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Ke aloha pau ole o ke Akua
ʻO ka mele Beatles 'Can't Buy Me Love' i loaʻa nā laina: 'E kūʻai au i ke apo daimana iā ʻoe e kuʻu hoaaloha inā e hauʻoli ʻoe, e hāʻawi wau iā ʻoe i kekahi mea inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli. ʻAʻole au hopohopo nui i ke kālā no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ke kālā ke kūʻai iaʻu i ke aloha».
Pehea ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki i ke kālā ke kūʻai i ke aloha iā mākou. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hana i nā mea he nui, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa ka mea nui i ke ola. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, hiki i ke kālā ke kūʻai i kahi moe, akā ʻaʻole ka hiamoe a mākou e makemake nui ai. No ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ʻaʻole pili ke olakino maoli. Hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ko mākou nānā ʻana, akā no loko mai ka nani maoli a ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia.
ʻO ke aloha o ke Akua iā mākou ʻaʻole ia he mea hiki ke kūʻai mai kā mākou hana. Ua aloha ʻo ia iā mākou me ke ʻano ʻole no ka mea i loko o kona ʻuhane ke Akua ke aloha: «He aloha ke Akua; a o ka mea e noho ana i ke aloha, ke noho nei no ia iloko o ke Akua, a o ke Akua hoi iloko ona.1. Johannes 4,16). Hiki iā mākou ke hilinaʻi i ke aloha o ke Akua iā mākou.
Pehea mākou e ʻike ai? "Peia i hoike mai ai ke Akua i kona aloha ia kakou: Ua hoouna mai oia i kana Keiki hiwahiwa i ke ao nei, i ola kakou ia ia. ʻO kēia ke aloha: ʻaʻole mākou i aloha i ke Akua, akā ua aloha ʻo ia iā mākou a hoʻouna mai i kāna Keiki i kalahala no kā mākou hewa.1. Johannes 4,9-10). No ke aha mākou e hilinaʻi ai? No ka mea, "ua mau loa kona lokomaikai" (Salamo 107,1 Baibala Ola Hou).
Hōʻike ʻia ke aloha o ke Akua ma nā ʻano he nui i ko mākou ola ʻana. Mālama ʻo ia iā mākou, alakaʻi iā mākou, hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu a hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ikaika i nā manawa paʻakikī. Aia kona aloha i ka puʻuwai o ko mākou pilina me ia a me ko mākou pilina me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ka mea kākoʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo a me ko mākou manaolana.
ʻO ka ʻike a me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ke aloha a ke Akua iā mākou e lawe pū me ia i kahi kuleana: "E nā hoaaloha, no ka mea i aloha mai ke Akua iā mākou, e aloha pū kekahi i kekahi" (1. Johannes 4,11). E aloha kakou i kekahi i kekahi, aole no ka hana a me ke koi; ʻAʻole hiki iā kāua ke kūʻai i ke aloha. Ke aloha nei mākou i ke aloha a ke Akua i hōʻike mai ai iā mākou: "Ke aloha nei mākou no ka mea ua aloha mua ʻo ia iā mākou" (1. Johannes 4,19). ʻOku toe pehē ʻe Sione: “Ko ia ʻoku ne pehē ʻoku ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ka ʻoku fehiʻa ki ha tokoua pe tuofefine ko e loi ia. No ka mea, o ka mea aloha ole i kona hoahanau ana i ike ai, aole e hiki ke aloha i ke Akua ana i ike ole ai. A ua hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iā mākou i kēia kauoha: ʻO ka mea e aloha i ke Akua e pono e aloha i kona kaikaina a me kona kaikuahine.1. Johannes 4,20-21th).
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ko mākou hiki ke hāʻawi a loaʻa i ke aloha e pili ana i ko mākou pilina me ke Akua. ʻO ka nui o kā mākou pilina me ia a ʻike i kona aloha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. No laila, he mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou pilina me ia a hoʻokuʻu i kona aloha i loko o ko mākou ola.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai i ke aloha! Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi kitautolu ʻe Sīsū ke tau foaki ʻa e ʻofa ko ha meʻaʻofa: “Ko ʻeku fekau ʻeni: ʻOku ʻofa ki ai” (Sione 15,17). No ke aha mai? Hiki iā mākou ke kōkua i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e ʻike i ke aloha o ke Akua ma o ka lawelawe ʻana i ko lākou pono, hoʻolohe iā lākou, a kākoʻo iā lākou i kā mākou pule. ʻO ke aloha a mākou e hōʻike nei kekahi i kekahi, e hōʻike ana i ke aloha o ke Akua iā mākou. Hoʻohui ia iā mākou a hoʻoikaika i ko mākou pilina, ko mākou kaiāulu a me kā mākou mau halepule. Kōkua ia iā mākou e hoʻomaopopo, kākoʻo a paipai kekahi i kekahi. Hoʻolilo ke aloha i ka honua a puni mākou i wahi maikaʻi loa no ka mea he mana kona e hoʻopā i nā naʻau, hoʻololi i nā ola, a lawe mai i ka ho'ōla. Ke lawe nei mākou i ke aloha o ke Akua i ke ao nei, lilo mākou i mau ʻelele nona a kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i kona aupuni ma ka honua.
e Barry Robinson
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