He aha ka halepule?

ʻ sayslelo ka Baibala: ʻO ka mea e manaʻoʻiʻo iā Kristo e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hale pule a i ʻole ke kaiāulu.
He aha ia, ka hale pule, ke anaina? Pehea ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana? He aha ke kiko?

Hoʻomaka ʻo Iesū i kāna ekalesia

Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: ʻOku ou fie maʻu ke langa ʻeku lotú (Mātiu 16,18). He mea nui ka Ekalesia iā ia - ua aloha nui ʻo ia iā ia a hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona ola nona (Epeso 5,25). Inā mākou e manaʻo e like me ia, aloha mākou i ka Ekalesia a hāʻawi iā mākou iho iā ia. Ua unuhi ʻia ka ʻekalesia a i ʻole ke kaiāulu mai ka ʻōlelo Helene ekklesia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hui. Ma ka Hana 19,39-40 hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo ma ke ʻano o kahi hui maʻamau o nā kānaka. No ka Karistiano, akā, ua lawe ka ekklesia i kahi manaʻo kūikawā: ka poʻe a pau i manaʻoʻiʻo iā Iesu Kristo.

I ka manawa i hoʻohana mua ai ʻo ia i ka huaʻōlelo, ua kākau ʻo Luka: "A nui ka makaʻu ma luna o ke kaiāulu a pau ..." (Acts of the Apostles. 5,11). ʻAʻole pono ʻo ia e wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka huaʻōlelo; ua ike mua kona poe heluhelu. ʻO ka manaʻo o nā Karistiano a pau, ʻaʻole wale ka poʻe i ʻākoakoa ma kēia wahi i kēlā manawa. "Ekaleaia" e hoike ana i ka ekalesia, e hoike ana i na haumana a pau a Kristo. He kaiāulu kanaka, ʻaʻole he hale.

Eia kekahi, pili ka halepule i nā ʻaha kanaka o nā Karistiano. Ua kākau ʻo Paulo "i ka ʻekalesia o ke Akua ma Korineto" (1. Korineto 1,2); Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no "nā ʻekalesia a pau o Kristo" (Roma 4,16). Akā, hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka huaʻōlelo ma ke ʻano he inoa hui no ke kaiāulu o ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo a pau i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana "Ua aloha ʻo Kristo i ka ʻekalesia a hāʻawi iā ia iho no ia" (Epeso. 5,25).

Aia ka halepule i nā pae he nui. Ma kahi ʻāpana hoʻokahi ka hale pule honua, kahi e hoʻopili ai i nā mea a pau i ka honua i hōʻike iā Iesu Kristo i Haku a me Ola. Ma kahi ʻokoʻa e kū ai nā kaiāulu kūloko, nā kaiāulu i ka palena iki, nā hui kaiaulu o nā poʻe e hui pinepine nei. Ma kahi pae waenakonu, nā hōʻailona ʻole a mau ʻāpana paha nā hui o nā kaiāulu e hana pū ana ma kahi moʻaukala maʻamau a me kahi kumu hilinaʻi.

I kekahi mau lālā nā lālā mālama ʻole - nā ʻohana ʻohana ʻaʻole e manaʻo ʻia ʻo Iesū he Ola akā ua komo nō i loko o ke ola pule. Hiki iā ia ke komo i ka poʻe e manaʻo nei he Karistiano lākou akā e haki ana iā lākou iho. Hōʻike ka hōʻike i kekahi o lākou i hope ma hope, ʻaʻole lākou he Karistiano maoli.

No ke aha e pono ai mākou i ka ʻekalesia

He nui ka poʻe i wehewehe iā lākou iho he poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo iā Kristo, ʻaʻole makemake lākou e komo i kekahi ʻekalesia. ʻO kēia hoʻi, pono e kapa ʻia ke kūlana maikaʻi ʻole. Ke hōʻike nei ke Kauoha Hou i ka hihia maʻamau no ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo e komo i kahi anaina (Hebera 10,25).

