Ka Hōʻuluʻiʻo Ianuali 13 "Mai ka bapetizo a ka Haku a me kā mākou bapetizo"

Nani ke ʻano pohihihi i ka bapetizo ʻana o ko mākou Haku a me ka Ola! Ka manao o ka Makua iā ia iho mai luna mai, hōʻike ke Keiki iā ia iho ma luna o ka honua, hōʻike ʻo ka ʻUhane i kona ʻano me ka manu nunu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe manaʻo maoli a loaʻa maoli paha ke kala ʻana i nā hewa, kahi i ʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo heʻoiaʻiʻo o ka Trinity ... ʻO ka bapetizo a hāʻawi ʻia e ka Ekalesia ʻokoʻa a maoli nō, hāʻawi ʻia hoʻokahi wale nō mea, a i ka pīpī ʻia ʻana i loko o hoʻokahi manawa, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia mākou. ua hou. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā ʻoe iho, no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka lepo o ka hewa; i hou no ka mea e ala ana mākou i kahi ola hou, ma hope o ka huki ʻana iā mākou iho i ka wā kahiko o ka hala.

No ka bapetizo ʻana a ka Haku i wehe ʻia nā lani no, no ka holoi ʻana i ka hānau hou, e ʻike mākou ua wehe nā aupuni o ka lani i nā poʻe paulele, e like me kēia ʻōlelo a ka Haku: "Inā ʻaʻole hānau ʻia ka wai a me ka ʻUhane, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke komo i ke aupuni o ke Akua "(Jn 3,5). No laila ka mea i hānau ʻia a haʻalele ʻole i ka mālama i kāna bapetizo ua komo ...

No ka mea, i hele mai nei ko mākou Haku e hāʻawi i ka hana hou no ka hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻana o nā kānaka a me ke kala ʻana i nā hewa a pau, ua makemake ʻo ia e bapetizo mua ʻia, ʻaʻole hoʻi e kahakaha iā ia iho i ka lawehala, no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i lawehala, akā e hoʻāno wai o ka bapetizo ʻana e luku ai i nā hewa o ka poʻe paulele a pau i hānau hou ʻia ma o ka bapetizo.