Owai ka ekalesia?

Inā mākou e nīnau i ka poʻe maʻalo i ka nīnau, he aha ka hale pule, ʻo ka pane o ka mōʻaukala maʻamau ʻo ia kahi kahi e hele ai kekahi i kekahi lā o ka pule e hoʻomana i ke Akua, hui, a komo i nā papahana pule. Inā mākou e hana i kahi noiʻi alanui a nīnau i hea ka hale pule, manaʻo paha ka poʻe he nui i nā kaiāulu kaulana e like me nā hale pule Katolika, Protestant, Orthodox a Baptist a hoʻohui iā lākou me kahi wahi a hale paha.

Inā makemake mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka halepule, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke nīnau i ka nīnau no ke aha a ma hea. Pono mākou e nīnau i ka nīnau no wai. Owai ka ekalesia? Loaʻa iā mākou ka pane ma Epeso: "A waiho ihola ʻo ia i nā mea a pau ma lalo o kona [Iesu] mau wāwae, a hoʻolilo iā ia i poʻo no ka ʻekalesia ma luna o nā mea a pau, ʻo ia kona kino, ʻo ia ka piha o ka mea nāna e hoʻopiha i nā mea a pau" (Epeso. 1,22-23). ʻO mākou ka Ekalesia, ke kino o Kristo, nona ke poʻo ʻo Iesū Kristo ponoʻī. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo mākou ʻo mākou ka halepule ma kahi o ka hale pule kahi a mākou e hele ai, hoʻololi ko mākou hiʻohiʻona a me ko mākou ʻoiaʻiʻo.

lala o ke kino

Mahope iho o ke alahouana o Iesu, kono aku la o Iesu i na haumana he umikumamakahi e hele i ka mauna ma Galilaia ana i olelo mua ai. Olelo mai la o Iesu ia lakou, a haawi mai ia lakou i ke kauoha: "Ua haawiia mai ia'u ka mana a pau ma ka lani a ma ka honua. No ia mea, e hele e hoohaumana aku i na lahuikanaka a pau, e bapetizo aku ia lakou iloko o ka inoa o ka Makua, a o ke Keiki, a o ka Uhane Hemolele, a e ao aku ia lakou e malama i na mea a pau a'u i kauoha aku ai ia oukou. Pea vakai, ʻoku ou ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi he taʻengatá, ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní” (Mātiu 28,18-20th).

ʻO nā mea a pau a ke kino e hana ai, he hoʻoikaika pū ia o kona mau lālā a pau: "No ka mea, e like me ke kino i hoʻokahi a he nui nā lālā, akā ʻo nā lālā a pau o ke kino, ʻoiai he nui lākou, hoʻokahi kino, pēlā ʻo Kristo. No ka mea, ua bapetizo ʻia kākou a pau ma ka ʻUhane hoʻokahi i loko o ke kino hoʻokahi, inā he Iudaio, a he Helene, he kauā a he manuahi, a ua inu ʻia mākou a pau i ka ʻUhane hoʻokahi. No ka mea, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi lālā o ke kino, akā he nui."1. Korineto 12,12-14th).

Hana ʻia ke kino olakino ma ke ʻano he hui. ʻO nā mea a ke poʻo e hoʻoholo ai e hana, pane like ke kino holoʻokoʻa e hoʻokō ai: "Akā ʻo ʻoe ke kino o Kristo, a he lālā kēlā me kēia" (1. Korineto 12,27).

Ma ke ʻano he lālā pākahi o ke kino ʻuhane o Kristo, ʻo mākou ka ʻekalesia. He mea nui e ʻike iā mākou iho i kēia mālamalama. He kono pilikino kēia e komo i nā mea a Iesu e hoʻokō nei. I ko kakou hele ana, ua kaheaia kakou e hana i mau haumana. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana nui, e hōʻike mākou iā Iesū i ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā a komo i kāna hana hoʻōla. Manaʻo pinepine mākou i ka lawa ʻole a manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole lawa mākou. Me ia mau manaʻo, hoʻohaʻahaʻa mākou i ko Iesu ʻano maoli a aia ʻo ia ma ko mākou ʻaoʻao. He mea nui e ʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Ma mua koke o kona hopu ʻia ʻana, hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Iesū i kāna mau haumāna ʻaʻole ʻo ia e waiho makua ʻole: "A e noi aku au i ka Makua, a e hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iā ʻoukou i Kokua hou e noho mau loa me ʻoukou: ʻo ka ʻUhane ʻoiaʻiʻo, ka mea a ko ke ao nei e ʻole ai. ua hiki ke loaa, no ka mea, aole ia i ike ia ia, aole hoi i ike ia ia. Ua ʻike ʻoukou iā ia, no ka mea, e noho pū ʻo ia me ʻoukou, a e noho pū nō hoʻi i loko o ʻoukou." (Ioane 14,16-17th).