Ua kāhea hou ʻo Paulo i nā Kristiano e noho no kekahi i kekahi, a e hana pū kekahi i kekahi, e lawelawe kekahi i kekahi, i lokahi (Roma 1.2,10; 15,7; 1. Korineto 12,25; Galatia 5,13; Epeso 4,32; Pilipi 2,3; Kolosa 3,131 Tes 5,13). ʻO ka hahai ʻana i kēia hoʻopiʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e like me ka hiki ʻole i ka loner makemake ʻole e pili kokoke i nā poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo ʻē aʻe.

Hiki i kahi hale pule ke hāʻawi iā mākou i ke ʻano o ka lilo ʻana, kahi ʻano o ka hui pū ʻana Karistiano. Hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi palena iki o ka palekana ʻuhane i ʻole mākou e nalowale ma o nā manaʻo ʻē. Hiki i kahi hale pule ke hāʻawi iā mākou i ka launa, ke aloha, ka paipai. Hiki iā ia ke aʻo iā mākou i nā mea a mākou e aʻo ʻole ai iā mākou iho. Hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka hānai ʻana i kā mākou poʻe keiki, hiki iā ia ke kōkua iā mākou e "lawelawe i ke Akua" me ka maikaʻi loa, hiki ke hāʻawi iā mākou i nā manawa kūpono no ka lawelawe kaiāulu a mākou e ulu ai, pinepine i nā ala i manaʻo ʻole ʻia.

Ma keʻano laulā hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia: ʻO ka loaʻa kālā a ke kaiāulu e hāʻawi mai iā mākou e like me ka hoʻokō a mākou e hoʻopukapuka ai. Akā ʻo ke kumu koʻikoʻi loa e hui pū ai ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo i kahi anaina: Pono ka hale pule iā mākou. Ua hāʻawi mai ke Akua i nā makana like ʻole i ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo a makemake ʻo ia e hana pū mākou "no ka pono o nā mea āpau" (1. Korineto 12,4-7). Inā hōʻike wale kekahi hapa o ka poʻe hana no ka hana, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka hana ʻole ʻana o ka hale pule e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a ʻaʻole maikaʻi mākou e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohewa ʻana ma mua o ke kōkua.

Pono ka ekalesia i ko kakou manawa, ko kakou akamai, ko kakou mau makana. Pono ʻo ia i nā kānaka hiki iā ia ke hilinaʻi - pono ʻo ia i kā mākou kūpaʻa. Ua kāhea ʻo Iesū i nā limahana e pule (Mat 9,38). Makemake ʻo ia e hāʻawi lima mai kēlā me kēia o mākou a ʻaʻole e pāʻani wale i ka mea nānā. ʻO ka mea makemake e lilo i Karistiano me ka ʻole o ka ʻekalesia, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana i kona ikaika e like me kā mākou e hoʻohana ai e like me ka Baibala, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kōkua. ʻO ka Ekalesia he "kaiāulu kōkua like" a pono mākou e kōkua kekahi i kekahi me ka ʻike e hiki mai ana ka lā (ʻae, ua hiki mai ia), pono mākou e kōkua iā mākou iho.

ʻĀpana / kaiāulu: nā kiʻi a me nā hōʻailona

Hoʻokaʻa ʻia ka halepule ma nā ala like ʻole: nā kānaka o ke Akua, ka ʻohana a ke Akua, ka wahine mare o Kristo. He hale, hale hoʻi mākou. ʻ addressedlelo mai ʻo Iesū iā mākou he poʻe hipa, me nā mahina ʻai, me nā māla waina. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia mau hōʻailona i kahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka hale pule.

