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Gye Awurade Adwensakyera Akyɛdeɛ no Tom
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Gye Awurade Adwensakyera Akyɛdeɛ no Tom

Mommma yɛnntwɛn mma nneɛma nyɛ den ansa na yɛadene akɔ Onyankopɔn hɔ. Mommma yɛnntwɛn nkɔsi yɛn abrabɔ awieeɛ ansa na yɛasakyera.

Medi adanseɛ fa Soro Agya dɔfoɔ no ho. Wɔ Oforisuo 2019 amansan nhyiamu, berɛ a wɔgyee me too mu wɔ me frɛ foforɔ sɛ Aduɔson Kuo ba no, dwomtokuo no too dwom “I Stand All Amazed” na ɛkaa m’akoma ne me kra.

Ɛyɛ me nwanwa sɛ ɔbɛsiane afiri n’ahennwa kronkron so

Abɛgye ɔkra a ɔyɛ otuatefoɔ ne ahantan te sɛ me,

Sɛ ɔbɛtrɛ ne dɔ kɛseɛ no na aso obi te sɛ me so,

Ɛyɛ ma no sɛ ɔbɛfa me, agye me, na wate me ho.

Berɛ a metee saa nsɛm no, ɛyɛɛ me nwanwa. Metee nka sɛ ɛmfa ho ne me sintɔ ne me mmerɛyɛ, Awurade hyiraa me maa me hunuu sɛ “wɔ N’ahoɔden mu mɛtumi ayɛ nneɛma nyinaa .”

Ɛnwiepɛyɛ atenka a yɛtaa nya, sintɔ, anaa mpo yɛmmfata yɛ adeɛ bi a ɛtɔda a yɛn mu pii pere wɔ ho. Meguso pere wɔ yei ho, me tee nka da a wɔfrɛɛ me no. Manya nkate yi mpɛn pii, na me gu so te nka seesei a merekasa akyerɛ mo yi. Nanso masua sɛ menyɛ ankonam wɔ saa atenka yi mu. Nokorɛ mu, akenkan pii wɔ twerɛnsɛm mu a ɛkasa fa wɔn a na wɔn nso nyaa saa atenka korɔ no. Nhwɛsoɔ, yɛkae Nephi sɛ na ɔyɛ nokwafoɔ ne akoa pa ma Awurade no. Ɛtɔ da a, ɔno mpo di apereɛ fa sɛ ɔmfata ho, sintɔ, ne annwie pɛyɛ ho.

Ɔkaa sɛ, “yeinom nyinaa akyiri no, Awurade papayɛ kɛseɛ no ama mahunu ne nnwuma akɛseɛ a ɛyɛ nwanwa no, m’akoma tea mu sɛ: O mmɔborɔwa a ɔte sɛ me! Aane, m’akoma di awerɛhoɔ ɛnam me honam nti; me kra di yea ɛnam m’amumuyɛ nti.”

Na Nkɔmhyɛni Joseph Smith taa kasa sɛ na ɔtaa [bu] ne ho “fɔ” wɔ ne mmrante berɛ mu “ɛnam [ne] mmerɛyɛ ne sintɔ nti.” Nanso Joseph atenka sɛ ɔmfata no ka nneɛma a na ɛma no dwene, sua adeɛ, na ɔbɔ mpaeɛ. Sɛ mobɛkae sɛ, ɔkɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ wɔ turo bi a na ɛbɛn ne fie sɛ ɔrehwehwɛ nokorɛ, asomdwoeɛ, ne bɔnefakyɛ. Ɔtee sɛ Awurade rekakyerɛ no sɛ, “Joseph, me ba, wɔde wo bɔne akyɛ wo. Kɔ wo kwan, nante wɔ me mmara mu, na di mahyɛdeɛ so. “Hwɛ, Mene Animuonyam Awurade no. Wɔbɔɔ me asɛnnua mu maa wiase sɛdeɛ wɔn a wɔgye me din die no nyinaa bɛnya Daa nkwa.”

Joseph apɛdeɛ kann sɛ ɔbɛsakyera na wahwehwɛ nkwagyeɛ ama ne kra boa maa no baa Yesu Kristo nkyɛn na ɔnyaa bɔnefakyɛ. Saa suahunu yi buee ɛpono maa Yesu Kristo Asɛmpa San-fa-ma no toaso.

