Nāʻike me ke akua

046 me ke akua akua"E hele mai e like me ʻoe!" He mea hoʻomanaʻo e ʻike ke Akua i nā mea āpau: ko mākou maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi loa, a aloha mau iā mākou. ʻO ke kāhea e hele mai e like me ʻoe he hōʻike ia o nā ʻōlelo a ka aposetolo Paulo ma Roma: "No ka mea, i ko kākou nāwaliwali ʻana, make ʻo Kristo no kākou me ke Akua ʻole. 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.” (Roma 5,6-8th).

ʻAʻole manaʻo nui ka poʻe i kēia lā i ka hewa. ʻO kā mākou hanauna hou a me hope o kēia manawa ke noʻonoʻo nei 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.

Aka, aole ke Akua i hoakaka mai ia kakou ma ko kakou mau hemahema a me ko kakou hemahema; ʻike ʻo ia i ko mākou ola holoʻokoʻa: ka maikaʻi, ka hewa, ka ʻino a aloha ʻo ia iā mākou. ʻOiai ʻaʻole pilikia ke Akua i ke aloha iā mākou, pilikia pinepine mākou i ka ʻae ʻana i kēlā aloha. Ua ʻike hohonu mākou ʻaʻole pono mākou i kēlā aloha. I ka la 15. I ke kenekulia , ua hakakā ʻo Martin Luther e alakaʻi i kahi ola maikaʻi loa, akā ʻike mau ʻo ia ua hāʻule, a 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.

I kēia manawa, he nui ka poʻe, inā ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo e pili ana i ka hewa, ua mau nei ke manaʻo o ka hopohopo a ua piha i nā kānalua i ka manaʻo e manaʻo ʻia he aloha ʻole kekahi. ʻO ka mea āu e pono ke ʻike ai, ʻo ko lākou hana ʻole, me ka ʻole o ko lākou waiwai ʻole, ʻae ke aloha a aloha ke Akua iā lākou. Aloha pū kekahi ke aloha iā ʻoe. Inā inaina i ke Akua ka hewa, ʻaʻole aloha ʻo ia iā ʻoe. Nui ke aloha o ke Akua i ka poʻe āpau, ʻo ka poʻe hewa hoʻi, a inaina maoli aku hoʻi i ka hewa no ka mea ʻeha loa a luku hoʻi i ka poʻe.

"E hele mai e like me ʻoe" ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole kali ke Akua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi ma mua o kou hele ʻana iā ia. Ua aloha ʻo ia iā ʻoe me nā mea a pau āu i hana ai. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kahi ala i waho o nā mea āpau e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe mai ona aku. Ua mālama ʻo ia i kou pakele mai kēlā me kēia hale paʻahao o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka puʻuwai kanaka.

He aha ia e kāohi iā ʻoe mai ke ʻike aku i ke aloha o ke Akua? He aha ia: no ke aha ʻoe e hāʻawi ʻole ai i kēia kau kaumaha iā Iesū, ʻo wai hoʻi ka mea hiki ke halihali iā ʻoe?

na Joseph Tkach