Ua make a hope ka lana

592 hope ka makeWahi a kekahi ʻōlelo, “Make hope ka manaʻolana!” Inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia ʻōlelo, ʻo ka make ka hope o ka manaʻolana. Naʻe pehē ʻe Pita ʻi he malanga ʻi he Penitekosi ʻoku ʻikai ke toe maʻu ʻe he mate ʻa Sīsuú: “Naʻe toe fakatuʻu ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo fakamoʻui ia mei he mamahi ʻo e maté, he ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ia ʻe he mate” (Ngāue). 2,24).

Ua wehewehe ʻo Paulo ma hope mai, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hōʻailona o ka bapetizo ʻana, ʻaʻole komo wale ka poʻe Kristiano i ke kau ʻana iā Iesū ma ke keʻa akā i kona ala hou ʻana. "No laila ua kanu pū ʻia mākou me ia ma ka bapetizo ʻana i loko o ka make, e like me Kristo i hoʻāla ʻia mai ka make mai ma ka nani o ka Makua, pēlā hoʻi mākou e hele ai i ke ola hou. No ka mea, ina i ulu pu kakou me ia, a e like me ia i kona make ana, e like auanei kakou me ia i ke alahouana. 6,4-5th).

ʻO ia ke kumu no ka make ʻole o ka mana iā mākou. Ma loko o Iesū ua loaʻa iā mākou ka lanakila a ke lana nei ka piʻi ʻana i ke ola mau loa. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kēia ola hou i ka wā i ʻae ai mākou i ke ola o ke Kristo ʻānō i loko o mākou ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo iā ia. Ke ola nei a i make paha, ke noho nei ʻo Iesū ma loko o mākou a ʻo ia ko mākou manaolana.

He paʻakikī ka make kino, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i waiho ʻia. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i ka make ke hoʻopaʻa i ka poʻe make, no ka mea, aia lākou i ke ola hou i loko o Iesū Kristo, ʻo ia wale nō ke ola mau loa. “Eia ke ola mau loa, o ka ike ia oe, ke Akua oiaio hookahi, a me ka mea au i hoouna mai ai, o Iesu Kristo.” (Ioane 17,3). Nou, ʻaʻole ʻo ka make ka hope o kāu mau manaʻolana a me nā moeʻuhane, akā ʻo ka hele ʻana i ke ola mau loa i loko o nā lima o ka Makua lani, nāna i hana kēia mau mea a pau ma o kāna Keiki ʻo Iesū Kristo!

na James Henderson