Ahyɛmudzi Awerɛhyɛmu nam Jesus Christ do
Sɛ yɛhɛn Ewuradze ne fie a, yɛhyɛ akwantu krɔnkrɔn ase dɛ yebosũa abɛyɛ Christ n’esuafo a wɔkrɔn na wɔyɛ krɔnkrɔn yie.
Mo nuambanyin na nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, mobɔ mpaa dɛ nkenyan nsɛm a yɛbɛtse efi hɛn baanodzifo hɔ dapɛn n’ewiei yi bekenyan hɛn sunsum mu na yeedzi ehurusi wɔ dza mebɛfrɛ no, “ahyɛmudzi awerɛhyɛmu a ɔnam Jesus Christ do.’’ Awerɛhyɛmu yi yɛ komm naaso nokwar awerɛhyɛmu a yɛdze gye nhyira a Nyankopɔn dze bɔ hɔn a wosie hɔn ahyɛmudzi horow no anohoba na ohia dodow wɔ hɛn nda mu nsɔhwɛ gyinabew horow no.
Temple afofor a worisisi wɔ wiadze nyina no, wɔ President Russell M. Nelson ne baanodzi dwuma ase no, dze ehurusi kɛse aba Asɔrmba no mu na wɔayɛ dɛ Ewuradze n’ahenman a ɔretserɛw ne sɛnkyerɛdze a ohia.
Morodwendwen m’ahobow nkenyan sũahu wɔ Feather River California Temple tu hyɛ Nyame nsa ho wɔ Ɔbɛsɛ a abasen mu no, mepɛɛ dɛ muhu sɛ ɔtɔfabi a temple afofor a yenya no wɔ hɛn kuropɔn na sɔn ahorow mu ho ma enyigye mbordo na ɔmma yennhu dza yɛnyɛ na yɛpow ahyɛmudzi krɔnkrɔn no botae a ɔkrɔn yie a yedzi no wɔ temple no.
Temple biara n’enyim no wɔakyerɛw awɔse asɛm, “Krɔnkrɔnyɛ ma Ewuradze.” Nkenyan nkasafua yinom yɛ nsato pefee dɛ sɛ, yɛhɛn Ewuradze ne fie a, yɛhyɛ akwantu krɔnkrɔn ase dɛ yebosũa abɛyɛ Christ n’esuafo a wɔkrɔn na wɔyɛ krɔnkrɔn yie. Sɛ yedzi ahyɛmu horow wɔ krɔnkrɔnyɛ wɔ Nyankopɔn n’enyim, na yesi pi dɛ yɛbɛkã Agyenkwa no do a, yenya tum dze sesa hɛn akoma, yekenyan hɛn sunsum, na yɛnye No nkitahodzi no mu dɔ. Mbɔdzembɔ a ɔtse dɛm dze ahotsew brɛ hɛn akra na ɔyɛ nhyehyɛɛ krɔnkrɔn a yɛnye Nyankopɔn na Jesus Christ, a wɔbɔ hɛn anohoba dɛ yebotum enya onnyiewiei nkwa akyɛdzi no. Akwantu krɔnkrɔn yi no nsunsuando nye dɛ yenya awerɛhyɛmu a ɔyɛ krɔnkrɔn na ɔkrɔn yie awerɛhyɛmu ma hɛn daa daa abrabɔ a ɔwɔ hɛn ahyɛmu a yɛnam Jesus Christ do dzii no mu.
Awerɛhyɛmu a ɔtse dɛm no nye yɛnye Nyankopɔn nkitahodzi krɔnkrɔn no konyimdzi na obotum aboa hɛn ma yeetu hɛn nokwardzi, na ndaase mpon ma, Jesus Christ na No werdam afɔrbɔ. Ɔhyɛ hɛn ahoɔdzen dɛ yɛbɔdɔ na yɛasom nkaafo no, na ɔhyɛ hɛn akra dzen dɛ yɛbɛtsena wiadze a ɔnnyɛ krɔnkrɔn a sum na abagura, gudu rehyɛ mu no. Ɔma hɛn tum ma yedzi ekyingye na abagura aba do konyim, suro na ebufuw, ayawdzi na enyiber, a nokwar nyinara tamfo no bɔ mbɔdzen dze hyɛ hɛn akoma mu dzendzenndzen, ne tsitsir ara mber a abrabɔ ayɛ dzen, nsɔhwɛ nntwa da, anaa gyinabew horow yɛ dzen. Bible nyiyimu bi ma hɛn mu kor biara afotu pa ber a yɛbɔ mbɔdzen gyina dzen wɔ ndɛ wiadze nsɔhwɛ mu: “Dɛm ntsi mma hom ntow hom ndam no nnkyen.’’
