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Nye Christ Nyɛ Kor

Hɛn dɔ ma Jesus Christ na No Werdambɔ no ma yɛyɛ kor. Mbɛkãho nokwar mu no ara nye dɛ enye Christ ayɛ kor.

Jesus Christ No Werdambɔ ho atsenkã ekitsa me ara yie fitsi ber a mo suar no, naaso Agyenkwa No Werdambɔ ho nokwar ankasa no baa mo do ber a midzii mfe 25 no. Nna mowiee Stanford Mbranyimfo Skuul ɔnnkyeree na murusũa adze akyɛkyerɛw California mbranyimfo nsɔhwɛ. Me maame frɛe me na ɔsɛɛ dɛ me nanabanyin Crozier Kimball a, ɔtse Utah no ruwu. Ɔkãa dɛ sɛ mepɛ dɛ muhu no a, ɔno membra fie. Nna me nanabanyin edzi mfe 86 na ɔyar papaapa. Me nsera no yɛɛ enyigye. Ɔyɛɛ no dɛw dodow dɛ oehu me na ɔnye me kyɛɛ ne dasegye.

Ber a nna Crozier edzi mfe ebiasa ara no, n’egya David Patten Kimball, wui a nna oedzi mfe 44. Nna Crozier wɔ enyidado dɛ ne papa na ne nanabanyin Heber C. Kimball enyi bɛgye n’abrabɔ ho na woenya atsenkã dɛ oedzi nokwar ama n’egyanom.

Me nana n’afotu a ɔdze maa me no ne tsitsir ara nye dɛ mubokwetsir dza odzi wɔ me anaa ndzinoa biara osian m’ewuakɔr anokwafo yinom ntsi. Ɔkãa kyerɛɛ me dɛ ɔsɛ dɛ mitsim wɔ Agyenkwa no na Agyenkwa no No Werdambɔ no do. Ɔkãa dɛ hɛn nyina yɛyɛ Ɔsor Egya dɔfo ne mba. Mbrɛ hɛn asaase do ewuakɔr tse biara no, hɛn mu kor biara bɛkã mbrɛ oesi esie Ne mbrasɛm no ho asɛm akyerɛ Agyenkwa no.

Grandpa frɛɛ Agyenkwa no dɛ “Abowanohwɛfo no 2 Nephi 9:41. Ɔkãa kyerɛɛ me dɛ ɔwɔ enyidado dɛ oenu noho ara yie a ɔbɛfata Agyenkwa no mbɔbɔrhu.

Asɛm no tɔɔ mo do dodow. Minyim dɛ ɔyɛ nyimpa tseneneenyi. Nna ɔyɛ patriarch na ɔasom asɛmpakã dwuma mpɛn pii. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ me dɛ obiara runntum mfa nankasa ne papayɛ nko nnsan nnkɔ Nyame enyim a Agyenkwa no No Werdambɔ ho mfaso nnkã ho. Mekaa besi ndɛ ɔdɔ kɛse na enyisɔ a Granpa wɔ ma Agyenkwa no na No Werdambɔ.

Afe 2019 mu ber a mokɔr Jerusalem wɔ edwumayɛ ho no, mekɛseraa abansor no a bia ɔbɛn bea kor no a Agyenkwa no hohoor N’Asomafo hɔn ananho ansaana Ne Mbeamubɔ no. Ɔtɔɔ mo do sunsum mu ara na modween mbrɛ Osii hyɛɛ N’Asomafo no dɛ wɔndodɔ hɔnho nkorkor no.

Mekaa Agyenkwa no No Notɔserɛ Mpaabɔ wɔ hɛn afã no. Ɔbɔɔ mpaa yi no nna akã dɔnhwer kakra ara ma No ɔnnkyebo abrabɔ yi aba ewiei dɛ ma wɔakyerɛw no wɔ John asɛmpa no mu no.

