លោកប៉ូល
នៅកោះម៉ាល់ត៍
កាលបានរួចជីវិតហើយ,
យើង ដឹងថា, កោះនោះ ឈ្មោះ ម៉ាល់ត៍។ អ្នកកោះនោះ បានទទួលយើង ដោយចិត្តសប្បុរស, រកអ្វីប្រៀបផ្ទឹមពុំបាន។ គេ
អញ្ជើញយើង ទាំងអស់គ្នា មកជុំវិញ ភ្នក់ភ្លើងមួយ យ៉ាងធំ ដែលគេបានដុត,
ដ្បិតពេលនោះ មានភ្លៀងធ្លាក់, ហើយ ធាតុអាកាស ក៏ត្រជាក់ណាស់ផង។ លោកប៉ូល រើសមែកឈើមួយកង មកបោះក្នុងភ្លើង, ស្រាប់តែ មានពស់វែកមួយ លូនចេញមក ដោយកំដៅភ្លើង, ហើយ ចឹកដៃលោកជាប់។ កាលអ្នកកោះនោះ ឃើញពស់ ចឹកដៃលោក
ជាប់ដូច្នេះ ក៏និយាយគ្នា ថា៖ «អ្នកនេះ ពិតជាបានសម្លាប់
គេហើយ, ទោះបីគាត់ ទើបនឹងរួចខ្លួន ពីសមុទ្រនោះ ក៏ដោយ
ក៏ព្រះយុត្តិធម៌ មិនទុកអោយគាត់ នៅរស់រាន មានជីវិតដែរ។» លោកប៉ូល បានរលាស់ពស់នោះ ទម្លាក់ទៅក្នុងភ្លើង, តែលោក ពុំឈឺចុកចាប់អ្វីទេ។ អ្នកកោះនោះ រង់ចាំមើល លោកប៉ូល ហើមខ្លួន
ឬក៏ត្រូវដាច់ខ្យល់ស្លាប់។ ប៉ុន្តែ ក្រោយពីចាំមើល
អស់រយៈពេល យ៉ាងយូរមក, គេ ឃើញថា គ្មានហេតុអាក្រក់
កើតដល់លោកសោះ, គេ ក៏ដូរគំនិត, ហើយ
បែរជាពោល ថា, លោកប៉ូល ជាព្រះវិញ។
នៅជិតនោះ
មានដីមួយកន្លែង ដែលជាកម្មសិទ្ធិ របស់មេកន្ទ្រាញកោះ ឈ្មោះ ពូព្លាស។ គាត់ បានទទួលយើង អោយស្នាក់នៅ យ៉ាងរាក់ទាក់
ចំនួនបីថ្ងៃ។ ឪពុក របស់លោកពូព្លាស
សម្រាន្ដនៅលើគ្រែ, ព្រោះ គាត់ គ្រុនផង មួលផង។ លោកប៉ូល បានចូលទៅក្នុងផ្ទះគាត់, ហើយ អធិស្ឋាន ដាក់ដៃពីលើ និងប្រោសគាត់ អោយបានជា។ អ្នកជំងឺ ឯទៀតៗ នៅលើកោះ ឃើញគាត់ជាដូច្នេះ, គេ ក៏នាំគ្នាមកដែរ, ហើយ បានជា ទាំងអស់គ្នា។ ពួកគេ បានសំដែង ការគោរព គ្រប់យ៉ាង
ចំពោះយើង។ នៅពេល យើងចេញដំណើរ, ពួកគេ បានជួយឧបត្ថម្ភ នូវអ្វីៗ ដែលយើងត្រូវការ។
លោកប៉ូល
នៅក្រុងរ៉ូម
បីខែក្រោយមក យើង ចុះសំពៅមួយ ឈ្មោះ «ឌីអូស្គួរ» ជាសំពៅ មកពីក្រុង អលេក្សានទ្រា ដែលបានចត នៅកោះនោះ ក្នុងអំឡុងពេល រដូវ រងា។ លុះមកដល់ ក្រុងស៊ីរ៉ាគូស, យើង បានស្នាក់នៅទីនោះ បីថ្ងៃ។ បន្ទាប់មក យើង បានសសៀរ តាមឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ ទៅដល់ ក្រុងរេគាម។ ស្អែកឡើង មានខ្យល់បក់ មកពីទិសខាងត្បូង, ហើយ ក្នុងរវាងតែ ពីរថ្ងៃ, យើង មកដល់ ក្រុងពូទីយ៉ូលី។ នៅក្រុងនោះ យើង បានជួបពួកបងប្អូន; គេ អញ្ជើញយើង អោយស្នាក់នៅជាមួយ អស់រយៈពេល ប្រាំពីរថ្ងៃ។
រីឯ ដំណើរ របស់យើ
ងទៅកាន់ ក្រុងរ៉ូម បានប្រព្រឹត្តដូចតទៅ៖ ពួកបងប្អូននៅ ក្រុងរ៉ូម ដឹងដំណឹងអំពីយើង
ក៏នាំគ្នា ធ្វើដំណើរ រហូតទៅដល់ ផ្សារអាប់ភាស និងភូមិផ្ទះសំណាកបីខ្នង
ដើម្បីទទួលយើង។ កាលលោកប៉ូល ឃើញបងប្អូនទាំងនោះ,
លោក បានអរព្រះគុណ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់, ហើយ មានចិត្តក្លាហាន
ឡើងវិញ។ លុះយើង មកដល់
ក្រុងរ៉ូមហើយ, អាជ្ញាធរ អនុញ្ញាត អោយលោកប៉ូល នៅផ្ទះមួយ តាមបំណងចិត្តលោក, តែគេ ដាក់ទាហានម្នាក់ អោយនៅយាមលោក។
លោកប៉ូល
ប្រកាសព្រះបន្ទូល នៅក្រុងរ៉ូម
បីថ្ងៃក្រោយមក, លោកប៉ូល
អញ្ជើញ អ្នកមុខ អ្នកការ ក្នុងចំណោម ជនជាតិយូដា អោយមកជួបលោក។ លុះគេមកជួបជុំគ្នាហើយ, លោក មានប្រសាសន៍ ទៅគេ ថា៖ «បងប្អូនអើយ,
ខ្ញុំ ពុំបានធ្វើអ្វី ប្រឆាំង នឹងប្រជាជាតិយើង ឬក៏ទាស់ នឹងប្រពៃណី
បុព្វបុរសយើងទេ។ តែគេ បានចាប់ខ្ញុំ
ឃុំឃាំងនៅ ក្រុងយេរូសាឡឹម និងបញ្ជូនខ្ញុំ មកក្នុងកណ្ដាប់ដៃ របស់ជនជាតិរ៉ូម៉ាំង។ កាលពួករ៉ូម៉ាំង សួរចម្លើយខ្ញុំ
រួចរាល់ហើយ, គេ ចង់ដោះលែងខ្ញុំវិញ, ព្រោះ គេ ពុំឃើញខ្ញុំ មានកំហុសអ្វី គួរនឹងមានទោស ដល់ជីវិតនោះឡើយ។ ប៉ុន្តែ ជនជាតិយូដា បាននាំគ្នា
