E kore koe e mate ki te pupuri koe i te hara? Tera ta te mau Kerisetiano e rave rahi e tiaturi ra. Te mana‘o nei ratou e ere i te mea faufaa to outou huru oraraa, i te mea e whakapono ana koe ki a Ihu. But don’t these words sound familiar and remind you of someone, who said the same thing and ended up lying? I’m talking about the devil. The devil also said that man would not die, if man disobeyed the commandment of God. He managed to deceive man with his lies and convince man that eating the fruit from the forbidden fruit would do no harm and wouldn’t lead to death, but that it was good for man, since man would become as God. The devil still succeeds in deceiving Christians with the same lie, that sin doesn’t lead to death. But what does the Bible say about sinning in the New Covenant? E kore koe e mate ki te pupuri koe i te hara?
God doesn’t make people afraid, but God reveals the truth and warns people out of love
Mai i te timatanga o te orokohanga, I korero te Atua i te pono. God revealed the truth to people. He warned people and made people a partaker of His plans. God did that back then, and God still does that.
God still speaks and reveals the truth. He still warns people through His Word and the Holy Spirit. But the people decide whether to listen, whakapono, and obey the words and commandments of God (Nga whakahau a Ihu) kāore rānei.
A wise man, who fears the Lord, listens to the words of God. A wise man believes and obeys His words and is a doer of His words.
But a foolish man may listen to the words of God but don’t believe His words. A foolish man shall not keep His words and obey His commandments, but rejects His words. (Aue. Himene 14; 53, Whakatauki 1:5, 10:8, 23; 14:16, Ruka 6:43-49, Hone 12:48 (Panuitia hoki: Nga kaiwhakarongo vs nga mahi a Is Jesus thrown out of church?)).
God’s warning to man
God planted a garden eastward in Eden and put man, whom God formed, i te kari o Erene. God made out of the ground grow every tree that was pleasant to the sight and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
God blessed man and said, Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth (Genesis 1:28)
And so God appointed man on earth and gave man rangatiratanga hei rangatira mo te whenua me nga mea katoa o roto.
God gave man the responsibility to cultivate and keep the garden and God gave one commandment to man.
God said that they could freely eat from every tree in the garden. Heoi ano, they were not allowed to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. For in the day that man would eat thereof, man would surely die.
God informed man and revealed to him, what would happen if man decided to disobey God’s commandment.
God didn’t make man afraid by informing him, but God warned man out of love. Because God’s thoughts for man were thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give man an expected end.
Man kept the commandment of the Lord, which was good and contained life. Man walked with God until the serpent approached the woman (Genesis 2).
The serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field
Now the serpent, which the Lord God had made, was placed under man’s dominion. No te mea, God gave man dominion over the earth and over every living thing that moves upon the earth, including the serpent.
The serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field. Therefore the serpent was the perfect candidate for the devil to accomplish his mission and take the place of God and usurp man’s dominion over the earth. So that the devil would become the god of man and the ruler of the earth.
The devil heard what God had spoken to man. He knew that God’s words were the truth. The devil also saw the relationship between God and man. He saw the walk of man with God and the obedience of man to God and His words.
The devil came up with a plan to tempt man in a cunning way to sin and ensure that man would believe his words and do what God had forbidden man to do.
The serpent caused man to doubt the words of God
Just as God often approaches people with a question, the devil also approached the woman with a question. The serpent said to the woman, Āe, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
The woman answered the serpent and said, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest ye die.
Although the serpent knew that the words of God were the truth, he tried to convince the woman that the words of God were lies, by questioning the words of God and mixing a partial truth of God with his lie, and with his lie arousing the lust and desire in the woman by making desirable what was forbidden by God.
The devil caused the woman to doubt the words of God and made her curious. He enchanted her with his deceptive words and wonderful promise that man would be as God, knowing good and evil and therefore be wise and independent.
We know, that the devil fell from his position through pride and his lust and desire to become as God. Therefore the devil knew the ‘formula’ to tempt man and make man believe his words, which carried the death. Since the words of the devil led to the death of man.
“Ye shall not surely die”
The serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God does know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, te mohio ki te pai me te kino.
The serpent convinced the woman that he was telling the truth. That he was the one, who had man’s best interest at heart, hei utu mo te Atua.
Me ana korero teka, ua faaite te diabolo i te Atua ma te ino, na roto i te parau-tia ore e, aita te Atua i parau i te taatoaraa o te parau mau, ua huna râ oia i te tahi tuhaa o te parau mau i te taata e e ere o ’na i te mea maitai a‘e no te taata te aau..
I te mea ko te Atua te Kotahi, Ko wai te mea pai mo te tangata te ngakau. Ko ona whakaaro mo te tangata he whakaaro mo te rangimarie, ehara i te kino, to give man an expected end. Kaore i rite ki te rewera, he kino o ratou whakaaro, he kino hoki o ratou whakaaro, a arahina ana ki te whakangaromanga o te tangata.