Mpaabɔ yi Ɔbɔe maa Christ akãdofo, a hɛn nyinara yɛkã ho. Agyenkwa no N’Egya hɔ ntotɔserɛ no, Ɔserɛɛ dɛ “ama hɔn nyina aayɛ kor, dɛ mbrɛ ɔwo, Egya, ewɔ mo mu, na mowɔ wo mu, hɔn so waayɛ kor wɔ hɛn mu.” Nkyii Agyenkwa no sɔw do, “Na enyimnyam a edze ama me no, medze ama hɔn, dɛ wɔnyɛ kor dɛ mbrɛ yɛyɛ kor no.” Koryɛ nye dza Christ bɔɔ ho mpaa ansaana woriyi No ama na Ne Mbeamuduabɔ no. Yebotum edua Agyenkwa no No Werdambɔ no do yɛnye Christ na hɛn Ɔsor Egya enya koryɛ.

Ewuradze no nkwagye adom no nngyina ebusuasantsen, nwomasũa, ahonyadze gyinabew, anaa ebusuakuw do. Ogyina enye Christ na Ne mbrasɛm ayɛ kor.

Wɔkyekyeer Asɔr no annkyɛr na Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph Smith na Oliver Cowdery nyaa nyikyerɛ a ɔfa Asɔr no ne nkyekyeree na amambu ho. Dza sesei ɔyɛ ɔfã 20 no, Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph Smith na ɔkenkaan no wɔ Asɔr no n’ehyiadzi a odzi kan na ɔyɛ nyikyerɛ a odzi kan a wɔdze adwenkor gyee too mu.

Dza ɔwɔ nyikyerɛ yi mu no yɛ nwanwa ampara. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ hɛn Agyenkwa ho hia ohia na n’asɛdze na mbrɛ yebotum bodua No mponee adom do hɛn nsa akã No tum na nhyira horow. Nna Nkɔnhyɛnyi Joseph edzi mfe 24 na oedzi kan enya nyikyerɛ pii na ɔnam Nyankopɔn akyɛdze na tum do oewie Mormon Nwoma no ne nkyerɛasee no. Joseph na Oliver beenu no nyina nna wɔyɛ Asomafo a wɔahyɛ hɔn asɔfo, dɛm ntsi nna wɔwɔ tumdzi dɛ wɔhwɛ Asɔr no do.

Nyiyimu 17 dze kesi 36 mu no, Asɔr nkyerɛkyerɛ a woetwa no tsia tsitsir ara na ɔwɔ mu, dɛ Nyankopɔn wɔ hɔ ampaara, adasa hɔn Mbɔe, Asehwe, na Ɔsor Egya No nkwagye ho nhyehyɛɛ a wodua Jesus Christ No Werdambɔ no kã ho. Nyiyimu 37 mu no, enuma ba Ewuradze N’Asɔr mu ho ehiadze tsitsir na ɔwɔ mu. Nyiyimu 75 dze kesi 79 da sacrament mpaabɔ a yɛdze dzi dwuma Ahomgyeda biara no edzi.

Nkyerɛkyerɛ, fapem, sacrament, na ndzeyɛɛ horow a Ewuradze duaa Joseph Smith, Nsanananmu Nkyerɛkyerɛ no do dze bɔɔ adze no yɛ adze tsitsir ampaara.

Enuma ahwehwɛdze no, ɔyɛ nwanwa dze, naaso ɔda famu koraa. Dza ɔkã ho ara nye hɛn ahobrɛadze wɔ Nyame enyim, akoma a abobɔ na sunsum a abotow, yerunu hɛnho efi hɛn bɔn nyina ho, yɛrefa Jesus Christ ne dzin ato hɛn do, na yɛdze hɛn ndwuma rekyerɛ dɛ yenya Christ no Sumsum.

Ohia papaapa dɛ dza ɔma yɛfata enuma nyina yɛ sunsum mu adze. Ahonyadze anaa ɔman mu dzibew mmfa ho. Abɔbɔfo na ahonyafo wɔ ahwehwɛdze kor noara.

