Many Christians believe that sin doesn’t matter and that you can live in sin and be saved at the same time. They speak constantly about grace and use the grace of God as a cloak to approve of sin. They believe and say that by faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice and blood, you’ve been made righteous. Therefore it doesn’t matter how you live. You can live the way you want to live. Because the sacrifice and blood of Jesus ensure that you stay saved. But of course, this is a partial truth aka a lie of the devil that many Christians believe. What does the Bible say about living in sin (persevering in sin) me te whakaoranga? Can you live in sin and be saved according to the Bible or not?
What is the false doctrine of the Nicolaitans?
The Nicolaitans were such a group that followed their leader Nicolas and his false doctrine. His false doctrines deceived the Nicolaitans and caused them to deviate from the sound doctrine of Jesus Christ and go astray. The Nicolaitans believed they could keep sinning because they lived under grace and you still live in a sinful flesh.
The Nicolaitans misused the grace of God. So that they didn’t have to die to the flesh and put off the old man and put on the new man. They could do the works of the flesh and live sin, without feeling condemned, thinking they were saved and escaping the punishment for sin, ko te mate.
But these Nicolaitians didn’t know Jesus experientially. They had no knowledge of the Bible and didn’t have the Holy Spirit.
Engari, they followed the words of their leader, who preached this false doctrine; this lie. (Panuitia hoki: Ko te whakaakoranga me nga mahi a nga Nikoraiti).
Although the Nicolaitans were misled and believed this false doctrine and lived by it, because they considered it as the truth, Jesus hated the doctrine and works of the Nicolaitans.
The church at Ephesus hated the works of the Nicolaitans as well, rite tonu ki a Ihu.
Heoi ano, the church at Pergamos (Kaiārahi), where the throne of satan was, embraced the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. Because some of them held the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.
Jesus didn’t allow the doctrine and works of the Nicolaitans, because it defiled the church. But Jesus called the church at Pergamos to repentance. If they didn’t repent, Jesus would come unto them quickly and fight against them with the sword of His mouth. (Whakakitenga 2:6, 15-16 (Panuitia hoki: What is the throne of satan?)
The devil has deceived many churches with the same lie
We don’t know if the church of Pergamos listened and obeyed the words of Jesus. But we do know that the devil succeeded again, by deceiving many Christians with the same lie and doctrine.
The devil deceived many Christians by making them believe that it doesn’t matter how you live. You can live in sin and be saved. Because you are not saved and justified by your works. But you are saved and justified by the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
ano, this is a partial truth that is preached. Āe, you are indeed saved by the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. His blood has cleansed you from all your sins and iniquities and made you holy and righteous. His blood saved you. No one can earn his salvation by his works. Up to here, it’s correct.
But… The blood of Jesus is not a permit to sin. The blood of Jesus doesn’t give you the right to persevere in sin.
The sacrifice and the blood of Jesus are not the same as the sacrifice and the blood of animals. The sacrifice and blood of animals provided a temporary atonement for the sins of the people. But the sacrifice and blood of Jesus don’t provide a temporary atonement but deal with the sinful nature, which reigns in the flesh and from which sin proceeds.
Te Kawenata Tawhito
I roto i te kawenata tawhito, which was sealed by the blood of animals, God’s people constantly fell back into the same sin. Because they were still carnal and their spirit was still under the dominion of death.
They were trapped in the (hara) flesh and the flesh ruled their lives. Therefore they constantly had to make atonement for their sins.
But despite the many sacrifices and blood that was shed, nothing changed in man’s nature. Nothing changed about man’s fallen state and nature. Which is the case in the New Covenant that is sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ. (Panuitia hoki: ‘What is the difference between the sacrifice of animals and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ?').
Te Kawenata Hou
I roto i te kawenata hou, it shouldn’t be that people who are saved and belong to God, fall into the same sin over and over again and persevere and live in sin. Because they have been delivered from the power of sin and death, through the death of their flesh in Christ.
This was not the case in the Old Covenant. So if those, who live in the New Covenant keep sinning, it means they’re not delivered from the power of sin and death. (Aue. Hiperu 9, 1 Hone 1:5-7))
I roto i te kawenata hou, man has become a new creation through regeneration in Christ, which means the death of the flesh and the resurrection of the spirit from the dead. (Panuitia hoki: ‘Ko te kotinga i roto i te kawenata hou').
The new man is born of God and transferred from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of God, Kei hea a Ihu Karaiti hei kingi, hei kingi. (Aue. Kolosa 1:13).
