Fai ʻe he Kau Sevāniti Fakafaifekaú ʻa e Ngāue Mahuʻinga
1 “Kuo nau fakahāhā kinautolu ko e kau tangata fakatapui moʻoni, ʻa ia ko ʻenau tuí kuo hā ia ʻi he faivelenga ki he ngāue ʻo e Puleʻangá pea ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau tuʻumaʻu ʻi he tuí.” Ko e lau ia ʻa e Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry, ʻi he peesi 57, fekauʻaki mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. Ko e moʻoni, ko e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga fakalaumālie ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻe heʻetau kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻoku taau ke faʻifaʻitaki ki ai. Ko e ngāue fakataha mo kinautolu pea mo e kau mātuʻá “oku tubulaki ai ae jino, bea laga hake ia i he ofa.”—Ef. 4:16, PM.
2 ʻOku fakahoko ʻe he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ha ngāue mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Fakakaukau ki he kotoa ʻo ʻenau ngaahi ngāue mahuʻingá! ʻOku nau tokangaʻi ʻa e paʻangá, ngaahi tohí, ngaahi makasiní, ngaahi tukuhaú, mo e ngaahi feituʻú; ʻoku nau ngāue ko e kau fakanofonofo, ʻo tokangaʻi ʻa e naunau fakaleʻolahí, pea tokoni ki hono tauhi ʻa e Fale Fakatahaʻangá. ʻOku nau kau ʻi he Akoʻanga Fakafaifekau Fakateokalatí mo e Fakataha Ngāué. Ko e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu ʻoku aʻu ʻo nau fai nai ʻa e ngaahi malanga maʻá e kakaí pe fakahoko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Hangē ko e ngaahi mēmipa ʻo e sino fakamatelié, ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolú.—1 Kol. 12:12-26.
3 ʻI he vakai atu ki he fengāueʻaki fāitaha feongoongoi ʻa e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú mo e kau mātuʻá ʻi he tuʻunga ko e konga ʻo e sino ʻo ha sevāniti pē ʻe tahá fakataha mo e fefakaʻapaʻapaʻaki mo e femahinoʻakí, ʻoku fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke fai ʻa e meʻa tatau. (Kol. 2:19) ʻI hono fakahoko tōnunga honau ngaahi fatongiá ʻi he uike ki he uiké pea ʻaki hono fakahāhā ʻa e mahuʻingaʻia fakafoʻituitui ʻi he niʻihi kehé, ʻoku nau poupou atu ai ki ha fakalakalaka fakalaumālie ki he fakatahaʻangá.
4 Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau fai ke fakahaaʻi ʻaki ʻetau houngaʻia ki he sevāniti fakafaifekau ngāue mālohí? ʻOku fiemaʻu kiate kitautolu ke tau alāanga mo ʻenau ngaahi ngāue kuo vaheʻi angé pea fakahā ha tokateu ke ngāue fakataha ʻi he taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ʻetau tokoní. ʻI he leá pe ngāué, ʻe lava ke tau ʻai kinautolu ke nau ʻilo ko ʻenau ngāué ʻoku fakahoungaʻi. (Pal. 15:23) Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku ngāue mālohi ʻi hotau lotolotongá ʻoku taau ke fakatokangaʻi moʻoni.—1 Tes. 5:12, 13.
5 ʻOku fokotuʻu mai ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e ngafa mo e ngaahi tuʻunga taau ʻo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú. (1 Tim. 3:8-10, 12, 13) Ko ʻenau ngāue toputapu mahuʻingá ʻoku ʻaonga ʻaupito ki he ngāue ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Ko e kau tangata peheé ʻoku taau mo ʻetau fakalototoʻa hokohokó, ʻi heʻenau kau kotoa ʻi he “tupulekina maʻu ai pe ʻi he ngaue ʻa e ʻEiki.”—1 Kol. 15:58.