Saa suahunu kɛseɛ a Nkɔmhyɛni Joseph Smith nyaaɛ no kyerɛ sɛdeɛ mmerɛyɛ ne sintɔ atenka tumi boa ma yɛhunu yɛn ahweaseɛ su. Sɛ yɛbrɛ yɛn ho ase a, ɛbɛtumi aboa ma yɛahunu sɛ yɛdan Yesu Kristo, na ɛtumi kanyan wɔ yɛn akoma mu ɔpɛ kann sɛ yɛbɛdane akɔ Agyenkwa no nkyɛn wɔ botaeɛ pa mu na yɛasakyerɛ afiri yɛn bɔne ho.

Me nnamfonom, adwensakyera yɛ anigyeɛ! Adwensakyera dɛdɛɛdɛ bɛtumi aka yɛn daadaa kwan a Awurade no nam so “kyerɛkyerɛ yɛn nkakrakakra,” sɛdeɛ yɛbɛbɔ bra a ɛgyina Ne nkyerɛkyerɛ so. Te sɛ Joseph ne Nephi, yɛbɛtumi “asu afrɛ [Onyankopɔn] ma wahunu yɛn mmɔbɔ; ɛfiri sɛ ɔyɛ ɔtumfoɔ a ɔbɛgye yɛn nkwa.” Ɔbɛtumi ayɛ tenenee apɛdeɛ biara na ɔbɛtumi aku yɛn abrabɔ mu kuro biara.

Wɔ Mormon Nwoma No mu; Yesu Kristo ho Adanseɛ Baako Nso bɛtumi aboa yɛn wɔ kwan kɛseɛ so ama yɛaba Yesu Kristo nkyɛn wɔ adwensakyera mapa mu.

Mepɛsɛ me ne mo kyɛ nhwɛsoɔ bi fa Awurade ahummɔborɔ kɛseɛ ho suahunu bi a ɛsii wɔ mekrom supɔ Puerto Rico.

Wɔ me kurom Ponce, onuabaa bi wɔ Asɔre no mu, Celia Cruz Ayala, sii agyinaeɛ sɛ ɔde Mormon Nwoma no bɛma ɔyɔnkoɔ bi. Ɔduraa ho na ɔkɔɔ sɛ ɔde akyɛdeɛ no rekɔma, na ɛsomboɔ ma no kyɛn dɛnkyɛmmoɔ anaa bohyɛn. Wɔ kwan so, korɔmfoɔ bi hyiaa no, gyee ne sikabɔtɔ, na ɔde dwanee a na akyɛdeɛ sononko no wɔ mu.

Berɛ a ɔkaa saa asɛm yi wɔ asɔre no, n’adamfo kaa sɛ, “whan na onim? Ɛbia na yei yɛ akwanya a wode bɛkyɛ asɛmpa no!”

Ɛyɛ, nnafua kakra bi akyiri no, wonim deɛ ɛsii yɛ? Celia nyaa krataa bi. Mekura saa krataa a, Ceclia de kyerɛɛ me no, wɔ me nsa mu nɛ. Ɛka sɛ:

“Mrs. Cruz:

“Fakyɛ me, fakyɛ me. Worenhunu da sɛdeɛ manu me ho sɛ meto hyɛɛ wo so. Nanso ɛnam ɛno so, m’abrabɔ asesa na ɛbɛkɔ so asesa.

“Saa nwoma [Mormon Nwoma no] aboa me wɔ m’abrabɔ mu. Saa Onyankopɔn nipa daeɛ no awoso me. Mede wo [dollars] num no reberɛ wo, mentumi nni. Mepɛ sɛ wo hunu sɛ asɛ wo wɔ ɛhann bi wɔ wo ho. Asɛ na saa hann no si me kwan sɛ [mɛpira wo, nti] me dwaneeɛ mom.

“Mepɛ sɛ wohunu sɛ wobɛhunu me bio, nanso sɛ wo hunu a, wo nhunu me, esiane sɛ mɛyɛ wo nuabarima. Ɛha, baabi a meteɛ no, ɛwɔ sɛ mehwehwɛ Awurade no na mekɔ asɔre no a wo kɔ no bi.

“Nkrasɛm bi a wo twerɛɛ wɔ saa nwoma no mu maa me suuiɛ. Firi Wukuada anadwo no mentumi nyaee akenkan. Mabɔ mpaeɛ asrɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔmfa nkyɛ me, [na] mesrɛ wo sɛ fakyɛ me. Na ɛyɛ me sɛ w’akyɛdeɛ a wadura ho no yɛ biribi a mɛtumi atɔn. [mmom,] ama mepɛ sɛ me [sesa] m’abrabɔ. Fakyɛ me, fakyɛ me, mesrɛ wo.

“W’adamfo a ɔnni hɔ.”

