Sunlawinak ih Thuthup

The secret of power, greatness/glory: love and service

Text: Mark 10:43-45
43 Asinain nannih lakah cun hi bangtuk cun a si lo pei. Nanmah lakah pakhat in a tum bik si a duh ahcun nan zate riantu a si pei. 44Nanmah lakah pakhatnak si a duhtu cun nan zate sal a si pei. 45Ziangah tile Milai Fapa hman hi rianmi si loin miriantu si dingah le mi tampi tlen dingah a nunnak pe dingin a ra a si,” tiah a ti.

Efesa 6:1-4
1Nauhak pawl, Bawipa ih hmin in nan nu le nan pa upat uh. Nu le pa upat cu Khristian ṭuanvo a si ih a ṭhami a si fawn. 2“Nan nu le nan pa upat uh,” timi thukham hi, 3“Na lam a tluang ding ih leitlunah na nun a sau ding,” timi thutiamnak an beetmi thukam hmaisa bik a si.
4Nu le pa pawl, nan faale pawl kha thinheng dingin tuah hlah uh. Cu ai-ah Khristian nundaan ziaza le zirh awknak thawn cawm uh.

Lei tlun ah mi ih duhdawtmi si kan duh cio. Midang ih rinsanmi/sunloihmi sikhal kan duh cio. Midang ih pawlkom mi si tla kan duh cio. Cumi kan si theinak ding ah ziang kan tuah ding? Ziangmi si sunlawinak ih thuthup cu?

Cui sunlawinak ih thuthup cu nu le pa pawl ih nunnak kan zoh in kan thei thei a si. A tlun lam ih thusuhnak kan phit hlan ah, ziang ruangah an fa le ih hrangah nulepa pawl hi ningzah mualpho khal an ngam ih, farah le harsat zonzaih khal an ngam timi thusuhnak kan phit hmaisa a tul a si.

1. Syrophoenician nu le a fanu (Mtt 15:22 – 28)

A fanu khawsia in an luhhnawh ih a thi zik. Ti ngainak a theih nawn lo tikah, miburpi lak ah a va feh ih Jesuh cu a fa pan. A hlan ah nunau cu Judah upa pawl thurelnak hrimhrim ah tel tar an duh lo. An nau tat zet. Asinan, mipi lak khal ah a va hrawh aw ih, Jesuh tong thei ding rori in a va feh. A netnak ah Jesuh a va ton tikah le Jesuh in, kei cu Judahmi hrang lawng ah ka ra tiah a ti betbet. “Naute rawl cu uico hnen ih pek cu a dik lo” tiah a rak ti tik khal ah thinheng in a tlansan men lo. Tangdor zet in uico cun, a tangtil te tal cu a sar thei ve ko si lo maw tiah a ti. A fanu a duhdawtnak ruangah ningzah khal tuar ngam ih, a dam lai hlan lo tiah Bawi Jesuh a pan mi te kha Jesuh ih a hmuh tikah, “Na zumnak a va tum ve tiah a ti.” A fanu a duhdawtnak ih sin a ra suakmi ral thatnak le zumnak cun Jesuh lung a tong a si. Nu le pawl in kan fate taksa thinlung thlarau lam ih an dam lai hlan lo tiah ral tha zet ih, kan zuam ih Bawipai hnen kan au aw cu Bawipai lung a tong a si.

Matt. 15:22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.”
Matt. 15:23 But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.”
Matt. 15:24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matt. 15:25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
Matt. 15:26 He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”
Matt. 15:27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Matt. 15:28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

Duhdawtnak cun ral thatnak le tangdornak a suah ter ih, Pathian ih thinlung tiang a tawng tham thei a si. Cui duhdawtnak cu Syrophoenician nu ih a sunlawinak a si. Duhdawtnak cun, tihnak khal a dawi hlo. Ral thatnak a pek. Duhdawtnak a neitu cu an ral a tha, timi an nei lo. An tang a dor ih, sian khal an siang.
1John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.

2. Nulepa ih sunlawinak: love and service

Ziang ruangah, leitlun ah nu/pa tampi an um ko nan, in hringtu kan nu le pa cu ziangah kan duh hlei ce? Kan upat hleice? A ruangah, in duhdawtnak le kan hrang ih harsat zonzaih an tuarnak hi a si. Cucu an sunlawinak a si.

Cui duhdawtnak cu, a thinsau, a tangdor, hlawhman a beisei lo. Nu le pa cun an fale kan par ah ziang thei lo ih, kan rak um lai khal ah in duhdawt ih kan ttulmi pawl a cang thei tawk in hlawhman la lo in in rak tuamhlawm. A tu nazii pakhat ah a malbik hlawhman $ 8.50 nan ei ih, kum hi zat sung in kil man la lo in an um. Nan tulmi tla an lo pe bet. An thu kan el ih an thin kan hen ter lai khal ah kan sualnak in ngaithiam lai hrih.

