As He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, e kii ana, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world? Na ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ratou,, Kia tupato kei tinihanga tetahi ki a koe. For many shall come in My Name, e kii ana, Ko ahau te Karaiti; a he tokomaha e whakapohehetia (Matiu 24:3,4,5)
When Jesus spoke about the end times and the sign of His coming, the first thing Jesus warned about was to take heed and let no man deceive you. Because many will come in His Name and shall deceive many. No reira, if you are born again in Christ, you must renew your mind with the Word of God and let the Word of God be the highest and final authority in your life. He aha? Because the Word of God is the truth and the children of God walk in the truth.
If you hear any doctrine that doesn’t line up with the Word of God and contradicts the Word of God, you have to reject the doctrine. Kaore he aha, who is preaching this doctrine and how great and hopeful this doctrine may sound. Because if sermons and doctrines do not line up with the Word of God, you are dealing with false doctrines. The Word will show you the truth; what is real and what is a lie and therefore a counterfeit.
Your opinion doesn’t matter, God’s opinion matters
Hei Karaitiana whanau-hou, you don’t have your own opinion anymore, because you’ve crucified your flesh, including your own opinion. The opinion of God matters and becomes your opinion. What count is, what God says, how God feels about it and how God thinks about a certain matter.
It is not about what you think and how you would feel about a matter. Kāore!
What matters is: What does the Bible; the Word of God say?
The Bible is very clear to Christians, who are born of God and have the Spirit of God abiding in them, and do what the Word says and walk after the Spirit.
When a person says, that the Bible is difficult to understand, tawhito, and full of contradictions, then it says more about the person than the Bible.
Ara, that the person is not he hanga hou of God but is carnal. The carnal man is not able to comprehend and understand the Kingdom of God and the spiritual realm. The words of God don’t fit into a carnal life, because the words of God condemns the works of the flesh.
Many lies are preached from the pulpits
My heart cries, due to the many lies that are preached from the pulpit. It is a shame, that so many people twist and adjust the words of God to their own will, hiahia me te hiahia. Only because they can continue their lascivious lives and walk in sin, fulfilling the lusts and desires of their flesh and doing what they want to do.
Many so-called Christians make the holy words of God unholy. They change and adjust the words of God, kia pai ai nga kupu a te Atua i roto i o raatau ao, instead of changing their lives to the Word of God.
Most Christians don’t live according to Te hinaaro o te Atua atu. They don’t care that God’s will be done, but they care that their will be done.
In whose heart is Jesus really seated on the throne?
Nowadays the focus of many preachers is not about winning souls and disciple them, so that they will spiritually mature and grow up into the image of Jesus Christ. But the main focus of preachers is ministry growth, rongonui, prestige, to raise money, gain revenue, taitara, etc..
Many preachers have become life coaches and motivational speakers, who please the people and say what people want to hear, so that the people feel good and come back.
The church has become a company, instead of the body of Jesus Christ; an assembly of born-again believers, who represent the Kingdom of God and walk in obedience to God and the authority of Jesus Christ on earth.
Unfortunately many preachers are carnal and focus more on earthly things than spiritual things.
Many deceive the sheep by saying that they will always remain sinners. No reira, it doesn’t matter what you do in life, whether you sin or not, because the blood of Jesus will take care of your sins. They preach this stuff, so that the people can live the way they want and keep walking in sin without feeling guilty and condemned.
Through their false doctrines, which are nothing more, than the doctrines of devils, they leave the sheep ignorant. Ko te nuinga o nga hipi e kore e mahara, kaore e pa ana ki te whakatipu i te taha wairua, Engari e hiahia ana kia utua. They don’t make any effort during the week to open the Bible and find out the truth for themselves. Many don’t read and study the Bible and don’t meditate on the words of God and obey them and apply them to their lives.
He arotahi ki nga tohu me nga mea whakamiharo
Many Christians are often more focused on signs and wonders and to walk in great power than the Word of God and to live holy lives. Jesus said clearly to take heed and let no man deceive you because many shall come in the Name of Jesus Christ and say, Ko ahau te Karaiti, and many shall be deceived. Jesus warned us very clearly, but Jesus also said that many shall be deceived.
Many shall be deceived because they do not know the Lord Jesus Christ experientially, because they don’t know the Word. All they focus on are the signs and wonders and the things of this world. No reira, many shall be deceived.
Only the Word warns you and exposes the counterfeit sons of God (Nga tane me nga wahine).
When you know the Word, you will know God’s will and His commandments.
Ei tamaiti na te Atua, you will obey your Father and do what He says and be faithful to Him and keep His commandments.
