Aloha nui koʻu inoa ʻo Eric Wilson.

I loko o kā mākou wikiō mua, ua kau wau i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pae hoʻohālikelike a mākou e ʻike nei no ka ʻike a he hoʻomana maoli ʻē aʻe paha. No laila, kēlā mau pae hoʻohālike like, kēlā mau helu ʻelima — ʻeono i kēia manawa — e hoʻohana mākou e nānā inā kūleʻa paha mākou i nā pae hoʻohālikelike a mākou e manaʻo ai e hālāwai nā hoʻomana ʻē aʻe. Me he mea lā he hōʻike hoʻāʻo kēia. Makemake wau e hele i lalo i lalo a eia naʻe mākou i ke kolu o ka wikiō e hana nei ʻole i kēlā. aʻo ke kumu aia mau nō nā mea i kā mākou ala.

Ke lawe wau i kēia mau kumuhana i nā hoaaloha, loaʻa iaʻu kahi liona o nā mea kūʻē i kūlike ʻole ma ka papa e haʻi mai iaʻu ʻaʻole ia nā manaʻo ponoʻī, akā nā manaʻo i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā makahiki o — a inaina wau i ka hoʻohana i ka huaʻōlelo - indoctrination, no ka mea aneane lākou e puka i ka huaʻōlelo i ka huaʻōlelo i ke ʻano like. E hāʻawi wau iā ʻoe i kekahi mau laʻana.

E hoʻomaka paha me: 'Akā ʻo mākou ka ʻoihana ʻoiaʻiʻo ... ʻO mākou ka hui a Iēhova ... ʻAʻohe hui ʻē aʻe ... Ma hea mākou e hele ai?' Hahai ʻia me kahi mea e like me, 'ʻAʻole pono mākou e kūpaʻa i ka ʻoihana?… Ma hope o nā mea āpau, ʻo wai ka mea i aʻo mai iā mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo?… A' inā he hewa kekahi, pono mākou e kali iā Iēhova ... ʻaʻole pono mākou e holo i mua ʻoiaʻiʻo ... Ma waho aʻe, na wai e hoʻomaikaʻi nei i ka hui? ʻAʻole anei iā Iēhova? ʻAʻole maopopo i kāna hoʻopōmaikaʻi aia ma luna o mākou? ... A iā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ai, ʻo wai hou aʻe e haʻi nei i ka nūhou maikaʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa? ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hana ana i kēlā. '

ʻAno ia e puka i kēia ʻano, i ke kahawai o ka ʻike wale nō. A ʻike wau ʻaʻohe mea i noho maoli i lalo a noʻonoʻo i kēia. No laila e hana i kēlā. Kūpono anei kēia mau mea kūʻē? E nānā kāua. E noʻonoʻo pono iā lākou i kēlā me kēia manawa.

I kēia manawa, ʻo kekahi o nā mea mua e kū aʻe ma kahi ʻē aʻe, 'ʻO kēia ka ʻoihana maoli' - he ʻōlelo maoli nō ia - ʻo ia ka nīnau: 'Ma hea mākou e hele ai?' ʻO ka maʻamau me ia, e ʻōlelo nā kānaka ma hope o kā Petero mau ʻōlelo iā Iesu. ʻ saylelo lākou, 'E hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā a Iesu i haʻi aku ai i ka lehulehu e pono lākou e ʻai i kona ʻiʻo a inu i kona koko a haʻalele lākou iā ia, a huli ʻo ia i kāna poʻe haumāna ponoʻī a nīnau iā lākou, makemake anei ʻoukou e hele pū kekahi? A pehea ka Petero i ʻōlelo ai? '

A aneane me ke koe ʻole - a ua kamaʻilio wau i kēia mau makahiki me nā mea like ʻole - e ʻōlelo lākou i nā huaʻōlelo a Petero i ʻōlelo ai, 'Ma hea mākou e hele ai?' "ʻAʻole anei ʻo ia kou manaʻo i ʻōlelo ai? ʻĀ, e nānā i kāna mea i ʻōlelo maoli ai. E ʻike ʻoe iā ia i loko o ka puke o John mokuna 6 paukū 68. "ʻO wai", hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka huaʻōlelo, "ʻo wai." ʻO wai e hele mākou? ʻAʻole kahi e hele mākou?

I kēia manawa, aia he ʻokoʻa nui ma laila. ʻIke ʻoe, ʻaʻohe mea ma hea mākou, hiki iā mākou ke hele iā Iesū. Hiki iā mākou āpau e mākou iho, hiki iā mākou ke paʻa i waena o kahi hale paʻahao, ʻo ka mea hoʻomana wale nō ma laila a huli iā Iesū, ʻo ia ke alakaʻi, ʻo ia ko mākou Haku, ʻo ia ko mākou mōʻī, ʻo ia ko mākou Haku, ʻo ia ʻO nā mea āpau iā mākou. ʻAʻole “ma hea.” "Kahi" hōʻike i kahi. Pono mākou e hele i kahi hui o ka poʻe, pono mākou i kahi, pono mākou i kahi hui. Inā e mālama ʻia mākou, pono mākou i ka hui. Inā ʻole, ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻōla ʻia. Aʻole! E hele mai ke ola ma ka huli ʻana iā Iesū, ʻaʻole ma ka lālā a i ʻole ka pili ʻana me nā hui. ʻAʻohe mea i loko o ka Baibala e hōʻike ai he pili ʻoe i kekahi hui kanaka e ola ai. Pono ʻoe e pili iā Iesū, a ʻo ia nō ka ʻōlelo a ka Baibala. No Iesu ʻo Iesū, no Iesu mākou a no mākou nā mea āpau.

