Mai 1 Pita 3:21, E korerotia ana e tatou ko te iriiri te kupu o te hinengaro pai ki te Atua, ma te aranga mai o Ihu Karaiti. He aha te tikanga o tēnei? He aha te take i iriiri ai i te kupu o te hinengaro pai ki te Atua?
Na te wai i wehe te hunga tika i te hunga he
I nga ra o Noa, na te wai i wehe te hunga he (karakiakore, te hunga whakaponokore, Tauiwi) me te hunga tika (te hunga whakapono, hunga tapu). I wehi te hunga tika ki te Atua (he nui te wehi) e ua here i te Atua e no reira ua faaroo ratou i te Atua e ua haapa‘o i Ta’na mau parau e Ta’na mau faaueraa. Heoi ano, kihai te hunga kino i wehi, i aroha ki te Atua, no reira kihai ratou i whakapono ki ana kupu me ana whakahau, heoi paopao.
Kotahi hoki mamaetanga o te Karaiti mo nga hara, te tika mo te hunga he, kia kawea ai tatou e ia ki te Atua, he mea whakamate ano hoki no te kikokiko, engari i whakaorangia e te Wairua: Ko tona haerenga tena ki te kauwhau ki nga wairua i te whare herehere; Ko te hunga tutu i etahi wa, i te wa i tatari ai te manawanui o te Atua i nga ra o Noa, i te wa e mahi ana te aaka, he iti nei, ko tena, tokowaru nga wairua i ora i te wai (1 Pita 3:18-20)
Aita te mau taata i nia i te fenua nei i ite i te Atua no nia ia ’na e aita ratou i hinaaro e faaroo ia ’na, kia mau ki tana kupu. I whakakake ratou, haere ana i to ratou ake ara, mahi kino ana.
No to ratou faaroo ore i te Atua, tokowaru anake nga wairua i ora i te mate.
Ko enei wairua tokowaru ko Noa, Tana wahine, tokotoru nga tama, me nga hunaonga.
He tangata tika a Noa, he tangata tapatahi hoki i ona whakatupuranga, I haere tahi me te Atua.
Kare a Noa i whakawhirinaki ki tana i kite ai, kare hoki i whakawhirinaki ki ona whakaaro me nga kupu a te tangata, i pirau, ua ti'aturi râ Noa i te Fatu e no reira ua ti'aturi Noa i te mau parau a te Atua e ua haapa'o i Ta'na mau faaueraa, i haere ai a Noa i runga i te whakapono.
Ua parau te Atua ia Noa, kia kawea mai e ia he waipuke ki runga ki te whenua hei whakangaro i nga kikokiko katoa, kei reira te manawa ora. Heoi ano, Ua haamau te Atua i ta ’na faufaa ia Noa e ua faaora ia ’na e to ’na utuafare e te mau animala na roto i te araka, na Noa i hanga, i titiro hoki te Atua ki a Noa he tika.
Na te faaroo o Noa i te Atua e te auraroraa i Ta ’na mau parau i faaora ia ’na e to ’na utuafare
Ua ti‘aturi Noa i te Atua e i ta’na parau e ua haapa‘o i te mau parau e te mau faaueraa a te Atua. Ko te hua o tona whakapono ki te Atua me tona ngohengohe ki te Atua, Ua hamani Noa i te hoê araka.
A ka oti te aaka, ka tae ki te wa, ka pakaru nga puna o te rire nui, a ka tuwhera nga matapihi o te rangi, Ua tomo Noa i roto i te araka e to ’na utuafare e te mau animala e ua opani te Atua i te uputa.
I muri i nga ra e whitu, e wha tekau nga ra, e wha tekau nga po i ua ai te ua ki runga ki te whenua. Na te wai i wehe te hunga tika, i roto i te aaka, mai i te hunga he.
Ua pohe te feia parau-tia ore i roto i te pape. Heoi ano, te hunga tika, o tei faaroo i te Atua e tei haapao i ta ’na mau parau, i roto i te aaka ka ora.
Ko te iriiringa e whakaora ana i te aranga o Ihu Karaiti
He rite te iriiringa ki te waipuke, i mate ai te hunga karakiakore, i ora ai te hunga tika, na te pai o te hinengaro o Noa ki te Atua.
Ko te ahua o te iriiringa e whakaora nei ia tatou inaianei (ehara i te whakakore atu i te poke o te kikokiko, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) ma te aranga mai o Ihu Karaiti: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him (1 Pita 3:21)
Ka mea a Ihu, that everyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. This is both a promise and a commandment of Jesus. Because if you believe in Christ, you shall obey Jesus Christ and be baptized.
By faith in Him and your obedience to His commandment, you shall have a good conscience toward God and be saved.
The water not only cleanses and purifies, but the water brings separation. Just like the water of the flood brought separation in the days of Noah between the righteous and the unrighteous.
Kahore koutou e mohio, Na te nuinga o tatou kua iriiria ki a Ihu Karaiti i iriiri i roto i tona matenga? No reira kua tanumia tatou ki a ia e te iriiringa ki te mate: kia rite ki te Karaiti i whakaarahia ake i te tupapaku na te kororia o te Matua, Ahakoa ka haere ano hoki tatou i roto i te ao hou o te koiora (Roma 6:3-4)
I te iriiringa, te koroua (kikokiko) dies and is buried, rite tonu ki a Ihu, Who came in the flesh and carried the sins of the world, and died on the cross and was buried. Then the new man (wairua) rises, mai ia Iesu i tia faahou mai te pohe mai. (Panuitia hoki: ‘Ko Ihu tino tangata?‘ a ‘Te Rive o te kikokiko').
