E hele mai e like meʻoe!

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 "mea ʻole", a ʻike lākou i ke kumu o kā lākou hakakā i loko ma ke ʻano o ka haʻahaʻa. E ho'āʻo paha lākou e aloha iā lākou iho ma ke ʻano he mea aloha ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻole, manaʻo lākou e like me ka haki ʻana, haki, a ʻaʻole lākou e ola hou. ʻAʻole wehewehe ke Akua iā mākou ma ko mākou mau hemahema a me nā hemahema; ʻike ʻo ia i ko mākou ola a pau. ʻO ka mea ʻino e like me ka maikaʻi a aloha ʻo ia iā mākou me ke ʻano ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paʻakikī i ke Akua ke aloha iā mākou, ʻike pinepine mākou he paʻakikī ke ʻae i kēia aloha. Ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole pono mākou i kēlā aloha.

Im 15. I ke kenekulia , ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Martin Luther i kahi hakakā paʻakikī e alakaʻi i kahi ola maikaʻi loa. Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho e hāʻule ana i nā manawa a pau. I loko o kona huhū ua loaʻa iā ia ke kūʻokoʻa i loko o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua. I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike ʻo Luther i kāna mau hewa - a ua loaʻa iā ia ke kaumaha wale nō - ma kahi o ka ʻike ʻana me Iesū, ke Keiki hemolele a aloha a ke Akua nāna i lawe aku i nā hewa o ke ao nei, me nā hewa o Luther.

Ua aloha ke Akua iā ʻoe. Inā paha e inaina ke Akua i ka hewa mai lalo aʻe o kona puʻuwai, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e inaina iā ʻoe. Aloha ke aloha i nā kānaka a pau. Lūlū wale aku ʻo ia i ka hewa no ka mea hōʻeha a luku i nā poʻe.

"E hele mai e like me ʻoe" ʻaʻole ke kali ke Akua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi ma mua o kou hele ʻana iā ia. Ua aloha ʻo ia iā ʻoe, ʻoiai nā mea a pau āu i hana ai. ʻO Iesu ke ala palekana i ke aupuni o ke Akua a me ke kōkua maikaʻi loa mai nā pilikia a pau. He aha ka mea e kāohi iā ʻoe mai ka ʻike ʻana i ke aloha o ke Akua? He aha ia mea, hāʻawi i kēlā kaumaha iā Iesu, Ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o kou hiki ke amo?

na Joseph Tkach