Ke kumu nei ʻaʻole mākou e hilinaʻi i nā kāne, haʻi aku ʻo Paulo i ko Korinto, nā mea e hana nei i kēlā mea, ʻo ka mea aʻe ma 1 Corinthians 3:21 a 23:

“No laila, mai kaena wale kekahi; no ka mea, no ʻoukou nā mea a pau, inā ʻo Paul, a ʻo ʻApolo paha, a ʻo Kepa paha, a ʻo ko ke ao, inā ʻo ke ola, a o ka make paha, a ʻo nā mea o neia manawa, a ʻo nā mea e hiki mai ana, nāu nō nā mea a pau. a laila no Kristo ʻoe; ʻO Kristo hoʻi, no ke Akua. " (1 Co 3: 21-23)

ʻAe, no laila ʻo ia ka helu 1. Akā pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho pono? Pono ʻoe i kahi hana hoʻonohonoho. ʻO ia ke ala a mākou e noʻonoʻo mau ai e pili ana ia a e ukali nei me kahi mea kūʻē ʻē aʻe e kū aʻe i nā manawa āpau: 'He ʻoihana mau kā Iēhova.' ʻAe, maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pololei kēlā no ka mea a hiki i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka lāhui ʻIseraʻela, 2500 mau makahiki i hala, ʻaʻohe ona lāhui a i ʻole he hui a i ʻole kahi hui. He mau mea like me ʻAberahama, ʻIsaʻaka, Iakoba, Noa, Enoka e hoʻi ana i ʻAbela. Akā ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i hui i 1513 BCE ma lalo o Mose.

I kēia manawa, maopopo iaʻu e hele mai ana kekahi poʻe e ʻōlelo 'Oh, kali iki, kali iki. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "hui" i loko o ka Baibala no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo he hui kāna. '

ʻĀ, he ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka huaʻōlelo a hiki iā mākou ke quibble e pili ana i kēlā; akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e komo i kahi paio no nā huaʻōlelo. No laila, e lawe wale kākou ma ke ʻano he hāʻawi i hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻōlelo he synonymous ka hui me ka lāhui, like pū me ka poʻe. He lāhui ko Iēhova, he lāhui kāna, he ʻahahui kāna, a he anaina kona. E manaʻo wale mākou he synonymous kēlā no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i ka paio a mākou e hana nei. ʻAe, no laila he ʻoihana mau kāna mai ʻoiai ʻo Mose ka mea nāna i hoʻolauna i ka berita kahiko i ka lāhui ʻIseraʻela - kahi berita a lākou i mālama ʻole ai.

ʻAe, maikaʻi, maikaʻi, no laila ke ukali nei i kēlā loiloi, he aha ka hana ke hele maikaʻi ʻole ka hui? No ka hele hewa ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela i nā manawa he nui. Ua hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa ia, ua noho lākou ma ka ʻāina i hoʻohiki ʻia a laila ʻōlelo ka Baibala, no kekahi manawa o kekahi mau haneli mau makahiki, ua hana kēlā me kēia kanaka i ka mea i kūpono i kona manaʻo ponoʻī. ʻAʻole ia manaʻo ua hana lākou i kekahi mea a lākou e makemake ai. Aia lākou ma lalo o ke kānāwai. Pono lākou e hoʻolohe i ke kānāwai a hana lākou - ke kūpaʻa lākou. Akā ua hana lākou i ka mea kūpono i ko lākou mau maka ponoʻī. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe mea ma luna o lākou e haʻi ana iā lākou, 'ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole, pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe i ke kānāwai i kēia ala; pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe i ke kānāwai i kēlā ala. '

Nā lā kekahi, ko nā Parisaio i kā Iesu lā - ua haʻi aku lākou i nā kānaka i ka pehea e mālama ai i ke kānāwai. ʻIke ʻoe, i ka lā Sābati, pehea ka hana e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana? Hiki iā ʻoe ke luku i ka lele i ka lā Sābati? Hana lākou i kēia mau lula āpau, jk akā ma ka hoʻokumu mua o ka ʻIseraʻela, i kēlā mau haneli mau makahiki mua, ʻo ia nā makuakāne ʻo ke poʻo o ka ʻohana a ua pilikino nā ʻohana.

He aha ka hana i ka wā i loaʻa nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma waena o nā ʻohana? ʻĀ, he mau luna kānāwai kā lākou a ʻo kekahi o nā luna kānāwai he wahine, ʻo Debora. No laila, hōʻike ia i ko Iēhova ʻike ʻana i nā wahine ʻaʻole paha ka mea a mākou e manaʻo nei he wahine. (He wahine ʻo ia i luna no ka luna kānāwai no ka ʻIseraʻela. Hoʻokolokolo ka wahine i ka ʻIseraʻela. He manaʻo hoihoi ia, kekahi mea no kekahi ʻatikala ʻē aʻe a i ʻole wikiō ʻē aʻe i ka manawa e hiki mai ana. Akā e waiho wale ia ma ia mea.) Ua luhi lākou i ka hoʻoholo ʻana no lākou iho, e noi ana i ke kānāwai na lākou iho. No laila, he aha kā lākou i hana ai?

