I ka manawa hea ʻoe i hoʻopakele ʻia ai?

Ma mua o ko Iesu kaulia ʻana, hele ʻo Petero, ʻai, ola, a kamaʻilio pū me Iesū no ʻekolu mau makahiki. Aka, i ka hiki ana mai, ekolu o Petero hoole ikaika ana i kona Haku. Ua holo ʻo ia a me nā haumāna ʻē aʻe i ka pō i hopu ʻia ai ʻo Iesū a waiho lākou iā ia e kau ʻia ma ke keʻa. ʻEkolu lā ma hope mai, ʻike ʻia ʻo Kristo i ala ʻia i kēlā mau haumāna i hōʻole iā ia a holo. A hala kekahi mau la, halawai aku la ia me Petero a me na haumana e ae, ia lakou e kuu ana i ka lakou mau upena mai ka moku lawaia aku, a kono aku la ia lakou e aina kakahiaka ma kahakai.

ʻOiai ʻo Petero a me nā haumāna, ʻaʻole i pau ka mālama pono ʻana iā lākou. Inā pono mākou e kuhikuhi i ka manawa i hoʻohuli ʻia ai ʻo Petero, pehea mākou e pane ai i kēlā nīnau? Ua hoolaia anei oia i ko Iesu koho mua ana ia ia i haumana? Ua ʻōlelo anei ʻo Iesū, "Ma luna o kēia pōhaku e kūkulu ai au i koʻu ʻekalesia?" A i ka wa i olelo aku ai o Petero ia Iesu, O oe no ka Mesia, ke Keiki a ke Akua ola? Ua hoopakeleia anei oia i kona wa i manaoio ai i ke alahouana o Iesu? ʻO ka wā anei i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo Iesū i ka poʻe haumāna ma kahakai a nīnau iā Petero, aloha anei ʻoe iaʻu? A i ʻole ma ka Penetekota ka manawa i piha ai ka hui i ka ʻUhane Hemolele? ʻAʻole paha ia?

Hoʻokahi mea a mākou e ʻike ai, ʻo Peter a mākou e ʻike ai ma Acts he mea hilinaʻi wiwo ʻole a kūpaʻa ʻole. Akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka wā i hoʻololi ʻia ai. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ua hiki i ka bapetizo ʻana. Ua bapetizo ʻia mākou no ka mea ua manaʻoʻiʻo mākou, ʻaʻole ma mua o ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka manaʻoʻiʻo, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo e hoʻopakele iā mākou, ʻo Iesu ka mea e hoʻopakele iā mākou.

Penei ka olelo a Paulo i ka palapala i ko Epeso: “Aka, o ke Akua, ka mea i piha i ke aloha, i kona aloha nui ana i aloha mai ai ia kakou, ua hoola mai oia ia kakou me Kristo i ka wa i make ai kakou iloko o ka hewa, ma ka lokomaikai oe i hoola mai ai. Ua hoala mai oia ia kakou me kakou, a ua hoonoho ia kakou ma ka lani iloko o Kristo Iesu, i hoike mai oia i ka waiwai nui o kona lokomaikai i na makahiki e hiki mai ana, ma kona lokomaikai ia kakou ma o Kristo Iesu la. No ka mea, ua hoolaia oukou ma ka lokomaikai ma ka manaoio, aole ia no oukou iho: he haawina ia na ke Akua, aole no na hana, o kaena auanei kekahi." (Epeso. 2,4-9th).

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ko mākou ola e Iesu 2000 makahiki i hala. Eia naʻe, mai ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ke ao nei, ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā mākou ke hoʻoholo, ua hāʻawi mai ke Akua iā mākou i kāna lokomaikaʻi i kāna hana e ʻae iā Iesū ma kona manaʻoʻiʻo (John). 6,29). No ka mea, ʻaʻole mālama ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo iā mākou a hoʻololi paha ke Akua i kona manaʻo e pili ana iā mākou. Ua aloha mau ke Akua iā mākou a ʻaʻole loa e pau ke aloha iā mākou. Hoʻokahi wale nō kumu e hoʻōla ʻia ai mākou e kona lokomaikaʻi, no kona aloha iā mākou. ʻO ke kumu, ke manaʻoʻiʻo mākou iā Iesū, ʻike mākou no ka manawa mua i ke ʻano maoli o nā mea a me nā mea e pono ai mākou. Iesu, ko kakou Hoola ponoi a Hoolapanai. ʻIke mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua aloha ke Akua iā mākou, makemake iā mākou i loko o kāna ʻohana a makemake mākou e hui pū ʻia iā Iesū Kristo. Ke hele nei mākou ma ka mālamalama, e hahai ana i ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a hoʻopōmaikaʻi i ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ke ola mau loa. He nūhou maikaʻi nō kēia! I ka manawa hea ʻoe i hoʻopakele ʻia ai?

na Joseph Tkach