Anuanom mmaa ne mmarima, Agyenkwa no hann bɛtumi aduru yɛn nyinaa nkyɛn, ɛmfa ho ne yɛn tebea. “Ɛrentumi nyɛ yie sɛ [obiara] bɛkɔ fam sene sɛnea Kristo Mpata no hann a enni ano no hyerɛn,”President Holland kaaɛ.

Na saa onua a ne nsa kaa Celia akyɛdeɛ no, Mormon Nwoma no, saa onuabarima yi kɔɔ so dii Awurade no ahummɔborɔ ho adanseɛ. Ɛwom sɛ ɛkyɛreeɛ ansa na saa onuabarima yi retumi de ne bɔne akyɛ ne ho, nanso ɔnyaa anigyeɛ wɔ adwensakyera mu. Anwanwa dwuma bi ni! Asɔreba nokwafoɔ baako, Mormon Nwoma baako, adwensakyera mapa, ne Agyenkwa no tumi a ɛma anigyeɛ wɔ nhyira a ɛwɔ asɛmpa no mu ne apam kronkron a ɛwɔ Awurade fie. Abusuafoɔ afoforɔ nso toa so na wɔgyee asɛdeɛ kronkron wɔ Awurade bobeturo mu, a asɛmpatrɛni adwuma ka ho bi.

Sɛ yɛba Yesu Kristo nkyɛn a, yɛn adwensakyera mapa kwan no de yɛn bɛkɔ Agyenkwa no tɛmpol kronkron mu.

Botaeɛ papa a ɛyɛ sɛ yɛbɛbɔ mmɔden fata nhyira dodoɔ biara a ɛtumi firi Ɔsoro Agya ne Ne Ba hɔ ba a ɛnam tɛmpol apam kronkron so! Wobɛtaa asom wɔ Awurade fie na woabɔ mmɔden adi apam kronkron a yɛyɛ wɔ hɔ so no, bɛma yɛn apɛdeɛ ne yɛn ahoɔden a yɛde bɛnya nsakraeɛ a ɛhia wɔ akoma, honam, adwene ne ɔkra mu no akɔ soro na ama yɛn abɛyɛ te sɛ Agyenkwa no. TitenaniRussell M. Nelson adi adanseɛ:“Biribiara nni hɔ a ɛbɛbue ɔsoro kɛseɛ [akyɛn sɛ yɛbɛsom wɔ tɛmpol mu]. Biribiara nni hɔ!”

Me nnamfo adɔfoɔ, wo te nka sɛ woyɛ mmerɛ? Wodwene sɛ wo mfata anaa? Wo bu wo ho sɛ wotɔ so mmienu? Ɛbia ɛbɛhaw ama woabisa sɛ: me nsusuiɛ duru so? Atwam dodo ama me anaa? Adɛn nti na megu so hwe ase berɛ a merebɔ mmɔden biara?

Anuanom mmaa ne mmarima, nokorɛ yɛbɛyɛ mfomsoɔ wɔ yɛn abrabɔ mu wɔ kwan mu. Nanso mesrɛ, kae sɛ, sɛdeɛ Elder Gerrit W. Gong akyerɛ no, “Yɛn Agyenkwa no Mpata no yɛ daapem ne ɛnni awieeɛ. Yɛn mu biara tɔ sini na yɛyera kwan. Yɛbɛtumi, mmerɛ bi mu, ayera kwan. Onyankopɔn wɔ ɔdɔ mu hyɛ yɛn bɔ [sɛ] ɛmfa ho ne dea yɛayɛ ne baabi a yɛ wɔ, yɛbɛtumi asan yɛn akyi. Wayɛ krado sɛ ɔbɛgye yɛn.”

Sɛdeɛ meyerɛ dɔfoɔ, Cari Lu, nso akyerɛ me no, yɛnyinaa hia adwensakyera, kɔ akyire, na yɛde yɛn mmerɛ no kɔto “hwee” dabiara.

Akwasideɛ bɛba. Mommma yɛnntwɛn mma nneɛma nyɛ den ansa na yɛadene akɔ Onyankopɔn hɔ. Mommma yɛnntwɛn nkɔsi yɛn abrabɔ awieeɛ ansa na yɛasakyera. Mmom, momma yɛnyɛ seesei, ɛmfa ho ne apam kwan no fa a yɛwɔ saa berɛ yi, fa w’ani si ɔgyeɛ tumi a ɛwɔ Yesu Kristo mu so ne Ɔsoro Agya apɛdeɛ sɛ yɛbɛsan aba Ne nkyɛn.

