ʻO ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka make

Ke kākau nei au i kēia mau laina, ke hoʻomākaukau nei au e hele i ka hoʻolewa o koʻu ʻanakala. Ua ino loa ia no kekahi manawa. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻōlelo kaulana a Benjamin Franklin ke hoʻolaha nui ʻia: "ʻElua wale nō mea i kēia ao i maopopo: ka make a me ka ʻauhau." me ko'u makuakane. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i koʻu kipa ʻana iā ia ma ka haukapila. Ua ʻeha nui ʻo ia a hiki ʻole iaʻu ke hoʻomanawanui i ka ʻike ʻana iā ia i loko o ia ʻeha. ʻO ia ka manawa hope aʻu i ʻike ola ai iā ia. Ke kaumaha mau nei au a hiki i kēia lā no ka loaʻa ʻole o koʻu makua kāne e kāhea aku i ka lā Makua a hoʻolimalima manawa me. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻomaikaʻi aku nei au i ke Akua no ka lokomaikaʻi i loaʻa iā mākou ma o ka make. Mai loko mai o ia mea, hiki i nā kānaka a me nā mea ola a pau ke aloha a me ke aloha o ke Akua. I ka wā i hana hewa ai ʻo ʻAdamu lāua ʻo Eva, ua pāpā ke Akua iā lāua mai ka ʻai ʻana i ka lāʻau o ke ola. Makemake ʻo ia e make lākou, akā no ke aha? Eia ka pane: ina e hoomau lakou i ka ai i ko ka laau o ke ola me ka hewa, e ola mau loa lakou i ka hewa a me ka mai. Inā loaʻa iā lākou ka maʻi cirrhosis o ke ake e like me koʻu makuakāne, e ola mau lākou i ka ʻeha a me ka maʻi. Inā loaʻa iā lākou ka maʻi maʻi ʻaʻole e make lākou i ka maʻi kanesa. Ua hāʻawi mai ke Akua i ka make ma ka lokomaikaʻi i hiki ai iā mākou ke pakele i ka ʻeha o ke ola ma ka honua. ʻAʻole ʻo ka make he hoʻopaʻi no ka hewa, akā he makana e alakaʻi ai i ke ola maoli.

"Aka, ua aloha nui ke Akua a ua aloha nui mai ia kakou, ua haawi mai oia ia kakou i ka poe i make ma ko kakou hewa i ke ola hou me Kristo i kona hoala ana ia ia mai ka make mai. Ma ka lokomaikaʻi wale nō o ke Akua i ola ai ʻoe! No ka mea, ua hoala mai oia ia kakou mai waena mai o ka poe make me Kristo, a ua pili pu kakou me Iesu i kona aupuni lani." (Epeso 2,4-6 Paipala Ola Hou).

Ua hele mai ʻo Iesū i ka honua ma ke ʻano he kanaka e hoʻokuʻu i nā kānaka mai ka hale paʻahao o ka make. I kona iho ʻana i ka lua kupapaʻu, ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā kānaka a pau i ola a make a make a mau loa aku. Akā naʻe, ʻo kāna manaʻo e ala aʻe ʻo ia mai ka lua kupapaʻu me nā kānaka a pau. Penei ka wehewehe ʻana o Paulo: “No laila, inā ua hoʻāla ʻia ʻoe me Kristo, e ʻimi ʻoe i nā mea o luna, kahi e noho ai ʻo Kristo ma ka lima ʻākau o ke Akua." (Kolosa. 3,1).

