SE BIBLE ETỊN̄DE ABAN̄A
Cross
Ediwak owo ẹdọhọ ke cross ke ẹda ẹdiọn̄ọ mme Christian. Edi idịghe kpukpru mmọ ẹkere ke akpana ẹsikọn̄ọ cross m̀mê ẹnịm enye ke ufọk ye ke ufọkabasi.
Ndi Jesus akakpa ke cross?
SE NDUSỤK OWO ẸDỌHỌDE
Mbon Rome ẹkekọn̄ Jesus ke cross emi ẹdade eto iba ẹnam.
SE BIBLE ỌDỌHỌDE
Ẹma “ẹkọn̄ [Jesus] ke eto ẹwot.” (Utom 10:
Ibet oro Abasi ọkọnọde nditọ Israel ke eset ekeme ndinam nnyịn ifiọk nte ẹkewotde Jesus. Ibet oro ọkọdọhọ ete: “Edieke owo anamde idiọkn̄kpọ emi odotde n̄kpa, ndien ẹwot enye, afo onyụn̄ eyịri enye ke eto, . . . se ẹyịride ke eto edi n̄kpọ isụn̄i ọnọ Abasi.” (Deuteronomy 21:
“Mmọ ẹkọn̄ enye ke eto ẹwot.”—Utom 10:
39, Edisana ŋwed Abasi Ibom.
Ndi mme mbet Jesus ẹma ẹsikama cross ẹkpono Abasi mîdịghe ẹda cross nte idiọn̄ọ mme Christian?
SE BIBLE ỌDỌHỌDE
Idụhe itie ndomokiet ke Bible emi ẹdọhọde ke akpa mme Christian ẹma ẹsikama cross ẹkpono Abasi. Edi mbon Rome eyo oro ẹkesikama cross nte idiọn̄ọ mme abasi mmọ. Ke isua 300 ama ekebe tọn̄ọ Jesus akakpa, akwa edidem Rome emi ekekerede Constantine ama anam cross akabade edi idiọn̄ọ mbonekọn̄ esie. Nte ini akade, mme aka ufọkabasi ẹma ẹtọn̄ọ nditiene n̄kama cross.
Sia mme okpono ndem ẹkesikamde cross ẹkpono mme abasi mmọ, ndi ọkpọkọfọn mme mbet Jesus ẹtiene ẹkama cross ẹkpono ata Abasi? Mme mbet Jesus ẹma ẹdiọn̄ọ ke toto ke eset ke Abasi ikenyịmeke ikọt esie ẹkama “mbiet ekededi” ẹtuak ibuot ẹnọ imọ. Mmọ ẹma ẹnyụn̄ ẹdiọn̄ọ ke ana mme Christian “ẹfehe ẹkpọn̄ ukpono ndem.” (Deuteronomy 4:
‘Ata mme andituak ibuot ẹdituak ibuot inọ Ete ke spirit ye ke akpanikọ.’—John 4:23.
Didie ke mme Christian ẹkpewụt ke imokpono Jesus Christ?
SE MME OWO ẸDỌHỌDE
‘Enen̄ede ọfọn onyụn̄ odot ndikpono n̄kpọ emi ẹkedade ẹnyan̄a nnyịn. . . . Owo emi okponode mbiet okpono enye emi mbiet oro adade aban̄a.’
SE BIBLE ỌDỌHỌDE
Mme Christian ẹnen̄ede ẹma Jesus sia mmọ ẹdiọn̄ọ ke n̄kpa esie anam ẹfen idiọkn̄kpọ mmimọ, anam mmimọ ikpere Abasi, onyụn̄ anam mmimọ inyene idotenyịn ndidu uwem ke nsinsi. (John 3:16; Mme Hebrew 10:
Bible ọdọhọ ete: “Ima Christ onụk nnyịn, koro ibiere ntem ite, owo kiet akakpa aban̄a kpukpru owo . . . man mbon oro ẹdude uwem ẹkûdu aba ẹnọ idemmọ, edi ẹdu ẹnọ enye emi akakpade ọnọ mmọ onyụn̄ esetde.” (2 Corinth 5:
“Uduak Ete mi edi emi, ete kpukpru owo eke ẹkụtde Eyen ẹnyụn̄ ẹbuọtde idem ye enye ẹnyene nsinsi uwem.”—John 6:40.
^ ikp. 8 A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament, Ọyọhọ 11, eke Ethelbert W. Bullinger, page 818-819.