I a Ihu i korero ki a Nikotemo mo te whanau hou, Ua parau Iesu ia ’na e nafea te hoê taata e fanau-faahou-hia ’i. Ahakoa he Parihi a Nikorima, te hoê aivanaa e te haapii i roto i te mau papa‘iraa mo‘a, he rangatira hoki o Iharaira, Ko Nikorima tonu te koroheke (tangata kore). Ko te tikanga tenei he tangata kikokiko a Nikorima. E maramarama hohonu to Nikodemo i te mau Papai, aita râ oia i taa i te auraa o te parau a Iesu no nia i te fanau-faahou-raa e nahea te hoê taata ia fanau-faahou-hia.
Ki te kahore te tangata e whanau hou e kore ia e kite i te rangatiratanga o te Atua
Ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, He pono, pono, ko taku kupu tenei ki a koe, Ki te kahore te tangata e whanau hou, e kore ia e kite i te rangatiratanga o te Atua. Ka mea a Nikorima ki a ia, Me pehea e whanau ai te tangata ka koroheketia ia? Ka taea e ia te uru tuarua ki roto i te kopu o tona whaea, a whanau? Ka whakahoki a Ihu, He pono, pono, ko taku kupu tenei ki a koe, Ki te kahore te tangata e whanau i te wai, i te Wairua hoki, e kore e taea e ia te tomo ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. Ko ta te kikokiko e whanau ai he kikokiko; ko ta te Wairua e whanau ai he wairua (Hone 3:3-6)
He aha te tikanga o te whanau hou?
Ko te whanau ano he whakamaoritanga mai i te kupu Kariki paliggenesia (G3824*) ko te tikanga: (wairua) whakatakariri (te kāwanatanga me te mahi ranei), ko tena, (whakamārama) Te whakahou wairua; Te Whakaoranga Motuhake o Messianic: – whakahounga
Me pehea e uru ai te tangata ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua
Kaore e taea e koe te kite Whakauruhia te rangatiratanga o te Atua na o koutou ake mahi. E nehenehe ta outou e tomo na roto i te ohipa faaora e te toto o Iesu Mesia e na roto i te fanau-faahou-raa i roto i te Mesia; Tuhinga o mua.
Ehara i te mea na nga mahi tika i mahia e tatou, engari i rite ki tana mahi tohu i whakaorangia e ia, na te horoi o te whakahou, e te faarahi i te Varua Maitai; I ringihia nuitia mai nei e ia ki a tatou, i roto ia Ihu Karaiti, to tatou Kaiwhakaora (Titus 3:5-6)
He maha nga whakaaro pohehe mo te whanau ano. E ere te fanau-faahou-raa i te tauiraa o te huru oraraa, ka noho karakia me te whai i nga tikanga, te riroraa ei melo no te ekalesia, Te mahi i nga mahi atawhai tangata, rānei …
Ko te whanau hou e kore e riro mai i nga mahi a te tangata, e kore ano e whiwhi i nga mahi a te tangata.
Te faaoraraa e te fanau-faahou-raa o te aroha ïa e te horo‘a a te Atua e noaa mai na roto ana‘e i te faaroo i te Tamaiti a te Atua, Ihu te Karaiti (te Mesia) e Ta’na ohipa faaora e na roto i te mana o te Varua Maitai.
Ka taea e tetahi te tangata pai e ai ki te ao; he tangata tangata, he mema pono o te hahi, mahi pai (āwhina rawakore) mahi, te mohio ki te Paipera ma te ngakau, a kahore ano kia whanau hou.
Ko Nikorima te tauira tino pai o tenei. He tangata whakapono a Nikorima. I whakaaro nui ia mo nga mea a te Atua, ko Nikorima ia kihai i whanau hou. Kaore e taea e tetahi te tomo ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua ma nga mahi pai, Nga pukenga whaiaro, kaha, he pai ranei.
How can a be born again according to the Bible?
Kei reira anake kotahi te huarahi to enter the Kingdom of God and that is by becoming born again; Tuhinga o mua. This process of regeneration is the spiritual counterpart of the natural birth. Kaore he huarahi ke atu hunga hara to be saved and enter the Kingdom of God and be reconciled with God, than by becoming born again.
When Nicodemus asked Jesus how a person can be born again, Jesus gave an illustration of the wind.
No man can really understand where the winds come from and the ways of the wind. But while we may not understand the wind, we feel the force of the wind.
Ko te the same with the new birth. No one is able to understand with the carnal mind how a person can be born again. But we all experience the power of regeneration, ka whanau hou koe.
A person can be born again (i muri a‘e i to ratou faarooraa i te parau a te Atua e to ratou ti‘aturiraa ia Iesu Mesia e i Ta’na ohipa faaora) na roto i te ripeneta, te bapetizoraa i roto i te pape, me te homaitanga o te Wairua Tapu (Panuitia hoki: He aha nga mea e toru e hiahiatia ana mo te whanautanga).