Awurade fie, Ne twerɛnsɛm kronkron, Ne Nkɔmhyɛfoɔ ne asomafoɔ hyɛ yɛn nkuran sɛ yɛmmɔmmɔden nya ankorankorɔ kronkronyɛ nam Kristo nkyerɛkyerɛ mu.

Na Nephi kaa sɛ: “Na afei, monhwɛ, me nuanom adɔfoɔ yei ne ɛkwan no; na ɛkwan foforɔ biara nni hɔ anaa edin biara nni ɛsoro ase a wɔnam so bɛgye nnipa nkwa wɔ Onyankopɔn aheman no mu. Na afei, hwɛ, yei ne Kristo nkyerɛkyerɛ baako pɛ a ɛfiri Agya ne Ɔba ne Honhom Kronkron no nkyɛn.”

Yɛne Onyankopɔn “mpata” kwan no kura bɛtumi ayɛ ya. Nanso me ne wo bɛtumi ahome so, ayɛ koom, ahwɛ Agyenkwa no, na yɛahwehwɛ ayɛ deɛ Ɔpɛ sɛ yɛsesa. Sɛ yɛde akoma pa yɛ a, yɛbɛhunu N’ayaresa. Na dwene sɛdeɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bɛnya nhyira berɛ yɛregye Awurade adwenesakyera akyɛdeɛ no ato mu.

Ɔnwemfoɔ Panyin no kyerɛɛ me papa sɛ, sɛ wɔbɛnwene na wayɛ yɛn yie bɛtumi ayɛ den. Ne nyinaa mu no, Ɔyaresafoɔ Panyin no bɛte yɛn ho. Manya suahunu na meguso nya saa ayaresa tumi no ho suahunu. Medi adanseɛ sɛ ɛnam Yesu Kristo mu gyedie so ne daadaa adwensakyera so na ɛba.

Oh, ɛyɛ nwanwa sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ mefa no ho

Ɛdɔɔso sɛ owu maa me!”

Medi adanseɛ fa Onyankopɔn dɔ ne ɛnni ano tumi a ɛwɔ Ne Ba no Mpata no mu. Yɛbɛtumi ate nka paa yie berɛ a yɛfiri yɛn akoma nyinaa mu sakyera.

Me nnamfonom, meyɛ ɔdanseni ma animuonyam asɛmpa a wɔasane de aba bio ɛnam Nkɔmhyɛni Joseph Smith so ne akwankyerɛ kronkron a Agyenkwa no nam Ne nkɔmhyɛni, Titenani Russell M. Nelson so de ma. Menim sɛ Yesu Kristo tease na Ɔno ne Ayaresafoɔ Panyin ma yɛn akra. Menim na medi adanseɛ sɛ yeinom yɛ nokorɛ, wɔ Yessu Kristo din kronkron no mu, amen.

Atwerɛ.

  1. “I Stand All Amazed,” Nnwom,, no. 193.

  2. Alma 26:12.

  3. 2 Nephi 4:17; san nso hwɛ nkyekyɛm 18–19.

  4. Joseph Smith—Abakɔsɛm 1:29.

  5. Joseph Smith, “History, circa Summer 1832,” 3, josephsmithpapers.org; spelling and punctuation standardized.

  6. hwɛ Mosiah 4:11–12.

  7. Titenani Russel M. Nelson kyerɛɛ sɛ “Sɛ yɛyi sɛ yɛbenya adwensakyera a, na yagye atum sɛ yɛbɛsesa! Yɛma Agyenkwa no kwan sɛ ɔnsakyera yɛn mma yɛn nyɛ papa nsene sɛnea na yɛteɛ no Yɛyi sɛ yɛbɛnyini wɔ honhom mu na yɛanya anigyeɛ—ɔgyeɛ anigyeɛ a ɛwɔ Ne mu. Sɛ yɛyi sɛ yɛbɛsakyera a, yɛyi sɛ yɛbɛba abɛyɛ te sɛ Yesu Kristo pii!” (“Yɛbɛtumi Ayɛ Papa na Yɛayɛ Papa,” Liahona, Kɔtɔnima 2019, 67).

  8. 2 Nephi 28:30

  9. Alma 34:18.

  10. “Menuanom mmaa ne mmarima, how sɛn na Mormon Nwoma no somboɔ ma wo? Sɛ wɔde dɛnkyɛmmoɔ anaa ahweneɛ anaa Mormon Nwoma no ma a, deɛhe na wobɛyi? Nokorɛ, deɛ ɛwɔ he na ɛsomboɔ ma wo? (Russell M. Nelson, “Mormon Nwoma no: Sɛn na anka w’abrabɔ bɛyɛ sɛ ɛnka ho a ?,” Liahona, Obubuo 2017, 62).

