First see then believe is the way of the world. How often do you hear people say, that they have to see it first before they believe? Te ao won’t believe anything before they’ll see it first. Most people find it difficult to believe something unless they’ll see it with their own eyes. Heoi ano, there are a few exceptions. When the world says something negative or gives a negative report or forecast, like for example in the daily news, a weather report, an economic forecast, a doctor’s report, or a psychologist’s report, they immediately believe it and share the news and discuss it with family, hoa, hoa mahi, etc.. How weird is it, that they immediately believe the words of the world, but they don’t believe the words of God? Engari he aha nga Karaitiana? Ka kite nga Karaitiana i te tuatahi ka whakapono, ka whakapono ranei i te tuatahi ka kite?
He tohu, he miharo ranei he tupono noa?
I korero tetahi, Me pehea koe e whakapono ai ki te Atua? Ko te Atua e kore e kitea, e kore koe e kite i a ia. Kaore au e whakapono ka hiahia ahau ki tetahi momo tohu i mua i taku whakapono ki te Atua. Ka whakahoki tonu ahau, pai, e hiahia ana koe ki te tohu? Ka whiwhi koe i tetahi tohu (no te mea no te whakatupuranga kare ano taua tangata, ko wai e hiahia ana ki etahi tohu tinana).
He meneti i muri mai, he marama ataahua i tomo ki roto i te ruma. Ka titiro ahau ki te rangi, ka miharo. ka mea ahau, titiro! He rama rereke me nga momo tae katoa. Ehara i te aniwaniwa, engari he tae o te aniwaniwa. Heoi ano, he kikorangi te rangi, kaore i ua. Ka titiro te tangata ki te rangi, ka miharo hoki.
I te tuatahi, Kaore au i mohio, engari ka mea ahau, ko to tohu tenei! I tino hihiko ahau, engari kaore i tino nui te tangata. I whakaae te tangata he mea motuhake, engari ahakoa te tohu, kihai te tangata i whakapono.
Tata ki te katoa nga tangata penei. E hiahia ana ratou kia kite i te tuatahi ka whakapono. Engari ka whiwhi tohu, he kaiwhakaatu ano hoki mo taua tohu, kahore ano ratou e whakapono. E kii ana ratou he tupono noa.
He aha te tangata me kite tuatahi ka whakapono?
E noho ana tātau i tētahi ao, te wahi e hiahia ana te tangata ki te kite tuatahi i mua i to ratou whakapono. Ko te ao kitea o te rongo he tino pono ki te tangata i te Te ao wairua.
A, no te riro koe i te Karaitiana, e whakapono ana koe ko te Paipera (te Kupu a te Atua) he pono, he pono hoki nga kupu a te Atua.
E whakapono ana koe ki te Kupu a te Atua i runga ake i ta te tangata me te pūtaiao korero ki a koe. E whakapono ana koe ki a Ihu Karaiti, te Tama a te Atua, ahakoa kahore koe i kite kanohi ki a Ihu.
Ia haapii oe i te Bibilia, Ka mohio koe ki te Atua, Ihu, me to (hou) whaiaro. No te mea ko te Kupu a te Atua ko koe hou, te hanganga hou kua uru koutou ki roto ki a te Karaiti na roto i te whanautanga hou.
No reira, ki te hiahia koe ki te mohio Ko wai koe, heoi ano ko te whakatuwhera i te Paipera ka timata ki te panui me te ako i te Paipera. Ka whakahoutia e koe to hinengaro ki nga kupu a te Atua, kia rite ai to hinengaro ki te Kupu a te Atua.
Mena ka whakahoutia e koe to hinengaro, a faaohipa i te mau parau a te Atua i roto i to outou oraraa, ka waiho hei kaimahi mo te kupu, kua pakeke koe i te taha wairua. Ko te ao wairua ka tino pono ki a koe i te ao kitea. (Panuitia hoki: ‘Nga kaiwhakarongo vs nga mahi’).
Ko te Kupu a te Atua te whakaata o to oranga
Ki te mea he kai whakarongo tetahi ki te kupu, a ehara i te kaimahi, he rite ia ki te tangata e titiro ana ki tona kanohi maori i roto i te whakaata: e titiro ana hoki ia ki a ia ano, a haere ana, kua wareware tonu ki te ahua o tona ahua. Tena ko te tangata e ata titiro iho ana ki te ture tino tika o te herekore, me te mau tonu i roto, i te mea ehara ia i te kaiwhakarongo wareware, engari he kai mahi, ka manaakitia tenei tangata i tana mahi (Korimi 1:23-25)
Te Parau a te Atua te whakaata o to oranga. E tia i to outou oraraa ia riro ei faahoho‘araa no te Parau a te Atua mai ia Iesu te faahoho‘araa o te Metua i to ’na haereraa i nia i te fenua nei. Mena he tangata mahi koe i te Kupu a te Atua, ka haere koe i runga i te whakapono. Mena he kai whakarongo noa koe, haere whakaponokore koe.
