E noʻonoʻo i kāu bapetizo a hānau hou i ka ʻUhane Hemolele

"He ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻoiaʻiʻo kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku nei iā ʻoe, inā ʻaʻole i hānau ʻia kekahi i ka wai a me ka ʻUhane, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke komo i ke aupuni o ke Akua." Loane 3: 5

Hānau hou ʻoe? He nīnau maʻamau kēia i waena o nā Karistiano euanelio he nui. Akā he nīnau ia e nīnau ai iā mākou iho. O 'oe kekahi? A he aha ke ʻano o ia manaʻo?

Lana ko mākou manaʻo e pane kēlā me kēia o mākou i kēia nīnau me ka "ʻAe!" Hōʻike maopopo ka palapala hemolele e pono kākou e hānau hou i loko o Kristo. Pono e make ka mea kahiko a hānau hou ʻia ka mea hou. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka lilo ʻana i Kristiano. Lawe mākou i kahi ola hou i loko o Kristo.

Hana ʻia ka hānau hou ʻana ma o ka wai a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. Hana ʻia ia i ka bapetizo ʻana. Ke bapetizo ʻia mākou e komo i ka wai a make pū me Kristo. Ke kū nei mākou mai ka wai, hānau hou ʻia mākou i loko ona. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka bapetizo ʻana i kahi mea kū ʻole i loko o mākou. ʻO ia hoʻi, ma ke ʻano he hopena o ko mākou bapetizo ʻana, lawe ʻia mākou i loko o ke ola loa o ke Trinity Hemolele. ʻO ka bapetizo ʻana, no ka hapanui o mākou, ua hana ʻia i ka wā pēpē. ʻO ia kekahi mea a mākou e noʻonoʻo pinepine ʻole ai. Akā mākou e.

ʻO ka bapetizo ʻana he sakramana ia e hoʻomau a mau ana ka hopena i ko mākou ola. Kuhi ia i kahi ʻano indelible i ko mākou ʻuhane. ʻO kēia "ʻano" kahi kumu mau o ka lokomaikaʻi i ko mākou ola. Ua like ia me ka luawai lokomaikaʻi ʻaʻole maloʻo loa. Mai kēia luawai e hānai mau ʻia a hoʻohou hou mākou e ola i ka hanohano i kāhea ʻia ai mākou e ola. Mai kēia luawai, hāʻawi ʻia mākou ka lokomaikaʻi e pono ai mākou e noho ma ke ʻano he keikikāne a he kaikamahine a ko mākou Makua Lani.

E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kou bapetizo ʻana i kēia lā. He wā ʻoi aku ka Easter ma mua o kā mākou kāhea ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i kēia ʻaha ʻaina. He ala maikaʻi ka wai hemolele e hana ai i kēlā. Ma ka hale pule paha ʻoe he mea maikaʻi e hoʻomanaʻo pono i kou bapetizo ʻana a me ka hanohano a me ka lokomaikaʻi i hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe ma o kēia sakrameta ma ka hana ʻana i hōʻailona o ke keʻa i kou lae me ka wai laʻa. Ua hoʻololi ka bapetizo ʻana iā ʻoe i mea hou. E hoʻāʻo e hoʻomaopopo a ola i kēlā ola hou i hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe i kēia kau Easter.

E ka Makua Lani, ke hoʻohou nei wau i koʻu bapetizo ʻana i kēia lā. Ke haʻalele mau nei au i ka hewa a haʻi wau i koʻu hilinaʻi iā Kristo Iesu, kāu Keiki. E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka lokomaikaʻi e pono ai iaʻu e ola i ka hanohano i hea ʻia mai ai au. E Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.