Ko te rakau o te matauranga ki te pai, ki te kino, which carried the death, ka paingia e te tangata
Ua taui te mau parau a te ophi i te hi‘oraa o te taata. Inamata kua kite te wahine i te rakau mai i tetahi atu tirohanga, atu i mua. I te mea ka rongo noa ia, ka whakapono ki nga kupu a te Atua, ka whakarongo ki tana ture.
Ko te rakau o te matauranga ki te pai me te kino, i hua mai te hua rahui me te kawe i te mate, kare i kiia he kino, he mea aukati, he kino ki te tangata. Engari ko te rakau i paingia e te tangata. No te mea i runga i nga kupu a te rewera, ma te hua ka whai whakaaro te tangata, ka rite ki te Atua. Ka kite te wahine he pai te rakau hei kai, he ahuareka ki te titiro.
Ua haamata te vahine i te feaa i te parau a te Atua, e ora ai te tangata.
Ka timata ia ki te whakapono ki nga kupu a te nakahi, e mate ai, na ko nga mea i riria mai e te Atua, he mea pai, he mea tika kia mahia.
Na te whakapono ki nga kupu a te rewera, ua rave te vahine e ta ’na tane i ta te Atua i opani (i runga i te aroha me te tiaki i te tangata).
Na ka tango te wahine ra i etahi o nga hua ka kai. i hoatu ano e ia ki tana tahu i tona taha, o tei ore i tapea ia ’na, ua faahemahia râ ia rave i te hara.
Ua faaroo ore raua i te Atua e ua amu raua i te maa opanihia, he mohio ano ki a ratou ki te pai, ki te kino, engari i arahina ki te mate. Mai ta te Atua i parau e i faaara ia ratou.
Na roto i te hara, Ka hinga te tangata i tona turanga, ka ngaro tona mana
Engari i te noho hei Atua, ko ta te tangata i whakaaro ai, hinga te tangata i tona turanga. Ua ere te taata i to ’na mana i nia i te fenua nei i te diabolo e ua tuuhia i raro a‘e i te mau melahi. Ua riro te taata ei tîtî na te diabolo e no te hara e te pohe. Ka mate te wairua i roto i te tangata, ka pakaru te hononga wairua me te hononga i waenganui i te Atua me te tangata.
Na kua riro te rewera i te wikitoria, a ka waiho hei atua mo te tangata kua hinga, hei rangatira mo te whenua, na roto i te haaferuriraa i te taata i te parau a te Atua e te faatupuraa i te taata ia tiaturi i ta ’na parau haavare, i oho te hiahia i roto i te tangata, a, i arahina ki te tutu ki te Atua (hara).
Ua faaitehia te huru mau o te diabolo
Ua faaite te diabolo i to’na huru mau i roto i te ô i Edene. I whakaatu ia he tangata teka ia, He tahae, he kaipatu, me te kaiwhakangaro. A kaore he mea i rereke mai i tera wa.
He teka tonu te rewera, He tahae, he kaipatu, me te kaiwhakangaro. Kei te haereere tonu ia ano he raiona e hamama ana, e rapu ana i te tangata hei horomanga mana (Aue. Hone 10:10, 1 Pita 5:8).
Ko ia tonu te take tangata, tae atu ki nga Karaitiana maha, ki te whakapono ki ana kupu. No te mea e korero ana te rewera i ta te tangata kikokiko e hiahia ana kia rongo. Ka hoatu e ia nga mea e hiahiatia ana e te tangata kikokiko me te whakaaro e hiahiatia ana e ia.
Ko te rewera he rangatira mo te tinihanga me te whakautu ki te hiahia, karekau, hiahia, hiahia, me nga hiahia o nga tangata kikokiko. Ko te ahua o te tangata me te aroha. I taua wā, ko te rewera e whakapohehe ana, e whakangaro ana i nga tangata, e arahi ana i nga tangata ki te reinga.
Na i te mea kei te mahi tonu nga tikanga a te rewera, kei te whakapono tonu nga tangata ki ana kupu, he korero teka, a ka pohehe tonu, ka whakamatautauria ki te hara, he aha te rewera i huri ai i tana tikanga? He aha te whakarereke i tetahi mea mena ka mahi tonu?
Ko te teka i whakamahia e te nakahi i roto i te kari o Erene kei te mahi tonu
Mea maramarama maitai te Bibilia no nia i te hereraa i te ao, e haere ana i runga i te kikokiko, me nga hua o te kikokiko aka he mahi a te kikokiko (hara). E tano noa te mau parau i roto i te Bibilia i teie mahana. Kei te whakatupato tonu te Kupu i te iwi me te karanga ki te ripeneta me te tango hara. Kia kaua e mataku te tangata (mai ta te diabolo i faatupu i te mau Kerisetiano ia tiaturi), engari na te aroha ki te tangata. No to ratou maitai e no te paruru e no te horoa i te hoê tiaturiraa no a muri a‘e e te ora mure ore.
Aita râ te rahiraa o te taata i fanau-faahou-hia i roto i te Mesia.