Makemake lākou i mōʻī, makemake lākou i kāne e noho aliʻi ma luna o lākou a ʻōlelo mai ʻo Iēhova, 'He manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole kēia.' Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia iā Samuʻela e haʻi aku iā lākou a ʻōlelo lākou, 'ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole! He aliʻi nō hoʻi kā mākou ma luna o mākou. Makemake mākou i mōʻī. '

No laila loaʻa iā lākou he mōʻī a hoʻomaka nā mea e maikaʻi ʻole ma hope o kēlā. No laila, hiki mākou i kekahi o nā mōʻī, ke aliʻi o ka lāhui ʻumi he ʻohana, ʻo ʻAhaba, ka mea i mare i ka haole ʻo Iezebela; ka mea i hoʻowalewale iā ia e hoʻomana iā Baʻala. No laila ua laha ka hoʻomana ʻana iā Baʻala i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela a eia ʻoe iā ʻElia pōʻino, makemake ʻo ia e kūpaʻa. I kēia manawa ua hoʻouna ʻo ia iā ia e haʻi i ka mana o ka mōʻī a haʻi iā ia ke hana hewa nei ia Me ke kahaha ʻaʻole i holo pono nā mea. ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe i ka mana e haʻi ʻia mai ua hewa lākou; ke haʻi aku nei ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo iā lākou e ʻōlelo ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ke ala wale nō e hana ai i kēlā mea i loko o ko lākou manaʻo ka hāmau i ke kāula, ʻo ia ka mea a lākou i ʻimi ai e hana me ʻElia. A pono ʻo ia e holo no kona ola.

No laila hele aku ʻo ia ma ke ala āpau i ka mauna ʻo Horeb e ʻimi ana i ke alakaʻi mai ke Akua a ma 1 Kings 19:14, ua heluhelu mākou.

1 ʻlelo akula ia iā ia, “Ua ikaika loa wau iā Iēhova, ke Akua o nā kaua; no ka mea, ua haʻalele nā ​​mamo a ʻIseraʻela i kāu berita, ua wawahi lākou i kou mau kuahu, a ua pepehi lākou i kā ʻoukou poʻe kāula me ka pahi kaua, a ʻo wau wale nō koe. ʻĀnō ua ʻimi lākou e lawe i koʻu ola. ”(19 Ki 14:XNUMX)

ʻAe, me he mea lā ʻo ia i mea liʻiliʻi ma luna o nā mea, ka maopopo. A pau kēia, he kanaka me ka nāwaliwali o nā kāne.

Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i kahi mea e like me ka hoʻokahi wale. E hoʻoweliweli ʻia kou ola. E noʻonoʻo ua pau nā mea a pau āu i lilo ai. Akā, hāʻawi ʻo Iēhova iā ia i nā ʻōlelo hōʻeuʻeu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ka pauku ʻumikumamāwalu:

"Akā, i koe hoʻi au i 7,000 i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela, ʻaʻole i kūlou nā kuli a pau i Baala a i honi ʻole ka waha." (1Ha 19:18)

He mea weliweli paha ia na ʻElia, a he mea hoʻoikaika nō paha kekahi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia hoʻokahi; he mau kaukani e like me ia! He mau kaukani i kūlou ʻole i lalo iā Baʻala, ka poʻe hoʻomana ʻole i ke akua wahaheʻe. Pehea ka manaʻo! No laila hāʻawi ʻo Iēhova iā ia i ka ikaika a me ka koa e hoʻi i hope a ua hana ʻo ia i kēlā a ua kūleʻa.

Akā eia ka mea hoihoi: Inā makemake ʻo ʻElia e hoʻomana a inā makemake kēlā mau kāne kūmau he ʻehiku e hoʻomana, ma hea lākou i hoʻomana ai? Hiki iā lākou ke hele i ʻAigupita? Hiki iā lākou ke hele i Babulona? Hiki paha iā lākou ke hele i ʻEdoma a i ʻole nā ​​aupuni ʻē aʻe? ʻAʻole kēlā poʻe i ka hoʻomana haipule. Pono lākou e noho i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela. ʻO ia wale nō kahi i kū ai ke kānāwai - ke kānāwai o Mose a me nā rula a me ka hoʻomana maoli. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo Israel e hana i ka hoʻomana maoli. Ke hana nei lākou i ka hoʻomana Baʻala. No laila ua ʻimi kēlā mau kāne i kahi ala e hoʻomana ai i ke Akua ma kā lākou iho, i kā lākou ala ponoʻī. A i ka manawa hūnā ʻole no ka mea kūʻē ʻia a hoʻomaʻau ʻia a pepehi ʻia hoʻi.

ʻLelo anei ʻo Iēhova, 'ʻAe, ʻoiai ʻo ʻoe wale nō ka poʻe kūpaʻa, e hoʻokumu wau i kahi hui mai ou aku. E hoʻolei wau i kēia hui o ʻIseraʻela a hoʻomaka me ʻoe ma ke ʻano he hui '? ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ia i hana i kēlā. No 1,500 mau makahiki, hoʻomau ʻo ia me ka lāhui ʻIseraʻela e like me kāna hui, ma waena o ka maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi ʻole. A ʻo ka mea i hana ʻia, pinepine ia he maikaʻi ʻole, pinepine ia he aposetate. Eia nō naʻe he poʻe kūpaʻa mau kēlā mau mea a ka poʻe i ʻike ai a kākoʻo ʻia e Iēhova, ʻoiai ʻo ia i kākoʻo iā ʻElia.

No laila e neʻe wikiwiki i nā kenekulia ʻeiwa a hiki i ka wā o Kristo. Maʻaneʻi ʻo kaʻIsraelā ka hui a Iēhova. Ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kāna Keiki i kahi manawa kūpono, kahi manawa hope loa no lākou e mihi. A ʻo ia kāna hana mau. ʻIke ʻoe, ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana, 'Pono mākou e kali iā Iēhova a ʻo ka manaʻo ia manawa, ʻae, e hoʻoponopono ʻo ia i nā mea'. Akā ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻo Iēhova i nā mea no ka mea keakea ia me ke kūʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole ia i komo i ka manaʻo o nā alakaʻi a hana iā lākou i ka mea kūpono. ʻO kāna hana, hoʻouna ʻo ia iā lākou i ka poʻe, nā kāula a ua hana ʻo ia i kēlā mau haneli makahiki e hoʻāʻo iā lākou e mihi. Hana lākou i kekahi manawa a hana ʻole kekahi manawa.

