Hewa a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa?

i ka hana hewa a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻaE pīhoihoi loa ʻo Martin Luther i kahi leka i kona hoaaloha ʻo Pilipo Melanchthon iā ia: E lilo ʻoe i lawehala, ai mana hoʻi ka hewa, akā ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka hewa ka mea e hilinaʻi iā Kristo a ʻoliʻoli iā Kristo, he hewa ia. ua lanakila ka make a me ka honua.

I ka wā mua, ʻaʻole kūpono ke noi. No ke hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo lūlū a Luther, pono mākou e nānā iki i ke ʻano. ʻAʻole i kapa ʻo Luther i ka lawehala i kahi hana makemake. Eia kekahi, ua olelo mai no ia i ka hewa a hewa nae ia, aole ona makemake e nawaliwali ia makou no ka mea, makau paha, e haalele ke Akua i kona lokomaikai mai ia kakou. ʻO nā mea a mākou e hana ai i loko o Kristo, ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lokomaikaʻi ma mua o ka hewa. ʻOiai mākou i hana hewa i nā manawa he 10.000 i ka lā, ʻaʻole ikaika ka hewa o mākou ma mua o ke aloha nui o ke Akua.

ʻAʻole ia e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole he mea nui ke ola pono mākou. Ua ʻike koke ʻo Paulo i ka mea e mālama ai iā ia a pane i nā nīnau: "He aha kā mākou e ʻōlelo ai i kēia manawa? E hoomau anei kakou i ka hewa i oi aku ka mana o ka lokomaikai? pane aku la penei: Aole loa! Pehea ko kakou makemake e noho i ka hewa ke make kakou? (Roma 6,1-2th).

Ma hope o Iesū Kristo, ua kiʻi ʻia mākou e hahai i ka hiʻohiʻona o Kristo, e aloha i ke Akua a me ko mākou hoalauna. I ka manawa a mākou e noho ai i kēia ao, pono kākou e ola me ka pilikia e lawehala kākou. I kēia kūlana, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻae i ka makaʻu e hoʻopalapiha nui iā mākou e nalo nui i ka hilinaʻi o ke Akua. Akā, hoʻolaha mākou i ko mākou mau hewa i ke Akua a hilinaʻi nui aʻe i kāna lokomaikaʻi. ʻ putlelo ʻo Karl Barth i kēia manawa: ʻae ke papaʻi iā mākou e hana hewa i ka hewa a ʻoi loa hoʻi i ka lokomaikaʻi.

Ua ʻike nā Karistiano āpau he hewa ka lawehala. Akā, pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia nā mea he nui e hana ai i ka wā e hana hewa ai lākou. Heaha ka pane? E hai i kou mau hewa me ka pale ʻole ʻana i ke Akua a noi mai me ke kala. E komo ʻoe i ka noho aliʻi o ke aloha me ka hilinaʻi a wiwo ʻole e hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoe i kona lokomaikaʻi a ʻoi loa aku.

na Joseph Tkach


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