Me pehea koe e haere ai i roto i te Kupu a te Atua?
Te haere i roto i te Parau a te Atua te auraa, kia whakapono koe ki nga kupu a te Atua i roto i te Paipera, a faaohipa i Ta’na mau parau i roto i to outou oraraa e a rave i Ta’na i parau e a haapa‘o i Ta’na mau faaueraa. Mena ka whakapono koe ki te Kupu a te Atua i runga ake i nga mea e rongo ana, e kite ana koe, e a haapa‘o e a haa i ni‘a i Ta’na mau parau eiaha râ i te ohipa i ni‘a i ta outou e faaroo e aore râ, i to outou huru, katahi koe ka haere i runga i te whakapono. Kia rite ta koutou mahi me te haere i runga i aua mea, kaore ano kia kitea i te ao maori.
Ko te whakapono ehara i te mea noa, engari he mahi te whakapono. E ai ta te Paipera, he mea mate te whakapono ki te kahore he mahi. Te ti'aturi nei te faaroo i te Atua e te ti'aturi nei oia e, e faatupu Oia i te reira na roto ia outou i te haereraa ma te haapa'o i To'na hinaaro e te raveraa i Ta'na mau parau..
Kaore he ruarua i roto i to hinengaro. He tino tika koe, engari me te tino whakaaro he pono tetahi mea ka puta ano.
Ko te whakapono te ti'aturi o nga mea e tumanakohia ana, nga taunakitanga o nga mea kaore i kitea
Ko te whakapono te ti'aturi o nga mea e tumanakohia ana, nga taunakitanga o nga mea kaore i kitea (Hiperu 11:1)
Ka mea koe, e whakapono ana koe, e whakapono ana ranei koe, te auraa e whakapono ana koe ki te Kupu a te Atua me te haere i nga wahi ngaro.
Ko etahi mea kaore ano kia kitea i roto i te ao maori. Engari e haere ana koe i runga i ta te Kupu me te Wairua e korero nei, e karanga ana i nga mea karekau. Ehara i te mea e whakapono ana koe ki nga kupu e korero ana koe, engari me whakapono ki a ia, Na wai enei kupu.
Karangatia nga mea karekau, me te mea ko ratou
Ka rite ki te tuhi, kua meinga koe e ahau hei matua mo nga iwi maha, i mua i tana i whakapono ai, ara te Atua, e whakaora ana i te hunga mate, e huaina ana e ia nga mea kahore nei ano he mea nona noa (Roma 4:17)
Hei hanga hou, kua whanau koe i te Atua, i hanga i roto i te Whakaahua o te Atua. Kua houhia koutou e Ihu Karaiti i runga i ona toto me tana patunga tapu ki te Atua. Nana koe i whakahoki mai i to tuunga hinga, ki te turanga i homai e te Atua ki a Arama i mua i te hinganga. Āe, ara he turanga nui ake. No te mea e ora ana koe i roto i a te Karaiti, E noho nei i te ringa matau o te Matua. Tei ia Iesu Mesia te mana e te mana teitei a‘e i te ra‘i e i te fenua nei.
Ka titiro koe ki te timatanga o te hanganga, te Atua (Ko te Atua) i huaina nga mea katoa kia noho, na roto i Ta’na mau parau e To’na Varua. No roto i a ia te whenua katoa.
I te mea he mea hanga koe kia rite ki tona ahua, kua hoatu ki a koe te mana me te kaha ki te mahi pera ano.
Ka karanga ano koe i nga mea ma o kupu. Ina korero koe i ana kupu, katahi ka whakamanahia ana kupu e te Wairua Tapu.
Therefore it is very important to know His Word. So that His words come out of your mouth.
Instead of speaking negative, doubtful, kupu, which are directed by your feelings, kare-a-roto, me nga whakaaro, you will speak words of life directed from the Word and the Spirit.
You will call those things which are not as though they were. And you will create or change things, āhuatanga, Nga ahuatanga, predictions, etc. But they must be in line with the Word of God and be to the glory of God the Father and Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. (Panuitia hoki: Te hari, te roopu aroha ranei?)