3. Fapa fim le fanu fim: Nuhmei nu le a fapa

Vei khat ah, Billy Graham in nuhmei nu ih thu hi ti in thu a sim. Nufa te cu a pa in a tansan hnu ah anmah lawng an si ih, a nu in ka fa hi fimnak thiamnak saang zir ko ka tuah ding a ti ih, haangdum a tuah, ar a zua. Pakan kholh in paisa a hlawh. Cuti in a fapa te cu University tiang a ret. Degree a lak tikah, a pate cu laksawng la ding a si ih, cun, first a ngah ruangah, thusim theinak khal cu an pek. Cu tawk degree laknak hmun ahcun, ka nu ra ve aw tiah a va sawm. A nu ih, kei mi-aa, ni puan hman tthitha nei lo in ka ra duh lo ding tiah a el. Asinan, a fapa te in na neihmi te hru aw la, ra ko aw a ti tikah, a nu cu a ra ve ih, hmun sir te ah, a rualpi pawl ih nulepa, milian thatha pawl ih kiang ah a to. A fapa cun, laksawng a lak ih thu a sim theh tikah, a va feh ih, a nu cu sunloihnak an pekmi medal cu a va pek ih, a degree ngahnak cazual khal a nu ih kut ah a va ap ih, a timi cu, “Ka nu hi pawl hi nangmai ta an si. Nangmah ih ngahmi a si” tiah a va ti.

Hi tlangval pa te ih tuahmi cu duh a va nung ve ti uh law. A nu kha, cathiam lo te asinan a zahpi lo. Cun, a nu ih tumtah sakmi lungthli tum kha thleng ko a zuam. Cun, cui lungthlitum a thlen tik khal ah, himi hi ka nu in, ka nauhak lai in arfa no te bang in in khurhom ih ruangah hi dinhmun ka thlen theinak a si ti a thei fiang a si.

Curuangah, fapa fim le fanu fim cun, an nulepa an upat ih, an duhdawt. An thusim an ngai ih, an lungawinak tuah sak ding an tum tah. Curuangah Bible ca in nulepa upat ding in zirh.

Efesa 6:1-4
1Nauhak pawl, Bawipa ih hmin in nan nu le nan pa upat uh. Nu le pa upat cu Khristian ṭuanvo a si ih a ṭhami a si fawn. 2“Nan nu le nan pa upat uh,” timi thukham hi, 3“Na lam a tluang ding ih leitlunah na nun a sau ding,” timi thutiamnak an beetmi thukam hmaisa bik a si.
4Nu le pa pawl, nan faale pawl kha thinheng dingin tuah hlah uh. Cu ai-ah Khristian nundaan ziaza le zirh awknak thawn cawm uh.

Eph. 6:1 ¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Eph. 6:2 “Honor your father and mother”—this is the first commandment with a promise:
Eph. 6:3 “so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
Eph. 6:4 ¶ And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Hi tawk ah thu pahnih a um:

1. Fale ih tuanvo: nulepa upat ding.

“Nulepa upat” timi cu an thusim ngai hi a si. Na nulepa upat/an thu ngai aw timi cu Pathian ih thupek a si ih, cui thupek a thluntu pawl “nan lam a tluang ding ih leitlun ah nan nun a sau ding” tiah Pathian in thutiamkam mi a beet cih. Nulepa upat pek timi cu nulepa ih zonzaih harsatnak cingmang in zoh kilkhawi khal khi a si.

Na nu a nun nawn lo asile, na nu ih a seherhmi te ziang a um? A lung thlitum kha kim ding in zuam aw. Cu asile, na nui duhdawtnak malte na sam thei ve ding. Ka nunnak ah thil pakhat ka tuah ringringmi thu a um. Ka suahni tinte in 1992 in tui kum tiang ka nu le pa laksawng ka pe ih, cun, an hnen ah thlawsuah ka dil. Ka lu tlun ah an kut an suang ih, thluasuah in pek. Cui an thluasuah pekmi te cu tui’ sun ah ka hnathlam ah a taang ringring ih, thluasuah khal kan unau lak ah ka co bik tisehla ka sual lo men ding.

2. Nulepa ih tuanvo: Kristian ziaza tha (discipline) le Pathian thu thawn cawm ding.

Nulepa pawl kan fa le pawl kha discipline/ziaza fel le mawi nei ding in kan zirh maw? Thlacamnak, le Jesuh bang in kan fale kan pawlkom maw? Mi hrek khat in kei cu Bible ca le ka thei lo ih Pathian lam ah hruai zia ka thiam lo na ti pang maw? Nan innsang ah na fale hrangah thlacam ringring aw. Na thlacam an lo hmuh le, thlacam nun cu an mahte an nei vingvo mei ding. Na fale Bible siar ter na duh maw? Nangmah in Bible siar aw. TV phih caan te nei in, thlacam caan te nei aw. Cu tikah, cui tikah, na fale cu thlarau lam ih hruaitu na si thei ding.

Thunetnak:

Nulepa ih sunlawinak cu fale in duhdawtnak le kan hrang ih harsat an tuarnak hi a si. Cui duhdawtnak cun, ral thatnak, zuamnak, siannak, thinsaunak le tangdornak pawl a pek a si. Curuangah, Pathian ih thinlung khal a tawng tham thei a si. Curuangah, kan nunnak ah duhdawtnak kan nei maw timi hi nulepa ih duhdawtnak an neih daan in check aw sal uh si. Duhdawtnak cun midang hrang ih tuar duhnak le tuar ngamnak khal a nei a si.

You can give without love.
But you cannot love without giving.

Duhdawtnak tel lo in na pe thei.
Asinan, peknak tel lo in na duhdawt thei lo.

Hminsin: Hi sermon hi June 17, 2009 Mother's Day, Frederick, Maryland ah ka simmi thu a si.