  11. Wɔ F. Burton Howard, “Missionary Moments: ‘My Life Has Changed,’” Church News, Jan. 6, 1996, thechurchnews.com; see also Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, vol. 4, Sounded in Every Ear, 1955–2020 (2024), 472–74, 477–79.

  12. Jeffrey R. Holland, “Apaafoɔ wɔ Bobeturo no mu,” Liahona, Kotonimaa 2012, 33.

  13. Momma yɛnnye berɛ sima na yɛn nnwene yɛn asefoɔ ho? Esiane sɛ yɛn ani nhunu akyiri nti, yɛrentumi nhunu no seesei, nanso ɔpɛpa a yɛwɔ sɛ yɛde akoma fann bɛkɔ Awurade nkyɛn no—asesa; asakyera na yɛagye Yesu Kristo Asɛmpa no ama anya nkɛntɛnsoɔ wɔ nkyirimma so! Susu nhyira ahodoɔ a ɛbɛtumi apue afiri ɔkra ahobrɛaseɛ mu, ɔdwoɔyɛ, ne gyedie wɔ Yesu Kristo mu mpo wɔ tebea a ɛnyɛ ahogono mu!

  14. Saa nkyerɛm yi Onuabaa Celia Cruz ka kyerɛɛ Elder Jorge M. Alvarado wɔ nkɔmɔdie mu wɔ Ɛbɔ 10, 2024.

  15. Russell M. Nelson, “Di ahurisie wɔ Asɔfodie Nsafoa Akyɛdeɛ mu,” LiahonaKɔtɔnimma 2024, 122.

  16. Sɛ yɛhunu sɛ yɛwɔ nsɛmmisa bi te sɛ yei a, ɛhia sɛ yɛbɛkae Ɔsomafoɔ Paulo nsɛm:

    “Hwan na ɔbɛtete yɛne Kristo dɔ mu? ahohia anaa ahometeɛ anaa ɔtaa anaa ɛkɔm anaa adagya anaa amanenya anaa nkrantɛ?

    “Daabi, yeinom nyinaa mu yɛyɛ nkonimdifoɔ boro so ɛnam deɛ ɔdɔɔ yɛn no nti.

    “Na megye medi ampa, sɛ owuo, anaa nkwa, anaa abɔfoɔ, anaa atumfoɔ, anaa nneɛma a ɛwɔ hɔ, anaa nneɛma a ɛrebɛba,

    “Anaa ɔsoro, anaa ɛbunu, anaa abɔdeɛ foforɔ, biara rentumi ntete yɛne Nyankopɔn dɔ, a ɛwɔ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo mu no mu” (Romafoɔ 8:35, 37–39).

  17. Gerrit W. Gong, “Yɛn Gyedie Nsraban Gya,” Liahona, Obubuo 2018, 41.

  18. Nephi yɛ wei ho nhwɛso pa ankasa. Ɔteaam sɛ:

    “Sɔre, me kra! Nngo wo ho wɔ bɔne mu bio. Di dɛ, O m’akoma, mma me kra atamfoɔ kwan bio.

    “O Awurade, wo bɛdi ama me kra anaa? Wo bɛgye me afiri m’atamfoɔ nsa mu anaa? Sɛ bɔne pue a, wobɛma me ho awoso anaa?” (2 Nephi 4:28, 31).

  19. Titenani Dallin H. Oaks akyerɛ sɛ: “Sɛ obi kɔ [adwensakyera] kwan mu a, Agyenkwa no nte saa nipa no ho mfiri bɔne ho kɛkɛ. Ɔma [no] ahoɔden foforo nso. Denhyɛ hia ma yɛn sɛdeɛ yɛbɛhunu ahoteɛ botaeɛ, a ɛyɛ sɛ yɛbɛsane akɔ yɛn Soro Agya nkyɛn. Sɛ wɔbɛgye yɛn wɔ Natenaeɛ a, ɛwɔ sɛ yɛyɛ deɛ ɛkyɛn ahoteɛ. Ɛwɔ sɛ yɛsesa firi nnipa a wɔyɛ mmerɛ wɔ tenenee mu a wɔn ayɛ na yɛbɛnya ahoɔden a yɛde bɛsi bɔne ano ne honhom mu nipaban a yɛde bɛtena Onyankopɔn anim” (“The Atonement and Faith,” Ensign, Apr. 2010, 33–34).

  20. 2 Nephi 31:21

  21. Yɛhyɛ yɛn mmusua ne Soro Agya animuonyam berɛ a yɛgye adwensakyera na yɛbɔ bra papa.

  22. Nnwom, ɛtɔ so 193.