The old man wants to see first then believe
When Jesus walked with His disciples on earth, the disciples were still the old creation (te koroua). They had not become the new creation yet because the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit had not taken place. Koia nga akonga i kite wawe ai i to ratou whakapono.
Ahakoa te maha o nga tohu me nga merekara i mahia e Ihu, kihai ano ratou i whakapono.
Ko tetahi tauira pai mo tenei ko nga korero mo nga taro e rima me nga ika e rua me nga taro e whitu me etahi ika iti.. E rua nga wa, Ua faarahi Iesu i te maa na roto i te rima o te mau pǐpǐ e ua faaamu i te nahoa taata. Kua kite ratou i enei merekara nunui. Heoi ano, ka eke ratou ki te kaipuke, ka kite kua wareware ratou ki te mau taro, i āwangawanga rātou.
Ka mea a Ihu ki ana akonga, he iti to ratou whakapono. Ua haamana‘o oia ia ratou no nia i na taime e piti aita ratou i navai i te maa e mea nafea to Iesu horoaraa i na tupuraa e piti (Matiu 16:6-11).
I korero tonu a Ihu mo te whakaponokore o ana akonga, no te whakatupuranga o te tangata kua hinga. I muri a‘e i to Iesu tia-faahou-raa mai te pohe mai e ua farerei i ta ’na mau pǐpǐ, Ua feaa ta ’na mau pǐpǐ ia Iesu. Aita ratou i tiaturi e o Iesu tera.
Ka tohu tonu nga tangata ki a Tamati e ruarua ana, ko era atu akonga ia i ruarua ki a Ihu. Ua tia ia Iesu ia faaite i ta ’na mau pǐpǐ i to ’na rima e to ’na avae no te haapapu e e ere o ’na i te varua, e i‘o e te ivi To ’na.. Ua tia atoa ia Iesu ia amu i te tahi mea no te haapapu e e ere oia i te varua. No te mea kare ano ana akonga i whakapono (Mark 16:11-14, Ruka 24:11; 24-36, Hone 20:19-29).
Ko te tangata hou ka whakapono i te tuatahi ka kite
Otira ka Ihu’ i iriiria nga akonga ki te Wairua Tapu, ka whanau ano, ka waiho hei mea hanga hou, ka wairua ratou. Kua kitea te ao wairua ki a ratou. Mai i taua wā, i huaina e ratou nga mea ehara nei i te mea ko ratou.
Ka whanau koe ano, Kua riro koe hei hanga hou. Kaore koe e kite i nga mea i mua i to whakapono ki a raatau. Kāore! Kaore koe e kite i te tuatahi ka whakapono ko te tangata kikokiko tawhito, engari i te tuatahi ka whakapono koe ka kite i te tangata wairua hou.
Ina koe whakahou i to hinengaro me te Kupu a te Atua, ka mohio koe ki te hiahia o te Atua mo nga mea, Nga ahuatanga, āhuatanga, etc. Ka kite koe i te ahua o te mutunga i roto i to mahunga, katahi ka kiia e koe nga mea ehara nei i te mea i mua, ka puta mai ano..
Mea katoa he ingoa, Me koropiko ki te ingoa o Ihu
Kotahi i runga i te rere, ka timata te rererangi ki te wiri. Tonu te 'whakamaua to whitiki nohoanga’ ka haere te marama. Ua faaite mai te pairati e ua tomo matou i roto i te hoê tuhaa fenua e arepurepu rahi. Ka korerotia e ia ki a matou, ka heke te waka rererangi i mua i a matou i etahi mita. Me whakarite e matou kia penei ano te pa ki a matou.
Engari i te wehi, ka mea ahau, Pokarekare ana, Ka whakahau ahau ki a koe kia haere i roto i a Ihu’ Ingoa! Kare he raruraru. Ka mutu te ngangau, karekau he raruraru mo te toenga o te rerenga. Tera te mana e te mana i roto i te Mesia!
Mea katoa he ingoa, Me koropiko ki te ingoa o Ihu. Ko Turbulence he ingoa. No reira ko te pororaru me tuohu. He rite ki te piki me te awha, i ngohengohe hoki ki a Ihu. Ka korero a Ihu, a ka oti.
Kaua e rite ki tenei ao! Kaua e whakaaro ki te whakaaro o te ao, kaua hoki e haere i te huarahi e haere ai te ao i muri i te kikokiko. Engari, haere i runga i te whakapono ki te whai i te Kupu me te Wairua.
Ka kii te ao, tuatahi kite ka whakapono. Engari ko te mea hanga hou, whakapono tuatahi ka kite!
'Kia tote o te whenua'
