He aha te mea ka inu koe i te wai ora?

E hia nga wa ka waiata nga Karaitiana e hiainu ana ratou ki a Ihu me te nui ake o te Wairua Tapu. Engari ko tenei Paipera? Eaha ta te Bibilia e parau ra no nia i te inuraa i te pape ora? E ki ana te Karaipiture, ki te haere mai tetahi ki a Ihu, ka whakapono ki a ia, ka inu hoki i te wai ora, (s)e kore ia e matewai a muri ake nei:

I te ra whakamutunga, taua ra nui o te hakari, Ka tu a Ihu, ka tangi, e kii ana, Ki te matewai tetahi, me haere mai ia ki ahau, me te inu.Ko ia e whakapono ana ki ahau, ko ta te karaipiture hoki i korero ai, ka rere mai nga awa wai ora i roto i tona kopu(O ta te Wairua ia i korero ai, he mea ano ka riro i te hunga e whakapono ana ki a ia: kahore ano hoki te Wairua Tapu kia homai noa; no te mea kiano a Ihu i whakakororiatia noatia (Hone 7:37-39)

Ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ia, Ko te tangata e inu ana i tenei wai ka mate ano i te wai: But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life (Hone 4:13-14)

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believes on Me shall never thirst (Hone 6:35)

Your thirst is quenched and your hunger is stilled

From the moment you believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord, you will no longer thirst nor hunger.Because Jesus says in John 4:14 a 6:35, that if you come to Him, you will never hunger or thirst anymore. You have been made complete in Him and therefore you are full of Him.

When you have found Jesus, you have found what you have been looking for. Therefore your thirst is quenched and your hunger is stilled.

How can you still be thirsty if Jesus says and promises that out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water? If rivers of living water shall flow out of you, it means that the well of living water is within you. Therefore you shall not lack living water but shall be fulfilled.

When you still thirst and hunger, you could ask yourself the question: “have I found the real Jesus Christ or a replica Jesus? Do I drink from the right source or not? 

The way to get to know Jesus

I whakakikokikoa te Kupu, a noho ana i waenganui i a tatou, a ka kite matou i tona kororia, te kororia e rite ana ki to te Tama kotahi a te Matua, ki tonu i te aroha noa me te pono (Hone 1:14)

The only way to get to know Jesus is through the Bible. Kaore he huarahi ke atu! Ko Ihu te Kupu i hanga kikokiko. If you obey the Word of God, apply the words of God into your life and become a doer of the Word of God, you will walk in Him, I a Ihu.

When you come to Jesus and become born again in Him, He will give you the gift of the Holy Spirit. This will happen by the baptism with the Holy Spirit. When you receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit dwells in you.

This is the only time, that the Holy Spirit comes from the outside to the inside. Mai i tera wa, the Holy Spirit dwells in you and you will walk with Him.

The well of living water

Jesus describes Himself as the Well of living water. Jesus says in verse 37, that if a man is thirsty, he should come to Jesus and drink of Him.The Holy Spirit is described as the living water: “ka rere mai nga awa wai ora i roto i tona kopu”.