A Hispanic man gives the Savior, Jesus Christ, a hug. Christ is wearing a white robe.
Kuo tākiekina fēfē nai hoʻo moʻuí ʻe he ʻofá? Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau ongoʻi kotoa ʻa e ʻofá, tautautefito ki he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá? Naʻe fai i ʻe he ʻAposetolo ko Sioné ha ngaahi tohi ki he Kāingalotu naʻe takihalaʻi ʻe he ngaahi akonaki halá. Naʻá ne tokanga taha ki he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he Kāingalotú mo e founga naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e ʻofa ko ʻení ʻi he misiona faifakamoʻui ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ke tokoniʻi koe ke ke ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate koé.
Ko e ʻOtuá ko e …
Hiki ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó ʻa e kupuʻi lea “Ko e ʻOtuá ko e …” Hiki ʻa e ngaahi founga lahi taha te ke lava ʻo fakakaukau ke fakakakato totonu ʻaki ʻa e sētesi ko ʻení. Hangē ko ʻení, te ke lava ʻo tohiʻi ʻa e “ʻOku tokaimaʻananga ʻa e ʻOtuá” pe “ʻOku māfimafi ʻa e ʻOtuá.”
Lau ʻa e 1 Sione 4:8, 16, ʻo kumi e ngaahi founga naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻaki ʻe Sione ʻa e ʻOtuá.
Ko e hā naʻá ke maʻú?
ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻe lava ke fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e ʻofá?
Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻulungaanga mahuʻinga ʻo e ʻOtuá ko ʻEne ʻofa kiate kitautolú. Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ‘ení:
ʻOkú ke ongoʻi nai ʻoku ʻofa fakatāutaha ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻiate koe? Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻokú ke ongoʻi aí pe ʻoku ʻikai te ke ongoʻi aí?
ʻOkú ke tui nai ʻokú Na ʻafioʻi koe mo hoʻo ngaahi lavameʻa mo e faingataʻaʻia fakatāutahá? Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻokú ke tui pe ʻikai te ke tui ai ki aí ?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga kuó Na fakahaaʻi pe te Na fakahaaʻi ai ʻEna ʻofa kiate koé?
ʻI hoʻo ako e tohi ʻa Sioné, kumi e ngaahi moʻoni ʻe ala tokoni atu ke ke tali ai e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení. Fakalaulauloto foki ki he founga ʻe lava ke liliu ai hoʻo moʻuí ʻe he mahino mo e ongo ʻokú ke maʻu ki he ʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻiate koé.
Ngaahi akonaki ʻa Sione fekauʻaki mo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá
ʻOku ngalingali naʻe hiki ʻe Sione ʻene ngaahi tohí ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e AD 80 mo e AD 100 mei ʻEfesō. Naʻe ohi ʻe ha kāingalotu ʻe niʻihi ʻo e Siasí ha ngaahi tui mei ha kulupu naʻe ui ko e Nositikí. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe he kulupú ni naʻe ʻikai maʻu ʻe Sīsū ha sino fakamatelie pea naʻe maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻuí ʻi ha ʻilo makehe kae ʻikai ʻi he tui kia Kalaisí. Naʻe fakahalaki ʻe Sione ʻa e ngaahi tokāteline hala ko ʻení ʻaki hono akoʻi ha ngaahi tefito mahuʻinga lahi, kau ai e founga naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻEna ʻofa haohaoá ʻi he moʻui ʻa e Fakamoʻuí, Fakaleleí, mo e Toetuʻú (vakai, 1 Sione 1:1–3 ; 3:16 ; 4:9–10).
1. Fakakakato e ngaahi meʻá ni:
Lau ʻa e 1 Sione 4:19 , pea fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku tau ʻofa ai ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo fakatatau kia Sioné.
Tā ʻi hoʻo tohinoa akó, ha foʻi haati fōlahi. Tohiʻi ʻi he vaeuaʻanga mālie ʻo e foʻi hātí ʻa e “ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻiate au koeʻuhí …” Fakaʻatā ha feituʻu feʻunga ke hiki ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamoʻoni fakafolofolá mo e ngaahi kupuʻi leá. Fakalaulauloto ki he founga naʻe “ʻuluaki ʻofa” ai ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻiate kitautolú.
Lau ‘a e ngaahi potufolofola ko ʻení. Kumi pea fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻoku nau fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi kiate koé. Hiki ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ko iá fakataha mo ʻenau ngaahi fakamoʻoni fakafolofola fekauʻaki mo iá ʻi loto ʻi he foʻi hātí.
1 Sione 2:1–2 (Fakatokangaʻi ange: Ko e taukapó ko ha taha ʻokú ne tautapa, fakafiemālieʻi, mo poupouʻi kitautolu. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻa e fakaleleí ki ha feilaulau fakalelei ʻokú ne fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e fakamaau totonu ʻa e ʻOtuá.)
Toe vakaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea mo e ngaahi fakamoʻoni fakafolofola naʻá ke fakaʻilongaʻí pea hiki ia. Fili ʻa e kupuʻi lea ʻoku ʻuhingamālie taha kiate koé, pea fakakakato ha meʻa ʻe ua pe tolu ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni:
Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e founga ʻoku ʻuhingamālie ai kiate koe ʻa e kupuʻi lea naʻá ke filí.
