ʻO ka hale pule

ʻO ka Ekalesia, ke kino o Kristo, ʻo ia ke kaiāulu o ka poʻe a pau i manaʻoʻiʻo iā Iesu Kristo a i loko ona e noho ai ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Ua kauohaia ka ekalesia e hai i ka euanelio, e ao aku i na mea a pau a Kristo i kauoha mai ai e bapetizoia, a e hanai i ka ohana. I ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia ʻoihana, lawe ka Ekalesia i alakaʻi ʻia e ka ʻUhane Hemolele i ka Baibala i alakaʻi a hoʻomau mau iā Iesu Kristo, kona poʻo ola. Ua ʻōlelo ka Baibala: ʻO ka mea i manaʻoʻiʻo iā Kristo e lilo ia i ʻāpana o ka "ʻekalesia" a i ʻole "ʻaha kanaka". He aha kēia, ka "Ekalesia", ka "Ahahui"? Pehea ka hoonohonoho ana? He aha ke kumu? (1. Korineto 12,13; Roma 8,9; Mataio 28,19-20; Kolosa 1,18; Epeso 1,22)

Hoʻomaka ʻo Iesū i kāna ekalesia

Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: ʻOku ou fie maʻu ke langa ʻeku lotú (Mātiu 16,18). He mea nui ka Ekalesia iā ia - ua aloha nui ʻo ia iā ia a hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona ola nona (Epeso 5,25). Inā mākou e manaʻo e like me ia, aloha mākou i ka Ekalesia a hāʻawi iā mākou iho iā ia.

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo Helene no ka "ʻekalesia" [congregation] ʻo ekklesia, ʻo ia hoʻi ke ʻano o ka ʻaha kanaka. Ma na Hana 19,39-40 hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo ma ke ʻano o kahi hui maʻamau o nā kānaka. No ka Karistiano, akā, ua lawe ka ekklesia i kahi manaʻo kūikawā: ka poʻe a pau i manaʻoʻiʻo iā Iesu Kristo.

No ka laʻana, kahi i hoʻohana mua ai ʻo ia i ka huaʻōlelo, kākau ʻo Luke: "A kau mai ka makaʻu nui ma luna o ka ʻaha kanaka a pau ..." (Acts 5,11). ʻAʻole pono ʻo ia e wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka huaʻōlelo; ua ike mua kona poe heluhelu. Ua hōʻike ia i nā Karistiano a pau, ʻaʻole wale ka poʻe i ʻākoakoa ma ia wahi i kēlā manawa. ʻO ka "Ekalesia" ʻo ia ka ʻekalesia, ʻo ia hoʻi nā haumāna a pau a Kristo. He kaiāulu kanaka, ʻaʻole he hale.

ʻO kēlā me kēia hui kaiaulu o ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo he halepule. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula “i he kakai ʻo e ʻOtua ʻi Kolinitō” (1. Korineto 1,2); ʻōlelo ʻo ia no "nā ʻekalesia a pau o Kristo" (Roma 1 Kor6,16) a me "ka ekalesia o Laodikeia" (Kolosa 4,16). Akā, hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka huaʻōlelo ʻekalesia ma ke ʻano he inoa hui no ka hui ʻana o ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo a pau i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana "Ua aloha ʻo Kristo i ka ʻekalesia a hāʻawi iā ia iho nona" (Epeso. 5,25).

Aia ka halepule i nā pae he nui. Ma kahi ʻāpana hoʻokahi ka hale pule a i ʻole ka hale pule, kahi e hoʻopili ai i nā poʻe a pau i ka honua i hōʻike iā Iesu Kristo he Haku a me Ola. Ma kahi ʻokoʻa e kū ai nā kaiāulu kūloko, nā kaiāulu i ka palena iki, nā hui kaiaulu o nā poʻe e hui pinepine nei. Ma kahi pae waena, he mau palapala a ʻāhewa paha nā hui. He mau hui o nā kaiāulu e hana pū ana ma kahi moʻaukala maʻamau a me kahi kumu hilinaʻi.

I kekahi mau lālā nā lālā mālama ʻole - nā ʻohana ʻohana ʻaʻole e manaʻo ʻia ʻo Iesū he Ola akā ua komo nō i loko o ke ola pule. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka poʻe e manaʻo nei he Karistiano lākou akā he poʻe nānā wale lākou iā lākou iho. Hōʻike ka hōʻike i kekahi o lākou i hope ma hope, ʻaʻole lākou he Karistiano maoli.

