all its fullness for us to make a correct judgment.
Tacitus, Histories 4.81
In the months during which Vespasian was waiting at Alexandria for the periodical return of the summer gales and settled weather at sea, many wonders occurred which seemed to point him out as the object of the favor of heaven and of the partiality of the Gods. One of the common people of Alexandria, well-known for his blindness, threw himself at the Emperor's knees, and implored him with groans to heal his infirmity. This he did by the advice of the God Serapis, whom this nation, devoted as it is to many superstitions, worships more than any other divinity. He begged Vespasian that he would deign to moisten his cheeks and eye-balls with his spittle. Another with a diseased hand, at the counsel of the same God, prayed that the limb might feel the print of a Cæsar's foot. At first Vespasian ridiculed and repulsed them. They persisted; and he, though on the one hand he feared the scandal of a fruitless attempt, yet, on the other, was induced by the entreaties of the men and by the language of his flatterers to hope for success. At last he ordered that the opinion of physicians should be taken, as to whether such blindness and infirmity were within the reach of human skill. They discussed the matter from different points of view. "In the one case," they said, "the faculty of sight was not wholly destroyed, and might return, if the obstacles were removed; in the other case, the limb, which had fallen into a diseased condition might be restored, if a healing influence were applied; such, perhaps, might be the pleasure of the Gods, and the Emperor might be chosen to be the minister of the divine will; at any rate, all the glory of a successful remedy would be Cæsar's, while the ridicule of failure would fall on the sufferers." And so Vespasian, supposing that all things were possible to his good fortune, and that nothing was any longer past belief, with a joyful countenance, amid the intense expectation of the multitude of bystanders, accomplished what was required. The hand was instantly restored to its use, and the light of day again shone upon the blind. Persons actually present attest both facts, even now when nothing is to be gained by falsehood.
mardi 21 janvier 2014
IRMÃO RUBENS - QUEM ELE É? - ESCRIBA VALDEMIR
IRMÃO RUBENS - QUEM ELE É? - ESCRIBA VALDEMIR
Valdemir Mota de Menezes
Conheço o Rubens pela internt e já assisti varios videos dele. Algumas coisas eu concordo como o conceito que ele ensina sobre a origem do Natal, e de Papai Noel. Mas também há algumas coisas que não concordo. Ele critica a Bíblia por ter divisões de capítulos e versiculos, que somente foi elaborado pelo ano 400 d.C. por Jerônimo. Rubens acha que isso foi ilegitimo e que atrapalha no entendimento da Bíblia. Mas pense como seria estudarmos a Bíblia sem termos capitulos e versiculos como referência???? Concordo com o Rubens quando ele critica algumas traduções bíblica que por colocar palavras inadequadas ou usar como base manuscritos de menor credibilidade e mais recententes acabam alterando a Palavra de Deus. O texto de I João 5.8 nas traduções mais antigas falam do Pai, do Filho e do Espírito Santo como um só, mas as traduções mais modernas não trazem mais este texto. Por quê? Porque este trecho foi acrescentando posteriormente por um escriba. Nos manuscritos mais anitgos não consta esta passagem. Então temos que ter a Bíblia traduzida conforme o texto original. Os ensinos do Irmão Rubens tem que ser analisado caso a caso.
Valdemir Mota de Menezes
Conheço o Rubens pela internt e já assisti varios videos dele. Algumas coisas eu concordo como o conceito que ele ensina sobre a origem do Natal, e de Papai Noel. Mas também há algumas coisas que não concordo. Ele critica a Bíblia por ter divisões de capítulos e versiculos, que somente foi elaborado pelo ano 400 d.C. por Jerônimo. Rubens acha que isso foi ilegitimo e que atrapalha no entendimento da Bíblia. Mas pense como seria estudarmos a Bíblia sem termos capitulos e versiculos como referência???? Concordo com o Rubens quando ele critica algumas traduções bíblica que por colocar palavras inadequadas ou usar como base manuscritos de menor credibilidade e mais recententes acabam alterando a Palavra de Deus. O texto de I João 5.8 nas traduções mais antigas falam do Pai, do Filho e do Espírito Santo como um só, mas as traduções mais modernas não trazem mais este texto. Por quê? Porque este trecho foi acrescentando posteriormente por um escriba. Nos manuscritos mais anitgos não consta esta passagem. Então temos que ter a Bíblia traduzida conforme o texto original. Os ensinos do Irmão Rubens tem que ser analisado caso a caso.
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