ជំទាស់ ជាហេតុបង្ខំ អោយខ្ញុំសុំឡើងមកដល់ ព្រះចៅអធិរាជ។ រីឯ ខ្ញុំវិញ, ខ្ញុំ គ្មានគោលបំណង
នឹងចោទប្រកាន់ ប្រជាជាតិ របស់ខ្ញុំទេ។ ហេតុនេះហើយ បានជាខ្ញុំ សុំជួប
និងសុំនិយាយ ជាមួយបងប្អូន, ដ្បិតខ្ញុំ ជាប់ចំណង ព្រោះតែ
សេចក្ដីសង្ឃឹម របស់ជនជាតិអ៊ីស្រាអែល។»
អ្នកទាំងនោះ តបវិញ
ថា៖ «យើង
ពុំបានទទួល សំបុត្រអ្វី ពីស្រុកយូដា ស្ដីអំពីលោកឡើយ, ហើយ ក៏គ្មានបងប្អូនណាម្នាក់ មករាយការណ៍ ឬនិយាយអាក្រក់ ពីលោកដែរ។ យើង ចង់ស្ដាប់លោក មានប្រសាសន៍
អំពីគំនិត របស់លោក, ព្រោះយើង ដឹងថា មានគេជំទាស់ នឹងគណៈ
របស់លោក នៅគ្រប់ទីកន្លែង។»
គេ បានណាត់ពេលជួប
លោកប៉ូល ម្ដងទៀត នៅថ្ងៃណាមួយ។ លុះដល់ថ្ងៃនោះហើយ, មានមនុស្សច្រើន
ជាងមុនមកផ្ទះ លោកប៉ូល។ លោក បានវែកញែក
និងធ្វើជាបន្ទាល់ អំពីព្រះរាជ្យ របស់ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ប្រាប់គេ តាំងពី ព្រឹករហូតដល់ល្ងាច
ដោយលើកយក គម្ពីរវិន័យ របស់លោកម៉ូសេ និងគម្ពីរព្យាការី មកពន្យល់ បញ្ជាក់
ប្រាប់គេ អំពីព្រះយេស៊ូ។ មានពួកគេមួយផ្នែក បានជឿពាក្យ ដែលលោក មានប្រសាសន៍, តែមួយផ្នែកទៀត ពុំព្រមជឿទេ។ ដោយពួកគេចាកចេញពី ទីនោះទៅ
ទាំងខ្វែងគំនិតគ្នា, លោកប៉ូល ក៏មានប្រសាសន៍ ទៅគេ ថា៖
«ព្រះវិញ្ញាណដ៏វិសុទ្ធ មានព្រះបន្ទូល មកកាន់បុព្វបុរសយើង តាមរយៈព្យាការី
អេសាយ ពិតជាត្រូវមែន, គឺ ព្រះអង្គ មានព្រះបន្ទូល ថា៖
«“ចូរទៅរកប្រជារាស្ត្រនោះ,
ហើយ ប្រាប់ពួកគេ ថា៖
‘អ្នករាល់គ្នា
ស្ដាប់ឮមែន តែពុំយល់ទេ;
អ្នករាល់គ្នា មើលមែន
តែពុំឃើញទេ។’
ដ្បិតចិត្ត របស់ប្រជារាស្ត្រនេះ
រឹងណាស់;
គេ បាននាំគ្នា
ខ្ទប់ត្រចៀក, ហើយ បិទភ្នែក
ដើម្បី កុំអោយមើលឃើញ,
កុំអោយស្ដាប់ឮ,
និងដើម្បី កុំអោយយល់,
ហើយ ក៏មិនចង់កែប្រែ
ចិត្តគំនិតដែរ
ក្រែងលោយើង ប្រោសគេអោយបានជា។”
«ហេតុនេះ
សូមបងប្អូន ជ្រាបថា, ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ បានប្រទានព្រះបន្ទូល
ស្ដីអំពី ការសង្គ្រោះ របស់ព្រះអង្គ អោយសាសន៍ដទៃវិញ, ព្រោះ គេ មុខជាស្ដាប់មិនខាន!» [កាលលោកប៉ូល មានប្រសាសន៍ ដូច្នេះហើយ, ជនជាតិយូដា ក៏ចេញទៅ ទាំងជជែកគ្នា យ៉ាងខ្លាំងផង។]
លោកប៉ូល
បានស្នាក់នៅផ្ទះ ដែលលោក បានជួលនោះ អស់រយៈពេល ពីរឆ្នាំ,
ហើយ លោក តែងទទួល អស់អ្នក ដែលមកជួបលោក។ លោក បានប្រកាស ព្រះរាជ្យ របស់ព្រះជាម្ចាស់
និងបង្រៀនគេ អំពី ព្រះយេស៊ូគ្រិស្ដ ដោយចិត្តអង់អាច, ហើយ
គ្មានអ្វី មករារាំងលោកឡើយ!
Acts 28
Paul Ashore on Malta
Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2 The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand,
they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he
escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.” 5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6 The
people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after
waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they
changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 There
was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of
the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous
hospitality for three days. 8 His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9 When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10 They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.
Paul’s Arrival at Rome
11 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 13 From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and sisters who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. 15 The brothers and sisters
there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the
Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these
people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. 16 When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard
17 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death. 19 The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar. I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people. 20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
21 They replied, “We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. 22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.”
23 They
arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers
to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning
till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God, and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets he tried to persuade them about Jesus. 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. 25 They
disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this
final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when
he said through Isaiah the prophet:
26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a]
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a]
28 “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!” [29] [b]
30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!
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A former Catholic brother facing charges of sexually abusing dozens of children has fled to Sri Lanka after tardy extradition attempts to bring him back from New Zealand where he had been living, says Fairfax Media.
The paper says former St John of God brother Bernard Kevin McGrath, who had served two years in a New Zealand jail for sexually abusing boys there, had 252 abuse charges laid against him in a Newcastle court on June 27.
It says the 65-year-old is alleged to have repeatedly raped, molested and abused dozens of young boys at church-run institutions in the Newcastle-Maitland diocese during the late 1970s and '80s.
NSW police were meant to extradite McGrath to Australia from New Zealand to face charges, but he was allowed to fly out of New Zealand some time after the charges were lodged, Fairfax said.
McGrath is now on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka, where Australia has no extradition treaty.
