Head and shoulder image of Jesus Christ. Christ is depicted with one arm raised as He participates in the creation of the earth. Galaxies and stars are depicted in the background.
Hili hono akoʻi ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻa e Ngaahi Monūʻiá mo e fono māʻolunga angé, naʻá Ne fai ha fekau fekauʻaki mo e ʻulungaanga ʻo ʻEne Tamai ʻi Hēvaní. Ko e taumuʻa ʻo e lēsoni ko ʻení ke tokoni ke mahino kiate koe ʻa e fekau ʻa e Fakamoʻuí “ke haohaoa …, he ʻoku haohaoa ʻa [ʻetau] Tamai ʻoku ʻi he langí” (Mātiu 5:48).
Ko e hā ha founga kuó ke liliu ai?
Kumi ha tā ʻo hoʻo kei siʻí, pe fakakaukau ki he tuʻunga naʻá ke ʻi ai ʻi hoʻo kei siʻí.
Ko e hā ha founga kuó ke tupulaki pe liliu fakatuʻasino pe fakalaumālie talu mei ai?
ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻoku hoko ai e liliú ko ha konga fakanatula mo mahuʻinga ʻo e palani ʻa ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní?
Kuó ke tupulaki fēfē ʻi he ngaahi taʻu siʻi kuohilí ke hoko ʻo hangē ange ko e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi? Kapau ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga hoʻo tupulaki fakalaumālié, ko e hā kuó ne taʻofi koé, pea ko e hā te ke lava ʻo fai ke liliu ai e sīpinga ko ʻení?
Lau ʻa e Mātiu 5:48, ʻo kumi ki he founga naʻe fakaʻosi ʻaki ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻEne ngaahi akonaki mei he vahe 5 . Fakatokangaʻi ange ʻe lava foki ke liliu e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ki he haohaoá ʻo hangē ko hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he veesi ko ʻení ki he “kakato, kātoa, [pe] tupulaki kakato” ( Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, Haohaoá).
ʻOku tau ako mei he ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi he Mātiu 5:48 naʻe fekauʻi kitautolu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ke tau haohaoa ʻo hangē ko e Tamai Hēvaní.
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Ko e fē ʻi he ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Fakamoʻuí mei he Mātiu 5 ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻoku ueʻi koe ke ke ngāue he taimí ni ke hoko ʻo hangē ange ko e Tamai Hēvaní? ʻO fēfē?
Ko e hā hoʻo ongoʻi fekauʻaki mo e fekau ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ke haohaoá?
ʻE lava fēfē ke ʻi ai ha kaunga kovi ʻo e taʻemahino ki he fekau ko ʻení ʻi hotau vā fetuʻutaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí?
Ko hono maʻu e mahino ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e “haohaoá”
Lau ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ʻeni ʻa Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoni, ʻEletā Sefilī R. Hōlani ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, mo ʻEletā Kēliti W. Kongi ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ʻo kumi ha tokoni pe fakafiemālie ʻi heʻetau fononga ke hoko ʻo haohaoa hangē ko e Tamai Hēvaní.
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Official portrait of President Russell M. Nelson taken January 2018
ʻI he Mātiu 5:48, ko e foʻi lea haohaoá naʻe liliu ia mei he foʻi lea faka-Kalisi ko e teleios ko hono ʻuhingá ko e “kakato.ʼʼ … Ko hono tuʻunga fakatikisinale ʻo e lea ngāué ko e teleiono, ʻa ia ko hono ʻuhingá “ke aʻu ki ha ngataʻanga taukakapa, ke tupulaki kakato, haohaoa, pe ke fakaʻosi.” Kātaki ʻo fakatokangaʻi ange ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ʻa e foʻi leá ki he “tauʻatāina mei he fehalākí”; ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki hono “ikunaʻi ha taumuʻa ʻoku taumamaʻo.” …
… ʻOku ʻikai fie maʻu ke tau loto-foʻi ʻo kapau ʻoku ngali [faingataʻa] mo ʻikai toe ʻosi ʻetau feinga mālohi ki he haohaoá. ʻOku kei fakatatali ʻa e haohaoá. ʻE lava ke toki hoko kakato mai pē ia ʻi he hili ʻa e Toetuʻú pea ʻi he ʻEikí pē. ʻOku fakatatali ia kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻofa kiate Ia mo tauhi ʻEne ngaahi fekaú.
(Russell M. Nelson, “Perfection Pending,” Ensign, Nov. 1995, 86, 88)
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Official Portrait of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. Photographed January 2018.
ʻE kāinga, ʻoku tau faifeinga kotoa ke moʻui faka-Kalisitiane ange, ʻo mahulu ia he meʻa ne tau anga ki aí. … Kapau te tau vilitaki, ʻe toki fakaʻosi mo kakato hotau fakaleleiʻí, ʻi ha taimi he taʻengatá—ʻa ia ko e fakaʻuhinga ia ʻa e Fuakava Foʻoú ki he haohaoá.
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ki he ikuʻanga maʻongoʻonga ko ia ʻoku lava ke tau maʻu tuʻunga he Fakalelei ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa ia naʻá Ne hoko atu “mei he ʻaloʻofa ki he ʻaloʻofa” [ Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 93:13 ] kae ʻoua kuó Ne maʻu ʻi Heʻene moʻui taʻe-faʻa-maté, ha nāunau fakasilesitiale haohaoa.