No ke aha e pono ai mākou i ka ʻekalesia

He nui ka poʻe i wehewehe iā lākou iho he poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo iā Kristo, ʻaʻole makemake lākou e komo i kekahi ʻekalesia. ʻO kēia hoʻi, pono e kapa ʻia ke kūlana maikaʻi ʻole. Hōʻike ke Kauoha Hou: ʻO ka hihia maʻamau ʻo ka hui pinepine ʻana o ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo (Hebera 10,25).

Ua kāhea hou ʻo Paulo i nā Karistiano e noho no kekahi i kekahi, a e hana pū kekahi i kekahi, e lawelawe kekahi i kekahi, i lokahi (Roma 1.2,10; 15,7; 1. Korineto 12,25; Galatia 5,13; Epeso 4,32; Pilipi 2,3; Kolosa 3,13; 2. Tesalonike 5,13). He mea paʻakikī i nā kānaka ke hoʻolohe i kēia mau kauoha ke hālāwai ʻole lākou me nā poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo ʻē aʻe.

Hiki i kahi ʻona kūloko ke hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi manaʻo e pili ai, ka manaʻo e pili ana kākou i pili me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iā mākou i ka liʻiliʻi o ka palekana o ka ʻUhane i ʻole ke kuhi ʻole ʻia me nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kahi ʻāina ke hāʻawi iā mākou i ke aloha, ka kaiāulu, ka paipai ʻana. Hiki iā ia ke aʻo iā mākou i nā mea ʻaʻole kākou e aʻo ma kā kākou iho. Hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i kā mākou mau keiki, hiki iā ia ke kōkua iā mākou e lawelawe me ka maikaʻi a me ka Kristiano, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iā mākou i nā manawa e lawelawe ai, kahi e ulu ai mākou, pinepine i nā ala like ʻole. Ma kahi holoʻokoʻa hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia: ʻO ka loaʻa kālā a kahi kaiāulu e hāʻawi ai iā mākou e pili ana i ka ʻāpono a mākou e hana ai.

Akā ʻo ke kumu koʻikoʻi loa e komo ai ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo i kahi halepule: Pono ka ʻekalesia iā mākou. Ua hāʻawi ke Akua i nā makana like ʻole i kēlā me kēia kanaka manaʻoʻiʻo a makemake ʻo ia e hana pū mākou "no ka pono o nā mea a pau" (1. Korineto 12,4-7). Inā hele mai kekahi o nā limahana i ka hana, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka hana ʻole ʻana o ka hale pule e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a ʻaʻole hoʻi mākou i ola olakino e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohewa ʻana ma mua o ke kōkua.

Pono ka ekalesia i ko kakou manawa, ko kakou akamai, ko kakou mau makana. Pono ʻo ia i nā kānaka hiki iā ia ke hilinaʻi - pono ʻo ia i kā mākou kūpaʻa. Ua kāhea ʻo Iesū i nā limahana e pule (Mat 9,38). Makemake ʻo ia e hāʻawi lima mai kēlā me kēia o mākou a ʻaʻole e pāʻani wale i ka mea nānā.

ʻO ka mea makemake e lilo i Kristiano me ka hui ʻole, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana i ko lākou ikaika e like me kā mākou e hoʻohana ai e like me ka Baibala, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kōkua. ʻO ka Ekalesia he "kaiāulu kōkua like ʻole," a pono mākou e kōkua kekahi i kekahi, me ka ʻike e hiki mai ana ka lā (ʻae, ua hiki mai) pono mākou e kōkua iā mākou iho.

ʻO nā wehewehe ʻana o ke kaiāulu

Hoʻokaʻa ʻia ka halepule ma nā ala like ʻole: nā kānaka o ke Akua, ka ʻohana a ke Akua, ka wahine mare o Kristo. He hale, hale hoʻi mākou. ʻ addressedlelo mai ʻo Iesū iā mākou he poʻe hipa, me nā mahina ʻai, me nā māla waina. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia mau hōʻailona i kahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka hale pule.