A very religious man, Khmer Democrat, lived right next door to an atheist. While
the religious one prayed day in, day out, and was constantly on
his knees in communion with his Lord, the atheist never even
looked twice at a church.
However, the atheist's life was good, he had a well-paying job
and a beautiful wife, and his children were healthy and good-
natured, whereas the pious man's job was strenuous and his
wages were low, his wife was getting fatter every day and his
kids wouldn't give him the time of the day.
So one day, deep in prayer as usual, he raised his eyes
towards heaven and asked:
"Oh God, I honour you every day, I ask your advice for every
problem and confess to you my every sin. Yet my neighbour,
who doesn't even believe in you and certainly never prays,
seems blessed with every happiness, while I go poor and
suffer many an indignity. Why is this?"
And a great voice was heard from above:
"BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BOTHER ME ALL THE TIME!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwhgPjPCpL8&list=PLcmpb476gbOvOWW3LThEDOq0pGvEJBuqZ&index=1&feature=plpp_video
EinsteinThe religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcendpersonal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both thenatural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sensearising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as ameaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any
religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be
Buddhism. (Albert Einstein)It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, alie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in apersonal God and I have never denied this but have expressed itclearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it isthe unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as ourscience can reveal it. (Albert Einstein, 1954) From Albert Einstein:The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman,Princeton University PressScientific research is based on the idea that everything that takesplace is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for theaction of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly beinclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by awish addressed to a Supernatural Being. (Albert Einstein, 1936)Responding to a child who wrote and asked if scientists pray. Source:Albert Einstein: The Human Side, Edited by Helen Dukas and BaneshHoffmannA man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy,education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary.Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fearof punishment and hope of reward after death. (Albert Einstein,"Religion and Science", New York Times Magazine, 9 November 1930I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, orhas a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can Inor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physicaldeath; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish suchthoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life andwith the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the
Man always has answers to his problems, except how to solve them!
If Einstien is right why hasn't the world improved any by now?
It is much safer to stumble and fall on a mountain then to have a mountain fall on you.
Science would be impossible without the creation of things to be found out with a limited earthly mind of human beings. Man has limitation! Show me a man who can create something out of nothing. To be human is to error, and I don't trust Einstein or all the PhDs out there who only are using 10% of their God given brain!
Einstien is an obstinate soul compares to Eliyahu Ben David and many other righteous Jews.
Humanity has been bitten by the poison Serpent. And it is very obvious that their minds are being affected by the poison and death is certain to come upon them all. God has provided the ONLY antidote that can counteract against the Serpent's poison, but man refused to accept the ONLY thing that can heal their souls from eternal damnation.
Many counterfits of remedies are being utulized to no avail. Truely man is a rebel and trangressor of God's perfect antidote. They have chosen anti-life and say, "away with Bible, away with God; we want death!"
Among famous inventors: Lambere,Voltaire,Pascale,Isaac Newton and some more believed in Jesus Christ.The world have used and still using Jesus'birthday date(calender) because the event of JC was outstanding:he was dead on the cross in order to save you and myself BUT has risen and shown to hundreds of people.
Because of fear of the unknown, men created God (s ) in their mind.
Some even use God to take advantage of other men.
Wasn't Jesus Christ a man ?
In the case of the God of Israel, He initiated the contact with the Jewish people. Adonai, the God of Israel manifested his presence in the assembly of the people on Mountain Sinai. In the presence of God the people was terrified to death of his Majesty and Power.
Jesus was more than mere man. People of his own worshipped him when they recognized him as the Messiah of Israel. Messiah meaning the anointed One that is to come through the prophecy of Moses saying, "The Lord will raise up among your brethern a prophet like unto Moses, listen to him..." May not be the exact quote. What did Moses do? He taught the people the Torah of God, so likewise Jesus taught the people of God the Torah of Moses. Actually its the Torah of God. God gave the Torah to Moses to teach it to the people and the people are to live by the law of God.
Jesus was fully man in the flesh yet was without sin. But he was also God because he came from God to deal with man's sins. How? By letting himself to be nailed to a cross so that his shed blood could take away the deadly poison of the Serpent that had bitten Adam and Eve, the first parents of the human race.
Only through the blood transfusion of Jesus the Messiah of Israel can man sins be forgiven. Doctors uses blood transfusion of healthy people to bring a sick person back to good health.
Sin causes death by God's law, therefore the only course of redemption from death is through blood transfusion of his Son of Life.
By death I mean eternal seperation from God in the after life. Jesus discribes it as, "Cast out into utter Darkness", without a glimps of hope eternally. It's a frightening thought I think.
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