Fight the Good Fight of Faith, Twi Edition

Mmataho 149

Mmataho 16 Rehwε Akyire Akⴢ Anim Rebεn Nkyerεkyerε a Ꜫgye Amammerε Kεseε no Ↄsⴢfo Dr. Don L. Davvis

Resane ahunu “Amammerε Kεseε” no Wᴐ nwoma nwanwasoᴐ ketewa bi mu, Ola Tjorhom, 1 kyerεkyerε Asᴐre no Amammerε Kεseε (εtᴐ da bi a wᴐfrε no “Kristosom amammerε a εsom bo”) sε “εte ase, wᴐmfraa mu, εwᴐ ahoᴐden.” 2 Amammerε Kεseε no gyina hᴐ ma asᴐfosom nkyerεkyerε kεseε titire a εwᴐ Kristosom gyidie ne nneyεε a εbaa mu kεseε firi 100-500 AD. 3 N’agyapadeε ne ademudeε a εdᴐᴐso gyina hᴐ ma deε Asᴐre no ka fa deε Asᴐre no agye adi mmerε nyinaa, ᴐsom a tetefoᴐ a na wᴐn mu nkyekyεεe hyεε ho fa na wᴐgyinaa so, εne botaeε a εgye too mu na εyεeε. Berε a Amammerε Kεseε no rentumi nhyε Asᴐfosom Amammerε (a εne, Kristosom gyidie tumi nyinaa ti, Twerεnsεm no) anan mu, anaasε εbεtumi akata teasefoᴐ Kristo a ᴐnam Honhom Kronkron no so wᴐ hᴐ wᴐ Asᴐre no mu so no, εda ho wᴐ tumi na εma Nyankopᴐn nkorᴐfoᴐ ahoᴐden. Ꜫwᴐ, na εbεtumi akᴐso ama Nyankopᴐn nkorᴐfoᴐ nnyinasoᴐ a εwᴐ n’asεm ne gyidie mu wᴐ ne berε mu. Wᴐagye Amammerε Kεseε no atom, adi ho adanseε sε εwᴐ tumi wᴐ Roman, Atetesεm, Anglikan, ne Matemeho Akristofoᴐ nyamesεmsua animdefoᴐ mu, tete ne abεεfofoᴐ no, sε ama nwoma a εwᴐ tumi, nkyerεkyerε, bᴐneka ne Asᴐre no nneyεε (nhw., Twerεnsεm nwoma, Nyankopᴐn Baasakoro no ho nkyerεkyerε, Kristo kronkronyε ne ade). Kristosom nkyerεkyerε animdefoᴐ bebree a wᴐwᴐ hᴐ εnnε gye di sε deε εde gyidie a εsi pi ne honhom mu foforᴐyε ba bεhia sε yεhwε yεn akyi, a εnyε nkateε mmorosoᴐ anigyina ma asᴐre no mfitiaseε foforᴐ kyeaww a ᴐhaw nni mu “nna pa a atwam” no, anaa mmᴐdemmᴐ hunu bi a nyansa nnim a yεde suasua wᴐn gyidie akwantuo kεseε no. Mmom, yεbεyε ahwεyie wᴐ abakᴐsεm ahwε, obuo ahofama honhom ma tete Asᴐre no, εne atuhoakyε a εmu dᴐ ma 1 Ola Tjorhom, Aⴢsre a Aniwa hunu–Nkabom a Aniwa hunu: Asⴢre nyinaa Nkabom Nhyehyεeε ne “Asⴢre no Amammerε Kεseε.” Collegeville, Minnesota: Asⴢre Nwomatintim Bea, 2004. Robert Webber kyerε Amammerε Kεseε no ase wⴢ saa kwan yi so: “[Ꜫyε] Kristosom gyidie ne nneyεε hwεbea kεseε a wⴢyi firii Twerεnsεm mu wⴢ Kristo berε so ne mfeha a εtⴢ so num no mfimfini ntam.” Robertt E. Webber, Nneε ma Akεseε Ahodoⴢ. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1986, kratafa 10.

2 Ibid. , kratafa 35.

3 Amammerε Kεseε no titire gyina nhyehyεeε, bⴢneka, ne nneyεε a εwⴢ Asⴢre no mfeha num a εdi kan abra bⴢ ne adwuma mu. Wⴢ me nsusuiε mu no, Thomas Oden ka no nokorε mu sε “. . . . deε εkⴢso som bo kεse pa ara wⴢ εnnε-mmerε yi twerεsεm nkyerεkyerεmu no wⴢhunuu wⴢ mfeha a εtⴢ so num no” (fa toto Thomas C. Oden, Wiase Abrabⴢ. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1989, kratafa xi ho.).