I ka hopena, ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kāna Keiki a ma kahi o ka mihi ua pepehi lākou iā ia. No laila ʻo ia ka mauʻu hope loa a no ka mea ua luku ʻo Iēhova i ka lāhui. No laila ʻo ia e hana ai me kahi hui i ukali ʻole i kāna ala, kāna mau kauoha. Ma hope, ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā manawa kūpono he nui, luku iā lākou. Holoi ʻo ia i ka hui. A ʻo ia kāna hana. Ua luku aku ʻo ia i ka lāhui ʻIseraʻela. ʻAʻole kona hui hou. ʻAʻole paʻa ka berita kahiko, ua kau ʻo ia i loko o ka berita hou a ua kau ʻo ia i kēlā me kēlā me kēia kanaka ʻIseraʻela. Pēlā nō ʻo ia i lawe ai mai nā hua a ʻAberahama, he mau kānaka kūpaʻa. Akā i kēia manawa ua lawe mai ʻo ia mai nā lāhui mai he mau kāne kūpaʻa hou aʻe, nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ʻole o ka ʻIseraʻela a lilo lākou i ʻIseraʻela i ke ʻano ʻuhane. No laila i kēia manawa he hui hou kāna.

No laila he aha kāna i hana ai? Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēlā hui a ma ka hopena o ke kenekulia mua ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Iesū iā Ioane e kākau i nā leka i nā anaina like ʻole, i kāna hui. ʻO kahi laʻana, ua hoʻohewa ʻo ia i ke anaina ma Epeso no ke aloha ʻole; ua waiho ke aloha i loaʻa mua iā lākou. A laila ʻo Pergamum, ke ʻae nei lākou i ke aʻo ʻana a Balaʻama. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Balaʻama i ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i ka ʻIseraʻela i ka hoʻomana kiʻi a me ka moekolohe. Ke ʻae nei lākou i kēlā aʻo. Aia kekahi ʻāpana o Nicholas e hoʻomanawanui nei lākou. No laila ke komo nei ka sectarianism i loko o ke anaina, i loko o ka hui. I Tuatira, ua hoʻomanawanui lākou i ka moekolohe a me ka hoʻomana kiʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana a ka wahine ʻo Iezebela. Ma Sardis ua make lākou i ka ʻuhane. Ma Laodicea a me Piladelepia ua pili lākou. He hewa kēia mau mea āpau i hiki ʻole iā Iesū ke hoʻomanawanui ke ʻole lākou e hoʻoponopono ʻia. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā lākou i kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. ʻO ke kaʻina hana like hou kēia. E hoʻouna i kāula i kēia palapala a Ioane e aʻo aku iā lākou. Inā lākou e pane ... maikaʻi ... a inā ʻaʻole lākou e hana, a laila he aha kāna hana? Ma waho o ka puka! Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi poʻe i ka hui i kēlā manawa kūpaʻa. E like me ka poʻe i ka wā o ka ʻIseraʻela i kūpaʻa i ke Akua.

E heluhelu kākou i kā Iesu ʻōlelo i kēlā mau kānaka.

“Akā, he mau wahi kakaikahi kāu ma Sarʹdis ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻohaumia i ko lākou ʻaʻahu, ae hele pū lākou me aʻu i ke keʻokeʻo, no ka mea, ua kūpono lākou. ʻO ka mea lanakila e ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā kapa keʻokeʻo, ʻaʻole hoʻi wau e kinai aku i kona inoa mai ka puke o ke ola, akā e ʻike nō wau i kona inoa i mua o koʻu Makua a i mua o kāna poʻe ʻānela. ʻO ka mea pepeiao lā, e hoʻolohe ia i ka mea a ka ʻuhane e ʻōlelo ai i nā ʻekalesia. '”(Re 3: 4-6)

Pili kēlā mau ʻōlelo i kekahi poʻe kūpaʻa ʻē aʻe i nā ʻekalesia ʻē aʻe pū kekahi. Hoʻopakele ʻia kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻaʻole nā ​​hui! ʻAʻole ia e mālama iā ʻoe no ka mea he kāleka lālā kāu i kekahi hui. Mālama ʻo ia iā ʻoe no ka mea kūpaʻa ʻoe iā ia a me kona Makua.

ʻAe, no laila, mahalo mākou i kēia manawa, ʻo ke anaina Kristiano. I ka makahiki mua. A ke maopopo nei iā mākou ʻo Iēhova, he ʻoihana nō ia. Akau?

Okoa, a he aha kāna hui i ka ʻehā o ka makahiki? I ka makahiki ʻeono? I ka ʻumi umi?

He hui mau kāna. Aia kekahi hale pule Katolika. Aia kekahi hale pule Greek Orthodox. Ma hope, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā hale pule ʻē aʻe a ua kū ka Protestant Reformation. Akā i loko o kēlā mau manawa a pau he ʻahahui kā ʻo Iēhova. Eia nō naʻe, ma ke ʻano he poʻe ʻike, ke koi nei mākou ʻo ia ka hale pule haole. Kalikiano Karistiano.