Hoʻokomo ʻia ka lāʻau i ka hewa

Ua haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou i ka wā e hana hewa ai mākou, mahuahua ka ʻeha ma ka honua. Ua hoopokole ke Akua i ke ola o na kanaka, ua olelo ia ma Genese: "I mai la o Iehova, Aole e mau loa ko'u uhane iloko o ke kanaka, no ka mea, he io no ke kanaka. E hāʻawi aku au iā ia i hoʻokahi haneri me ka iwakālua makahiki i ke ola a pau.1. Puka 6,3). ʻOku lekooti ʻi he Saame ʻa Mōsese ha ngaahi taʻu ki mui ʻa e uē ki he tuʻunga ʻo e tangatá: “Ko hoʻo huhuʻi ʻi homau moʻuí, ʻoku mole ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻuhinga. Hiki iā mākou ke ola a hiki i ke kanahiku makahiki, a hiki i ke kanawalu - akā ʻo nā makahiki maikaʻi loa he luhi a me ke kaumaha! Ua pau koke nā mea a pau a ʻaʻole mākou "(Salamo 90,9: 120f; GN). Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hewa a ua hoʻemi ʻia ke ola o nā kāne mai mau makahiki e like me ka mea i kākau ʻia ma Genesis a i kahi makahiki haʻahaʻa. Ua like ka hewa me ke kanesa. ʻO ke ala kūpono wale nō e hana ai me ia, ʻo ka luku ʻana iā ia. ʻO ka make ka hopena o ka hewa. No laila, ma ka make, ua lawe ʻo Iesū i ko kākou hewa ma luna ona, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ko kākou hewa ma ke keʻa. Ma o kona make ʻana, ʻike mākou i ka mea e pale ai i ka hewa, ʻo kona aloha ʻo ia ka lokomaikaʻi o ke ola. Ua hala ka ʻeha o ka make no ka mea, ua make ʻo Iesū a ala hou mai.

No ka make a me ke alahouana o Kristo, ke kakali nei makou i ke alahouana o kana poe haumana me ka wiwo ole. "No ka mea, e like me ka make ana o lakou a pau iloko o Adamu, pela no e hoolaia'i lakou a pau iloko o Kristo."1. Korineto 15,22). He mau hopena kupanaha keia hiki ana mai i ke ola: «A na ke Akua no e holoi i na waimaka a pau mai ko oukou mau maka aku, aole make hou, aole kaumaha, aole uwe, aole eha; no ka mea, ua hala ka mua »(Hoikeana 21,4). Ma hope o ke alahouana, ʻaʻohe make hou! Ma muli o kēia manaʻolana, kākau ʻo Paulo i ko Tesalonike ʻaʻole pono lākou e kanikau e like me ka poʻe ʻaʻohe manaʻolana: "Akā, ʻaʻole mākou makemake iā ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau aloha, e haʻalele iā ʻoukou i loko o ka pōʻeleʻele e pili ana i ka poʻe i hiamoe. ʻaʻole kaumaha e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻaʻohe manaʻolana. No ka mea, ina i manaoio kakou ua make o Iesu a ua ala hou mai, e lawe mai no ke Akua i ka poe i moe pu me ia ma o Iesu la. No ka mea, eia ka makou e olelo aku nei ia oukou ma ka olelo a ka Haku, o kakou ka poe e ola ana a hiki i ka hiki ana mai o ka Haku, aole makou mamua o ka poe i hiamoe.1. ʻO Tes 4,13-15th).

ʻO ke hōʻoluʻolu mai ka ʻeha

Ke kanikau nei mākou i ka nalowale o nā aloha a me nā hoa aloha no ka mea nalo iā mākou, ke manaʻo nei mākou ʻike hou ʻia lākou i ka lani. He like ia me ka hoʻolima ʻana i kahi hoaaloha e hala ana i kahi manawa lōʻihi. ʻAʻole pau ka make. ʻO ia ka mea e hoʻokuʻu aku iā mākou i nā ʻeha. Ke hoi mai la o Iesu, ʻaʻohe make, aohe eha, a me ke kaumaha ole. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ke Akua no ka lokomaikaʻi o ka make ke make kahi mea aloha. Aka, heaha ka poe i hana ai i ka loihi loa ma mua o ke kāhea ʻia ʻana i ko lākou home mau loa? No ke aha ʻaʻole lākou i hiki i ka ʻike i ka lokomaikaʻi o ka make? Ua haʻalele ke Akua iā ia? ʻAʻohe hoʻi! ʻAʻole ia e haʻalele a hōʻole mai iā mākou. O ka ae ana hoi he lokomaikai mai ke Akua. ʻO Iesū, ʻo ia ke Akua, ua ʻeha i ka ʻeha o ke kanaka no kanakolu makahiki - me kona mau palena a pau. ʻO ka ʻeha ʻeha loa i hōʻeha ʻia i kona make ʻana i ke keʻa.

Hana ʻia i ke ola o Iesū

ʻAʻole ʻike ka nui o nā Karistiano he pōmaikaʻi ka pilikia. ʻO ka ʻeha a me ka ʻeha, ʻo ia ka lokomaikaʻi, no ka mea, ma o lākou ke ʻano o ke ola ʻeha o Iesū: "Ke hauʻoli nei au i ka ʻeha aʻu e ʻeha ai no ʻoukou, a ke uku aku nei au i koʻu ʻiʻo no kona kino i nā mea i koe i ka ʻeha o Kristo. oia ka ekalesia » (Kolosa 1,24).

Ua ʻike ʻo Petero i ka hana a ka ʻeha i loko o ke ola o ka poʻe Kristiano: “No ka mea, ua ʻeha ʻo Kristo ma ke kino, e kāhiko ʻoukou iā ʻoukou iho me ka manaʻo hoʻokahi; no ka mea, o ka mea i eha ma ke kino, ua haalele ia i ka hewa."1. Petrus 4,1). Ua like ko Paulo manao no ka ehaeha me ko Petero. ʻIke ʻo Paulo i ka ʻeha no ke ʻano: he lokomaikaʻi e hauʻoli ai. "E hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke Akua, ka Makua o ko kākou Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo, ka Makua o ke aloha a me ke Akua nona ka ʻoluʻolu a pau, nāna e hōʻoluʻolu iā mākou i loko o ko mākou mau pilikia a pau, i hiki ai iā mākou ke hōʻoluʻolu aku i ka poʻe i loko o nā pilikia a pau me ka ʻoluʻolu a mākou i hōʻoluʻolu ai iā mākou iho. mai ke Akua mai. No ka mea, e like me na eha o Kristo i hiki nui mai maluna o makou, pela hoi makou i hooluolu nui ia mai e Kristo. Aka, ina e loaa ia kakou ka popilikia, he mea ia e oluolu ai a e ola'i. Inā loaʻa iā mākou ka hōʻoluʻolu, no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana ia, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai ke hoʻomanawanui ʻoukou me ke ahonui i nā ʻeha like a mākou e ʻeha ai.2. Korineto 1,3-6th).

He mea nui e ʻike i nā ʻeha a pau e like me kā Peter i wehewehe ai. Hoʻomanaʻo mai ʻo ia iā mākou e komo pū ana i ka ʻeha o Iesū i ka wā e ʻike ai mākou i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻeha pono ʻole. He aha ke ʻano kaulana ke hahau ʻia ʻoe no nā hana ʻino a hoʻomanawanui hoʻi? Akā, inā ʻeha ʻoe a hoʻomanawanui no nā hana maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka lokomaikaʻi i ke Akua. No ka mea, ua hea ʻia ʻoukou e hana, no ka mea, ua ʻeha ʻo Kristo no ʻoukou, a ua waiho ʻoukou i kumu hoʻohālike e hahai ai ʻoukou i kona mau kapuwai.1. Petrus 2,19-21th).

Ke hauʻoli nei mākou i ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua ma ka hōʻeha, ka ʻeha a me ka make. E like me Ioba, ʻike nō hoʻi mākou i ka wā a ʻike i ke kanaka, ʻike hewa lākou i ka maʻi a me ka ʻeha, ʻaʻole mākou i haʻalele i ke Akua, akā e kū pū ana iā mākou a hauʻoli i loko o mākou.

Inā i loko o kou kaumaha e noi ʻoe i ke Akua e lawe aku iā ia mai ou aku, makemake ke Akua e ʻike ʻoe i kāna hōʻoluʻolu: "Ua lawa koʻu lokomaikaʻi iā ʻoe" (2. Korineto 12,9). E lilo ʻoe i mea hōʻoluʻolu i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma o ka hōʻoluʻolu i loaʻa iā lākou iho.    

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