Nuambanyin nkyerɛbaa adɔfo, hɔn a wonya nokwar awerɛhyɛmu wɔ ahyɛmudzi horow a ɔnam Jesus Christ do wodzi no wɔ Ewuradze ne fie no wɔ tum ahoɔdzen dodow mu kor a yebotum enya ho kwan wɔ abrabɔ yi mu.
Ber a yeesũa Mormon Nwoma no wɔ Bra, Bɛka Mo Do mu afe yi mu no, yeehu mbrɛ Nephi nam no nokwardzi do sii kyerɛɛ ahyɛmudzi awerɛhyɛmu ne nsɛdo fasusu fɛɛfɛw mber a ohyiaa akwansidze na nsɔhwɛ dɛ obenya mprɛtse no dɛ mbrɛ Euwradze hyɛɛ no no Nephi, ɔammfa noho dɛ awerɛhow dodow kãa no wɔ Laman na Lemuel hɔn gyedzi a nna wonnyi ho no, onyaa enyimpisi na awerɛhyɛmu dɛ Ewuradze dze mprɛtse no bɛma hɔn. Ɔkãa kyerɛɛ no nuambanyin no dɛ, Dɛ Ewuradze tse ase, na hɛn so yɛtse ase yi, yɛrennsan nnkɔ hɛn egya nkyɛn wɔ sar no do gyedɛ yɛayɛ dza Ewuradze ahyɛ hɛn dɛ yɛnyɛ no ana.” Osian Nephi n’awerɛhyɛmu wɔ Ewuradze n’anohoba mu ntsi, onyaa anwanwadze na otumii yɛɛ dza wɔhyɛɛ no dɛ ɔnyɛ no. Ekyir no, wɔ n’enyido-adzehu mu no, Nephi hun awerɛhyɛmu nsɛdo yi ne nhyɛdo, a ɔkyerɛw dɛ, “Emi, Nephi, hun Nyame Eguambaa no no tum, dɛ oesian aba Eguambaa no n’asɔrmba a wɔyɛ ahotseweefo no do, nye Ewuradze n’ahyɛmu mba no, … na wɔdze ndzeyɛtsenenee na enyimnyam nye Nyankopɔn no tum kɛse ayɛ akontar.”
Meehu Ewuradze no dɔ anohoba na tum pɔkyee a ɔrepɛm kɔ Nyankopɔn ne mba hɔn abrabɔ mu, na ɔhyɛ hɔn dzen ma wogyina abrabɔ ne gyinabew horow enyim. Da bi me yer baa fie wɔ ne temple asɔryɛ ekyir no na ɔkãa mbrɛ sũahu a onyaa no hɔ no sii tɔɔ no do dodow no. Mber a ɔhɛɛn Ewuradze ne fie no, ohun ɔbarimba bi a ɔtsena wheelchair mu na ɔrokɔ bɔkɔɔ na ɔbaa bi a ɔdze poma na yaw kɛse renantsew, hɔn beenu no akokodur mu ara reba abɔsɔr na wɔnye Ewuradze edzi nkɔmbɔ wɔ Ne fie. Mber a me yer nantsewee kɔr nhohoree bea no, ohun akyerɛbaa fɛɛfɛw bi, a nna n’abasa kor nnyi hɔ—na abasa kor no so yɛ sin—a ahomka na celestial mu ara ɔreyɛ edwuma a wɔdze ama no no.
Ber a menye me yer kãa dɛm sũahu no ho asɛm no, yewiei dɛ nokwar na krɔngyenn awerɛhyɛmu nko wɔ Nyankopɔn no onnyiewiei anohoba mu, na ɔnam ahyɛmudzi horow a yɛnye No yɛ wɔ ne fie do botum ama Christ n’esuafo awanwafo no egya hɔn efiefie dɛm wirikukuiku da no, a hɔn ankorankor abrabɔ mu gyinabew horow mmfa ho.
M’anyɛnkofo adɔfo, sɛ adze kor bi wɔ hɔ a yebotum enya—na adze kor a yebotum dze egya hɛn mba na nanamba a obotum aboa kor biara wɔ nsɔhwɛ na atseetsee a ɔwɔ kan no mu a—ɔbɛyɛ awerɛhyɛmu wɔ ahyɛmudzi horow a yɛnam Jesus Christ do dzi no mu. Worenya egyapadze krɔnkrɔn a ɔtse dɛm no bɔboa hɔn ma wɔabɔ bra dɛ mbrɛ Ewuradze abɔ N’akadofo anokwafo dɛ: “M’esuafo begyina mbea krɔnkrɔn. do, na worinnhihim.’’