(Jeffrey R. Holland, “Ko Ia Ke Haohaoa ʻA Kimoutolu,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2017, 42)
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Official Portrait of Gerrit W. Gong. Photographed in 2018.
Ko e foʻi lea ko e haohaoa … ʻoku faʻa maʻuhala he taimi ʻe niʻihi ‘o ‘uhingaʻi ko e ‘ikai ‘i ai ha fehalaaki. Mahalo ʻokú ke feinga mālohi pe ko ha taha ʻokú ke ʻilo ke haohaoa ʻi he foungá ni. Koeʻuhí ʻoku hangē ʻoku ʻikai faʻa aʻu ki ai ʻa e faʻahinga haohaoa peheé, naʻa mo hotau lelei tahá te ne lava ʻo ʻai ke tau hohaʻa, loto-foʻi, pe ongosia. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau feinga ke mapuleʻi hotau tūkungá mo e kakai ʻoku tau feohí. ʻOku tau hohaʻa ki he ngaahi vaivaí mo e fehalākí. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e faingataʻa ange ko ia ʻetau feingá, ko e mamaʻo ange ia ʻetau ongoʻi mei he haohaoa ʻoku tau fekumi ki aí. …
ʻE lava ke iku e taʻemahino ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e hoko ʻo haohaoá ʻi ha vilitaki ke haohaoá—ko ha tōʻonga fakakaukau pe ʻulungaanga ʻokú ne ʻave e holi fakaʻofoʻofa ke fai lelei pea hoko liliu ia ko ha fakaʻamu ʻoku ʻikai faʻa malava ke hoko ʻo haohaoa pē he taimí ni. ʻOku faʻa hoko e vilitaki ke haohaoá mei he ongoʻi ko kinautolu pē ʻoku haohaoá ʻoku totonu ke ʻofaʻí pe ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau fiefia kae ʻoleva pē ke tau toki haohaoa.
Manatuʻi he ʻikai pē feʻunga ʻetau feinga kotoa ke tauhi e ngaahi fekaú mo fakatomalá kapau naʻe taʻeʻoua hono fakamaʻa ʻo e angahalá mo e toetuʻu mei he maté, ʻoku tau maʻu mei he Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene Fakaleleí. (Vakai, 2 Nīfai 25:23 ; ʻAlamā 34:9–10 .)
Ko e hoko ʻo hangē ko e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí
Tali ha ua pe lahi ange ‘o e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ‘ení ‘i hoʻo tohinoa akó:
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Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai ʻe he ngaahi lea ʻa e kau palōfita ko ʻení fekauʻaki mo e ʻuhinga ʻo e “ko ia ke haohaoa ʻa kimoutolu?”
Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai ʻe he kau palōfitá ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ʻení?
Ko e hā e fatongia ʻo e Fakamoʻuí ʻi hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau hoko ʻo haohaoá?
Ko e hā ʻokú ke ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻokú ne ʻoatu ha ʻamanaki lelei te ke hoko ʻo haohaoa ʻi ha ʻaho ʻo hangē ko Kinauá?
Ko e hā ha ngaahi ngāue ʻokú ke lolotonga fakahoko fakalaumālie, fakatuʻasino, fakasōsiale, pe fakaʻatamai ke ke hoko ai ʻo hangē ange ko e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí?
Fili pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?
Ko e hā ha founga ʻe lava ke u hoko ʻo haohaoa aí?
Naʻe akoʻi ʻe ʻEletā Sikoti D. Uaitingi ʻo e Kau Fitungofulú ʻo pehē:
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Official Portrait of Elder Scott D Whiting. Photographed in March 2017.
ʻOku ʻikai ke fakataumuʻa ʻa e fekau ke hangē ko Iá ke ke ongoʻi halaia, taʻetaau pe taʻeʻofaʻi. Ko hono kotoa ʻetau aʻusia fakamatelié ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e tupulaki, feinga, tōnounou, mo e lavameʻa. …
ʻOkú ke lelei feʻunga pē koe, ʻoku ʻofaʻi koe, ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia kuó ke kakato leva. ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngāue ke fai ʻi he moʻuí ni mo e moʻui ka hoko maí. Te tau toki lava pē ʻo tupulaki ke hangē ko Iá ʻi Heʻene tokoni fakalangí.
ʻI he kuonga ko ʻeni ʻoku, “[ngali] moveuveu ai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē; pea … [hangē ʻoku] hoko mai ʻa e ilifiá ki he kakai kotoa pē” [ Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 88:91 ], ko e faitoʻó pē, ko e vetekiʻangá pē, ko e feinga ke hangē ko e Fakamoʻuí, ko e Huhuʻi ʻo e faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá, ko e Maama ʻo e Māmaní, pea fekumi kiate Ia naʻá Ne folofola ʻo pehē, “Ko au ko e halá” [ Sione 14:6 ].
ʻOku ou ʻilo ko e hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá ʻo fakafou ʻi Heʻene tokoni fakalangí mo e mālohí ʻoku malava fakakongokonga ia. Kapau naʻe ʻikai malava ke pehē, naʻe ʻikai ke Ne ʻomi ʻa e fekau ko ʻení kiate kitautolu [vakai, 1 Nīfai 3:7 ].
(Scott D. Whiting, “Hoko ʻo Hangē ko Iá,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2020, 14)