It is just like traffic signs. We have traffic signs to prevent accidents. These traffic signs are there for you, to direct you and to keep you safe.
Kia tango tatou, hei tauira, the ‘stop sign’ When you ignore this sign, or you don’t know what this sign means and keep driving, this could have terrible consequences for your life.
Maybe you do know the Bible, but because it doesn’t line up with the world system, you consider the Bible outdated and not relevant for this age.
Āta noho, you are partially right! The Bible doesn’t line up with the world system, but it never has and it never will. However the Bible will always be relevant, because God’s Word is settled forever.
The Kingdom of God will never line up with the kingdom of darkness. Ko te raru ko, that the apostasy and wickedness on earth has increased.
Many people have left the faith; they have left God and have become ungodly people, who walk in sins and iniquities. They are the majority on earth. Therefore the spiritual darkness on earth has increased significantly.
Times will change, but the Word of God remains the same
Times will change, but the Word of God remains the same. Eita roa te Parau a te Atua e taui, because God will never change. He rite tonu te Atua, inanahi, I tenei ra me ake tonu atu.
What has changed are the people, who do not want to live according to the Word of God anymore, because the words of God don’t fit into this age and their lifestyle.
Many people are prideful and live in rebellion against God. Kaore ratou e pai kia korerotia ki a ratou me aha. They want to lead their own lives with their own pleasures and sin.
They don’t want to change and repent of their old lifestyle and lay down the old man. Because they love the life and works of the old man.
This is not a new phenomenon. In the Books of Genesis, Exodus, Rerurecus, etc. the people were also prideful and lived in rebellion against God. We see that the people practiced the same sin as the people practice today. There is nothing new, there are no new sins.
God is very clear in His Word about what He approves and disapproves. Kei a koe tonu, what you do with His words. Do you want to do His will or do you want to do the will of your flesh?
Take heed and let no man deceive you!
Be watchful and let no one deceive you. Even if sermons sound so wonderful, kupu whakaari, whakahihiri, and encouraging. If what the teacher or preacher says doesn’t line up with the Bible (te Kupu a te Atua) and promotes a laviscious lifestyle that isn’t according to the Word of God, then you have to reject it.
We live at the end of the last days. The last days started in the time of the Apostles, as is mentioned in Hebrews 1:2. We see many prophecies, regarding the end of time, coming to pass.
Therefore it’s important in these days, that you take the Bible and study the Word and live in the Word and let no man deceive you. The living Word (Ihu Karaiti) is the Head of the Body, Te Ekalesia. Nobody can live without a head. All coordination is in the head.
When you listen to the Word and obey the Word and do His will in your life, then you will be prevented from deceptions. You will have a spiritual awareness, because you will recognize the deceptions of the devil.
The false teachers in the church
The apostles Paul, Pita, a Iude, i roto i etahi atu, spoke about false teachers in the church. Mai 2 Pita 2:1-22, we read about things, that could easily have taken place in this modern age. There’s no difference, between the age wherein Peter lived and this present age.
Otira tera ano etahi poropiti teka i roto i te iwi, pera hoki me nga kai whakaako teka e puta ake i roto i a koutou, ma ratou e kawe puku mai nga titorehanga whakamate, me te whakakahore ano ki te Ariki nana ratou i hoko, a hohoro tonu te kawe mai i te whakangaromanga ki a ratou ano. A he tokomaha e whai i o ratou tikanga whakarihariha; ma ratou e korerotia kinotia te ara o te pono. He apo moni hoki e tito kupu ai ratou kia whai taonga ai ratou ia koe: Ko tana whakawa i mua noa atu, kahore e whakaroa, e kore ano to ratou mate e moe. Mehemea hoki kihai i tohungia e te Atua nga anahera i hara, engari maka ratou ki raro ki te reinga, a tukua ana ratou ki nga mekameka o te pouri, kia waiho mo te whakawa (2 Pita 2:1-4)
Jude wrote in verse 4 about the false teachers:
Tera hoki etahi tangata e tomo pohehe ana, ko te hunga i whakaritea i mua mo tenei mate, nga tangata karakiakore, e whakaputa ke ana i te aroha noa o to tatou Atua hei mahi taikaha, me te whakakahore ki a Ihowa anake, me to tatou Ariki hoki a Ihu Karaiti.
What happens today, already happened at the beginning of the last days, and will be happening in every generation. Kei a koe tonu, what you do about it. Kia mataara me te mataara me te mohio ki to Atua.
Kei tinihangatia koutou e te tangata, Engari kia pono ki te Atua, kia aroha ia ki a ia, kia haere tonu i muri i tana hiahia o te Atua.
'Kia tote o te whenua'