ʻO ʻIseraʻela, kāna hui, hele kūleʻa i nā manawa he nui. Aia mau kekahi mau kānaka pono i ka ʻIseraʻela, a pono lākou e noho i loko o ʻIseraʻela. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hele i nā lāhui ʻē aʻe. Pehea ka poe Kristiano? He Karistiano i loko o ka hale pule Katolika makemake ʻole i ka manaʻo o ke ahi ahi a me ka ʻeha mau loa ʻana, ka mea i kūlike ʻole me ka make ʻole o ka ʻuhane ma ke ʻano he aʻo no ka hoʻomana paganism, nāna i ʻōlelo he aʻo wahaheʻe ke kolu. He aha ka hana a kēlā kanaka? Haʻalele i ke anaina Karistiano? Hele a lilo i Muslim? He Hindu? ʻAʻole, pono ʻo ia e noho Karistiano. Pono ia e hoʻomana iā Iēhova ke Akua. Pono ʻo ia e ʻike iā Kristo ʻo ia kona Haku a me kona Kumu. No laila, pono ʻo ia e noho i ka hui, ʻo ia ka hoʻomana Kalikiano. E like me ka ʻIseraʻela, ʻo kēia nō kēia ka hui.

No laila ke neʻe wikiwiki nei mākou i ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa a nui kou poʻe e hoʻomaka nei e ʻaʻa hou i nā hale pule. Hoʻokumu lākou i nā pūʻulu hoʻopaʻa haʻawina Baibala. ʻO ka ʻAhahui Haumāna Baibala kekahi o lākou, o nā hui like Baibala like ʻole a puni ka honua i hui pū. Mālama mau lākou i ko lākou pilikino, no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou ma lalo o kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ʻo Iesu Kristo. ʻIke lākou iā ia ko lākou Haku.

ʻO Russell kekahi o ka poʻe i hoʻomaka e hoʻolaha i nā puke a me nā makasini -Ka Hale Palama ʻo kahi laʻana — ua hoʻomaka nā haumāna Baibala e hāhai. Hiki nō. Nānā nō ʻo Iēhova i lalo a ʻōlelo, 'Hmm, maikaʻi, maikaʻi kā ʻoukou hana no laila e hoʻolilo wau iā ʻoukou i hui e like me kaʻu hana ʻana i nā kāne 7000 i kūlou ʻole i ko lākou kuli iā Baʻala i Israel. hui? ' No. No ka mea ʻaʻole ia i hana ia manawa, ʻaʻole ia i hana i kēia manawa. No ke aha ʻo ia e hana ai i kēlā? He hui kona - Kalikiano. Aia i loko o kēlā hui he poʻe haipule wahaheʻe a me nā haipule maoli akā aia hoʻokahi hui.

No laila, ke noʻonoʻo mākou e pili ana i nā hōʻike a Iēhova, makemake mākou e noʻonoʻo, 'ʻAʻole, ʻo mākou wale nō ka ʻoihana ʻoiaʻiʻo.' ʻĀ, he aha ke kumu o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana? Aʻo mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo? ʻAe, ʻae, ʻo ʻElia a me ka 7000, ʻae ʻia lākou e ke Akua he poʻe haipule ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole naʻe ia i hoʻolilo iā lākou i kāna hui ponoʻī. No laila inā mākou e aʻo wale i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe kumu Baibala e ʻōlelo ai ʻo mākou ka ʻoihana ʻoiaʻiʻo.

Akā e ʻōlelo wale nō aia. E ʻōlelo mākou aia he kumu no kēlā. ʻAe, maikaʻi kūpono. A ʻaʻohe mea e kāohi iā mākou mai ka nānā ʻana i ka Palapala Hemolele e ʻike ʻo mākou ka ʻoihana ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻoiaʻiʻo kā mākou mau aʻo ʻana inā ʻaʻole lākou he aha. A laila ʻaʻole mākou ʻo ka ʻoihana ʻoiaʻiʻo e kā mākou wehewehe ponoʻī.

ʻAe, no laila no nā mea kūʻē ʻē aʻe, pono mākou e kūpaʻa? Ke lohe nei mākou i kēlā mau lā i kēia mau lā — kūpaʻa. Kahi kuikahi holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i ke kūpaʻa. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i nā huaʻōlelo o Mika 6: 8 mai ka "ʻoluʻolu aloha" i "aloha kūpaʻa", ʻaʻole ia ke ala i ka huaʻōlelo Hebera. No ke aha mai? No ka mea ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ke kūpaʻa i ke kino Aupuni, kūpaʻa i ka ʻoihana. I ko Eliia hihia, ʻo ke kino kiaʻāina o kona mau lā ka mōʻī a ua koho ʻia ke aliʻi e ke Akua, no ka mea, he aliʻi aliʻi ia ma ka hope a ua hoʻonoho ʻo Iēhova i ke aliʻi mua, ua hoʻonoho ʻo ia i ka lua o ka mōʻī. A ma o kā Dāvida lāhui hele mai nā aliʻi ʻē aʻe. A no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ma ka palapala, ua koho ʻia lākou e ke Akua. Hana maikaʻi paha lākou a maikaʻi ʻole paha, na ke Akua lākou i koho. Ua kūpaʻa anei ʻo ʻElia i ke aliʻi? Inā ʻo ia, a laila e hoʻomana iā Baʻala. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hana i kēlā no ka mea ua mokuahana kona kūpaʻa.