Therefore darkness has no more power over the new man.
The flesh no longer reigns, but Christ reigns in the new man. Since the flesh is dead and the spirit is alive.
Only when the flesh has died and the spirit of man is raised from the dead and the new man enters the Kingdom of God and walks after the Spirit according to the law of this Kingdom in the light, man shall be saved.
Katoa, who is born of God stays in Him and doesn’t sin
He aha ta tatou e korero ai? Ka haere tonu tatou ki te hara, kia nui ai te aroha noa? Ma te Atua e arai. Me pehea tatou, kua mate ki te hara, noho ano i roto? 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 6:1-4)
Ko te tangata e noho ana i a ia e kore e hara;: Ko te tangata e hara ana, kaore ia i kite ia ia, kahore hoki i mohio ki a ia. Nga tamariki iti, kei mamingatia koutou e te tangata: Ko te tangata e mahi ana i te tika, he tika, he tika hoki ia. Ko te tangata e mahi ana i te hara, ko te rewera ia; he hara hoki te rewera no te timatanga. Mo konei i whakakitea mai ai te Tama a te Atua, kia whakakahoretia ai e ia nga mahi a te rewera. Ko te tangata kua whanau i te Atua e kore e mea i te hara; no te mea kei te noho ano tona uri ki roto ki a ia: a e kore ia e ahei te hara, because he is born of God.Ma tenei ka kitea nga tamariki a te Atua, me nga tamariki a te rewera: ko te tangata e kore e mahi i te tika, ehara ia i te Atua, me te tangata kahore e aroha ki tona teina (1 Hone 3:6-10)
A person may repent and be baptized in water and receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit, but if there is no change in the person’s life and the person keeps doing the works of the flesh and darkness and walks in unrighteousness in darkness, then the life of the person shows, that the person has not repented and is not born again in Christ. Since the flesh in which sin reigns and from which sin proceeds, kei te ora tonu. The flesh has not been crucified in Christ.
The new creation yields to Jesus and the Holy Spirit, the old creation yields to the devil and the flesh
The person hasn’t become a new creation and hasn’t yielded to Jesus Christ (te Word) and the Holy Spirit and doesn’t do what They say. But the person is still the old creation, who belongs to the devil.
Therefore the person lives in disobedience to God and His Word after the will of the flesh in obedience to the will of the devil and sin. The person perseveres in sin or falls back into the same sin over and over again. (Panuitia hoki: ‘Ko te hiahia o te Atua vs te hiahia o te rewera‘ a ‘Tuhinga o mua').
The true gospel of Jesus Christ calls to repentance
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, Ka mea, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel (Mark 1:14-15)
Ka mea ki a ratou, Koia te tuhituhinga, a ko te tikanga tenei kia mamae a te Karaiti, a ka ara ake i te hunga mate i te toru o nga ra: Kia kauwhautia hoki te ripeneta me te murunga hara i runga i tona ingoa ki nga iwi katoa, timata i Hiruharama. Na ko koutou hei kaiwhakaatu mo enei mea (Ruka 24:46-48)
Kaore ano koe kia pa ki te toto, Te kaha ki te hara. Kua wareware hoki koe ki te kupu whakahau i korero ai koe ki a koutou, mo nga tamariki, Taku tama, kaua koe e whakahawea ki a koe i te whiu a te Ariki, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: E rite nei ki ta Ihowa e aroha ai ia, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Ki te whakamanawanui koe i te tanumanga, Ka rite ki nga tama te tangata te mahi a te Atua ki a koe; Ko wai hoki te tama e kore e pakia e te Matua? Engari ki te kore koe e whiu, Ko te mea katoa ko nga tangata katoa, Na ko koe he reeti, ehara i te tama.
He matua ano o matou kikokiko i a matou e whakatika ana i a matou, Na ka whakawhirinaki matou ki a ratau: e kore ranei tatou e pai kia ngohengohe ki te Matua o nga wairua, ka ora? He maha nga ra i a ratou e kii ana i a tatou i muri i a raatau ake ahuareka; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Kahore he whiu mo te hakari e ahua nei kia koa, engari he pouri: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby (Hiperu 12:5-11)
The true gospel calls to repentance and sanctification and disciplines, whakaritenga, and chastises. Heoi ano, the modern gospel, ehara nei i te rongopai, doesn’t contain these elements.