Kapau ʻe lava, fakamatalaʻi ha aʻusia naʻá ke ongoʻi ai e ʻofa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní pe ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he founga ko iá. Te ke lava foki ʻo vahevahe ha sīpinga mei he folofolá, ko ha foʻi vitiō ʻa e Siasí, pe ko ha lea ʻi he konifelenisi lahí. (Ke vakai ki ha sīpinga, ʻe lava ke mou mamata ʻi he lea ʻa ʻEletā Teili G. Lenilani ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá “Ke u Tohoakiʻi ʻa e Kakai Fulipē Kiate Au” mei he taimi 7:32 ki he 9:14.)
Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e founga ʻoku liliu ai hoʻo moʻuí ʻi hoʻo ʻiloʻi e moʻoni ʻo e kupuʻi lea ko ʻení. Fakakaukau ke tānaki atu hoʻo fakamoʻoni fakatāutaha ki he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá.
Fakakaukau ke vahevahe ʻa e tohinoa ko ʻení mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá mo e fāmilí pe ʻi he mītia fakasōsialé.
Fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa kuó ke ako ʻi hoʻo lau ʻa e lea ko ʻeni ʻa ʻEletā Lōpeti C. Kei ʻo e Kau Fitungofulú fekauʻaki mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá:
ʻĪmisi
Former Official Portrait of Elder Robert C. Gay. Photographed in March 2017. Replaced February 2021.
ʻʻOku mahulu hake ʻa ʻEne ʻofá ʻi heʻetau manavasiʻí, hotau laveá, meʻa ʻokú ne maʻunimā kitautolú, ʻetau veiveiuá, hotau ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ʻetau angahalá, hotau ngaahi fāmili kuo moveté, loto-mafasiá mo e loto-hohaʻá, hotau mahaki tauhí, masivá, ngaohikoviá, loto-siʻí mo ʻetau taʻelatá. ʻOkú Ne fiemaʻu e taha kotoa ke nau ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taha te Ne taʻe-malava ke fakamoʻui mo ʻoatu ki he fiefia tuʻuloá.
(Robert C. Gay, “Ko Hono Toʻo Kiate Kitautolu e Huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí,” Ensign pe LiahonaNōvema 2018, 99)
Ko e hā e meʻa mahuʻinga taha kiate koe ʻi he ngaahi fakamatala ko ʻení? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
Ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá
Fakakaukauloto ʻoku ʻi ai ha taha ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi naʻe ʻikai ke ne fakakaukau naʻa nau ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá pe naʻe ʻikai ke nau faʻa fakatokangaʻi ia. Fakakaukau ki he meʻa kuó ke ako he ʻaho ní, kae pehē ki hoʻo ngaahi aʻusia fakatāutahá.
Ko e hā te ke lava ʻo vahevahe mo kinautolu ʻe ala tokoni ke nau ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá?
Te ke ako ʻi he ngaahi lēsoni ka hokó, ki he akonaki ʻa Sione ʻoku tānaki mai ki he founga ʻoku tau fakahaaʻi ai ʻetau ʻofa ki he Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí, kau ai hono tauhi ʻEna ngaahi fekaú mo e feʻofaʻakí.
Fekumi ki he tokoni ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní pea fakafanongo mo ongoʻi ha ngaahi ueʻi meiate Ia ʻo fakafou ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. Fakakaukau ki ha ngaahi founga te ke lava ai ʻo maʻu e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e founga te ke lava ai ʻo fakatokangaʻi lahi ange ʻEne ʻofá ʻi hoʻo moʻuí. Fakalaulauloto ki he founga ʻe lava ai ʻe hoʻo toutou fai iá ʻo fakatupulaki ʻa e fiefia ʻokú ke aʻusia ʻi hoʻo moʻuí.
ʻE tākiekina fēfē nai ʻetau moʻuí ʻi hono ʻiloʻi mo ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá?
Lolotonga e hoko ʻa ʻEletā Sione H. Kolipoki ko e mēmipa ‘o e Kau Fitungofulú, naʻá ne fakamatala ʻo pehē:
ʻĪmisi
Former official portrait of Elder John H. Groberg of the Presidency of the Seventy, 1994. Released from the presidency effective August 15, 2005. Called as Idaho Falls Idaho Temple president effective November 1, 2005. Status changed to emeritus at October 2005 general conference.
ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fonu ai ʻi he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá, te tau lava ʻo fakahoko mo mamata mo maʻu ha mahino ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo fakahoko pe mamata pe maʻu ha mahino ki aí. ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fonu ai ʻi Heʻene ʻofá, te tau lava ʻo kātekina e mamahí, taʻofi e ilifiá, faʻa fakamolemole, fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fakakikihí, fakafoʻou e mālohí, pea tāpuekina mo tokoniʻi e niʻihi kehé ʻi ha ngaahi founga ʻoku fakaʻohovale kiate kitautolu.
Naʻe fonu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he ʻofa taʻefakatataua ʻi Heʻene kātekina maʻatautolu e mamahi, angakovi, mo e fakamaau taʻetotonu taʻemafakamatalaʻí. Naʻá Ne ikunaʻi e ngaahi faingataʻa hulu faufauá ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene ʻofa kiate kitautolú. Naʻe ʻikai fakangatangata ʻEne ʻofá. ʻOkú Ne fakaafeʻi kitautolu ke tau muimui kiate Ia pea maʻu ʻEne ʻofa taʻefakangatangatá, koeʻuhí ke tau lava foki ʻo ikunaʻi e mamahi mo e angakovi mo e fakamaau taʻetotonu ʻo e māmaní, pea tokoni, fakamolemole, mo tāpuekina.
(John H. Groberg, “The Power of Godʻs Love,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nov. 2004, 11)