Kūpono paha wau i ka mōʻī? A i ʻole, kūpaʻa paha wau iā Iēhova? No laila hiki iā mākou ke kūpaʻa i kekahi ʻoihana inā ʻo 100 mau pakeneka ka pili o kēlā ʻoihana i mua o Iēhova. A inā ʻo ia, a laila e ʻōlelo paha mākou he kūpaʻa mākou iā Iēhova a haʻalele iā ia. No laila ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e lawe iki, inā hoʻomaka mākou e noʻonoʻo, 'Auē, ʻaʻole, pono wau e kūpaʻa i nā kāne. Akā ʻo wai i aʻo iā mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo? '

ʻO ia ka manaʻo paio āu i ʻike ai. 'ʻAʻole wau i aʻo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo iaʻu iho. Ua aʻo au ia mai ka hui. ' ʻAe, no laila inā ua aʻo ʻoe ia mai ka ʻoihana pono ʻoe i kēia manawa e kūpaʻa i ka ʻoihana. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka manaʻo a mākou e ʻōlelo nei. ʻĀ, hiki i kahi Katolika ke hoʻohana i ka noʻonoʻo like a i ʻole ka Metodista a i ʻole he Baptist a i ʻole he Moramona. Ua aʻo wau mai kaʻu hale pule no laila pono wau e kūpaʻa iā lākou.

Akā e ʻōlelo ʻoe, 'ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole, ʻokoʻa kēlā.'

ʻAe, pehea ka mea ʻokoʻa?

'ʻAe, ʻokoʻa ia no ke aʻo nei lākou i nā mea wahaheʻe.'

I kēia manawa hoʻi mākou i ka square. ʻO ia ke kiko holoʻokoʻa o kēia moʻo wikiō — e hōʻoia i ke aʻo nei mākou i nā mea maoli. A inā mākou, maikaʻi. Paʻa paha ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka wai. Akā inā ʻaʻole mākou, a laila kūʻē ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa iā mākou.

'Pehea ka nūhou maikaʻi?'

ʻO ia nō kekahi mea hou aʻe i nā manawa āpau. ʻO ia ka moʻolelo like, 'ʻAe, ʻo mākou wale nō ka mea e haʻi aku nei i ka euanelio ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.' Mālama kēia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hapakolu o ka honua i koi he Karistiano. Pehea lākou i lilo ai i Kristiano? Na wai i aʻo iā lākou i ka nūhou maikaʻi i nā kenekulia i lilo ka hapakolu o ka honua, ma kahi o 2 biliona mau kānaka, he Karistiano?

'ʻAe akā he poʻe Karistiano wahaheʻe lākou,' ʻōlelo ʻoe. 'Ua aʻo ʻia lākou i kahi nūhou maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻole.'

ʻAe, no ke aha?

'No ka mea ua aʻo ʻia lākou i ka nūhou e pili ana i nā aʻo wahaheʻe. "

Hoʻi pololei mākou i ka square. Inā hoʻokumu ʻia kā mākou nūhou maikaʻi i nā aʻo maoli hiki iā mākou ke koi ʻo lākou wale nō ka mea e haʻi nei i ka nūhou akā inā mākou e aʻo wahaheʻe, a laila pehea mākou e ʻokoʻa ai?

A he nīnau koʻikoʻi loa kēia no ka mea ʻo nā hopena o ke aʻo ʻana i ka nūhou maikaʻi e pili ana i ka wahaheʻe he koʻikoʻi loa. E nānā iā Galatia 1: 6-9.

“Pīhoihoi au i ka huli koke ʻana i ka mea i kapa iā ʻoe me ka lokomaikaʻi ʻole ʻia o Kristo i kekahi ʻōlelo ʻē. ʻAʻole ia he lono maikaʻi ʻē aʻe; akā aia kekahi o nā mea e hoʻopilikia nei iā ʻoe, a ke makemake nei e hoʻohuli i ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi e pili ana iā Kristo. Eia naʻe, inā ʻo mākou a he ʻānela paha o ka lani e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi i kekahi mea maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi a mākou i haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe, e pōʻino ʻia ia. E like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai ma mua, ke ʻōlelo hou nei au, ʻo ka mea e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi i kahi mea āu i ʻāpono aku ai, e hōʻino ʻia ʻo ia. ”(Ga 1: 6-9)

No laila, hoʻi mākou i ke kali iā Iēhova. ʻAe, e lawe i kahi minuke ma aneʻi a e hana iki i kahi noiʻi e pili ana i ke kali ʻana iā Iēhova — a ma ke ala, pono wau e haʻi e pili mau ana kēia me kaʻu hoʻopunipuni punahele ʻē aʻe: 'ʻAʻole pono mākou e holo i mua.'

ʻAe, holo i mua ʻo ia hoʻi e piʻi nei mākou me kā mākou mau kumu ponoʻī, akā inā e hoʻāʻo nei mākou e ʻike i nā aʻo maoli a Kristo, a laila inā holo i hope mākou i kekahi mea. Ke hoʻi nei mākou i o Kristo, hoʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli, ʻaʻole e holo i mua me ko mākou mau manaʻo iho.