The modern gospel embraces sin and keeps people in bondage
The modern gospel is a humanistic gospel (message) that pleases the ears, karekau, and emotions of the people in the church but keeps the people in bondage of sin and death.
This gospel welcomes everyone and everyone may stay the way they are. Everything is allowed and tolerated, nothing is wrong. God loves everyone, just the way they are. And so sin is embraced instead of condemned and removed.
They believe that you have to respect others and forgive and love others instead of condemning them. Engari ko taua pono?
Where is it written in the Bible (after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit) that you have to accept sin and tolerate sin in the church? That if you live in sin you are saved?
Where is it written that you must leave those, who persevere in sin alone?
Where is it written that it doesn’t matter if preachers, kaumatua, and other leaders of the church become disobedient to God and His Word, due to the will, lusts and desires of their flesh and fall in sin and/or persevere in sin? (Panuitia hoki: 'Ko te wairua o Eri')
This is nowhere written in the Bible! Because sin is rebellion and disobedience to God and His will.
Me pehea te tangata, who don’t walk in the will of God and are disobedient to His Word, teach others to walk in the will of God and to be obedient to the Word, so that they will grow up into the image of Christ?
The new creation fulfills the righteousness of the law
Tāngata, who sin and live in sin and refuse to repent of their lifestyle, show by their works that they don’t belong to Christ and are not saved. They still belong to the devil and aren’t the servants of righteousness but the servants of sin. They are carnal and still listen to the devil and do his will and serve the devil through their flesh. (Panuitia hoki: 'The commandments of God vs the commandments of the devil').
God has given His commandments to make His will and His nature and righteousness known and to reveal sin. Jesus has never annulled the commandments of the law. But Jesus fulfilled them by walking after the Spirit in the will of the Father in righteousness. Ko era, who belong to Jesus walk after the Spirit instead of the flesh and fulfill the righteousness of the law. (Aue. Matiu 5:17-18, Roma 3:31; 8:4 (Panuitia hoki: 'Ka taea e te tangata te whakatutuki i te ture?').
“Whosoever does not bear his cross and come after Me can’t be My disciple”
Ka whakahoki a Ihu ki a ratou, He pono, pono, Ko taku kupu ki a koe, Ko te tangata e mahi ana i te hara, he pononga na te hara (Hone 8:34)
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, ka mea ki a ratou, If any man come to me, kaua hoki e kino ki tona papa, me te whaea, me te wahine, me nga tamariki, me nga teina, me nga tuahine, āe, me tona oranga ano, e kore ia e ahei hei akonga maku. Ki te kore hoki tetahi e mau ki tona ripeka, a haere mai i muri i ahau, e kore e ahei hei akonga maku (Ruka 14:25-27)
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, me whakakahore e ia ano, a amo i tona ripeka, ka whai i ahau. Ki te whai hoki tetahi kia ora, ka mate ano ia: a ki te mate tetahi, mona i whakaaro ki ahau, ka kite ano ia i te ora (Matiu 16:24-25, hoki tohu 8:34-35, Ruka 9:23-24)
Jesus never spoke about accepting people with a sinful lifestyle. He didn’t preach that sinners could live in sin and stay the way they were and be saved.
Jesus was not a Te kaiwhakatairanga o te hara! He didn’t speak about respecting and tolerating sin.
I runga ke, Ka mea a Ihu, He hated sin and called the sinners to repentance. No te mea katoa, who commits sin is a servant of sin and is not saved.
Ka mea a Ihu, that if anyone still loves his own life, and doesn’t deny himself, and doesn’t put Jesus above all, the person can’t be Jesus’ disciple.
Ka mea a Ihu, that if anyone wants to come to Him and follow Him, he must deny himself and take up his cross.
Because if you don’t lose your own life in this world, you shall not find life.
Many churches tolerate sin from both church members as church leaders
I roto i te pukapuka o te Whakakitenga, Jesus didn’t say to the various churches, He respected their behavior and the doctrines and works of the darkness.
Jesus didn’t embrace sin, since sin is the will of the devil. But Jesus commanded the churches to remove the sin. If they didn’t, they would reap the consequences of their disobedience.
There are many churches today, where everything is tolerated. They not only tolerate everything from the members of the church, who say they are saved but live in sin and keep sinning. But they also tolerate everything from the preachers and leaders of the church, who are carnal and keep doing the works of the flesh.