He nui na olelonane o ke aupuni mai ka waha mai o Iesu e olelo ana no ka ekalesia. E like me ka hua sinapi, naʻe kaʻa liʻiliʻi ka Ekalesia a ulu aʻe (Mataio 13,31-32). Ua like ka ekalesia me kahi mahinaai kahi e ulu ai ka nahelehele a me ka palaoa (mau pauku 24-30). Ua like ia me ka ʻupena e hopu ai i nā iʻa maikaʻi a me nā iʻa ʻino (mau pauku 47-50). Ua like ia me ka māla waina kahi e hana ai kekahi i nā hola lōʻihi a ʻo kekahi no ka manawa pōkole wale nō (Mataio 20,1: 16-2). Ua like ʻo ia me nā kauwā i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kālā e ko lākou haku a ua hoʻolilo maikaʻi i kekahi hapa a maikaʻi ʻole kekahi hapa (Matthew ).5,14-30). Ua kapa ʻo Iesū iā ia iho he kahu hipa a me kāna poʻe haumāna ʻohana (Matthew 26,31); ʻO kāna hana ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hipa nalowale (Matthew 18,11-14). Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i kona poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo he mau hipa e hānai ʻia a mālama ʻia1,15-17). Naʻe toe fakaʻaongaʻi foki ʻe Paula mo Pita ʻa e fakaʻilonga ko ʻení pea pehē ko e kau taki ʻo e Siasí kuo pau ke “fanga ʻa e sipí” (Ngāue 20,28:1; ​​Pita. 5,2).

ʻO mākou "ka hale o ke Akua", kākau ʻo Paulo ma 1. Korineto 3,9. ʻO ke kumu ʻo ia ʻo Kristo (pauku 11), kahi e kau ai ke kino kanaka. Ua kapa ʻo Petero iā mākou "nā pōhaku ola, i kūkulu ʻia i hale ʻuhane." (1 Peter 2,5). Hoʻokumu pū ʻia mākou "i kahi noho o ke Akua ma ka ʻUhane" (Epeso 2,22). ʻO mākou ka luakini o ke Akua, ka luakini o ka ʻUhane Hemolele (1. Korineto 3,17;6,19). He oiaio e hiki ke hoomana i ke Akua ma na wahi a pau; aka, o ka ekalesia ka manao nui.

"He poʻe kānaka mākou no ke Akua," wahi a mākou 1. Petrus 2,10. Ko tatou ko e kakai ʻo ʻIsileli naʻe fakakaukau ki ai: “ko e toʻu tuʻunga fili, ko e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki tuʻi, ko e kakai māʻoniʻoni, ko e kakai ʻo e konga” (veesi 9; vakai ki he ʻEkesōtosi 2).9,6). No ke Akua kakou no ka mea, ua kuai mai o Kristo ia kakou me kona koko (Hoikeana 5,9). He poe keiki kakou na ke Akua, oia ko kakou makua (Epeso 3,15). Ma ke ʻano he poʻe kamaliʻi, he hoʻoilina maikaʻi kā mākou a ʻo ia hoʻi, manaʻo ʻia mākou e ʻoluʻolu iā ia a e ola i kona inoa.

Ke kapa aku nei hoʻi kā ka Palapala Hoʻolaha iā Kristo - he huaʻōlelo e pili ana i ke aloha nui o Kristo iā mākou a me ka loli nui e hana ana i loko o mākou i hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kēlā pilina pili i ke Keiki a ke Akua. I kekahi o kāna mau ʻōlelo nane, kono akula ʻo Iesu i nā kānaka i ka ʻahaʻaina mare; maanei e kono ʻia ai mākou e lilo i wahine mare.

“E hauoli kakou a e hauoli hoi, a e hoonani aku ia ia; no ka mea, ua hiki mai ka mare ana o ke Keikihipa, a ua hoomakaukau kana wahine mare "(Revelation 19,7). Pehea mākou e "hoʻomākaukau" ai iā mākou iho? Ma ka makana: "A ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e ʻaʻahu iā ia iho me ke olonā nani a maʻemaʻe" (verse 8). Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻo Kristo iā mākou "ma ka ʻauʻau wai i ka ʻōlelo" (Epeso 5,26). Hoʻonoho ʻo ia i ka ʻekalesia i mua ona ma hope o ka hoʻonani ʻana a me ke kīnā ʻole, ka hemolele a me ka hala ʻole (v. 27). Hana ʻo ia i loko o mākou.