Yebesi dɛn bodua Jesus Chirst do enya awerɛhyɛmu a ɔtse dɛm? Ɔnam ahobrɛadze, yɛdze Agyenkwa no risi hɛn abrabɔ ne finimfin do, yɛdze Jesus Christ n’asɛmpa ne fapem robɔ bra, yɛregye nkwagye na nkwagye ntowdo ayɛdze horow, na yeridzi ahyɛmudzi horow a yɛnye Nyankopɔn edzi wɔ Ne fie krɔnkrɔn no nyi.
N’ewiei nsɛm wɔ Ɔbɛsɛ 2019 wiadze mfɛndzanan ehyiadzi ase no, hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi dɔfo bɔɔ hɛn nkaa fa anamɔn bi ho hia a ohia wɔ irinya ahyɛmudzi awerɛhyɛmu ho, a ɔkãa dɛ: “ankorankor emudziyɛ dɛ ɔbɛhɛn Ewuradze ne fie no hia ankorankor sunsum mu ahosiesie dodow. … Ankorankor emudziyɛ hia adwen na akoma a wɔasakyer emudzi mu dɛ ɔbɛyɛ tse dɛ Ewuradze ara yie, dze ayɛ kuromanyi nokwafo, ayɛ fasusu pa, na nyimpa krɔkrɔn ara yie.’’ Dɛm ntsi, sɛ yɛsesa hɛn ahosiesie a yɛdze bɛhɛn temple a, yɛbɛsesa hɛn sũahu wɔ temple, a sɛ yepue fi temple a ɔbɛsesa hɛn abrabɔ. “Nkyii w’awerɛhyɛmu wɔ Nyame enyim bɛhyɛ dzen; na asɔfodzi ho nkyerɛkyerɛ mu ndzepa no bɔsosɔ wo kra do tse dɛ bɔw a ofi sor.”
Bishop bi a minyim no frɛ adzesũa a oenyin papaapa wɔ Primary nnyɛ dɛ “Primary’’ adzesũafo mbom dɛ “temple ahosiesie’’ adzesũa. Sanda mu no bishop no maa adzesũafo na hɔn akyerɛkyerɛfo no baa no ɔfese a wɔkã mbrɛ wobesi dze afe mu no nyina besiesie dɛ wɔbɛhɛn temple ho asɛm. Bishop no tɔ no bo kenkan temple recommend kokoa mu mpɛnsapɛnsamu nsɛmbisa a ɔfa hɔnho no, a nkyii wɔdze akã hɔn Primary adzesũadze ho. Ɔto nsa frɛ mbofra no dɛ wɔnyɛ ahosiesie ama sɛ wɔba bishop no ɔfese wɔ afe kor mu a, wobenya ahotɔdo, ahyɛmudzi ahotɔdo, a wɔayɛ krado dɛ wɔbɛgye temple recommend na wɔahɛn Ewuradze ne fie. Afe yi bishop no nyaa mbasiamba kumabaa baanan a nna hɔn enyi agye, wɔayɛ krado, na wɔwɔ ahotɔdo dɛ wɔbɔkɔ temple na wɔpɛ dɛ bishop no tsintsim hɔn recommend no wɔ New Years Day a ɔabɔ 12:01 esuom.
Ahosiesie no nnyɛ hɔnnom a ɔyɛ hɔn da a odzi kan a wɔrokɔ temple nko dze. Otwar dɛ hɛn ahosiesie a yɛdze bɔkɔ Ewuradze ne fie no do nnkotwa da. Stake kor bi a minyim afa ahyɛnsewdze “Fie nhyiamu, Asɔr mboa, na temple nkyekyeree.’’ Nkyekyeree yɛ enyika kasafua dɛm ntsi n’asekyerɛ itsim wɔ ntsentsendo, naaso ɔsan so kyerɛ dɛ afam biribi anaa apen do, ngyetomu, na gyinasi, nokwar. Ntsi temple nkyekyeree no dze hɛn fam Agyenkwa no ho, ɔma hɛn kwankyerɛ a oye na ahotɔ ber a yɛrohwɛ no pefee dɛ yɛnam Jesus Christ do enya ahyɛmudzi awerɛhyɛmu. Dɛm ntsi, ɔwɔ dɛ hɛn nyinara yɛgye hɛn enyim tserɛw nkyekyeree a ɔtse dɛm ber a yɛhyehyɛ hɛn da a odzi do no a yɛdze bɔkɔ Ewuradze hɔ wɔ Ne fie krɔnkrɔn, sɛ temple no bɛn anaa no mu twe o.
