Ma mua o ka Baibala, pehea ka ʻike o ka poʻe e ʻike ai i ke Akua?

Pane: ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua ka mea i kākau ʻia, ʻaʻole lākou i hiki ke loaʻa, hoʻomaopopo a hoʻomaopopo i ke Akua ʻOiai, aia nā nui o nā wahi o kēia ao i kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai nā Baibala, akā naʻe hiki i ka poʻe ke ʻike a ʻike lākou i ke Akua ʻO ia nō ka hōʻike: Hōʻike ke Akua i ke kanaka i kāna mea e makemake ai e ʻike iā ia. loaʻa a hoʻomaopopo i ka hōʻike ʻana a ke Akua.

Pili ka hōʻike ākea me ka mea a ke Akua i kamaʻilio āpau ai i nā kānaka āpau. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona waho o ka hōʻike ākea ka mea a ke Akua e pono ai ke kumu a me ka kumu. ʻOiai aia kēia mau mea, a aia kekahi kumu no ko lākou ola, pono pū ke Akua. Roma 1:20 mai nei, "No kona mau ʻano ʻike ʻole ʻia, kona mana mau loa a me kona ʻano akua, i ʻike ʻia e kāna mau hana mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka honua, i ʻike maopopo ʻole ʻia, i hiki ʻole ke hoʻokalahala." Hiki i nā kāne a me nā wahine āpau i nā wahi āpau o ka honua ke ʻike i ka hana a ʻike he ola ke Akua. Hōʻike pū ʻo Halelu 19: 1-4 i ka ʻōlelo maopopo e pili ana ka hana ʻana i ke Akua ma kahi ʻōlelo i hiki i nā mea āpau ke hoʻomaopopo. “ʻAʻohe a lākou ʻōlelo, ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo; ʻaʻole lohe ʻia ko lākou leo ​​”(paukū 3). Hōʻike ka hōʻike o ke kūlohelohe. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke hōʻoia iā ia iho ma ke kumu o ka naʻaupō. ʻAʻohe alibi no ka atheist a ʻaʻohe mea e kala ai ka agnostic.

ʻO kekahi ʻano hou o ka hōʻike kuikahi - ka mea a ke Akua i hōʻike mai ai i nā mea a pau - ʻo ka hele ʻana o ko mākou mau ʻike. ʻO kēia ka hiʻohiʻona o ka hōʻike. "No ka mea, o na mea e ikeia ai e pili ana i ke Akua, ua maopopo ia i loko o lakou." (Roma 1:19). Loaʻa i ka ʻāpana o ka ʻāpana kanaka, he ʻike lākou aia ke Akua. Hōʻike ʻia kēia mau ʻano ʻelua i kahi moʻolelo nui i nā moʻolelo a ka poʻe misionari e hālāwai nei me nā iwi kīnā ʻole i ʻike ʻole i ka Baibala a ʻaʻole hoʻi i lohe iā Iesu, akā ʻo ka hoʻōla ʻana e hōʻike iā lākou ua ʻike lākou aia ke Akua, no ka mea ʻike lākou i nā hōʻike no kona ola ʻana. ma ke ano maoli, a ʻike lākou e pono lākou i kahi Hoʻōla no ka mea ua hōʻoia ko lākou manaʻo iā lākou i ko lākou hewa a pono lākou iā ia.

Ma kahi o ka hōʻike maʻamau, aia kahi hōʻike kūikawā e hoʻohana ana ke Akua e hōʻike i ke kanaka ponoʻī a me kona makemake. ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike kūikawā i ka poʻe āpau, akā no kekahi wale nō i kekahi manawa. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona mai ka Palapala Hemolele e pili ana i ka hoʻōho kūikawā e kahakaha ana (Nā Kue 1: 21-26, a me ʻAmelika 16:33), ʻUrima a me Tummim (kahi hana hoʻāno kūikawā i hoʻohana ʻia e ke kahuna nui - e ʻike i ka Exodo 28:30; Nā ʻ 27lelo 21: 33; Deuteronomy 8: 1; 28 Samuela 6: 2; a me ʻEzera 63:20), nā moeʻuhane a me nā ʻike (Genesis 3,6: 31; Genesis 11: 13,24-2; Ioela 28:16), nā ʻike o ke ʻānela o ka Haku (Genese 7: 14-3; ʻEkena 2: 2; 24 Samuela 16:1; Zekaria 12:2) a me ka hana a nā kāula (23 Samuʻela 2: 1; Zekaria 1: XNUMX). ʻAʻole kēia mau ʻōlelo i kahi papa inoa pau o kēlā me kēia hanana, akā he mau kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o kēia ʻano hōʻike.

ʻO ka Baibala e like me kā mākou ʻike he ʻano hana kupanaha maoli nō ia. Eia nō naʻe, ma loko o kāna ʻano like ʻole, no ka mea he mea ʻole nā ​​ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka hōʻike kūikawā no kēia manawa. ʻO Petero, a me Ioane pū kekahi i hōʻike i ke kamaʻilio ma waena o Iesū, ʻo Mose lāua ʻo ʻElia ma ke kuahiwi o ka hoʻohuli (Mataio 17; Luka 9), ua haʻi ʻo ia ka ʻike kūikawā ma mua o ka "ʻōlelo huaʻōlelo kaulana loa āu e pono ai e hāʻawi. manaʻo ʻia "(2 Petelu 1:19). ʻO kēia no ka mea ʻo ka Baibala ke ʻano palapala a pau o nā ʻike a ke Akua i makemake iā kākou e ʻike e pili ana iā ia a me kāna hoʻolālā. ʻOiai, loaʻa i ka Baibala nā mea a pau e pono ai mākou e ʻike i ke pilina me ke Akua.

No laila ma mua o ka Baibala a maopopo iā mākou ua loaʻa mai, ua hoʻohana nui ke Akua i nā ʻano he nui e hōʻike iā ia iho a me kona makemake i nā kānaka. He mea kupanaha ia i ka manaʻo iho ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ke Akua i hoʻokahi maʻalahi, akā he nui. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a ke Akua i hāʻawi mai ai i kāna ʻōlelo Kuhi, a mālama mai iā mākou no kēia lā, e hoʻomaikaʻi iā mākou. ʻAʻole mākou ma ke aloha o kekahi e hōʻike iā mākou i ka mea a ke Akua i ʻōlelo mai ai; hiki iā kākou ke aʻo no kākou iho i ka mea āna i ʻōlelo ai!

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hōʻike maopopo loa o ke Akua ʻo kāna Keiki, ʻo Iesū Kristo (Ioane 1:14; Hebera 1: 3). ʻO ke ʻano maoli ʻo Iesū i lawe i ke ʻano kanaka e ola ai ma kēia Honua i waena o mākou e ʻōlelo nui ana. I kona make ana no ko kakou mau hewa ma ke kea, ua laweia na luhi a pau e pili ana i ke aloha ana ke Akua (1 Ioane 4:10).