Makemakeʻo ia eʻoiaʻiʻo

ʻAʻole lawe ʻoe i kekahi mea i ke manuahiʻAʻole 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 paha kēlā kani i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo! ʻO ia ke kumu ʻaʻole manaʻoʻiʻo ka hapa nui i ka poʻe Kristiano. ʻO ia ke kumu ke manaʻo nei ka hapa nui o nā Kristiano e hele mai ana ka hoʻopakele ma o ka poʻe e loaʻa ana ma o ka manaʻoʻiʻo a ola pono.

Akā, ʻōlelo ka Baibala ua hāʻawi mai ke Akua iā mākou i nā mea āpau - ka lokomaikaʻi, ka pono, a me ke ola - ma o Iesū Kristo. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia. ʻO kēia kūʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa iā mākou, ʻo kēia aloha hiki ʻole ke hāʻawi ʻia, kēia aloha kuʻuna ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke manaʻolana i kēia mau mea e loaʻa iā mākou iho i loko o hoʻokahi mau ola.

Manaʻo ka hapa nui o mākou e pili ana ka ʻeuanelio i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna ʻano. Manaʻo mākou he aloha ke Akua i ka poʻe "hoʻopololei a hele ma ke ala pololei." Akā, e like me ka Baibala, ʻaʻole pili ka ʻeuanelio i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻano. In 1. ʻO Joh. 4,19 Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana ka ʻeuanelio i ke aloha - ʻaʻole i ke aloha i ke Akua, akā ua aloha ʻo ia iā mākou. Ua ʻike mākou a pau ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ke aloha ma ka ikaika a me ka hana ʻino a ma ke kānāwai a i ʻole ka ʻaelike. Hiki ke hāʻawi wale ʻia a ʻae ʻia. Ua hauʻoli ke Akua i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou a makemake mākou e ʻae iā lākou ma ke akea, i ola ʻo Kristo i loko o mākou a hiki iā mākou ke aloha iā ia a me kekahi.

In 1. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Kor. 1,30 Ke ku nei o Iesu Kristo ko kakou pono, ko kakou laa a me ko kakou hoola ana. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi iā ia i ka pono. Akā, ke hilinaʻi nei mākou iā ia e lilo i mea a pau iā mākou i ka mana ʻole. No kona aloha mua iā mākou, ua kūʻokoʻa mākou mai ko mākou naʻau ponoʻī e aloha iā ia a me kekahi.

Ua aloha ke Akua iā ʻoe ma mua o kou hānau ʻia. Aloha ʻo ia iā ʻoe no ka mea hewa. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hōʻai i ka aloha iā ʻoe, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hiki i ke ola a pololei i kāna hana i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ia ka nūhou maikaʻi - ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻeuanelio.

na Joseph Tkach


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