He nui na olelonane a Iesu e pili ana i ke aupuni o ke Akua e wehewehe ana i ka ekalesia. E like me ka hua sinapi, naʻe kaʻa liʻiliʻi ka Ekalesia a ulu aʻe (Mataio 13,31-32). Ua like ka ekalesia me kahi mahinaai kahi e ulu ai ka nahelehele a me ka palaoa (mau pauku 24-30). Ua like ia me ka ʻupena e hopu ai i nā iʻa maikaʻi a me nā iʻa ʻino (vv. 47-50). Ua like ia me ka māla waina kahi e hana ai kekahi i nā hola lōʻihi a ʻo kekahi no ka manawa pōkole wale nō (Mataio 20,1: 16-2). Ua like ʻo ia me nā kauwā i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kālā e ko lākou haku a ua hoʻolilo maikaʻi i kekahi hapa a maikaʻi ʻole kekahi hapa (Matthew ).5,14-30th).

Ua kapa ʻo Iesū iā ia iho he kahu hipa a me kāna poʻe haumāna i ka ʻohana (Matthew 26,31); ʻO kāna hana ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hipa nalowale (Matthew 18,11-14). Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i kona poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo he mau hipa e hānai ʻia a mālama ʻia1,15-17). Hoʻohana pū ʻo Paulo lāua ʻo Petero i kēia hōʻailona, ​​​​i ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pono i nā alakaʻi o ka ʻekalesia e "hānai i ka ʻohana" (Nā Hana 20,28; 1. Petrus 5,2).

"O oukou ko ke Akua hale," wahi a Paulo ma 1. Korineto 3,9. ʻO ke kumu ʻo Kristo ia (v. 11), kahi e kau ai ke kino kanaka. Ua kapa ʻo Petero iā mākou "nā pōhaku ola, i kūkulu ʻia i hale ʻuhane" (1. Petrus 2,5). Ke kūkulu ʻia nei mākou "i kahi noho o ke Akua ma ka ʻUhane" (Epeso 2,22). ʻO mākou ka luakini o ke Akua, ka luakini o ka ʻUhane Hemolele (1. Korineto 3,17; 6,19). He oiaio e hiki ke hoomana i ke Akua ma na wahi a pau; aka, o ka ekalesia kekahi o na manao nui.

ʻO mākou ka "kānaka o ke Akua," haʻi mai iā mākou 1. Petrus 2,10. ʻO mākou ka mea e pono ai ka poʻe o ka ʻIseraʻela: "ka hanauna i wae ʻia, ka ʻoihana kahuna aliʻi, ka poʻe hemolele, ka poʻe hoʻoilina" (v. 9; cf. 2. Mose 19,6). No ke Akua kakou no ka mea, ua kuai mai o Kristo ia kakou me kona koko (Hoikeana 5,9). He poe keiki kakou na ke Akua, oia ko kakou makua (Epeso 3,15). Ma ke ʻano he poʻe kamaliʻi, he hoʻoilina maikaʻi kā mākou a ʻo ia hoʻi, manaʻo ʻia mākou e ʻoluʻolu iā ia a e ola i kona inoa.

Ke kapa aku nei hoʻi kā ka Palapala Hoʻolaha iā Kristo - he huaʻōlelo e pili ana i ke aloha nui o Kristo iā mākou a me ka loli nui e hana ana i loko o mākou i hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kēlā pilina pili i ke Keiki a ke Akua. I kekahi o kāna mau ʻōlelo nane, kono akula ʻo Iesu i nā kānaka i ka ʻahaʻaina mare; maanei e kono ʻia ai mākou e lilo i wahine mare.

“E hauoli kakou, a e hauoli hoi, a e hoonani aku ia ia; no ka mea, ua hiki mai ka mare ana o ke Keikihipa, a ua hoomakaukauia kana wahine mare." (Hoikeana 1 Kor9,7). Pehea mākou e "hoʻomākaukau" ai iā mākou iho? Ma o ka makana:

"A ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e ʻaʻahu iā ia iho i ke olonā maikaʻi loa" (v. 8). Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻo Kristo iā mākou "ma ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka wai ma ka ʻōlelo" (Epeso 5,26). Hoʻonoho ʻo ia i ka ʻEkalesia i mua ona ma hope o ka hoʻonani ʻana a me ke kīnā ʻole, ka hemolele a me ka hala ʻole (v. 27). Hana ʻo ia i loko o mākou.