He hinengaro pai ki te Atua
Ua here te Metua i Ta’na Tamaiti, Ihu Karaiti, no te mea ua haapa‘o Iesu i te hinaaro e te mau faaueraa a To’na Metua e ua horo‘a i To’na iho ora e ua rave faahou i te reira. Na te Matua i hoatu te whakahau me te mana ki a Ihu, engari ma Ihu e whakarongo ki tana whakahau (Hone 10).
Aita Iesu i faahepohia, engari i tuku i a ia ano kia mate (Tōna kikokiko) noa. I mate ia i runga i te ripeka, ka mau ano i te wa i ara a Ihu i te hunga mate, ka kake ki te rangi, kei te ringa matau o te Atua ia e noho ana, i nga anahera, ka waiho nga mana me nga rangatiratanga ki raro i a ia. (Panuitia hoki: 'He aha te tikanga a Ihu mo te mana ki te tuku i tona ora me te tango ano?).
Katoa, o tei faaroo e o tei bapetizohia, ua haapao ïa i te faaueraa a te Atua ia pûpû i to ’na ora ma te tiamâ e ia rave faahou mai e ia faaite ia ’na iho na roto i te bapetizoraa i te pohe e te tia-faahou-raa o Iesu Mesia..
He aha te iriiringa hei hinengaro pai ki te Atua?
Kare he hinengaro pai o te tangata ki te Atua, kare hoki e tu tika i te aroaro o te Atua i runga i te matenga o te kikokiko i te iriiringa. I te wa o te iriiringa, ka mate te kikokiko, ka tanumia te koroheke, otira e kore e ora te tangata i tera. Engari ka ora te tangata i te wai, Na te aranga o te Wairua mai i te hunga mate, na reira i houhia ai te rongo o te tangata ki te Atua, i noho tika ai ki te Atua.
No reira te bapetizoraa o te pahonoraa ïa o te hoê mana‘o haava maitai i te Atua, through obedience to the commandment of Jesus and the identification with His resurrection from the dead through the resurrection of the spirit from the dead.
People shall be saved by faith and baptism
Ka mea a Ihu, that by faith and baptism man shall be saved. Only by faith and regeneration in Christ, a person shall be saved. No te mea tetahi, who doesn’t believe and therefore is not baptized and born again in Christ, but whose spirit is dead and lives under the dominion of death in the darkness and is bound by the flesh to sin and death, shall be damned.
Na ia (Ihu) ka mea ki a ratou, Haere ki te ao katoa, ka kauwhau i te rongopai ki nga mea katoa. he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; tena ko ia e kore e whakapono, ka tau te he ki a ia (Mark 16:15-16)
But through faith and the water of baptism, the old man dies and the new man is raised from the dead. From that new position in Christ and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, tangata, kua waiho hei hanga hou, ka ora i runga i te hinengaro pai ki te Atua i runga i te ngohengohe i runga i ta te Atua i pai ai, a ka waiho hei kaiwhakaatu mo Ihu Karaiti i runga i te whenua.
Kia pai to koutou hinengaro ki te Atua i runga i te ngohengohe ki a ia
Na Paora, titiro kaha ki te runanga, ka mea, E te mau taeae e te mau taeae, I noho ahau i runga i te hinengaro pai i te aroaro o te Atua a taea noatia tenei ra (Nga Mahi 23:1)
Tenei utu ka tukuna e ahau ki a koe, Son Timoti, E ai ki nga poropiti i haere i mua i a koe, Na, ma ratou e whawhai te pakanga pai; Te pupuri i te whakapono, me te hinengaro pai; ko etahi i whakarerea e te whakapono, kua hanga he kaipuke kaipuke (1 Timoti 1:18-19)
Mena kua whanau hou koe ka noho te Wairua Tapu i roto ia koe, e kore koe e noho i raro i te hara me te whakawakanga me te whakapae tonu me te mataku ki te whakatata atu ki te Atua me te noho wehe i te Atua.. Mena ka penei to whakaaro, tera pea me ui koe ki a koe ano kua whanau hou koe, kei te noho te Wairua Tapu i roto i a koe.
Na te mea e kii ana te kupu, ki te whakapono koe, ka iriiria, kua ora koe. No reira ko te iriiringa ko te whakautu o te hinengaro pai ki te Atua.
Ko te hunga katoa e arahina ana e te Wairua o te Atua, He tama ratou na te Atua
Ko te hunga katoa e arahina ana e te Wairua o te Atua, He tama ratou na te Atua. Kihai hoki koutou i whiwhi ki te wairua pononga, e wehi ai koe; Engari kua riro i a koe te Wairua Whakatuturutanga, na ka tangi tatou, Pera, Matua. Ko te Wairua tonu ano hei kaiwhakaatu ma o tatou wairua, Ko tatou nga tamariki a te Atua: A mena he tamariki, Katahi ka whai kainga; Tuhinga o mua, Tuhinga ka whai mai; ki te mamae tahi tatou me ia, kia whakahoutia ano tatou (Roma 8:14-17)
Mena kua whanau hou koe ka noho te Wairua Tapu i roto ia koe, e whakaatu ana te Wairua Tapu me to wairua he tama koe na te Atua (e pa ana tenei ki nga tane me nga wahine) e no ’na hoi outou.
E kore koe e mohio ki a ia na roto i etahi atu, engari ka mohio koutou ki a ia, na roto ia Ihu Karaiti me te Wairua Tapu, a huaina e ia ko Apa Matua.
Ka whakarongo koe ki a ia, ka pupuri i ana kupu, ka whakarongo ki ana whakahau, ma reira ka pai ai o koutou hinengaro ki te aroaro o te Atua, ka whakaatu ai ki a ia e aroha ana koutou ki a ia.
Panuitia hoki: 'He aha te iriiringa' me 'He rite tonu te iriiringa kohungahunga ki te iriiringa pakeke?').
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