Teka, tinihanga, tinihanga, karakia whakapakoko (i.e. Nga whakaaro o te rawhiti, ioka, whakaaro, whakaaroaro, toi hōia, reiki, acupuncture), makutu, taonga-korero, moepuku, puremu, extramarital affairs, whakarere, te noho tahi karekau, sexual relationships outside of marriage, wini, Taipoipo, and all other (moepuku) poke, materoto, euthanasia, abusive drinking, etc. This has all become very normal and is not considered a sin anymore.
The conscience of many Christians is seared with a hot iron and they don’t even know it. They are blinded by the lies of darkness and allow everything.
Kahore koutou i mohio ko te hunga he e kore e whiwhi ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua? Kei tinihangatia koe: kore moetaki, kore karakia ranei, kaore ano hoki he puremu, kaore ranei e whai kiko, kaua hoki e tinihanga ki a ratou ano, Kaore ranei nga tahae, kore ranei, kaua hoki e haurangi, kaua hoki e tawai, kaore ranei te kaipatu, ka riro i te rangatiratanga o te Atua(1 Koriniti 6:9-10)
“Haere i roto i te Wairua, Kaua ano e whakaritea te hiahia o te kikokiko”
Ko taku korero tenei, Haere i roto i te Wairua, Kaua ano e whakaritea te hiahia o te kikokiko. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, e te Wairua ki te kikokiko: a he rereke enei ki tetahi: kei taea e koutou te mahi i nga mea e pai ai koutou. Ki te arahina ia koutou i te Wairua, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, Ko enei enei; Pūremu, moepuku, poke, Tuhinga o mua, Āhuaatua, makutu, mauahara, rerekētanga rerekētanga rerekētanga, whaiwhai, riri, ngangau, wehenga, titorehanga, Hae, kohuru, haurangi, Nga whakamaoritanga, Na penei: Tuhinga o mua, Ka rite ki taku korero ki a koe i nga wa o mua, e kore e riro i a ratou te rangatiratanga o enei mea (Karatia 5:16-21)
Engari ko te Paipera (te Word) he marama. E ai ta te Paipera, ko era, who do these things are not born of God, ehara i te Atua, e kore ano e whiwhi ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. (Aue. Hone 3:3-5, 1 Hone 3:8-9; 5:18)
Many Christians serve the devil instead of God
Many Christians don’t stand in the service of God and serve God. But they stand in the service of the devil and serve him. Because instead of preaching the truth and the gospel of Jesus Christ and reconciling people to God, he korero teka ratou. Through their lies, they lead the people astray and make them walk on the broad way that leads to destruction. Because the way of the world doesn’t lead to eternal life but leads to death (o.a. 2 Petrus 2, Hungaporo (Panuitia hoki: Te whakangaro i nga mahi a te Atua hei utu mo nga mahi a te rewera).
They’re masters in adjusting God’s truth to the will and desires of man and the truth of the world.
They’re masters in building bridges with the world and other religions and philosophies and changing the words of God to approve sin and compromise with sinners.
But preaching the sound gospel of Jesus Christ and calling sinners to repentance and delivering them from the power of sin and death and standing on the Word and keep standing on the Word and representing, preaching and bringing the Kingdom of God and walk in the authority of Jesus Christ on earth, they don’t know anything about and are not familiar with.
Many preachers and elders (rangatira) of the churches don’t solve the problems. Engari, they allow the people to live in sin and leave them in their sins. He aha? Because they don’t want to hurt or offend anybody’s feelings. They don’t want to get involved and cause problems. And so they let everything run its course, hoping that the problems will solve themselves. But problems don’t get solved by themselves but go from bad to worse. (Panuitia hoki: He aha ta te Paipera e korero mo te hara i roto i te Hahi?).
Jesus gave His life to deal with the sin problem
Nana ake i waha o tatou hara, na tona tinana ake i runga i te rakau, e tatou, kua mate ki nga hara, kia ora i runga i te tika: na ona karawarawa i ora ai koutou. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls (1 Pita 2:24-25)
Jesus gave His life and suffered immensely to deal with the sin problem. The sin problem didn’t solve by itself. But the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, te Tama a te Atua, was needed to solve the sin problem. It was needed to redeem man from sin and death, restore man’s fallen position and reconcile man to God.
Jesus gave His life for man. No reira, man could be free from the power of sin and death and live in freedom. Because sin is bondage.
Sin doesn’t lead to eternal life, as the devil made many Christians believe. But sin leads to death.