Ka hana pū

ʻO ka hōʻailona e hōʻike maikaʻi ai i ka pili ʻana o nā lālā o ka ʻekalesia kekahi i kekahi, ʻo ia ke kino. “Kae ko oukou ke kino o Kristo,” i kakau ai o Paulo, “a he lala oukou kela mea keia mea” (1. Korineto 12,27). ʻO Iesu Kristo "ʻo ia ke poʻo o ke kino, ʻo ia ka ʻekalesia" (Kolosa 1,18), a he mau lala kakou a pau o ke kino. Ke hui pū mākou me Kristo, ua hui pū kekahi me kekahi a ua paʻa mākou - ma ke ʻano ʻoiaʻiʻo - i paʻa kekahi i kekahi.

ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻōlelo, "ʻAʻole pono wau iā ʻoe" (1. Korineto 12,21), ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻohe ona pili i ka ʻekalesia (v. 18). Ke hāʻawi nei ke Akua i kā mākou mau makana i hiki iā mākou ke hana pū no ko mākou pono like a ma ia hui kōkua kōkua a loaʻa ke kōkua mai kekahi i kekahi. I loko o ke kino, "ʻaʻohe mahele" (v. 25). Hoʻopiʻi pinepine ʻo Paulo i ka manaʻo pāʻina; O ka mea e lulu i ka hoopaapaa, e kipakuia oia mai ka ekalesia aku (Roma 1 Kor6,17; Tito 3,10-11). Na ke Akua i hana i ka ekalesia e "ulu ma na mea a pau" ma o "kakoo ana o kela me keia lala i kekahi e like me kona ikaika." (Epeso. 4,16).

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua māhele ʻia ka honua Kalikiano i mau hoʻomana, ʻaʻole e hakakā pinepine kekahi me kekahi. ʻAʻole i hemolele ka halepule no ka mea ʻaʻole i hemolele kekahi o kona mau lālā. Akā naʻe: makemake ʻo Kristo i kahi ʻekalesia hui ʻia (Ioane 17,21). ʻAʻole pono kēia i kahi hui hui, akā pono ia i kahi pahuhopu like.

Hiki ke loaʻa ka hui maoli ʻana i ka hakakā ʻana ke kokoke loa iā Kristo, e haʻi aku ana i ka ʻeuanelio a Kristo, e ola nei ma kāna mau kumuhana. ʻO ka pahuhopu ke hoʻolaha aku ia, ʻaʻole mākou iho. Akā, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā like ʻole i loaʻa ka pono: Ma o nā ala like ʻole, ua hiki ke leka a Kristo i ka poʻe hou aku i ke ʻano o ka hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaopopo.

hui

ʻEkolu mau ʻano pono o ka hui pule a me ka alakaʻi i ka honua Kristiano: hierarchical, democrally and representative. Ua kapa ʻia lākou he episcopal, con-regionalist a me ka presbyterial.

He ʻano like ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻano like ʻole, akā ma ka ʻōlelo kuʻemau hōʻailona episcopal ka mana o ke kahuhipa he mana ko ia no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā loina pule a hoʻonohonoho pono i nā kahu. I loko o ka hui hoʻonohonoho, ke hoʻoholo nei nā kaiāulu i kēia mau mea ʻelua. I ka papa presbyterial, hoʻokaʻawale ka mana ma waena o ka denomination a me nā kaiāulu; koho ʻia nā lunakahiko e ʻike ʻia i nā mākau alakaʻi.

He kaiaulu kūikawā ʻAʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia ka halepule e ke Kauoha Hou. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i nā luna (bishops), nā lunakahiko, a me nā kahu hipa (pastor), ʻoiai ʻo kēia mau poʻo inoa he mea hiki ke loli. Kauoha ʻo Petero i nā lunakahiko e hana ma ke ʻano he kahu hipa a he kahu: "E hānai i ka ʻohana ... e kiaʻi iā lākou" (1. Petrus 5,1-2). Ma nā ʻōlelo like, hāʻawi ʻo Paulo i nā ʻōlelo aʻo like i nā lunakahiko (Nā Hana 20,17:28, ).

Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka ʻekalesia Ierusalema e kekahi hui o nā lunakahiko; ka halepule ma Pilipi o na Bihopa (Acts 15,2-6th; Pilipi 1,1). Ua kauoha ʻo Paulo iā Tito e koho i nā lunakahiko, ua kākau ʻo ia i hoʻokahi pauku e pili ana i nā lunakahiko a me kekahi mau mea e pili ana i nā pīhopa, me he mea lā he mau huaʻōlelo like kēia no nā alakaʻi kaiāulu (Tito. 1,5-9). Ma ka palapala i ka poe Hebera (13,7, Menge a me Elberfeld Bible) ua kapa ʻia nā alakaʻi kaiaulu "nā alakaʻi".

