ʻO ka lepili kūikawā

Ua loaʻa paha iā ʻoe kahi pahu meaʻai ʻole i hōʻailona ʻia i loko o kāu hale lole? ʻO ke ala wale nō e ʻike ai i ka mea i loko o ka wehe ʻana i ka ipu. Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ka pahu mason ʻaʻole i hōʻailona ʻia, he aha ka manaʻo i kūpono maoli ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kāu mau manaʻo? Haʻahaʻa loa paha. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui nā lepili hale kūʻai. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi mai iā mākou i ka manaʻo o ka mea e manaʻo ai i loko o ka pā. ʻO ka manawa pinepine aia kekahi kiʻi o ka huahana ma ka lepili i hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia e loaʻa ana kāu mea e makemake ai e kūʻai.

Pono nā lepili i ka ʻoihana o ka hale kūʻai, akā ke hālāwai mākou me nā poʻe i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, waiho mākou iā lākou i loko o kahi pahu pahu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā puʻu o nā manaʻo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e moe ana a puni. Hoʻopili ʻia nā lepili a me nā lepili me nā manaʻo e like me "ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe" a i ʻole "pilikia" i kēia mau mea huki o kā mākou mau pahu huki noʻonoʻo. Hoʻokomo mākou i nā kānaka a me nā kūlana i loko o kēia mau huki huki i kūpono i ko mākou manaʻo. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike ma mua inā he haʻaheo a he pilikia paha kahi kūlana. I kekahi manawa wikiwiki mākou e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kekahi me ka ʻike ʻole ʻo wai maoli lākou. Malia paha ua ʻike mākou i ke kala o ko lākou ʻili, ko lākou kūlana ma ka hana a me ke ola, a i ʻole kā lākou mea kālai politika, a i ʻole kekahi mea e hoʻohewa ai.

I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua heluhelu au i loko o ka makasina, ua wili ʻia ko mākou lolo e hana i kēia mau ʻano hoʻoholo wikiwiki i mea e pale ai iā ʻoe iho a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana. He ʻoiaʻiʻo paha ia, akā ʻike wau he pilikia nui kēlā mau hoʻoholo wikiwiki i ka pilina kanaka, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole mākou e nānā i ko mākou mau manaʻo.

He ahakanaka like ole paha ka ekalesia ma Korineto, aka, ua nele ia i ka ae like a me ka hookipa ana. Ua paʻa mau lākou i ka manaʻo honua, hāʻawi kekahi i kekahi i nā lepili hoʻokae. No laila, aia kekahi poʻe i hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho i ko lākou mau pūʻulu ponoʻī e like me ko lākou manaʻo ʻino, ʻo ia ka lāhui, ka waiwai, ke kūlana a me ka moʻomeheu. ʻAʻole i hoʻopilikia wale kona manaʻo hoʻokolokolo i kona kaiāulu, akā he hōʻike maikaʻi ʻole ia i ka poʻe ma waho o ke kaiāulu.

Hāʻawi ʻo Paulo iā mākou i kahi manaʻo ʻokoʻa ma Korineto: "No laila ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i kekahi ma ke kino; a ʻoiai ua ʻike mākou iā Kristo ma ke kino, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike hou iā ia. No laila, inā i loko o Kristo kekahi, he mea hou ia; ua hala ka mea kahiko, aia hoi, ua hiki mai ka mea hou.2. Korineto 5,16-17th).

ʻO ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka ʻekalesia Korineto ma o Kristo lā e loaʻa ai iā mākou ko mākou ʻike maoli a me nā inoa ʻē aʻe a pau, inā he kāne, lāhui, kūlana kaiāulu, a i ʻole ka manaʻo politika. ʻO ko mākou ʻano ʻoiaʻiʻo, i loko o Kristo, e lawe mai iā mākou i ka piha a ʻo ia ka piha o ko mākou ʻano. ʻAʻole ia he kiʻi wale nō, akā ʻo ke ʻano o ko kākou ʻano. ʻO mākou nā keiki hoʻomaikaʻi, manuahi a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia a ke Akua. ʻO wai ka lepili āu e makemake ai e ʻaʻahu? E hāʻawi anei ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo a ko ke ao nei e pili ana iā ʻoe, a i ʻole e ʻae paha ʻoe i ka loiloi wale nō a ke Akua ka Makua e hōʻike mai ai no ʻoe? Ua kapa ʻia ʻoe he mea hana hou i loko o Kristo Iesu, me ka ʻike ua ʻae ʻia ʻoe a aloha ʻia e ka Makua? ʻAʻole hiki i kēia lepili ke hāʻule a hōʻailona iā ʻoe no kou ʻano maoli!

na Jeff Broadnax