Ko te hunga hoki i runga i ta te kikokiko, whakaaro ana ratou ki o te kikokiko; ko te hunga ia i runga i ta te Wairua, ko nga mea o te Wairua. Ko te whakaaro hoki ki ta te kikokiko he mate; ko to te Wairua ia he ora, he rangimarie. Na te mea ko te ngakau kikokiko he mauahara ki te Atua: e kore hoki e pa ki te ture a te Atua, kaore ano hoki e taea (Roma 8:5-7)
Tetahi, who lives after the flesh and is carnally minded shall persevere in sin.
Therefore if someone perseveres in sin, it shows that the person lives after the flesh and is carnally minded. The person has not yielded to the Spirit and the law of God (Te Ture a te Wairua), but lives in enmity against God. The person doesn’t love God and doesn’t belong to Him, but still belongs to the devil and death.
If you love God you will keep His commandments
Because if you love God, you will keep His commandments instead of being prideful and rebellious and disobeying the Word and living in sin (Aue. Exodus 20:6, Tiuteronomi 5:10, Hone 14:15, 23).
Ko te ngakau ngakau ko te mate. No te mea katoa, who lives in sin and keeps sinning and doesn’t repent shall deserve death and not, as is preached in many churches, life and be saved (Roma 1:24-32)
What does it mean to not live under the law but under grace?
How often do people say, “I don’t live under the law but under grace”. While they live in disobedience to God and His Word after the flesh in sin, rite te ao. So what does it mean that you don’t live under the law but under grace? What is truly written in the Bible about not living under the law but under grace?
Kaua e hara i te rangatiratanga o to tinana, kia rongo ai koutou i roto i nga hiahia o nga hiahia. Kaua ano e tukua o koutou wahi hei mea whakatangi i nga hara katoa.: Engari tukua mai ki a koutou te Atua, Ka rite ki nga mea e ora ana i te hunga mate, e outou mau melo ei mau upp â no te parau-ti'a ai i te Atua.
E kore hoki te hara e waiho hei rangatira mo koutou: e kore hoki koutou i raro i te ture, Engari i raro i te aroha noa. He aha? Ka hara tatou, Na te mea kaore tatou i raro i te ture, Engari i raro i te aroha noa? Ma te Atua e arai. Kahore koutou e mohio, ki ta koutou e tuku ai ki nga pononga, kia mau ki ahau, ko ana pononga, ko ta koutou e rongo ai; ahakoa hara te mate, o te haapaoraa i te parau-ti'a? Engari ko te Atua kia whakanuia, he pononga koutou na te hara, Engari kua rongo koe i te ngakau o te akoako i tukuna ki a koe. Ka mutu te wehe mai i te hara, kua meinga koutou hei pononga ma te tika (Roma 6:12-18
I a koutou hoki nga pononga a te hara, i kore koe i te tika. He aha ra te hua i a koutou e whakama ai koutou inaianei? mo te mutunga o aua mea he mate. Tena ko tenei kua whakaorangia i te hara, a hei pononga ki te Atua, kei a koutou to hua hei tapu, ko te mutunga mutunga tonu. No te mea ko te utu o te hara he mate; Engari ko te mea homai noa a te Atua he ora tonu i roto ia Ihu Karaiti, to tatou Ariki (Roma 6:20-23)
ēna, who live in sin live under the law
Katoa, who walks after the flesh and keeps doing the works of the flesh and therefore perseveres in sin lives under the dominion (mana) of sin and death and therefore lives under the law of sin and death, e kingi nei i te kikokiko.
The only way to ensure that you no longer live under the law but under grace, is through the death of the flesh in Christ. It’s through regeneration in Christ and sanctification; whakarerea te koroua a te kakahu i te tangata hou.
Ko era, who live in sin are not in Christ and are not saved
Na, kahore e tau te he inaianei ki te hunga i roto ia Karaiti Ihu, kahore nei e haere i runga i ta te kikokiko, engari i runga i te Wairua. Na te ture hoki a te Wairua o te ora i roto ia Karaiti Ihu ahau i atea ai i te ture a te hara, a te mate (Roma 8:1-2)
Ki te arahina ia koutou i te Wairua, Kaore koe i raro i te ture (Karatia 5:18)
Ko te tangata e noho ana i roto i a ia e kore e hara: Ko te tangata e hara ana, kaore ia i kite ia ia, kahore hoki i mohio ki a ia (1 Hone 3:6)
People may say they are saved and are not under the law but under grace, but if they still allow sin to reign as king in their lives, by obeying the lusts and desires of the flesh and therefore live in sin, then they are not living under grace. By living after the flesh and doing the works of the flesh, they still live under the law.