ʻO ka noho ʻana o Iesū i loko o ko mākou ola i kēia lā ua hōʻike ʻia ma o ka noho ʻana o ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Ma kahi e noho ai ka Uhane, malaila no ka ekalesia. ʻO ko mākou ʻano pilikino, nā ʻike ola a me nā makemake e hoʻohālike iā mākou a hōʻike i nā makana o ka ʻUhane. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo pohihihi a ke Akua i hōʻike ʻia i kēia manawa i ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo: "Ua makemake ke Akua e hōʻike iā lākou i ka waiwai nani o kēia mea pohihihi i waena o nā lāhui kanaka, ʻo ia ʻo Kristo i loko o ʻoukou, ka manaʻolana o ka nani. No keia mea, ke hooikaika nei au a me ka paio ana ma kona ikaika, ka mea e hana mana ana iloko o'u." (Kolosa 1,27).

Ua mākaukau kēlā me kēia o kākou e hoʻopau i ka hana a ke Akua, ka hana a Iesu i loko o kākou, āna i hana ai i loko o kākou ma o kona ola ʻana. ʻAʻole ʻo Iesū i kāhea iā mākou i kahi kaʻawale; pono mākou i nā kānaka ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻekalesia, ʻo ke kino o Kristo, he nui nā lālā like ʻole. Ua kāhea ʻo Iesū iā mākou e komo i nā pilina me nā Karistiano ʻē aʻe. Pehea kona nana i ka hana?

ʻO mākou ka ʻekalesia ke hālāwai mākou me nā Karistiano ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū: "Inā ʻelua o ʻoukou e ʻae like ma ka honua i kā lāua mea e noi ai, e hana ʻia ia na lāua e koʻu Makua i ka lani. No ka mea, ma kahi e ʻākoakoa ai ʻelua a ʻekolu paha ma koʻu inoa, aia nō wau me lākou" (Matthew 18,19-20th).

Ke hui pū mākou me nā Karistiano manaʻo like ʻole e manaʻoʻiʻo e like me mākou a ʻae ʻo Iesū ka Haku a kāhea ʻo ia iā mākou e aloha kekahi i kekahi, hana pū mākou no ka maikaʻi o nā pilina maikaʻi i loko o ke kino o Kristo.

ʻO mākou ka hale pule ke hele aku mākou a lawelawe me ke aloha: "Ua kāhea ʻia ʻoe, e nā hoaaloha, e noho i ke kūʻokoʻa - ʻaʻole i ke kūʻokoʻa e hāʻawi aku i ko ʻoukou mau makemake hewa, akā i ke kūʻokoʻa e lawelawe kekahi i kekahi me ke aloha" (Galatia. 5,13 Baibala Ola Hou).

Ua kāhea ʻia mākou e ke Akua e kūkulu i nā pilina me nā kānaka. Makemake ʻo Iesū e hoʻokumu i nā pilina paʻa a loaʻa nā hoaaloha hou. ʻIke mākou i nā poʻe hou a ʻike like lākou iā mākou - e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kahi pilina maikaʻi kekahi i kekahi. Ke ʻae mākou iā mākou iho e alakaʻi ʻia e ke aloha o ke Akua, e pōmaikaʻi nā mea a pau. No ka mea, ke hana nei ka ʻUhane i loko o mākou a hoʻohua mai i ka hua o ka ʻUhane (Galatia 5,22-23th).

Ma ka Hebera, ua aʻo mākou i kahi hui ʻuhane ʻike ʻole ʻia kahi i kapa ʻia ai kēlā me kēia Karistiano: "Aka, ua hele mai ʻoukou i ka mauna ʻo Ziona, a i ke kūlanakauhale o ke Akua ola, ʻo Ierusalema lani, a i nā tausani ʻānela, a i ke anaina. , a i ... i ka ekalesia o na makahiapo, i kakauia ma ka lani, i ke Akua ka Lunakanawai o na mea a pau, a me na uhane o ka poe pono i hemolele, a me ka uwao o ka berita hou, o Iesu, a me ke koko. ʻO ka pipi ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāna ʻōlelo ʻana ma mua o ke koko o ʻAbela." (Hebera 12,22-24th).

ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea i hana ʻia ma ka hale pule. Ke ʻākoakoa ka halepule, ʻaʻole ia he hōʻiliʻili o nā kānaka maikaʻi. ʻO ia ka poʻe i hoʻōla ʻia i hana hou ʻia ma o ka make a me ke alahouana o ke Keiki a ke Akua. Hoʻolauleʻa nā mea hana a pau i ka hōʻike kupanaha o ka mana hoʻōla a me ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua i ʻike ʻia ma kēia hui like ʻole. He pomaikai no kakou ke komo pu i ka hana mau a Iesu no ka hoolapanai ana i kana mea i hana'i.

Ua kono ʻia ʻoe e kipa i kekahi o kā mākou mau halepule. Ke kakali nei mākou e hālāwai me ʻoe!

na Sam Butler

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