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Ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Billy Graham i kahi ʻōlelo e hōʻeuʻeu ai i ka poʻe e ʻae i ka hoʻōla ʻana iā mākou ma loko o Iesū: Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "E hele mai ʻoe e like me ʻoe!" a aloha mau ʻo ia iā mākou. ʻO ka kāhea "e hele wale mai e like me ʻoe" ke hōʻike nei i nā ʻōlelo a ka lunaʻōlelo a Paulo:

"No ka mea, i ko kakou nawaliwali ana, make aku la o Kristo no kakou me ke Akua ole. Ano, aneane make kekahi no ke kanaka pono; hiki iā ia ke hoʻoweliweli i kona ola no ka pono. Aka, ua hoike mai ke Akua i kona aloha ia kakou, i ka wa e hewa ana kakou, ua make o Kristo no kakou 5,6-8th).

ʻAʻole manaʻo nui ka poʻe i kēia lā i ka hewa. Ke manaʻo nui nei ko mākou hanauna hou a me ka postmodern e pili ana i ka manaʻo o ka "mea ʻole", "hopeless" a i ʻole "pointlessness", a ʻike lākou i ke kumu o kā lākou hakakā kūloko i ka manaʻo haʻahaʻa. E ho'āʻo paha lākou e aloha iā lākou iho i mea e lilo ai i mea aloha, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻole, manaʻo lākou ua haki loa lākou, haki, a ʻaʻole lākou e ola hou. ʻAʻole ke Akua i wehewehe iā mākou ma ko mākou mau hemahema a me nā hemahema; ʻike ʻo ia i ko mākou ola a pau. ʻO ka hewa a me ka maikaʻi a aloha ʻo ia iā mākou me ke ʻano ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke Akua e...

ʻAʻole manaʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe Kristiano i ka ʻeuanelio. Manaʻo lākou e hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ke ola inā loaʻa mai ia ma ke ola a me ke ola kūpono ʻole. "ʻAʻole loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mea i ke ola." "Inā maikaʻi paha ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a laila ʻaʻole maoli nō ia." ʻO kēia mau ʻoiaʻiʻo e ʻike nei i ke ola e hoʻonui pinepine ʻia i kēlā me kēia o kā mākou pilikino. Aka, eia ke kuauhau Kristiano. ʻO ka ʻeuanelio ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka nani. Hāʻawi ia i kahi makana.

Penei ka ʻōlelo a ke kākāōlelo Trinity ʻo Thomas Torrence i ʻōlelo ai: "Ua make ʻo Iesū Karisto nāu no ka mea he lawehala ʻoe a ʻaʻole kūpono ʻole iā ia a no laila lilo ʻoe i kuleana nou, ʻoiai ma mua a kūʻokoʻa hoʻi i kou hilinaʻi iā ia. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia iā ʻoe ma o kona aloha ʻaʻole loa ia e hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe. ʻOiai hōʻole ʻoe iā ia a hoʻouna iā ʻoe iho i gehena, ʻaʻole e pau kāna aloha ". (The Mediation of Christ, Colorado Springs, CO: Helmers & Howard, 1992, 94).

ʻOiaʻiʻo, maikaʻi ʻole ia ke ʻoiaʻiʻo! ʻO ia nō paha ke kumu i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ai ka hapa nui o nā Karistiano. ʻO ia paha ke kumu i manaʻo ai ka hapa nui o nā Karistiano e loaʻa wale ke ola i ka poʻe hiki ke hana pēlā ma o ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ...