Aloha anei ke Akua iā mākou?

Ua heluhelu ka hapanui o mākou i ka Baibala no nā makahiki he nui. Maikaʻi ke heluhelu ʻana i nā paukū kamaʻāina a wahī iā ʻoe iho iā lākou e like me ke kapa pumehana. Hiki i kā mākou kamaʻāina ke nānā iā mākou e nānā i nā kikoʻī nui. Inā heluhelu mākou iā lākou me nā maka maka a mai kahi kuanaʻike hou, hiki i ka ʻUhane Hemolele ke kōkua iā mākou e ʻike hou aʻe a hoʻomanaʻo paha iā mākou i nā mea a mākou i poina.

I ka heluhelu hou ana i na Acts a ka poe Aposetolo, ua loaa ia'u kekahi wahi i heluhelu ai oukou me ka nana ole nui: "A hoomanawanui oia ia lakou ma ka waonahele i na makahiki he kanaha" (Acts 1 Cor.3,18 1984). Hoʻomanaʻo au i kēlā pauku a lohe au i ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pono ke Akua e hoʻomanawanui i ka ʻōhumu a me ka uwē ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela me he mea lā ua lilo lākou i mea kaumaha nui iā ia.

Akā, heluhelu au i ka ʻōlelo: "A ua ʻike ʻoe i ke kōkua ʻana o Iēhova kou Akua iā ʻoe ma ke ala ma ka wao nahele. I kēia manawa ua hāpai ʻo ia iā ʻoe e like me ka hāpai ʻana o ka makua kāne i kāna keiki" (5. Puka 1,31 Hope no nā mea a pau).

Ke ʻōlelo nei ka unuhi Baibala Luther hou o 2017: "A i nā makahiki he kanahā āna i lawe ai iā ia ma ka wao nahele" (Acts 1).3,18) aiʻole e like me ka MacDonald Commentary wehewehe: "Ka mālama ʻana i nā pono o kekahi". ʻAʻole kānalua ʻo ia ka mea a ke Akua i hana ai no nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, me ka ʻōhumu ʻana a pau.

Ua mālamalama kahi kukui iaʻu. ʻOiaʻiʻo ua mālama ʻo ia iā lākou; he meaʻai kā lākou, ka wai a me nā kāmaʻa i pau ʻole. ʻOiai ʻike wau ʻaʻole e pōloli ke Akua iā ia, ʻaʻole au i ʻike i kona pili a me kona hohonu i kona ola. He mea hōʻoluʻolu loa ka heluhelu ʻana ua hāpai ke Akua i kāna poʻe e like me ka makua kāne e hāpai ana i kāna keiki.

I kekahi manawa manaʻo mākou he paʻakikī ke Akua e hāpai iā mākou a i ʻole maʻi ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana me kā mākou a me nā pilikia mau. ʻIke like kā mākou pule i nā manawa pinepine a hoʻomau mākou i ka lawehala i nā lawehala maʻamau. ʻOiai inā mākou e nanu ana i kekahi manawa a hana like me ka ʻIseraʻela mahalo ʻole, e mālama mai ke Akua iā mākou no ka nui o ka namunamu; ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, maopopo nō wau e makemake ʻo ia iā mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia ma mua o ka namunamu.

ʻO nā Karistiano i ka lawelawe manawa piha, akā ʻo nā Kristiano āpau e lawelawe a kākoʻo i ka poʻe i kekahi ʻano, hiki ke luhi a puhi i ke ahi. I kēia kūlana, hoʻomaka ka mea e ʻike i nā kaikaina o kekahi e like me nā Israelā hiki ʻole ke hoʻomanawanui, i hiki ai ke alakaʻi i kā lākou mau pilikia "ukiuki". Ke hoʻomanawanui ʻana i kekahi mea ʻo ia ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i kahi mea āu e makemake ʻole ai a i ʻole e ʻae i kahi mea maikaʻi ʻole. ʻAʻole ʻike ke Akua iā mākou e like me kēlā! ʻO kāna mau keiki āpau a makemake mākou i ka mahalo, ke aloha, a me ka mālama aloha. Me kona aloha e kahe ana i loko o mākou, hiki iā mākou ke aloha i ko mākou mau hoanoho ma kahi o ka hoʻomanawanui wale ʻana iā lākou. Inā pono, hiki iā mākou ke hāpai i kekahi inā ʻaʻole lawa ko lākou ikaika ma ke ala.

E hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe iho ʻaʻole i mālama wale ke Akua i kāna poʻe ma ka wao nahele, akā paʻa ʻo ia iā ʻoe iho i kāna mau lima aloha. Hāpai ʻo ia iā ʻoe a ma mua a ʻaʻole oki i ke aloha a me ka mālama iā ʻoe, ʻoiai ʻoe e namunamu a poina i ka mahalo. Hoʻopuni ke aloha aloha ʻole o ke Akua iā ʻoe i loko o kou ola, inā ʻoe e ʻike a ʻike paha.

na Tammy Tkach