“Leftemap Hem antap long Kros—Samfala Pat,” Blong Ol Yut Oli Kam Strong, Nov 2022.
Leftemap Hem antap long Kros
Samfala Pat
Wan risen from wanem yumi no yusum kros olsem wan saen i kamaot long stamba blong baebol blong yumi. From se krusifiksen i wan long wei blong Roman Empaea blong mekem man i safa bigwan mo ded, plante man we oli folem Jisas, oli jusum blong no tokbaot tul ia we i mekem man i safa bigwan. I tru, mining blong ded blong Kraes i impoten long fet blong olgeta, be, blong samples 300 yia, oli lukaotem blong serem aedentiti blong gospel blong olgeta tru long ol narafala wei. …
Wan nara risen blong no yusum kros olsem saen blong fet i from yumi tokbaot bigwan merikel blong misin blong Kraes we i fulwan—Girap blong Hem bakegen long ded long glori, mo tu, safaring sakrifaes blong ded blong Hem. …
Long evri graon mo taem, Hem i bin talem long yumi evriwan, “Man [o woman] we i wantem kam biaen long mi, hem i mas blokem ol samting we hem nomo i wantem, nao i mas karem kros blong hem, i biaen long mi.” [Matiu 16:24].
Hemia i tokbaot ol kros we yumi stap tekem long yumi be i no hemia we yumi werem. Blong kam wan man blong folem Jisas Kraes, samtaem wan i mas karem wan hevi samting—hemia blong hemwan o blong wan narawan—mo go long ol ples we i nidim sakrifaes mo hem i no save ronwe long safaring. Wan tru Kristin Man i no save jusum blong folem Masta nomo long ol samting we hem i agri long hem. No. Yumi folem Hem evri ples, we i tekem tu, sapos i nid, long ol ples we i fulap long krae mo trabol, mo samtaem, bae yumi stanap yumiwan nomo.
… Bae yumi folem Hem—yumi no foldaon, neva lusum paoa o ronwe, neva tingting tu long wok we oli givim, i no taem ol kros blong yumi bae i hevi tumas, mo bae i no long taem we rod i go tudak.