Ua kapa ʻia kekahi mau alakaʻi o ka ʻekalesia “nā kumu” (1. Korineto 12,29; James 3,1). Ka huaolelo o Epeso 4,11 hōʻike ʻia ʻo "nā kahu hipa" a me nā "kumu" no ka ʻāpana like. ʻO kekahi o nā pono nui o nā luna o ka hale pule ʻo ia ka "... hiki iā lākou ke aʻo aku i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe" (1. Timotea 3,2).

E like me ka mea hoʻohanohano he hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia: Ua koho ʻia nā alakaʻi o ka Ekalesia. Aia kekahi kekelē o ka ʻoihana kaiāulu, ʻoiai ʻo ka inoa inoa pololei o ka inoa koʻikoʻi.

Pono nā lālā e hōʻike i ka mahalo a me ka hoʻolohe i nā luna (2. Tesalonike 5,12; 1. Timotea 5,17; Hebera 13,17). Ina i hewa ka lunakahiko, aole pono e hoolohe ka ekalesia; aka, ua manaoia e kokua ka ekalesia i ka lunakahiko.

He aha ka hana a nā lunakahiko? ʻO ʻoe ke kuleana o ke kaiāulu (1. Timotea 5,17). Hanai lakou i ka ohana, alakai lakou ma ka hoohalike ana a me ke ao ana. Na lakou e malama i ka ohana (Acts 20,28). ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia lākou e noho aliʻi me ka dictatorial, akā lawelawe (1. Petrus 5,23), "i hoomakaukauia ka poe haipule no ka hana o ka oihana. ʻO kēia ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kino o Kristo." (Epeso 4,12).

Pehea ka manao o ka poe kahiko? I kekahi mau hihia, loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike: Ua koho ʻo Paulo i nā lunakahiko (Acts 14,23), manaʻo e hoʻonoho ʻo Timoteo i nā pīhopa (1. Timotea 3,1-7), a ua ʻae ʻo ia iā Tito e koho i nā lunakahiko (Tito 1,5). I kekahi hihia, aia kahi hierarchy i kēia mau hihia. ʻAʻole ʻike mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona o kahi hui e koho ana i kāna mau lunakahiko.

Diakona

Eia naʻe, ʻike mākou ma Acts 6,1-6, pehea i koho ʻia ai nā kahu mālama ʻilihune [diakono] e ke anaina. Ua koho ʻia kēia mau kāne e hāʻawi i ka ʻai i ka poʻe nele, a laila hoʻonoho ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo iā lākou ma kēia mau keʻena. ʻO kēia ka mea i hiki ai i nā lunaʻōlelo ke nānā aku i ka hana uhane, a ua hana pū ʻia ka hana kino (v. 2). Hiki ke ʻike ʻia kēia ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka hana ʻuhane a me ke kino 1. Petrus 4,10-11.

Hoʻomaopopo pinepine nā limahana hana maʻamau i nā diakona, mai ka huaʻōlelo Helene diakoneo he aha
"e lawelawe" ʻo ia hoʻi. Ma ke kumu, manaʻo ʻia nā lālā a me nā alakaʻi āpau e "lawelawe", akā no nā hana lawelawe ma ke ʻano liʻiliʻi he mau luna kaʻawale. Ua oleloia na diakono wahine ma kahi hookahi paha (Roma 1 Kor6,1). Ua kapa ʻo Paulo iā Timoteo i kekahi mau ʻano pono e loaʻa i kahi diakono (1. Timotea 3,8-12) me ka wehewehe ʻole i ke ʻano o kā lākou lawelawe. ʻO ka hopena, hāʻawi nā denomination ʻokoʻa i nā diakono i nā hana like ʻole, mai ke kahu hale a hiki i ka helu kālā.

ʻO ka mea nui no nā kūlana hoʻokele, ʻaʻole ia ka inoa, ʻaʻole ko lākou ʻano, ʻaʻole hoʻi ke ala i hoʻopiha ʻia ai. He mea nui kona manaʻo a me kāna kumu: e kōkua i ka poʻe o ke Akua i ko lākou ulu ʻana "i ke ana piha o ka piha o Kristo" (Epeso. 4,13).

