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049 kūʻokoʻaEhia mau "kāne hana ponoʻī" āu e ʻike ai? ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia kekahi o mākou e hana iā mākou iho. Hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou ola ma ke ʻano he kiko liʻiliʻi i loko o ka ʻōpū o ko mākou makuahine. Hānau ʻia mākou nāwaliwali loa inā waiho ʻia iā mākou iho, make mākou i nā hola.

Akā i ka manawa i hiki ai mākou i ka pākeke, manaʻo mākou kūʻokoʻa mākou a hiki iā ia ke hana iā mākou iho. Ke makemake nui nei mākou no ka kūʻokoʻa a manaʻo pinepine mākou ʻo ke kala ʻole ke ola ʻana ma nā ʻano a me ka hana a mākou e makemake ai.

Me he mea lā he mea paʻakikī iā kākou ka poʻe e ʻae i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maʻalahi e pono ai ke kōkua. ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau palapala punahele ʻo ia, "Ua hana ʻo ia iā mākou, ʻaʻole mākou iho, kona poʻe kānaka, a me nā hipa o kāna ʻai" (Salamo 100,3). He ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia, a ʻo ka paʻakikī naʻe iā mākou ke ʻae aku nona mākou - ʻo mākou nā "hipa o kāna ʻai".

I kekahi manawa pilikia wale ke kuni i ke ola, ke aneane lohi loa, me he mea lā e hoʻonāukiuki iā mākou e ʻae he pono ke kōkua - kōkua mai ke Akua. Manaʻo mākou he kuleana kā mākou e hana i ka mea a pehea mākou e makemake ai, akā paradoxically ʻaʻole hauʻoli mākou e pili ana. Ke hele nei i kā mākou ala ponoʻī a me ka hana ʻana i kā mākou mea ponoʻī ʻaʻole lawe mai i ka hoʻokō hohonu a me ka ʻoluʻolu a mākou e makemake nui ai. Ua like mākou me nā hipa e ʻauʻau hewa ana, akā ʻo ka mea maikaʻi ma mua o kā mākou hana hewa nui i ke ola, ʻaʻole paʻa ke aloha o ke Akua iā mākou.

Ma Roma 5,8-10 Ua kakau mai ka aposetolo Paulo: "Akā, ua hōʻike mai ke Akua i kona aloha iā mākou i ka wā e hewa ana mākou, ua make ʻo Kristo no mākou. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ko kākou mālama ʻia ʻana e ia i ka inaina, i kēia manawa ua hoʻāpono ʻia kākou e kona koko, no ka mea, inā i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia kākou i ke Akua ma ka make ʻana o kāna Keiki, i ko kākou wā e ʻenemi ana, e ʻoi aku ko kākou ola ʻana. i kona ola ʻana, i kēia manawa ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻia mākou.

ʻAʻohe hāʻawi ʻole ke Akua iā mākou. Ke kū nei ʻo ia ma ka puka o kā māua puʻuwai a me nā kī. Pono mākou e wehe i ka puka a hoʻokomo iā ia. Ke ʻole i hala ʻole ko mākou ola a ʻaʻole i hoʻokō. Akā ua hana ke Akua iā mākou no ke kaʻana i kona ola me mākou - ka ʻoliʻoli a me ke ola piha a ka Makua, ke Keiki, a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Ma o Iesū Kristo, ke keiki aloha a ka Makua, ua lilo ʻia mākou i mau lālā holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻohana o ke Akua. Ma o Iesu lā, ua hana mua ke Akua iā ia i kāna waiwai a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā mākou iā ia iho ma o kāna aloha i kahi ala ʻole e hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia ai iā mākou. No ke aha ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo ai i ka nūhou maikaʻi, e huli i ke Akua i ka hilinaʻi, e lawe i ke keʻa a hahai iā Iesū Kristo? ʻO ia wale ke ala i ka ʻoluʻolu maoli.

na Joseph Tkach