1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e fakaafe fakamānako ʻoku fakaaʻu mai ki he tokotaha kotoa ʻoku loto ke ne fai ʻa e lotu maʻá? (e) Ko e hā te ne langaʻi nai ha fakatuʻutāmaki mafatukituki ki hotau tuʻunga fakalaumālié?

ʻI HE tuʻunga ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú, ʻoku tau maheni lelei mo ʻene fakaafe fakamānakó: “Haʻu kiate au, ʻa kimoutolu kotoa pe ʻoku fakaongosia mo māfasia, pea te u fakamālōlō [pe fakaivifoʻou] kimoutolu. . . . He ko e ioke aʻaku ʻoku molū, pea ko e kavenga aʻaku ʻoku maʻamaʻa.” (Mātiu 11:​28-30) ʻOku toe ʻoange ki he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ‘ngaahi kuonga ʻo e fakamānava hake [pe fakaivifoʻou] mei he fofonga ʻo e ʻEikí.’ (Ngāue 3:19) Ko hono moʻoní, kuó ke hokosia tonu ʻa e ngaahi ola fakaivifoʻou ʻo hono ako ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Tohi Tapú, ko hono maʻu ha ʻamanaki fiefia ki he kahaʻú, pea mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻi hoʻo moʻuí ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa Sihová.

² Neongo ia, ʻoku tofanga ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kau lotu ʻa Sihová ʻi ha ngaahi taimi ʻo e helaʻia fakaeongo. ʻOku nounou ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi taimi ko ʻeni ʻo e loto-siʻí. ʻI he ngaahi taimi kehe ʻoku tolonga ai ʻa e ongoʻi ongosiá ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi lōloa. ʻI he ʻalu ʻa e taimí, ʻe ongoʻi nai ʻe he niʻihi kuo hoko honau ngaahi fatongia faka-Kalisitiané ko ha fakakavenga kae ʻikai ko ha kavenga fakaivifoʻou hangē ko ia naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sīsuú. Ko e ngaahi ongoʻi ʻikai lelei peheé te ne langaʻi nai ha fakatuʻutāmaki mafatukituki ki ha vahaʻangatae ʻo ha Kalisitiane pea mo Sihova.

ʻOku ʻIkai Fakamafasia ʻa e Lotu Faka-Kalisitiané

5. Ko e hā ʻa e fepaki ʻoku hā ngali hoko ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga-ākonga Kalisitiané?

⁵ Ko e moʻoni, ko e hoko ko ha Kalisitiané ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e feinga tōtōivi. (Luke 13:24) Naʻe aʻu ʻo pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko ia e ikai te ne fua ene akau māfajia, o muimui kiate au, e ikai jii hoko ia ko eku akoga.” (Luke 14:​27, PM) ʻI he vakai atu pē ki he ngaahi foʻi leá ni ʻoku hā ngali fepaki ia mo e fakamatala ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo ʻene kavengá ʻoku maʻamaʻa mo fakaivifoʻoú, ka ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai ha fepaki ia.

6, 7. Ko e hā ʻoku malava ai ke pehē ko ʻetau founga lotú ʻoku ʻikai fakaongosiá?

⁶ Ko e feinga tōtōiví mo e ngāue mālohí, neongo ʻoku fakatupu helaʻia fakaesino, ʻoku malava ke fakafiemālie mo fakaivifoʻou ʻi he taimi ʻoku fai ai ia ʻi ha ʻuhinga leleí. (Koheleti 3:​13, 22) Pea ko e hā ha toe ʻuhinga ʻe lelei ange ʻi hono vahevahe atu ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni fakaofo Fakatohitapú ki hotau ngaahi kaungāʻapí? Pehē foki, ko ʻetau fāinga ke moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaeʻulungāanga māʻolunga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku hoko ia ʻo maʻamaʻa ʻi hono fakahoa atu ki he ngaahi ʻaonga te tau maʻu mei aí. (Palovepi 2:​10-20) Naʻa mo e taimi ʻo e fakatangá, ʻoku tau vakai ki ai ko ha lāngilangi ia ke faingataʻaʻia koeʻuhi ko e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.—1 Pita 4:14.

⁷ Ko e kavenga ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku fakaivifoʻou moʻoni, tautefito ki he taimi ʻoku fakahoa atu ai ia ki he fakapoʻuli fakalaumālie ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau kei ʻi he ʻioke ʻa e lotu loí. ʻOku ʻofa kaungāongoʻi mai ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakakounaʻi taʻeʻuhinga kitautolu. ‘ʻOku ʻikai ke fakamafasia ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni’ ʻa Sihová. (1 Sione 5:​3, 4a) Ko e lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he Tohi Tapú, ʻoku ʻikai ke fakamafasia. ʻOku hā mahino, ko e founga ʻo ʻetau lotú ʻoku ʻikai ke fakatupu ongosia mo fakalotosiʻi.