ʻO nā kumu o ke kaiāulu

Ua kūkulu ʻo Kristo i kāna halepule, hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā makana a me ke alakaʻi i kāna poʻe kānaka, a ua hāʻawi mai iā mākou i ka hana. Pehea na kumu o ka ekalesia?

ʻO ka hoʻomana ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi o ka hui ʻekalesia. Ua kāhea ke Akua iā mākou "e haʻi aku ʻoe i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mea nāna ʻoe i hea mai ka pouli i kona mālamalama kupanaha" (1. Petrus 2,9). Ke ʻimi nei ke Akua i ka poʻe e hoʻomana iā ia (Ioane 4,23) ka poe i aloha aku ia ia mamua o na mea a pau (Mat 4,10). ʻO nā mea a mākou e hana ai, ma ke ʻano he kanaka a ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu, pono e hana mau ʻia i kona hanohano (1. Korineto 10,31). Pono mākou e "hāʻawi mau i ka mōhai hoʻomaikaʻi" i ke Akua (Hebera 1 Kor3,15).

Ua kauoha ʻia mākou e “hoʻoikaika kekahi i kekahi ma nā halelu, a me nā mele, a me nā mele ʻuhane” (Epeso. 5,19). Ke ʻākoakoa mākou i hale pule, hīmeni mākou i ke Akua, pule iā ia, a hoʻolohe i kāna ʻōlelo. He mau ʻano hoʻomana kēia. E like me ka ahaaina a ka Haku, e like me ka bapetizo ana, e like me ka hoolohe.

ʻO kekahi kumu o ka ʻekalesia ʻo ke aʻo ʻana. Aia ma ka puʻuwai o ka Komisina Nui: "... e aʻo iā lākou e mālama i nā mea a pau aʻu i kauoha aku ai iā ʻoe" (Matthew 28,20). Pono nā alakaʻi o ka Ekalesia e aʻo aku, a e aʻo aku kēlā me kēia lālā i nā mea ʻē aʻe (Kolosa 3,16). Pono kākou e aʻo kekahi i kekahi (1. Korineto 14,31; 2. Tesalonike 5,11; Hebera 10,25). ʻO nā hui liʻiliʻi ka wahi kūpono no kēia kākoʻo like ʻana a me ke aʻo ʻana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo ʻo ka poʻe e ʻimi i nā makana o ka ʻUhane e ʻimi e kūkulu i ka ʻekalesia (1. Korineto 14,12). ʻO ka pahuhopu: e hoʻoikaika, aʻo, hoʻoikaika, hōʻoluʻolu (v. 3). ʻO nā mea a pau i hana ʻia i loko o ke anaina, he mea ia e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ʻekalesia (v. 26). Pono kākou e lilo i mau haumāna, he poʻe e ʻike a hoʻohana i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe Kristiano mua no ka mea ua "kūpaʻa lākou i ke aʻo ʻana a ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo, a me ka launa pū ʻana, a me ka wāwahi ʻana i ka berena a me ka pule" (Acts. 2,42).

ʻO ke kolu o ke kumu nui o ka ʻekalesia ʻo ia ka lawelawe (social). "No laila ... e hana maikaʻi kākou i nā mea a pau, akā i ka poʻe i hui pū me ka manaʻoʻiʻo," koi ʻo Paulo (Galatia. 6,10). ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo kā mākou kūpaʻa i ko mākou ʻohana, a laila i ke kaiāulu, a laila i ka honua a puni mākou. ʻO ka lua o ke kauoha kiʻekiʻe loa: E aloha i kou hoalauna (Matthew 22,39).

He nui nā pono kino o kēia ao a ʻaʻole pono kākou e haʻalele iā lākou. ʻO ka mea nui, pono ia i ka ʻeuanelio, a ʻaʻole pono mākou e haʻalele i kēlā. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou lawelawe i ka honua, ʻo ka ʻekalesia e haʻi i ka ʻeuanelio o ke ola ma o Iesū Kristo. ʻAʻohe hui ʻē aʻe e hana i kēia hana - ʻo ia ka hana o ka hale pule. Pono kēlā me kēia limahana - ʻo kekahi ma ka "frontline", ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i ke kuleana kākoʻo. Kanu kekahi, hoomomona kekahi, ohi kekahi; Ina e hana pu kakou, na Kristo no e hooulu i ka Ekalesia (Epeso 4,16).

ʻO Michael Morrison

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