Ka hana pū

ʻO ka hōʻailona e hōʻike maikaʻi i ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ka poʻe haipule i ke kino. "Akā, ʻo ʻoukou ke kino o Kristo," wahi a Paulo, "a he lālā ʻoukou kēlā me kēia" (1. Korineto 12,27). ʻO Iesu Kristo "ke poʻo o ke kino, ʻo ia hoʻi o ka ʻekalesia." (Kolosa 1,18), a he mau lala kakou a pau o ke kino. Ke hui pū mākou me Kristo, ua hui pū mākou me kekahi, a ua paʻa mākou - ma ke ʻano ʻoiaʻiʻo - ʻaʻohe mea hiki ke ʻōlelo, "ʻAʻole oʻu hemahema iā ʻoe" (1. Korineto 12,21), ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻohe mea pili i ka ʻekalesia (v. 18). Ke hāʻawi nei ke Akua i kā mākou mau makana i hiki iā mākou ke hana like no ka pōmaikaʻi a i kōkua ai mākou a loaʻa ke kōkua i ka hana pū. Pono e "aohe mokuahana" ma ke kino (v. 25). Kūʻē pinepine ʻo Paulo i ka ʻuhane pāʻina; O ka mea e lulu i ka hoopaapaa, e kipakuia oia mai ka ekalesia aku (Roma 16,17; Tito 3,10-11). Hoʻokuʻu ke Akua i ka ʻekalesia e "ulu ma nā ʻāpana a pau" ma "ka kākoʻo ʻana o kēlā me kēia lālā i kekahi e like me ke ana o kona ikaika." (Epeso. 4,16). ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua māhele ʻia ka honua Kalikiano i mau hoʻomana, ʻaʻole e hakakā pinepine kekahi me kekahi. ʻAʻole i hemolele ka halepule no ka mea ʻaʻole i hemolele kekahi o kona mau lālā. Akā naʻe: makemake ʻo Kristo i kahi ʻekalesia hui ʻia (Ioane 17,21). ʻAʻole pono kēia i kahi hui hui, akā pono ia i kahi pahuhopu like. Hiki ke loaa ka lokahi oiaio ma ka hooikaika ana e pili loa aku ia Kristo, e hai ana i ka euanelio a Kristo, e noho ana e like me kana mau kumu. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā ia, ʻaʻole iā mākou iho. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoʻomana ʻokoʻa he mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi: ma o nā ala like ʻole, hiki i ka ʻōlelo a Kristo i nā poʻe he nui ma ke ala e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomaopopo.

hui

ʻEkolu mau kumu pono o ka hui pule a me ke kumukānāwai i ka honua Kristiano: hierarchical, democrally and representative. Ua kapa ʻia lākou he episcopal, congovernmental a me presbyterial.

He ʻano like 'ole kēlā me kēia ʻano like, akā ma ka loiloi ka episcopal ka mana o ke kahuhipa he mana ko ia no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā loina pule a hoʻonohonoho pono i nā kahu. I loko o ka hui hoʻonohonoho, ke hoʻoholo nei nā kaiāulu i kēia mau mea ʻelua. I ka papa presbyterial, hoʻokaʻawale ka mana ma waena o ka denomination a me nā kaiāulu; koho ʻia nā lunakahiko e hāʻawi ʻia i nā mākaukau.

ʻAʻole kuhikuhi ke Kauoha Hou i kahi anaina kūikawā a hale pule paha. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā luna (bishops), nā lunakahiko, a me nā kahu hipa (pastor), ʻoiai ʻo kēia mau inoa inoa e like me ka mea hiki ke loli. ʻOku fekau ʻe Pita ki he kau mātuʻa ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e kau tauhi ʻakau mo e kau vaʻa: “Fai ʻa e fanga tokotaha . . . 5,1-2). Ma nā ʻōlelo like, hāʻawi ʻo Paulo i nā ʻōlelo aʻo like i nā lunakahiko (Nā Hana 20,17:28, ).

Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka ʻekalesia Ierusalema e kekahi hui o nā lunakahiko; ka halepule ma Pilipi o na Bihopa (Acts 15,1-2th; Pilipi 1,1). Ua haʻalele ʻo Paulo iā Tito ma Kerete e hoʻonoho i nā lunakahiko ma laila; Ua kākau ʻo ia i hoʻokahi pauku e pili ana i nā lunakahiko a me kekahi mau mea e pili ana i nā pīhopa, me he mea lā he mau huaʻōlelo like lākou no nā ʻaha kūkā (Tito. 1,5-9). Ma ka palapala i ka poe Hebera (13,7, Ka nui a me ka Baibala Elberfeld) ua kapa wale ʻia nā alakaʻi kaiāulu "nā alakaʻi". I kēia manawa ua unuhi ʻo Luther iā "Führer" me "Kumu", he huaʻōlelo i ʻike pinepine ʻia (1. Korineto 12,29; James 3,1). Ka huaolelo o Epeso 4,11 hōʻike ʻia ʻo "nā kahu hipa" a me nā "kumu" no ka ʻāpana like. ʻO kekahi o nā pono nui o nā kuhina ma ka hale pule ʻo ia ka "... hiki iā lākou ke aʻo aku i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe" (2 Tim.2,2).

ʻO ka helu maʻamau: ua koho ʻia nā alakaʻi kaiaulu. Aia kekahi pae o ka hui kaiaulu, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lua o nā poʻo inoa kūhelu. Ua koi ʻia nā lālā e hōʻike i ka mahalo a me ka hoʻolohe i nā luna (1 Thess 5,12; 1. Timotea 5,17; Hebera 13,17).

Ina i hewa ka lunakahiko, aole pono e hoolohe ka ekalesia; aka, ua manaoia e kokua ka ekalesia i ka lunakahiko. He aha ka hana a nā lunakahiko? ʻO ʻoe ke kuleana o ke kaiāulu (1. Timotea 5,17). Hanai lakou i ka ohana, alakai lakou ma ka hoohalike ana a me ke ao ana. Na lakou e malama i ka ohana (Acts 20,28:1). ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia lākou e noho aliʻi me ka dictatorial, akā e lawelawe ( Peter 5,23), »I makaukau ka poe haipule no ka hana lawelawe. Ma keia e kukuluia'i ke kino o Kristo » (Epeso 4,12Pehea ka manao o ka poe kahiko? I kekahi mau hihia, loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike: Ua koho ʻo Paulo i nā lunakahiko (Acts 14,23), manaʻo e hoʻonoho ʻo Timoteo i nā pīhopa (1. Timotea 3,1-7), a hāʻawi iā Tito e koho i nā lunakahiko (Tito 1,5). I kekahi hihia, aia kahi hierarchy i kēia mau hihia. ʻAʻole ʻike mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona o kahi hui e koho ana i kāna mau lunakahiko.

Diakona

Eia naʻe, ʻike mākou ma Acts 6,1-6, pehea i koho ʻia ai nā kahu hānai ʻilihune e ke kaiāulu. Ua koho ʻia kēia mau kāne e hāʻawi i ka ʻai i ka poʻe nele, a laila hoʻonoho ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo iā lākou ma kēia mau keʻena. ʻO kēia ka mea i hiki ai i nā lunaʻōlelo ke nānā aku i ka hana uhane, a ua hana pū ʻia ka hana kino (v. 2). Hiki ke ʻike ʻia kēia ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka hana ʻuhane a me ke kino 1. Petrus 4,10-11.

ʻO nā luna no ka hana lima i kapa pinepine ʻia he diakono, mai ka Helene diakoneo, e lawelawe. Ma ke kumu, pono e "lawelawe" nā lālā a me nā alakaʻi, akā aia nā ʻelele kaʻawale no ka lawelawe ʻana i nā hana ma ke ʻano haiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā diakono wahine ma kahi liʻiliʻi loa (Roma 16,1).

Hāʻawi ʻo Paulo iā Timoteo i nā ʻano ʻano he nui e pono ke loaʻa i kahi diakono (1 Tim3,8-12), me ka wehewehe ʻole i ke ʻano o kā lākou lawelawe. ʻO ka hopena, hāʻawi nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa i nā diakono i nā hana like ʻole, mai ke kahu hale a hiki i ka helu kālā. He mea nui ko lākou manaʻo a me kā lākou kumu: e kōkua i ka poʻe o ke Akua i ko lākou oʻo ʻana "i ke ana piha o ka piha o Kristo" (Epeso. 4,13).