Ebusuakuw, eyɛ barimba anaa ɔbaa, anaa wo kasaa ho ahwehwɛdze biara nnkã ho. Mormon Nwoma no da no edzi pefee dɛ wɔtoo nsa frɛɛ obiara dɛ ombenya Ewuradze ne papayɛ, “bibinyi na borɔnyi, akowa na fahodzinyi, ɔbarimba na ɔbaa; … hɔn nyinara yɛ adze kor ma Nyame.” Adasa nyinara wɔ ho ndzinoa, dɛ mbrɛ kor tse no dɛmara na kor so tse, na wonnsiw obiara kwan.”

Osiandɛ “yɛyɛ adze kor” wɔ Nyame enyim no, ɔmmfata dɛ yebetsĩ mu akã hɛn nsonsonee ho nsɛm. Binom ahyɛ hɛn nkuran a omuo dɛ “yensusu nkorɔfo dɛ ɔson hɔn na hɛn koraa na hɛnho nkorkor akyɛn dza ɔtse ankasa. [Binom] fa nsonsonee kakrabaa a ɔyɛ nokwar, na wɔtra no ma ɔbɛyɛ nkyɛkyɛmu mbɔnsa.”

Dza ɔkã ho no, binom adwen dɛ osiandɛ wɔto nsa frɛ obiara dɛ obenya Ne papayɛ na onnyiewiei nkwa no, ahwehwɛdze biara nnyi a wɔdze bɔkɔ.

Naaso, kyerɛwsɛm no si no pi dɛ hɔn a woedu nkontaabu ber no ɔsɛ dɛ wonu hɔnho fi hɔn bɔn ho na wosie Ne mbrasɛm. Ewuradze ada no edzi pefee dɛ hɔn a wɔwɔ pɛ su nyina “wɔ kwan dɛ wɔsan mu fa ahotɔ nye onnyiewiei nkwa a ɔnam adasa nyina hɔn Ntamugyinafo kɛse no do, … na [wo]tsie ne mbrasɛm kɛse no, ama [wo]eedzi nokwar wɔ ne nsɛm ho, na [wɔ]afa onnyiewiei nkwa.” Ama yeenya Agyenkwa No Werdambɔ ho nhyira no, otwar dɛ yɛgye enyim ara dze hɛn pɛ su dzi dwuma dze san mu yi Christ na yesie Ne mbrasɛm.

M’abrabɔ ber mu no, “pɛ” na “nyimpa ne pɛ” wɔapaapaa mu na wɔagye ho kyim ara yie. Nwomasũafo gye ho kyim na wɔkɔ do gye nsɛngyinado yinom ho kyim.

Ndaansa yi esũapɔn tsitsir bi adzesũafo a wowie adzesũa hɔn dawurbɔ krataa n’enyim, biology ɔbemfo a ɔagye dzin kãa dɛ, “There’s no room for free will.” Ɔnnyɛ nwanwa dɛ, ɔbemfo yi ɔkã wɔ nkyerɛwee yi mu, yɛserɛ kã “Biribiara nnyi hɔ a ɔyɛ Nyame, … na nyimpa ne pɛ biara nnyi hɔ, na iyi yɛ wiadze a ɔda hɔ pan a hwee mmfa obiara ho.” Iyi menye no nnkɛyɛ adwen ara da.

Hɛn gyedzi ne nkyerɛkyerɛ fapem nye dɛ yɛwɔ pɛ su a nyimpa ne pɛ kã ho. Nyimpa ne pɛ nye dɛ yetum san mu yi na yedzi dwuma. Ohia tsitsir ma nkwagye ho nhyehyɛɛ no. Sɛ pɛ su nnyi hɔ a, yennkotum esũa adze, etu mpon, anaa yɛasan mu eyi dɛ yɛnye Christ bɛyɛ kor Osian hɛn pɛ su ntsi, “[yɛ]wɔ kwan dɛ [yɛ]san mu fa ahotɔ nye onnyiewiei nkwa.” Ɔsor Baguabɔ ansaana yɛreba asaase no, nna nyimpa ne pɛ yɛ adze tsitsir wɔ Egya ne nhyehyɛɛ mu. Lucifer tseew etua na “ɔpɛɛ dɛ ɔsɛɛ nyimpa ne pɛ.” Dɛm ntsi, ndzinoa no dɛ wobenya honandua no wɔdze kaam Satan na hɔn a wodzii n’ekyir no.