A 'kali iā Iēhova'? ʻĀ, ma ka Baibala. . . ʻeā, e hele wale i ka hale waihona puke o Ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike a ʻike pehea e hoʻohana ʻia ai i ka Baibala. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka mea aʻu i hana ai ma aneʻi e hoʻohana i nā huaʻōlelo, "kali" a me "kali" i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka pā kūleʻa, e hāʻawi iā mākou i nā hanana āpau kahi e kū ai kekahi o kēlā mau huaʻōlelo ʻelua i ka huaʻōlelo me ka inoa ʻo "Jehovah". Loaʻa nā hanana 47 āpau a no ka mālama ʻana i ka manawa ʻaʻole wau e hele ma waena o lākou āpau no ka mea pili kekahi o lākou, ʻaʻole pili kekahi. ʻO kahi laʻana, pili ka hanana mua loa ma Genesus. ʻ sayslelo ia, "E kakali au i kou hoʻōla ʻana, e Iēhova." No laila ke ʻōlelo mākou 'kali iā Iēhova', hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i kēlā i ke ʻano o ke kali ʻana iā ia e hoʻopakele iā mākou.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka helu hou aʻe ma nā Helu kahi a Mose i ʻōlelo ai, "E kali ma laila, a e hoʻolohe iaʻu i ka mea a Iēhova e kauoha mai ai iā ʻoe." No laila ʻaʻole pili kēlā i kā mākou kūkā kamaʻilio. ʻAʻole lākou e kali iā Iēhova, akā hiki nā huaʻōlelo ʻelua i ka ʻōlelo. No laila e mālama i ka manawa o ka hele ʻana i kēlā me kēia hanana a me ka heluhelu ʻana i kēlā me kēia manawa i kēia manawa, e unuhi wau i nā mea e pili ana, e pili ana i ke kali ʻana iā Iēhova ma kekahi ʻano. Eia naʻe, paipai wau iā ʻoe e hana i kēia ʻimi iā ʻoe iho i kāu wikiwiki e ʻike pono i nā mea āpau āu e lohe nei e like me ka mea a ka Baibala e aʻo ai. No laila, ʻo kaʻu mea i hana ai ma aneʻi, kāpili ia i loko o ka Palapala Hemolele e pili ana i kā mākou kūkākūkā ʻana no kāu loiloi. A ua heluhelu mākou iā Kenese, 'Ke kali nei iā Iēhova no ke ola.' ʻO ka aʻe aʻe ʻo nā Halelu. Nui ia i ke ʻano like, ke kali nei iā ia no ke ola, e like me ka mele 33:18, kahi e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i ke kali ʻana i kāna aloha kūpaʻa, ʻoiai kāna aloha aloha e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā hoʻohiki. E like me kona aloha iā mākou, hoʻokō ʻo ia i kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻohiki iā mākou. ʻO ka mea aʻe kekahi manaʻo like, kona aloha kūpaʻa, Halelu 33:22. No laila, ke kamaʻilio hou nei mākou e pili ana i ke ola ma kēlā ʻano like.

"E hāmau ʻoe iā Iēhova," wahi a Halelu 37: 7 "a kali me ke kakali iā ia a mai huhū ʻoe na ke kanaka kūleʻa i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna mau hoʻolālā." No laila, i kēlā hihia inā e hoʻopunipuni mai kekahi iā mākou a hoʻomāinoino mai paha iā mākou a i ʻole ke hoʻohana ʻana iā mākou i kekahi ʻano a mākou e kali iā Iēhova e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia. ʻO ka mea aʻe e kamaʻilio e pili ana, "E kali ka ʻIseraʻela iā Iēhova no ka mea kūpaʻa ʻo Iēhova i kona aloha a he mana nui kāna e kūʻai." No laila ke kūʻai, ke kamaʻilio hou nei ʻo ia i ke ola. A ʻo ka mea aʻe e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke aloha kūpaʻa, ka mea aʻe e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke ola. No laila, nā mea āpau, ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ke kali ʻana iā Iēhova, pili nā mea āpau i ke kali ʻana iā ia no ko mākou ola.

No laila, inā pili mākou i kahi hoʻomana e aʻo i nā mea wahaheʻe, ʻaʻole ka manaʻo e hoʻāʻo mākou e hoʻoponopono i kēlā hoʻomana, ʻaʻole ia ka manaʻo. ʻO ka manaʻo e kūpaʻa mākou iā Iēhova, kūpaʻa iā ia. ʻO ia ka mea pili i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me kā ʻElia i hana ai. A ʻaʻole mākou e haʻalele i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe e puni ana iā mākou. Akā ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole wikiwiki mākou i mua a hoʻāʻo e hoʻoponopono i nā mea iā mākou iho. Kali mākou iā ia e hoʻopakele iā mākou.

Hoʻoweliweli paha kēia mau mea iā ʻoe? ʻIke nō ke ʻōlelo nei mākou, akā ʻaʻole naʻe mākou i hōʻike i kēia manawa, he wahaheʻe kekahi o kā mākou aʻo. I kēia manawa, inā ʻo ia ka hihia, hoʻi hou mākou i ka nīnau, Ma hea hou mākou e hele ai? ʻĀ, ua ʻōlelo mua mākou ʻaʻole hele ma kahi ʻē, hele mākou i kekahi ʻē aʻe. Akā he aha ka manaʻo?

ʻIke ʻoe, ma ke ʻano he ʻIke ʻo Iēhova, a ke kamaʻilio nei wau no koʻu ʻike ponoʻī, manaʻo mau mākou aia mākou ma ka moku hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hui e like me ka moku e holo ana i paradaiso; e holo ana i Paradise. ʻO nā moku ʻē aʻe āpau, nā haipule ʻē aʻe āpau - kekahi o lākou he mau moku nui, kekahi o lākou he mau moku peʻa liʻiliʻi akā ʻo nā hoʻomana ʻē aʻe āpau - ke hele nei lākou i kahi ala ʻē aʻe. Ke hele nei lākou i ka wailele. ʻAʻole lākou ʻike ia, ʻeā? No laila, inā ʻike koke wau ua hoʻokumu ʻia kaʻu moku ma ke aʻo wahaheʻe, a laila e holo ana wau me nā mea i koe. E hele ana wau i ka wailele. Ma hea wau e hele ai? E ʻike i ka manaʻo, pono wau ma luna o kahi moku. Pehea wau e hele ai i paradaiso inā ʻaʻole wau ma ka moku? ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻauʻau holoʻokoʻa.

