ʻO ko mākouʻokoʻa maoli

222 ko mākou ʻike maoliI kēia mau lā, pono ʻoe e hana i kahi inoa no ʻoe iho i mea koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a me ʻoe iho. Me he mea lā aia ke kanaka i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻike a me ke ʻano. Akā, ua ʻōlelo mua ʻo Iesū: "ʻO ka mea e ʻike i kona ola, e lilo ia; a ʻo ka mea e haʻalele i kona ola noʻu, e loaʻa ia iā ia” (Mataio 10:39). Ma ke ʻano he ʻekalesia, ua aʻo mākou mai kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo. Mai ka makahiki 2009 ua kapa mākou iā mākou iho ʻo Grace Communion International a pili kēia inoa i ko mākou ʻike maoli, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma loko o Iesū a ʻaʻole i loko o mākou. E nānā pono kākou i kēia inoa a ʻike i kāna mea e hūnā ai.

Aloha

ʻO ka lokomaikaʻi ka huaʻōlelo mua ma ko mākou inoa no ka mea e wehewehe maikaʻi i kā mākou huakaʻi pilikino a hui pū i ke Akua ma o Iesū Kristo ma o ka ʻUhane Hemolele. "Akā, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e hoʻōla ʻia mākou ma ka lokomaikaʻi o ka Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo, e like me lākou" (Acts 15:11). "Ua hoaponoia kakou me ka pono ole ma kona lokomaikai ma ka hoola ana ia Kristo Iesu" (Roma 3:24). Ma ka lokomaikaʻi wale nō ke Akua (ma o Kristo) e ʻae iā mākou e komo i kāna pono ponoʻī. ʻOku akoʻi maʻu pē ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko e pōpoaki ʻo e tui ko ha meʻa ia ʻo e ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá (vakai, Ngāue 14:3; 20:24; 20:32).

ʻO ke kumu no ka pilina o ke Akua me nā kānaka he lokomaikaʻi a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻOiai ʻo ke kānāwai he hōʻike ia o kēia mau ʻona, a ʻo ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua nō i loaʻa ka hōʻike piha ma o Iesū Kristo. Ma ke aloha o ke Akua e ola ʻia ai wale kākou e Iesū Kristo a ʻaʻole pono me ka mālama pono ʻana i ke kānāwai. O ke kānāwai kahi i hoʻohewa ʻia ai nā kānaka a pau, ʻaʻole ia ka ʻōlelo hope a ke Akua. O kana olelo hope loa no Iesu. ʻO ia ka hōʻike kūpono a me ka hōʻike pilikino a ke aloha a ke Akua i hāʻawi me ke kanaka i nā kānaka.
ʻO ko mākou hōʻoia i lalo o ke kānāwai i hoʻāpono ʻia a kūpono hoʻi. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻano kūpono mai kā mākou iho no ka mea, ʻaʻole lawehala ke Akua i kāna mau kānāwai ponoʻī a me nā kānāwai. E hana ana ke Akua ma loko o mākou ke kūʻokoʻa ma muli o kona makemake.

Ua wehewehe ʻia kona makemake e ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka hoʻōla. Na‘e tohi ‘e he ‘apositoló ko Paulá: “‘Oku ‘ikai te u maumau‘i ‘a e ‘ofa ‘a e ‘Otua; no ka mea, ina ma ke kanawai ka pono, make makehewa ko Kristo” (Galatia 2:21). Ua wehewehe ʻo Paulo i ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua ʻo ia wale nō ke koho ʻaʻole makemake e hoʻolei. ʻO ka lokomaikaʻi ʻaʻole ia he mea e kaupaona ʻia a ana ʻia a kūʻai ʻia. ʻO ka lokomaikaʻi ka maikaʻi ola o ke Akua, kahi āna e hele ai a hoʻololi i ka naʻau a me ka noʻonoʻo o ke kanaka.

Ma kāna palapala i ka ʻekalesia ma Roma, ua kākau ʻo Paulo ʻo ka mea wale nō a mākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokō ma o kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana, ʻo ia ka uku o ka hewa, ʻo ia ka make, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo ʻino. Akā, aia kekahi mea maikaʻi loa, no ka mea, "ʻo ka makana a ke Akua ke ola mau loa i loko o Kristo Iesu ko mākou Haku" (Roma 6:24). ʻO Iesu ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua. ʻO ia ke ola o ke Akua i hāʻawi manuahi ʻia no nā kānaka a pau.

Huipuia

ʻO ke aloha ʻo ia ka huaʻōlelo ʻelua ma ko mākou inoa no ka mea he pilina maoli mākou me ka Makua ma o ke Keiki me ka launa pū me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Ma loko o Kristo mākou e launa pū ai me ke Akua a me kekahi. Ua hoʻolilo ʻo James Torrance iā ia penei: "ʻO ka Triune ke Akua ka mea i hui pū me ke ʻano he kanaka maoli ʻole kākou inā ua ʻike mākou i kā mākou ʻike i ka hui pū me ia a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe." 

ʻO ka Makua, ke Keiki a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele i loko o ka pilina maikaʻi loa a pule ʻo Iesū i kaʻana like ʻana o kāna mau haumāna i kēia pilina a e hōʻike lākou iā ia ma ke ao nei (Ioane 14:20; 17:23). Ua wehewehe ka lunaolelo Ioane i keia kaiaulu me ke aa loa i ke aloha. Ua wehewehe ʻo Ioane i kēia aloha hohonu e like me ka launa mau ʻana me ka Makua, ke Keiki a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. ʻO ka pilina ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka noho ʻana me Kristo i ke aloha o ka Makua ma o ka ʻUhane Hemolele (1. Ioane 4:8).

Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo ke Kristiano he pilina pilikino me Iesū. Hoʻohana ka Baibala i kekahi mau mea hoʻohālikelike e wehewehe i kēia pilina. 'Ōlelo kekahi i ka pilina o ka haku me kāna kauā. Ma muli o kēia, pono mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi a hahai i ko mākou Haku, ʻo Iesū Kristo. Naʻe toe pehē ʻe Sīsū ki hono kau muimui: “ʻOku ʻikai toe pehē ʻe au ko e kau tamaioʻeiki; no ka mea, aole ike ke kauwa i ka mea a kona haku e hana'i. Aka, ua hai aku au ia oukou, he mau hoaloha oukou; no ka mea, ua hoike aku au ia oukou i na mea a pau a'u i lohe ai i ko'u Makua” (Ioane 15:15). ʻO kekahi kiʻi e'ōlelo ana i ka pilina ma waena o ka makua kāne a me kāna mau keiki (Ioane 1:12-13). ʻO ke kiʻi hoʻi o ke kāne mare a me kāna wahine mare, ʻike ʻia ma ke Kauoha Kahiko, ua hoʻohana ʻia e Iesu (Matthew 9:15) a kākau ʻo Paulo e pili ana i ka pilina ma waena o ke kāne a me ka wahine (Efeso 5). ʻO ka leka i ka poʻe Hebera ʻōlelo ʻo mākou he mau kaikunāne a he mau kaikuahine no Iesu (Hebera 2:11). Loaʻa i kēia mau kiʻi āpau (kauā, hoa, keiki, hoa kāne, kaikuahine, kaikunāne) ka manaʻo o kahi kaiāulu hohonu, maikaʻi, pilikino me kekahi. Akā he mau kiʻi wale nō kēia mau mea a pau. ʻO ko mākou Akua Triune ke kumu a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia pilina a me ke kaiāulu. He hui ia e hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi mai iā mākou i kona lokomaikaʻi.

Naʻe lotu ʻa Sīsū ke tau nofo mo ia taʻengata pea fiefia ʻi he lelei ko iá (Sione 17:24). Ma keia pule ua kono mai oia ia kakou e noho ma ke ano o ke kaiāulu me kekahi i kekahi a me ka Makua. I ko Iesu piʻi ʻana i ka lani, lawe ʻo ia iā mākou, kona mau hoaaloha, i hui pū me ka Makua a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo aia ma o ka ʻUhane Hemolele kahi ala e noho ai mākou ma kahi kokoke iā Kristo a ma ke alo o ka Makua (Epeso 2: 6). Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kēia pilina me ke Akua i kēia manawa, ʻoiai inā e ʻike ʻia ka piha o kēia pilina i ka wā e hoʻi mai ai ʻo Kristo a hoʻokumu i kāna aupuni. ʻO ia ke kumu he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ke kaiāulu o ko mākou kaiāulu hilinaʻi. ʻO ko mākou ʻike, i kēia manawa a mau loa aku, ua hoʻokumu ʻia i loko o Kristo a i ka hui pū ʻana a ke Akua me mākou e like me ka Makua, ke Keiki a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele.

Ka honua (International)

ʻO ke kālā ka ʻōlelo ʻekolu i ko mākou inoa no ka mea he kaiāulu nui o kā mākou ekalesia. A hiki mākou i nā kānaka ma nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka moʻomeheu, linguistic a me nā ʻāina. ʻOiai he ʻona liʻiliʻi mākou no ka ʻāina, aia nā kaiāulu i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina ʻAmelika a ma Kanada hoʻi, Mekiko, Caribbean, ʻAmelika Hema, ʻEulopa, ʻAsia, ʻAmelika, ʻAmelika a ma ka Pakipika. Ua loaʻa iā mākou he 50.000 o nā lālā ma mua o 70 mau ʻāina i loaʻa i nā hale ma mua o 900 mau pule.

Ua hoʻākoakoa mai ke Akua iā mākou ma kēia kaiāulu ʻoihana. He hoʻopōmaikaʻi nui mākou e hana pū a hiki i kahi liʻiliʻi akā hana pilikino kēia mau hana like. I ko mākou kaiaulu, e kūkulu mau ʻia ana nā hoaaloha a kūkulu ʻia ma nā palena o ka ʻāina a me ka moʻomeheu, i kēia mau lā i kaʻana like i ko mākou honua. He hōʻailona maoli nō ia o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua!

Ma he halepule, he mea nui ia iā mākou e ola a hoʻoilina i ka ʻeuanelio a ke Akua i waiho ai i loko o ko mākou mau naʻau. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o ka lokomaikaʻi a ke aloha a ke Akua e hoʻoikaika nei i ka haʻi ʻana i ka lono maikaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Makemake mākou i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e komo i loko a mālama i kahi pilina me Iesū Kristo a hoʻopaʻa pū ma kēia hauʻoli. ʻAʻole hiki iā kākou ke mālama i ka ʻeuanelio no ka mea makemake mākou i ka poʻe āpau o ka honua e ʻike i ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua a lilo i ʻāpana o ke kaiāulu. ʻO ia ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua i hāʻawi mai ai e hōʻike pū me ka honua.

na Joseph Tkach