Esunsum binom a wɔwɔ hɔ ansaana yɛreba asaase do no dze hɔn pɛ dzii dwuma dze dzii Ɔsor Egya ne nhyehyɛɛ do. Esunsum a ɔyɛ nhyira ma wɔwo hɔn ba ɔnnkyebo abrabɔ yi mu no kɔ do nya hɔn pɛ. Yɛwɔ fahodzi dɛ yɛbɛsan mu eyi na yedzi ho dwuma, mbom yennyi nhyɛdo biara wɔ nsunsuando no do. “Nsanmuyi horow a oye na ɔyɛ tsenenee no gya hɛn kɔ enyigye, asomdwee na onnyiewiei nkwa mu, ber a nsanmuyi horow a omuo na ɔyɛ bɔn no begya hɛn akɔ tsirpaa na awerɛhow mu.” Dɛ mbrɛ Alma kãa no, “Emumuyɛdze nnyɛ enyigyedze ara da.”

Wiadze yi a wɔayɛ akansi dzendzen wiadze yi, daa wɔbɔ mbɔdzembɔ dɛ wobedzi kan. Yɛreper abɛyɛ papa a yebotum ayɛ tum yɛ tsenenee ahwehwɛdze. Ɔnye Ewuradze ne nkyerɛkyerɛ saa. Mbɔdzembɔ dɛ ibɛbrɛ nkaafo adze anaa edze akwansiwdze besiw hɔn konyimdzi nye Ewuradze nkyerɛkyerɛ no bɔ ebira. Yennkotum dze sombɔ abɔ hɛn gyinabew anaa binom wɔ hɛn nsanmuyi dɛ yɛbɛyɛ dza otsia Nyankopɔn ne mbrasɛm.

Ndɛ wiadze yi, ɔyɛ mberɛw dɛ ibetsim wɔ ndzɛmba na edwumayɛ ho ahonyadze. Binom yi hɔn enyi fi onnyiewiei fapem na nsanmuyi horow a ɔwɔ onnyiewiei nsunsuando do. Yɛbɛyɛ enyansafo dɛ yebedzi President Russell M. Nelson n’afotu do dɛ “yɛbɔdwen celestial adwen.”

Obiara botum ayɛ nsanmuyi horow a ohia tsitsir a ne talent horow, dza otum yɛ, akwan anaa ahonya gyinabew horow mmfa ho. Yebetsĩ mu dze ebusua no edzi kan wɔ nsanmuyi horow mu no hia tsitsir. Ɔda edzi pefee wɔ kyerɛwsɛm no nyina mu. Dwen 1 Nephi n’asɛm ho bea a Lehi “ofii hɔ kɔr sar no do. Na ogyaa ne fie, na n’egyapadze asaase, na ne sika, na ne dwetɛ, na ne ndzɛmba a ɔsom bo, na ɔammfa biribiara kã n’ebusuafo.”

Ber a yehyia abrabɔ mu nkukuhwease no, nsɛm pii sisi a yɛwɔ ho nhyɛdo anaa yennyi ho nhyɛdo koraa. Apɔwmudzen mu ɔhaw na akwanhyia botum akã iyi ho. Ndaansa yi COVID-19 wiadze nsan yarba no akã nkorɔfo a wɔyɛɛ hɔn biribiara yie. Nsanmuyi horow a ohia papaapa no, yɛwɔ do nhyɛdo tum. Meresan akɔ m’asɛmpasomafo nda no mu a, Elder Marion D. Hanks, hɛn asɛmpakã president, maa hɛn nyina sũaa Ella Wheeler Wilcox awensɛm bi a ɔkyerɛwee no n’afã bi.

Kwan biara, ndaamba biara, nkrabea biara nnyi,

Obotum adan anaa woesiw kwan anaa oenya nhyɛdo biara wɔ

Ɔkra a ɔdze enyimpi esi pintsinn.

