Kotea Te Gaue ʼa Te Kau Tagata ʼAfeā?

ʼE mole matou totogi ia he kau takitaki ʼi tamatou kautahi. Kaʼe, ohage ko tona fai ʼi te ʼuluaki kokelekasio Fakakilisitiano, neʼe fakanofo ia te kau tagata ʼafeā fakapotopoto ke natou “taupau ia te kokelekasio ʼa te ʼAtua” ohage ko he ʼu tagata tauhi ovi. (Gaue 20:28) Ko te kau tagata ʼafeā ʼaia kua natou fotufotuʼa ʼi te faʼahi fakalaumalie ʼe natou takitaki pea mo tokakaga ki te kokelekasio, “ ʼo mole [natou] fai ʼaki he fakakinau kaʼe ʼaki he lotolelei ia muʼa ʼo te ʼAtua, ʼo mole ʼaki he lotomanumanū ki te paʼaga kaʼe ʼaki he faʼafai.” (1 Petelo 5:​1-3) Kotea te gaue ʼae ʼe natou fai maʼa matou?

ʼE natou tokakaga pea mo leʼoleʼo matou. ʼE foaki e te kau tagata ʼafeā ia he takitaki fakalaumalie pea mo tokoni ki te kokelekasio ke natou nonofo ovi kia Sehova. ʼI tanatou iloʼi ʼae ʼe ko he gaue maʼuhiga neʼe foaki age e te ʼAtua, koia ʼe mole natou fai he takitaki ʼe fefeka ki tana hahaʼi kaʼe ʼe natou tokoni mai ke fimalie pea mo fiafia ia tomatou maʼuli. (2 Kolonito 1:​24) Ohage ko he tagata tauhi ovi ʼe tokaga lelei ki te ʼu ovi takitahi ʼo tana faga ovi, ko te kau tagata ʼafeā ʼe natou faiga ke natou iloʼi lelei ia natou takitahi ʼo te kokelekasio.​​—Taaga Lea 27:⁠23.

ʼE natou akoʼi matou ki te faʼahiga fai ʼo te finegalo ʼo te ʼAtua. ʼI te vahaʼa fuli, ʼe takitaki e te kau tagata ʼafeā ia te ʼu fono ʼo te kokelekasio moʼo fakamalohiʼi ia tamatou tui. (Gaue 15:32) ʼE toe takitaki e te kau tagata faʼafai ʼaia ia te gaue faifakamafola, ʼo natou gaue fakatahi mo matou pea mo akoako matou ʼi te ʼu agaaga fuli ʼo te minisitelio.

ʼE natou foaki mai he ʼu fakalotomalohi kia matou takitokotahi. Ke feala hanatou foaki mai he ʼu tokoni fakalaumalie ʼe ʼaoga kia matou takitokotahi, ʼe ʼaʼahi matou e te kau tagata ʼafeā ʼo te kokelekasio ʼi ʼomatou ʼapi peʼe ʼi tomatou Fale Fono ʼo natou foaki mai he ʼu tokoni pea mo he fakalotomalohi ʼe toʼo mai te Tohi-Tapu.​​—Sakopo 5:​14, 15.

ʼO hilifaki ki ʼanatou gaue ʼaia ʼi te kokelekasio, ʼe toe fakamaʼua ki te tokolahi ʼi te kau tagata ʼafeā tonatou temi mo tonatou malohi ki tanatou gaue fakamalama pea mo tanatou tokakaga ki te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe ʼaoga ki ʼonatou kiʼi famili. ʼE tuha mo te ʼu tehina faʼafai ʼaia ke matou fakaʼapaʼapaʼi.​​—1 Tesalonika 5:12, 13.

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