Hoʻoiho o ke kaiāulu

Ua kūkulu ʻo Kristo i kāna ʻekalesia, hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā makana a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i kona poʻe kānaka, a ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā mākou i ka hana. ʻO kekahi o nā kumu nui o ke kaiāulu ʻekalesia ʻo ka hoʻomana, ka hoʻomana. Ua kāhea ke Akua iā mākou "e haʻi aku ʻoe i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mea nāna ʻoe i hea mai ka pouli i kona mālamalama kupanaha." (1 Peter. 2,9). Ke ʻimi nei ke Akua i ka poʻe e hoʻomana iā ia (Ioane 4,23) ka poe i aloha aku ia ia mamua o na mea a pau (Mat 4,10). ʻO nā mea a mākou e hana ai, inā he kanaka hoʻokahi a he kaiāulu paha, pono e hana mau ʻia i kona hanohano (1. Korineto 10,31). Pono mākou e "hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ke Akua i nā manawa a pau" (Hebera 13,15).

Ua kauoha ʻia mākou: "E hoʻoikaika kekahi i kekahi me nā halelu, a me nā mele, a me nā mele ʻuhane" (Epeso. 5,19). Ke hui kakou ma ke ano he ekalesia, himeni kakou i ke Akua, pule aku ia ia, a lohe i kana olelo. He mau ʻano hoʻomana kēia. Pela hoi ka ahaaina, pela ka bapetizo ana, pela hoi ka hoolohe.

ʻO kekahi kumu o ka ʻekalesia ʻo ke aʻo ʻana. Aia ma ka puʻuwai o ke kauoha: "E aʻo aku iā lākou e mālama i nā mea a pau aʻu i kauoha aku ai iā ʻoe" (Matthew 2 Cor.8,20). Pono nā alakaʻi o ka Ekalesia e aʻo aku, a e aʻo aku kēlā me kēia lālā i nā mea ʻē aʻe (Kolosa 3,16). Pono kākou e aʻo kekahi i kekahi (1. Korineto 14,31; 1 Tes 5,11; Hebera 10,25). ʻO nā hui liʻiliʻi ka wahi kūpono no kēia kākoʻo like ʻana a me ke aʻo ʻana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo ʻo ka poʻe e ʻimi i nā makana o ka ʻUhane e ʻimi e kūkulu i ka ʻekalesia (1. Korineto 14,12). Ko e taumuʻa ko: fakamālohi, fakaʻilongaʻi, fakamālohia, fakafiemālie (veesi 3). ʻO nā mea a pau i hana ʻia i loko o ke anaina, ua ʻōlelo ʻia he mea hoʻonaʻauao i ka ʻekalesia (v. 26). Pono kākou e lilo i mau haumāna, i poʻe i ʻike a pili i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe Kristiano mua no ka mea ua "hoʻomau" lākou "i ke aʻo ʻana a ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo a me ke kaiāulu, a me ka wāwahi ʻana i ka berena a me ka pule" (Acts of the Apostles). 2,42).

ʻO ke kolu o ka manaʻo nui o ka hale pule he "lawelawe kaiaulu". "No laila, e hana maikaʻi kākou i nā mea a pau, akā i ka poʻe i hui pū me ka manaʻoʻiʻo," wahi a Paulo (Galatia). 6,10). ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo kā mākou kūpaʻa i ko mākou ʻohana, a laila i ke kaiāulu, a laila i ka honua a puni mākou. ʻO ka lua o ke kauoha kiʻekiʻe loa: E aloha i kou hoalauna (Matthew 22,39). Nui nā pono kino o ko kākou honua a ʻaʻole pono kākou e haʻalele iā lākou. ʻO ka mea nui, pono ia i ka ʻeuanelio, a ʻaʻole pono mākou e haʻalele i kēlā. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou "" lawelawe kaiāulu, pono ka ʻekalesia e haʻi i ka ʻeuanelio o ke ola ma o Iesu Kristo lā. ʻAʻohe hui ʻē aʻe e hana i kēia hana - ʻo ia ka hana o ka hale pule. Pono kēlā me kēia limahana no kēia - ʻo kekahi ma ka "mua", nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ka "pae". Kanu kekahi, hoomomona kekahi, ohi kekahi; Ina e hana pu kakou, e ulu no o Kristo i ka Ekalesia (Epeso 4,16).

na Michael Morrison