Ɔfa nkyerɛkyerɛ, ndzeyɛɛ, nyamesom ho ntɔyɛɛ, na tsenenee abrabɔ ho no, yɛwɔ do nhyɛdo. Hɛn gyedzi wɔ Nyame Egya no na Ne Ba Jesus Christ mu na yɛsɔr Hɔn no, yɛ nsamuyi a yɛyɛ.

Meserɛ mma hom nnya ntseasee dɛ meretsew adzesũa anaa edwumayɛ ho nkuranhyɛ do. Dza merekã nye dɛ sɛ mbɔdzembɔ a ɔfa adzesũa na edwumayɛ, wopegya no ma ɔtra ebusua anaa yɛnye Christ reyɛ kor do a, nsunsuando a woennsusu ho botum ayɛ dza omuo koraa.

Nkyerɛkyerɛ pefee a ɔda famu a ɔwɔ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20 no kitsa akoma na okenyan ankasa dɛ sunsum mu nsɛngyinado krɔnkrɔn no ɔtow do na ɔkyerɛkyerɛ mu. Ɔkyerɛkyerɛ dɛ nkwagye ba ber a Jesus Christ bu akra a woenu hɔnho bem na ɔtsew hɔnho osian Agyenkwa n’adom ntsi. Osiesie kwan ma No Werdambɔ dzi akotsen asɛdze no.

Ɔsɛ dɛ yɛbɔ mbɔdzen nye binom bɛkã hɛn koryɛ abaw no mu no ho. Sɛ yedzi President Russell M. Nelson n’afotu do dɛ yɛboaboa Israel a wɔabɔ apetse wɔ ntwamutam n’afa ebien nyina ano a, yehia dɛ yɛnye binom bɛkã hɛn koryɛ abaw no mu no ho. Dɛ mbrɛ President Nelson akyerɛkyerɛ no fɛfɛɛfɛw no: Asaasetɔw biara do na epo esupruw biara no, wɔroboaboa nkorɔfo nokwafo ano ba Jesus Christ N’Asɔr a ɔwɔ hɔ ma Nda a Odzi Ekyir Ahotseweefo mu. Nsonsonee a ɔwɔ amambra, kasa, banyin anaa ɔbaa, ebusuakuw, na ɔmambayɛ yew koraa ber a anokwafo no hɛn ahyɛmu anamɔn kwan no do na wɔba hɛn Pomfo dɔfo ne nkyɛn.”

Hɛn dɔ ma Jesus Christ na hɛn gyedzi wɔ no mu na dɛ yɛyɛ Ɔsor Egya dɔfo ne mba no ma yɛyɛ kor. Mbɛkãho nokwar mu no ara nye dɛ enye Christ ayɛ kor. Enuma na sacrament ayɛdze a wɔada no edzi wɔ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20 mu no, nye hɛn temple ahyɛmudzi horow no kã hɛn bɔmu wɔ akwan soronko do na ɔma yɛyɛ kor wɔ onnyiewiei kwan biara ohia mu na yɛatsena ase asomdwee na koryɛ mu.

Megye me dasee nokwar a osi pi dɛ Jesus Christ tse ase, na osian No Werdambɔ no ntsi, yebotum yɛnye Christ ayɛ kor Jesus Christ ne dzin krɔnkrɔn no mu, amen.

Nsɛnsin

  1. David, oedzi mfe 17 no, ɔboae ma wɔmemaa Ahotseweefo binom do ber a nna wɔaka Wyoming asaase petee no do, dze hɔn twaa Sweetwater Esutsen a ice-ahyɛ mu mã no (hwɛ Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, volume 2, No Unhallowed Hand, 1846–1893 [2020], 237).

  2. Hwɛ Moroni 7:27–28.

  3. Emi na Norway Rabbi Panyin no, Rabbi Michael Melchoir, na yɛyɛɛ akasafo etsitsir wɔ Jewfo—Latter-day Saintfo abemfo ehyiadzi a wɔyɛɛ no wɔ Ɔbiradzi 5, 2019, wɔ BYU Jerusalem Asoɛe a ɔwɔ Israel.

