Hōʻike i kēlā me kēia lā o Ianuali 10, 2021 "ʻO ʻoe kaʻu keiki punahele"

Eia kekahi, ia mau la, hele mai la o Iesu, mai Nazareta o Galilaia mai, a bapetizoia iho la e Ioane i loko o Ioredane. I ka puka ʻana mai i waho o ka wai, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka lani e wāwahi ana a ʻo ka ʻUhane, me he manu nūnū lā, e iho mai ana ma luna ona. A pae maila ka leo mai ka lani mai: ʻO ʻoe nō kaʻu Keiki punahele; me ʻoe hauʻoli loa wau. "Mareko 1: 9-11 (makahiki B)

ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina o ka Bapetizo ʻana a ka Haku ka hopena o ke kau Kalikimaka na mākou a hoʻolilo iā mākou i hala i ka hoʻomaka o ka manawa maʻamau. Mai kahi manaʻo o ka palapala hemolele, ʻo kēia hanana i ko Iesu ola ʻana he manawa ia o ka hoʻololi mai kāna ola hūnā ʻia ma Nazareta a i ka hoʻomaka o kāna ʻoihana lehulehu. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei mākou i kēia hanana hanohano, he mea nui e noʻonoʻo i kahi nīnau maʻalahi: No ke aha i bapetizo ʻia ai ʻo Iesū? Hoʻomanaʻo i ka bapetizo ʻana a Ioane he hana mihi ia, kahi hana āna i kono ai i kāna poʻe ukali e huli i ko lākou kua i ka lawehala a huli i ke Akua.

ʻO ka mea mua, ʻike mākou i ka paukū i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna aʻe nei e hōʻike ʻia ko Iesū ʻike maoli ma o kāna hana haʻahaʻa o ka bapetizo ʻana. “ʻO ʻoe nō kaʻu Keiki punahele; Ua hauʻoli au iā ʻoe, ”wahi a ka leo o ka Makua i ka Lani. Eia kekahi, ua haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou ua iho mai ka ʻUhane ma luna ona ma ke ʻano o ka manu nūnū. No laila, ʻo ka bapetizo a Iesū ma kahi ʻāpana i kahi hoʻolaha ākea ākea ʻO wai ʻo ia. ʻO ia ke Keiki a ke Akua, kahi ʻano akua hoʻokahi me ka Makua a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. ʻO kēia hōʻike ākea he "epiphany," kahi hōʻike o kona ʻike maoli i hiki i nā mea āpau ke ʻike ke hoʻomākaukau ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana lehulehu.

ʻO ka lua, ʻo ko Iesu haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i hōʻike ʻia me kāna bapetizo ʻana. ʻO ia ka lua o ka mea o ke Kahikolu Hemolele, akā ua ʻae ʻo ia iā ia iho e ʻike me nā lawehala. Ma ka kaʻana like ʻana i kahi hana i kālele ʻia i ka mihi, ʻōlelo nui ʻo Iesū ma o kāna hana bapetizo ʻana. Ua hele mai ʻo ia e hui pū me mākou nā lawehala, e komo i loko o kā mākou lawehala a komo i loko o kā mākou make. Ke komo nei i loko o ka wai, komo ʻo ia i loko o ka make ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka hopena o kā mākou lawehala, a piʻi lanakila, a ʻae hoʻi iā mākou e ala hou me ia i ke ola hou. No kēia kumu, ʻo ka bapetizo ʻana o Iesū kahi ala o "bapetizo ʻana" i ka wai, i mea e ʻōlelo ai, i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka wai ponoʻī, mai kēlā manawa, me kona alo akua a hiki ke haʻi ʻia i nā poʻe a pau i bapetizo ʻia ma hope ʻo ia. No laila, hiki i nā kānaka lawehala ke kū i ke akua ma o ka bapetizo ʻana.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ke komo pū mākou i kēia bapetizo hou, ma o ka wai i hoʻāno ʻia e ko mākou Haku akua, ʻike mākou i ka bapetizo ʻana o Iesū i kahi hōʻike o ka mea i lilo iā mākou i loko ona. Keiki, a e like me ka ʻUhane Hemolele iho i iho mai ma luna ona, pēlā nō hoʻi i ko mākou bapetizo ʻia ʻana, lilo mākou i mau keiki hānai na ka Makua a hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. No laila, hāʻawi ka bapetizo ʻana a Iesū i ka mōakāka e pili ana i ka poʻe i lilo iā mākou i ka bapetizo Karistiano.

E ka Haku, mahalo wau iā ʻoe no kāu hana hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka bapetizo ʻana āu i wehe ai i ka lani i nā lawehala āpau. Hiki iaʻu ke wehe i koʻu puʻuwai i ka lokomaikaʻi hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia o koʻu bapetizo ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā a noho piha piha me ʻoe ma ke ʻano he keiki na ka Makua, piha me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.