A laila kū koke ia iaʻu, pono mākou i ka hilinaʻi iā Iesu Kristo. A ʻo ka mea a kēia manaʻoʻiʻo e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana, ʻae ia iā mākou, hiki iā mākou, hāʻawi iā mākou i ka mana e hele ma luna o ka wai. Hiki iā mākou ke hele wāwae ma luna o ka wai. ʻO ia kā Iesū hana. Ua hele maoli ʻo ia ma luna o ka wai — e ka manaʻoʻiʻo. A ua hana ʻo ia i kēlā, ʻaʻole i ka hōʻike hōʻike mana o ka mana, akā e hana i kahi kiko nui a koʻikoʻi loa. Me ka manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā mākou ke neʻe i nā kuahiwi; me ka manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā mākou ke hele ma luna o ka wai. ʻAʻole mākou e pono i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe a i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, iā mākou ka Kristo. Hiki iā ia ke lawe iā mākou ma laila.

A inā hoʻi mākou i ka moʻoolelo ʻo ʻElia, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka nani o kēia manaʻo, a pehea hoʻi aloha i ko mākou Makua, a makemake hoʻi i kona ʻano iā mākou ma kahi kūlana. Ma ke aliʻi 1, 19: 4, ke heluhelu nei mākou:

“Hele akula ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi i ka lā i hiki mai i ka wao nahele a hele akula e noho ana ma lalo o kahi lāʻau, a ua noi ʻo ia e make ia. I mai oia: “Ua lawa! ʻĀnō hoʻi, e Iēhova, e lawe aku i kuʻu ola, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku koʻu maikaʻi ma mua o koʻu mau kūpuna. ”(1 Kuhi 19: 4)

I kēia manawa, he aha ka mea e pūʻiwa ai kēia no ka pane ʻana o Iesebela i ka hoʻoweliweli i kona ola. A ua hana ʻē nō naʻe kēia kanaka i nā hana mana he nui. Ua hoʻōki ʻo ia i ka ua mai ka hāʻule ʻana, ua lanakila ʻo ia i nā kāhuna o Baʻala i ka hoʻokūkū ma waena o Iēhova a me Baʻala, kahi i hoʻopau ʻia ai ke kuahu o Iēhova e ke ahi mai ka lani mai. Me nā mea āpau ma hope ona, e noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe, “Pehea lā e hiki ai i kēia kāne ke lilo i mea ʻino loa? Makaʻu loa? ”

Hōʻike wale ia he kanaka kākou āpau a no ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi o kā mākou hana i kekahi lā, i ka lā aʻe e hiki ai iā mākou ke lilo i kanaka ʻokoʻa loa. ʻIke ʻo Iēhova i ko mākou hemahema. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i ko mākou hemahema. Maopopo iā ia he lepo wale mākou a aloha ʻo ia iā mākou. A ʻike ʻia kēlā e ka mea e hiki mai ana. Ua hoouna anei o Iehova i ka anela e ao aku ia Elia? Papa aku anei ʻo ia iā ia? Kāhea ʻo ia iā ia he nāwaliwali? ʻAʻole, ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. 'Sayslelo ia i ka paukū 5:

“A laila moe ihola ia a moe ihola ma lalo o ka kumulā. Aka, hooho koke ae la kekahi anela ia ia, i aku la ia ia, "E ala oe e ai." A nana ae la, aia ma ke poo he wahi papa poepoe maluna o na pohaku i wela me a he hue wai. ʻAi ihola ʻo ia a inu hoʻi a moe hou i ka moe. A mahope, hele hou ka ʻānela o Iēhova, paʻi akula iā ia, ʻī akula: "E ala ʻoe e ʻai, no ka mea, he nui loa ka hele ʻana nou." (1 Ki 19: 5-7)

Hōʻike ka Baibala i ka ikaika o ia mea hānai, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i nā lā he kanahā a me nā pō he kanahā. No laila ʻaʻole ia he hānai maʻalahi. Aia kekahi mea kūikawā ma laila. Akā he aha ka mea hoihoi ua hoʻopā aku ka ʻānela iā ia i ʻelua mau manawa. Inā i ka hana ʻana pēlā ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia iā ʻElia me ka mana kūikawā e hoʻomau a i ʻole he hana aloha maoli wale ia no kahi kanaka nāwaliwali, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike. Akā, ʻo ka mea a mākou e aʻo ai mai kēia moʻohelu, mālama ʻo Iēhova i kāna poʻe kūpaʻa ma kēlā me kēia kumu. ʻAʻole aloha ʻo ia iā mākou āpau, aloha ʻo ia iā mākou pākahi, e like me ke aloha o ka makuakāne i kēlā me kēia keiki i kāna ala ponoʻī. No laila aloha ʻo Iēhova iā mākou a e kākoʻo iā mākou ke hele a hiki i kahi o ka makemake e make.

No laila, aia iā ʻoe ia! E neʻe mākou i kēia manawa i kā mākou wikiō ʻehā. E hele i lalo i nā kī keleawe, e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei. E hoʻomaka kākou me kahi mea i hāpai i kaʻu ʻike. I ka makahiki 2010, ua puka mai nā puke pai me ka ʻike hou o ka hanauna. A ʻo ia kēlā naʻu ke kui mua i ka pahu kupapaʻu, e ʻōlelo ai. E nānā kākou i kēlā. E waiho mākou i kēlā, no kā mākou wikiō aʻe. Mahalo a nui loa no kēia nānā ʻana mai. ʻO wau ʻo Eric Wilson, ʻae no kēia manawa.