  4. Hwɛ John 17:20.

  5. John 17:21–22.

  6. Hwɛ “The Conference Minutes and Record Book of Christ’s Church of Latter Day Saints, 1838–1839, 1844” (wɔtaa frɛ no Far West Record), Obiradzi 9, 1830, Asɔr Abakɔsɛm Nwoma Korabea Salt Lake City; Steven C. Harper, Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants (2008), 75.

  7. Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20 nye nyikyerɛ a odzi kan a wɔdze puee guado wɔ Asɔr dawurbɔ krataa mu a nna asɛmpasomafo na wɔdze dzi dwuma dze kyerɛ nkyerɛkyerɛ na mbrɛ wosi yɛ enuma na sacrament ayɛdze no (hwɛ Harper, Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants, 75).

  8. Hwɛ 2 Nephi 2:7.

  9. Hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20:37.

  10. 2 Nephi 26:33.

  11. 2 Nephi 26:28.

  12. Peter Wood, Diversity: The Invention of a Concept (2003), 20.

  13. Nehor faa kwan yi do (hwɛ Alma 1:4).

  14. Hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 29:49–50.

  15. 2 Nephi 2:27–28.

  16. Stanford (Stanford Alumni Association nwoma a wotsintsim pue guado), Mumu 2023, n’ekyir.

  17. Sam Scott mu, “As If You Had a Choice,” Stanford, Mumu 2023, 44. Nkyerɛwee no da no edzi dɛ ɔbemfo no nye Robert Sapolsky, Stanford ɔbemfo wɔ biology, neurology, na neurosurgery, abɔdze nyansapɛ ho mbuukuu a wɔtɔ no paapa no ɔkyerɛwfo. Adwenkyerɛ a ɔbɔ ebira wɔ nkyerɛwee no mu a Alfred Mele dze kã ho, philosophy ɔbemfo wɔ Florida State Esuapɔn, a ɔyɛɛ John Templeton Foundation project ne tsir wɔ nyimpa ne pɛ ho. Ɔkãa dɛ, “Abɔdze nyansapɛfo nntumii nnsii no pi dɛ nyimpa ne pɛ—nyimpa ne pɛ mbordo mpo—yɛ “abɔtsir mu” ara (Scott mu, “As If You Had a Choice,” 46).

  18. Hwɛ D. Todd Christofferson, “Moral Agency” (Brigham Young University mpaabɔsom, Sanda 31, 2006) speeches.byu.edu.

  19. Hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 58:27.

  20. 2 Nephi 2:27.

  21. Moses 4:3.

  22. True to the Faith: A Gospel Reference (2004), 12.

  23. Alma 41:10.

  24. Russell M. Nelson, “Think Celestial!,” Liahona, Ɔberɛfɛw 2023, 117–20.

  25. 1 Nephi 2:4.

  26. Poetical works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1917), 129.

  27. I have always loved the quote shared by Elder Neal A. Maxwell that stated this in a most succinct fashion: “If you have not chosen the kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead” (attributed to William Law, an 18th-century English clergyman; quoted in Neal A. Maxwell, “Response to a Call,” Ensign, May 1974, 112).

  28. Hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20:29–31. Calvinfo nyamesɛm tsĩ akra a wɔahwe ase hɔn bemdzi na ntsewho dua Jesus Christ N’adom do. Wɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ dɛ susuampara dɛ Nyame eyi ato hɔ ama nkwagye no, biribiara nnkotum asesã nsunsuando no. Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20 nye Calvinfo som pae nkwanta koraa. Ɔkenkan dɛ, “Obotum aba dɛ nyimpa bɔhwe ase efi adom no ho na oefi Nyame tseasefo no ne nkyɛn;” (hwɛ Nkyerɛkyerɛ na Ahyɛmudzi 20:32–34, Harper, Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants, 74).

  29. Russell M. Nelson, “Building Bridges,” Liahona, Mumu 2018, 51.