Hɛn nkɔnhyɛnyi dɔfo, President Russell M. Nelson bɔɔ hɛn nkaa fa fapem horow yinom a ohia ho ber a ɔkãa dɛ: “Temple no na osi yɛrehyɛ hɛn gyedzi na sunsum mu ahoɔdzen dzen no ne finimfin, osiandɛ Agyenkwa na N’asɛmpa no nye temple no n’akoma ankasa no. Biribiara a wɔkyerɛ wɔ temple mu, odua nkyerɛkyerɛ na Sunsum do no, tow hɛn ntseasee wɔ Jesus Christ mu. N’ayɛdze a ohia tsitsir no dua asɔfodzi krɔnkrɔn ahyɛmudzi do nye hɛn kyekyer No. Nkyii, sɛ yesie hɛn ahyɛmu no a, Ɔdze N’ayarsa, ahoɔdzen tum no kyɛ hɛn. Na o, mbrɛ yehia No tum wɔ nda a ɔreba no mu a.”
Agyenkwa no pɛ dɛ yɛbɛyɛ krado a yɛdze pefeeyɛ kɛse bɛtse mbrɛ yebesi bɛyɛ ber a yɛnye hɛn Ɔsor Egya dzi ahyɛmu wɔ Ne dzin mu ase. Ɔpɛ dɛ yɛyɛ krado dɛ yebenya hɛn ndzinoa, anohoba, na asodzi horow ho sũahu; dɛ yɛbɛyɛ krado dɛ yebenya sunsum mu nhumu na nkenyan a yehia wɔ abrabɔ yi mu no. Minyim dɛ sɛ Ewuradze hu ɔpɛ ketseketse anaa tsenenee mbɔdzembɔ kakraba mpo wɔ hɛn pɛ mu dɛ yɛdze No besi hɛn abrabɔ ne finimfin na ahyɛdze na ahyɛmudzi horow a yedzi wɔ Ne fie mu do a, Ɔdze anwanwadze na adɔyɛ ehumbɔbɔr horow a yehia no behyira hɛn, wɔ N’emudzi kwan mu.
Ewuradze ne fie nye bea a wobotum asakyer hɛn wɔ akwanhorow a ɔkrɔn na ɔyɛ krɔnkrɔn mu. Ntsi no, sɛ yefi temple pue a hɛn enyidado wɔ ahyɛmudzi horow mu asesa hɛn, wɔdze tum fi sor ahyɛ hɛn akontar a, yɛdze temple no kã hɛn ho kɔ hɛn efiefie na abrabɔ mu. Mema hom awerɛhyɛmu dɛ yerenya Ewuradze ne fie Sunsum no wɔ hɛn mu no sesa hɛn, koraa.
Yɛsan nyim fi temple dɛ sɛ yɛmmpɛ dɛ Ewuradze no Sunsum no bɔtwe noho efi hɛn abrabɔ mu a, yennkotum ara na otwar dɛ yennkenya ayawdzi nkãtse wɔ obiara ho. Yɛrema ayawdzi nkãtse anaa adwendwen kwan wɔ hɛn akoma anaa adwen mu no, dze nsɛmfua na nyɛe a ɔmmfata bɛba, sɛ wɔ social media do anaa wɔ hɛn efiefi o, a ɔma Ewuradze no Sunsum no twe noho fi hɛn akoma mu. Dɛm ntsi, meserɛ mma hom nntow hom awerɛhyɛmu nnkyen, mbom, hom mma hom awerɛhyɛmu nyɛ dzen.
Temple a wɔrokɔ do sisi na wɔ ɔhardo no bɔkɔ do ama hɛn enyigye, ekenyan hɛn, na woehyira hɛn. Mbom dza ohia dodow no, sɛ yɛsesa hɛn ahosiesie a yɛdze bɛhɛn temple a, yɛbɛsesa hɛn sũahu wɔ temple, a sɛ yepue fi temple a ɔbɛsesa hɛn abrabɔ. Nkyɛ nsesa yi dze awerɛhyɛmu ahyɛ hɛn mã wɔ hɛn ahyɛmudzi horow krɔnkrɔn a ɔnam Jesus Christ do yɛnye Nyankopɔn edzi mu. Nyankopɔn tse ase, Jesus nye hɛn Agyenkwa, na iyi nye N’asɔr a wɔdze asanananmu wɔ asaase do. Megye dɛm nokwar yinom ho dase enyidzi mu ara wɔ hɛn Agyenkwa, Jesus Christ dzin krɔnkrɔn mu, amen.