Katoa, who is not made alive in Christ by the resurrection of the spirit from the dead and doesn’t walk after the Spirit, but still lives under the authority (rangatiratanga)s of sin and death, still lives under the law.
Katoa, who by faith is born again in Christ and saved, and abides in Him, e kore (live in) hara. Ka rite ki te mea pono, it’s written that everyone, who sins has never seen Him, and neither has known Him.
The Word is clear, ko era, who allow sin to reign as king in their lives and obey sin by living in sin, are not delivered and are not saved. They still live under the authority of sin and death. No reira, their final destination shall be the kingdom of death (reinga, Hāmaure). Since the fruit of death is sin and the wages of sin is death and not eternal life.
Ka taea e koe te noho i roto i te hara, ka ora?
Ko te Atua tenei e rongo ana i nga kupu a te Atua: Na reira kahore koutou e whakarongo ki ta ratou, no te mea ehara koutou i te Atua. Then answered the Jews, ka mea ki a ia, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, he rewera ano to? Ka whakahoki a Ihu, kahore aku rewera; engari e whakahonore ana ahau i toku Matua, ko koutou ia ka whakaiti i ahau. kahore hoki ahau e whai i te kororia moku: tera ano te tangata e rapu ana, e whakawa ana. He pono, pono, Ko taku kupu ki a koe, Ki te pupuri te tangata i taku kupu, e kore rawa ia e kite i te mate (Hone 8:47-51)
Engari he whakamatautauri katoa nga tangata, ka unuhia ana ia i tana ake hiahia, ka kukume. Katahi ka hapu te hiahia, Ko reira te hara: me te hara, Ka mutu ana, ka puta te mate (Korimi 1:14-15)
“Kia tupato, teina, kei noho te ngakau kino, whakaponokore i roto i tetahi o koutou, i te whakarere i te Atua ora”
Kia tupato, teina, kei noho te ngakau kino, whakaponokore i roto i tetahi o koutou, i te whakarere i te Atua ora. Engari me whakahau koutou tetahi i tetahi i tenei ra, i tenei ra, i te mea e kiia ana ko tenei ra; kei whakapakeketia tetahi o koutou e te hianga o te hara. Ka uru hoki tatou ki ta te Karaiti, ki te mau ia tatou te timatanga o to tatou maiatanga, taea noatia te mutunga (Hiperu 3:11-14)
And He said unto me, It is done. Ko ahau te alpha me te omega, te timatanga me te mutunga. Ka hoatu noa e ahau ki te tangata e matewai ana i te puna o te wai ora. Ko te wikitoria ka riro ia ia nga mea katoa; Ko ahau hoki hei Atua mona, a ko ia hei tama maku. Engari te wehi, me te whakaponokore, me te mea whakarihariha, Tuhinga ka whai mai, me nga moepuku, me nga makutu, me nga Idolaters, Tuhinga ka whai mai, ka whai wahi ano ki te roto i te kapura me te whanariki: Ko tehea te mate tuarua (Whakakitenga 21:6-8)
Ka taea e koe te noho i roto i te hara, ka ora? Kāore, you can’t live in sin and be saved. Ko era anake, who are born again in Christ and are born of God and have become a new creation (Tama a te Atua) and submit to Jesus Christ and God the Father and listen to the Word and the Holy Spirit and obey and do the Word and walk after the Spirit and live in righteousness, they shall not see death but shall inherit eternal life.
Sin reigns until death; death in Christ or natural death
The fact of the matter is, that sin reigns as king in people’s lives until death. Heoi ano, people determine until which death this is; the death in Christ or natural death
A person can allow sin to reign as king in his life until his repentance and the regeneration in Christ, when the flesh dies in Him. Mai i taua wā, the person is delivered from the power of the devil and the law of sin and death. Na roto i te aranga o te wairua i te hunga mate, sin and death no longer have authority over the person. But the person has been made free. And by walking after the law of the Spirit as an overcomer in Christ the person inherits eternal life.
Or a person allows sin to reign as king in his life until the person dies a natural death, whereby the spirit of man remains under the authority of sin and death until his death. The person shall not inherit eternal life but shall go to the kingdom of death (reinga). And on the Day of Judgment, the person is cast into the eternal lake of fire and experiences the second death.
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