ʻO ka bapetizo ʻana, he hōʻailona o ka makemake o Kristo

Lawe ʻia ʻoe i ka momi hemolele, i ka bapetizo akua, e like me ka lawe ʻia ʻana o Kristo mai ke keʻa i ka hale kupapaʻu.
A ua nīnau ʻia kēlā me kēia inā ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia i ka inoa o ka Makua a me ke Keiki a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele; ua hōʻoia ʻoe i ka hilinaʻi olakino a ua hoʻopihapiha ʻia ʻoe i ʻekolu mau manawa i ka wai a ʻo ka nui o kou kū hou ʻana, a me kēia ʻano lā ua hōʻike ʻoe i kahi kiʻi a me kahi hōʻailona. Ua pani ʻoe i ke kanu ʻana o Kristo ʻekolu lā.
Ua hoʻolilo ko mākou Mea Ola i ʻekolu mau lā a me ʻekolu mau pō ma ka poli o ka honua. I ka puka mua ʻana ua hōʻailona ʻoe i ka lā mua o Kristo ma ka honua. I ka luʻu pō. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea i ke ao e loaʻa iā ia iho i ka mālamalama, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea e hoʻomoe ʻia i ka pō ʻike i kekahi mea. Pēlā ʻoe, i ka luʻu, ʻaneʻane pelu ʻia i ka pō, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kekahi mea. I ka puka ʻana, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e like me ka lā.
I ka manawa like ua make ʻoe a hānau ʻia ʻoe a lilo ka nalu salutary like na lāua i lua kupapaʻu a me makuahine.
ʻO kā Solomon i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe i kūpono iā ʻoe: "Aia kahi manawa e hānau ai a he manawa e make ai" (Qo 3: 2), akā iā ʻoe, i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka manawa e make ai ka manawa e hānau ai. . ʻO ka manawa hoʻokahi ke kumu o nā mea ʻelua, a ua kūlike kāu hānau ʻana me ka make.
E ka mea hou a lohe ʻole ʻia paha o nā ʻano mea! Ma ka pae o nā maoli maoli ʻaʻole mākou i make, ʻaʻole i kanu ʻia, ʻaʻole i kau ʻia i ke keʻa a i ʻole ala hou. Eia nō naʻe, ua hōʻike hou mākou i kēia mau hanana i ka ʻaoʻao sacramental a pēlā i ulu maoli ai ke ola.
ʻO Christ, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, i kaulia maoli ʻia ma ke keʻa a kanu maoli ʻia a ala maoli ʻo ia, ʻoiai i ke kino, a he makana lokomaikaʻi kēia na mākou. No laila, i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma ke kaʻana like ʻana i kona kuko ma o ka hōʻike sacramental, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa maoli ke ola.
E ke aloha nui loa o nā kāne! Ua loaʻa ʻo Kelistiano i nā kui i kona mau wāwae a me kona mau lima hala ʻole a hoʻomanawanui i ka ʻeha, a iaʻu, ka mea i hoʻomanawanui ʻole i ka ʻeha a me ka luhi, hāʻawi manuahi ʻo ia i ke ola ma o ke kamaʻilio ʻana i kona mau ʻeha.
Mai manaʻo kekahi e pili ana ka bapetizo ʻana i ke kala wale ʻana i nā lawehala a me ka lokomaikaʻi o ke keiki hānai, e like me ka bapetizo a Ioane i hāʻawi ai i ke kala wale ʻana i nā lawehala. Ma ka lima ʻē aʻe, ʻike mākou i ka bapetizo ʻana, no ka mea hiki ke kaʻawale mai nā lawehala a loaʻa ka makana o ka ʻUhane Hemolele, pēlā nō ke kiʻi a me ka hōʻike o ka Passion of Christ. ʻO kēia ke kumu i hoʻolaha ai ʻo Paulo: “ʻAʻole anei ʻoe i ʻike ʻo ka poʻe i bapetizo ʻia i loko o Kristo Iesū, ua bapetizo ʻia i loko o kona make? Ma o ka bapetizo ʻana ua kanu ʻia mākou me ia i ka make "(Rm 6, 3-4a).