HOLE. Ke hiki mai i ka ʻuhane, manaʻo pinepine mākou e like me nā hemahema piha. Akā e hoʻolohe, ua ʻeha a ua make ʻo Kristo no ka holo pono ʻole ʻana. ʻO ka lawehala ʻana e hāʻule ʻole… e hoʻokō ʻole i ke kiʻi i loko o mākou i hana ʻia ai. A no laila, ma kēlā mea, hāʻule ʻole kākou āpau, no ka mea ua hana hewa nā mea āpau.
Manaʻo ʻoe ua pīhoihoi ʻo Kelistiano i kāu mau hana maikaʻi ʻole? E ke Akua, ʻo wai ka mea i ʻike i ka nui o nā lauoho ma kou poʻo? ʻO wai i helu i nā hōkū? ʻO wai ka mea ʻike i ke ao holoʻokoʻa o kou mau manaʻo, moeʻuhane, a me nā makemake? ʻAʻole kahaha ko ke Akua. ʻIke ʻo ia i ke ʻano hāʻule o ke kanaka me ka akāka maikaʻi. ʻIke ʻo ia i nā palena, nā hemahema, a me nā hoʻolaha ʻana, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki i kahi mea hoʻōla wale nō ke hoʻopakele iā ia. ʻAe, ʻike ʻo ia iā mākou, hāʻule, ʻeha, nāwaliwali, a pane i ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi Mea Hoola. ʻO ia ka mea, ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻōla iā mākou iho.
Lanakila i Kona Puuwai
ʻAe, ʻike ke Akua ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke lanakila i ko mākou naʻau ponoʻī, i kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo e loli, i laʻa, i hemolele, e hāʻule i nā ʻāpana i kona mau wāwae. A no laila, makemake ʻo ia e lanakila kākou Kona puʻuwai.
Makemake wau e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i kahi mea huna i ʻike ʻole ʻia he wahi huna: ʻaʻole ia ka hemolele nāna e hoʻopio i ka puʻuwai o ke Akua, akā haʻahaʻa. ʻO nā luna ʻauhau ʻo Mateo a me Zakaio, ka wahine moekolohe ʻo Maria Magedalene, a me ka ʻaihue ma ke keʻa - ʻaʻole i kipaku kēia poʻe lawehala iā Kristo. Akā, ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia iā lākou no ka liʻuliʻu. ʻO ko lākou hoʻohaʻahaʻa i mua ona e lanakila ai iā lākou ʻaʻole wale ke ola, akā, me ke aloha o Kristo. Ua lilo ʻo Maria lāua ʻo Matthew i mau hoa pili nona, ua noi ʻo Iesū e ʻai ma ka hale o Zakaio, a ua kono ʻia ka ʻaihue i Paradise ia lā nō. ʻAe, ʻaʻole laʻa nā hoaaloha o Kristo - he haʻahaʻa wale nō.
Inā he lawehala weliweli ʻoe, a laila e ʻike ʻoe i kēia lā ke hala nei ʻo Kelisto i kou ala me kahi kono e ʻai pū me ia. Akā inā ʻaʻole ʻoe liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻolohe. Ua ʻike ʻo Kristo i kou hewa. No ke aha ʻoe e hūnā ai iā lākou, a hoʻāʻo paha e hoʻēmi iā lākou? ʻAʻole, e hele i o Kristo lā a hōʻike i kēia mau lawehala i ko lākou maka maka a pau i ka Sakarameta o ka Hoʻolauna. Hōʻike iā ia (ka mea i ʻike mua iā lākou) ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ʻoe he wana. E waiho i mua ona i kou haki, i kou nāwaliwali, i kou lapuwale, me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ... a e holo ka Makua iā ʻoe a ʻapo iā ʻoe e like me ka wā a ka makua kāne i ʻapo ai i kāna keiki hoʻohiwahiwa. E like me kā Christ i apo aku ai iā Petero ma hope o kāna hōʻole ʻana. E like me ka ʻapo ʻana o Iesū i ke kānalua iā Toma, ka mea nāna i haʻi i kona nāwaliwali, "E kuʻu Haku, e kuʻu Akua."
ʻO ke ala e lanakila ai ka naʻau o ke Akua, ʻaʻole me ka papa inoa lōʻihi o nā mea i loaʻa. Akā, ka papa inoa pōkole o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo: "He mea ʻole wau, e ka Haku. ʻAʻohe aʻu mea, koe wale nō, ka makemake e aloha a aloha ʻia e ʻoe."
ʻO kēia ka mea aʻu e ʻāpono ai: ke kanaka haʻahaʻa a haʻihaʻi e haʻalulu i kaʻu ʻōlelo. —Isaia 66: 2
Inā ʻoe e hina, a laila hoʻi hou iā Keristiano — he kanahiku hiku mau manawa ʻehiku mau manawa inā pono ʻoe - a i kēlā me kēia manawa e ʻōlelo, "E kuʻu Haku e kuʻu Akua, pono wau iā ʻoe. Nui koʻu ʻilihuna, e aloha mai ʻoe iaʻu i ka lawehala." Ua ʻike mua ʻo Kristo he lawehala ʻoe. Akā no ka ʻike ʻana i kāna mea liʻiliʻi e kāhea ana, ʻo kāna keiki hipa i hopu ʻia i nā haʻalulu o ka nāwaliwali, he mea nui loa ia e mālama ʻole ai ke kahu. E hele mai ʻo ia iā ʻoe, i ka lele holoʻokoʻa, a huki iā ʻoe i kona puʻuwai — ʻo ka Puʻuwai āu e naʻi wale ai.
O kaʻu mohai, e ke Akua, he uhane mihi ia; he naau mihi a hoʻohaʻahaʻa, e ke Akua, ʻaʻole ʻoe e kolohe. —Salamo 51:19
… A ʻO ka mea e lanakila ana ma luna o ka lawehala e lanakila i kou puʻuwai nou.
E kaomi i 'aneʻi i Hoʻokaʻawale or kakau i keia Pai.
