وجبـــــــة روحيـــــ(†)ــــــــــة يوميـــــــــة

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


As we mentioned before, the salvation of the world from sins needed an infinite propitiation and none is Infinite except God alone. Since the Lord Jesus Christ offered the propitiation and completed it to the uttermost and redeemed all the people from every iniquity, saving them eternally from the curse of the Law, therefore, He is Infinite and thence He is God.
The act of redemption is an excellent proof confirming that Christ is God because if He were not so, the redemption would not have been considered valid and would not have been sufficient for the salvation of the whole world from all their sins.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


God says: "'You shall know no God but Me; for there is no Savior besides Me" (Hos. 13:4), and: "there is no other God besides Me, a just God and a Savior, there is none besides Me" (Is. 45:21). And it has been proved that there is a Savior who is Christ Jesus who is the only Savior and that there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). How can we make all these verses conform with each other? Is, God not true or is the Holy Bible not true? Far from it. Let God be true. God cannot be true unless God is Christ so that if we say that God is the Savior, we mean at the same time that Christ is the Savior.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


If Christ were not God, and having sacrificed Himself for the sake of all people because of His love for them, does He love people more than God does? Is there any being who surpasses God in His love to mankind? Not even Jehovah's Witnesses can say such a thing.

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


If Christ were other than God, and He was compelled to complete the work of redemption for the mere obedience of a command, then redemption would have lost its most important principle, and in addition, it would contradict the words of the Lord Jesus Christ: "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends" (Jn. 15:13). And this also would disagree with the Holy Bible which says that Christ "gave Himself up for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed' (Titus 2:14).

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


If Christ were other than God, then people would not be wrong when they worship Him and not God, because He created them from nothing, according to the Bible's words: "All things were made through Him and without Him nothing was made that was made" (Jn. 1:3,10). Jehovah's Witnesses profess that Christ is the Creator and that He bought them with His precious Blood, and purified them for Himself as His own special people (1 Pet. 1: 8); (Titus 2:14). Who can blame a nation who worship their own Creator and Savior?

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


We adhere to the belief that Christ is God, not only because it is the fundamental proof of completing the work of redemption, but also because it is an affirmation of God's words: "I will ransom them from the power of the grave, I will redeem them from death" (Hos. 13:14). God attributed to Himself this deed which He carried out. So let God be true. And let Christ's words. "I and My Father are One" (Jn. 10: 30), be true.

[Mary Naeem]

النَّص الإنجيلي (يوحَنَّا 1: 35-42)



35 وكانَ يوحَنَّا في الغَدِ أَيضًا قائِمًا هُناكَ، ومَعَه اثْنانِ مِن تَلاميِذه. 36 فحَدَّقَ إِلى يَسوعَ وهو سائرٌ وقال: ((هُوَذا حَمَلُ الله!)). 37 فسَمِعَ التِّلْميذانِ كَلامَه فتَبِعا يسوع. 38 فَالتَفَتَ يسوعُ فرآهُما يَتبَعانِه فقالَ لَهما: ((ماذا تُريدان؟)) قالا له: ((راِّبي (أَي يا مُعلِّم) أَينَ تُقيم؟)). 39 فقالَ لَهما: ((هَلُمَّا فَانظُرا!)) فَذَهَبا ونظَرا أَينَ يُقيم، فأَقاما عِندَه ذلك اليَوم، وكانَتِ السَّاعَةُ نَحوَ الرَّابِعَةِ بَعدَ الظُّهْر. 40 وكانَ أَندرَاوُس أَخو سِمْعانَ بُطُرس أَحَدَ اللَّذَينِ. سَمِعا كَلامَ يوحَنَّا فَتبِعا يسوع. 41 ولَقِيَ أَوَّلاً أَخاهُ سِمْعان فقالَ له: ((وَجَدْنا المَشيح)) ومَعناهُ المسيح. 42 وجاءَ بِه إِلى يَسوعَ فحَدَّقَ إِلَيه يسوعُ وقال: ((أَنتَ سِمْعانُ بنُ يونا، وسَتُدعَى كِيفا))، أَي صَخرًا.





مقدِّمة



يقدِّم نص إنجيل يوحَنَّا (يوحَنَّا 1: 35-42) شَهادَة يوحَنَّا المَعْمَدان بانَّ يسوع هو "حَمَلُ الله" مما شجّع تَلاميِذَه أن يتبعوا يسوع ويُصبحوا تلاميذه الأوَّلين (يوحَنَّا 1: 35-42)؛ وكُلَّمَا عرفنا المسيح أكثر كُلَّمَا جذبنا الآخرين له.

[Mary Naeem]

شَهادَة التَّلاميذ الأوَّلين


35 وكانَ يوحَنَّا في الغَدِ أَيضًا قائِمًا هُناكَ، ومَعَه اثْنانِ مِن تَلاميذِه.



تشير عِبَارة "يوحَنَّا " (اسم عبري יוض¹×—ض¸×*ض¸×ں معناه الله حنون)
إلى المعمدان وهو ابن زكريا الكاهن وزوجته اليصابات (لوقا 1: 5-25)،
وهو مُهيِّئ طريق يسوع المسيح (متى 11: 14) وشاهد له (يوحَنَّا 1: 7)

[Mary Naeem]

35 وكانَ يوحَنَّا في الغَدِ أَيضًا قائِمًا هُناكَ، ومَعَه اثْنانِ مِن تَلاميذِه.


" في الغَدِ" فتشير إلى اليوم الثَّالث من الأسبوع الأول
في عيد الفِصْح الأوَّل، وهو غَد اليوم الذي فيه أدَّى شهادته للجَمع،
وهو اليوم الثَّالث من تأدية شهادته للجنة الفَرِّيسيِّين.

[Mary Naeem]

35 وكانَ يوحَنَّا في الغَدِ أَيضًا قائِمًا هُناكَ، ومَعَه اثْنانِ مِن تَلاميذِه.

" قائِمًا هُناكَ " في الأصل اليوناني خµل¼±دƒد„خ®خ؛خµخ¹ في صيغة الماضي
المستمرّ فتشير إلى وقوف يوحَنَّا المَعْمَدان وكأنَّه لا يتحرَّك
من موضعه على ضفاف نهر الأُرْدنِّ، للتَّعميد
أو في ساحة بيت عِبرة حيث اعتاد أن يقف ويُبشِّر.
ويُعلق الرَّاهب البِندِكتي روبير دوتز:
"كان يوحَنَّا يتوق إلى رؤية يسوع مرّة أخرى لأنّ رؤية الرَّبِّ
يسوع كانت الخلاصَ لِمَن يعترف به، والمجدَ لِمَن يُعلنه،
والفرحَ لمَن يُشير إليه. لذا، كان يوحَنَّا قائمًا هناك، واقفًا ومنتصبًا
بكلّ حماسة قلبه؛ كان يقف مستقيمًا؛ كان ينتظر المسيح الذي كان
ما يزال مَخفيًّا في ظلّ تواضعه" (عظة عن إنجيل القدّيس يوحَنَّا).