Haipule i kēia lā Kēkēmapa 30, 2020: e noho anei mākou i ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua?

Heluhelu hemolele - 2 Korineto 12: 1-10

ʻEkolu manawa aʻu i noi aku ai i ka Haku e lawe iā ia mai oʻu aku nei. Akā ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu: "Ua lawa kuʻu lokomaikaʻi nou, no ka mea, ua hoʻopiha koʻu mana i ka nāwaliwali." - 2 Korinto 12: 8-9

I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua hāʻawi mai kekahi o ko mākou kaiāulu iaʻu i kahi puke i kapa ʻia ʻo The Grip of Grace na Max Lucado. Ua lawe mai kekahi mau hanana kūpilikiʻi i kēia kanaka a me kona ʻohana i ka Haku a me ka hale pule. I kona hāʻawi ʻana mai iaʻu i ka puke, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou ala hoʻi no ka mea aia mākou i ka lima o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua." Ua aʻo ʻo ia iā mākou a pau i ka paʻa o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua i nā manawa āpau. Inā ʻaʻole kēlā, ʻaʻohe o mākou e loaʻa kahi manawa.

ʻO ke aloha o ke Akua ka mea āu e pono ai ma mua o nā mea āpau. Me ka ʻole he mea ʻole mākou, akā mahalo i ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua hiki iā mākou ke alo i nā mea e hiki mai ana iā mākou. ʻO kēia ka mea a ka Haku ponoʻī i ʻōlelo aku ai iā ka lunaʻōlelo Paul. Ua noho ʻo Paul me ka mea āna i kapa ai he "kākalaioa i [kona] ʻiʻo, he ʻelele a Sātana," nāna i hoʻomāʻehaʻeha iā ia. Ua noi mau ʻo ia i ka Haku e hoʻoneʻe i kēlā kākalaioa. ʻO ka pane a ke Akua ʻaʻole, e ʻōlelo ana e lawa kona lokomaikaʻi. ʻO nā mea āpau, e mālama ke Akua iā Paul i ka lima o kona lokomaikaʻi a hiki iā Paulo ke hana i ka hana a ke Akua i manaʻo ai nona.

ʻO kēia kā mākou hōʻoia no ka makahiki e hiki mai ana: ʻo nā mea āpau, e paʻa paʻa ke Akua iā mākou a mālama iā mākou i ka paʻa o kona lokomaikaʻi. ʻO kā mākou hana wale nō ke huli iā Iesu no kona lokomaikaʻi.

pule

Makua Lani, mahalo mākou iā ʻoe no kāu hoʻohiki e paʻa mau iā mākou. E ʻoluʻolu e mālama iā mākou i ka paʻa o kou lokomaikaʻi. ʻĀmene.