E ere ratou i te mau tamarii a te Atua (e pa ana tenei ki nga tane me nga wahine). Engari he tamariki tonu ratou na te rewera (e pa ana tenei ki nga tane me nga wahine), he hunga hara to ratou, e whakarongo ana ki to ratou matua, te rewera (te papa o te tangata kua hinga), whakaponohia ana kupu, he mea hoki e haere ai ratou i runga i te whakapehapeha i runga i ta te kikokiko, i te tutu ki te Atua, hei hoariri mo te Atua me tana Kupu
No te mea ko te poropiti raua ko te tohunga, kua poke ngatahi raua; āe, kua kitea e ahau to ratou kino i roto i toku whare, e ai ta Ihowa. Na, ko to ratou ara ki a ratou ka rite ki nga huarahi pahekeheke i roto i te pouri: ka aia atu ratou, ka taka ki roto: no te mea ka takina atu e ahau he kino ki runga ki a ratou, ara te tau o to ratou haerenga mai, e ai ta Ihowa (Heremaia 23:11-12)
Me nga Karaitiana whanau-hou, e whai ana i te Kupu me te Wairua, ka ngana te rewera ki te whakamahana, te feia faaroo ore e te feia taiva i te Atua na roto i te hoê ravea paari.
Me pehea te mahi a te rewera? Na roto i nga korero teka a nga poropiti teka me nga kaiwhakaako teka me nga wuruhi i te kakahu hipi, ka haere ki te whare karakia, ka tohua hei kaikauwhau (minita) nga kaumatua ranei i roto i te hahi. (Panuitia hoki: Ko nga wuruhi i roto i nga kakahu hipi, e mahi kino ana i roto i te hahi).
Ka huri tonu te rewera i te pono o te Atua ki te teka
No te mea ka rite ki te rewera i whakamahia te kararehe tino mohio i roto i nga kararehe katoa i hanga e te Atua, ki te whakatutuki i tana misioni, kei te rapu tonu te rewera mo te tinihanga (hianga) tangata kikokiko, e whakakake ana, e whakakake ana i to ratou matauranga kikokiko, ki tonu hoki i a ratou ano, me te whakawhirinaki ki a ratou (māhorahora) te whakaaro nui me te kaha me te korero i o ratou ake kupu me te whakaaro nui ki a ratou ano, me te whakaaro he pai ake ratou i era atu, ki te whakatutuki i tana whainga me te whakatutuki i tana misioni.
A uiui ai oia i te mau parau a te Atua i roto i te ô i Edene na roto i ta ’na uiraa e na roto i te huriraa i te parau mau a te Atua ei haavare., kei te korero teka tonu ia me te whakapohehe i te tangata me te kore e whakarongo ki nga kupu a te Atua.
He maha nga Karaitiana, he matapo i te taha o te Wairua, e whai ana i ta te kikokiko, whakapono tonu ana kupu, ka hinga tonu mo ana korero teka, e arata'i nei i te haamouraa e te pohe mure ore o te taata.
Eaha ta te Bibilia e parau ra no nia i te hara?
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 (Roma 6:12-14)
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. Na, ko te hunga i roto i te kikokiko e kore e pai ki te Atua (Roma 8:6-8)
Kua pau te po, Kua tata te ra: Na, kia maka e tatou nga mahi o te pouri, ka tuu tatou ki runga i te pukupuku o te maama. Kia haere pono tatou, Ka rite ki te ra; kaore i te tutu me te haurangi, kaore i roto i te whare moenga me te hiahia, e kore i roto i te ngangau me te hae. Engari kakahuria iho te Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti, kaua hoki e whakarite mo te kikokiko, Hei whakatutuki i ona hiahia (Roma 13:12-14)
Ko koutou ia kahore i pera to koutou ako ia te Karaiti; Mehemea kua rongo koutou ki a ia, a kua whakaakona e ia, i te mea kei a Ihu te pono: Kia whakarerea e koutou te tangata tawhito i to mua, kua pirau nei i runga i nga hiahia tinihanga; Kia whakahoutia i roto i te wairua o to hinengaro; Kia kakahuria iho hoki te tangata hou, ko ta te Atua i hanga ai i runga i te tika, i te tapu pono (Epeha 4:20-24)
Na te Atua i whakahau kia whakarerea te koroheke
Na, tirohia o koutou wahi i runga i te whenua; moepuku, poke, Te aroha aroha, He kino te kino, me te apo, Ko tehea te karakia: Mo nga mea’ I te riri o te Atua e haere mai ana ki nga tamariki o te tutu: I roto i nga mea i haere koe i etahi wa, i a koutou i noho ki roto. Tena ko tenei ka whakarerea e koutou enei mea katoa; pukuriri, riri, whakangākau, kangakanga, Ko te whakawhitiwhiti korero kino i roto i to waha. Kaua e teka tetahi ki tetahi, Na, kua whakarerea e koutou te koroua me ana mahi; Kua kakahuria e koutou te tangata hou, e whakahoutia nei i runga i te matauranga kia rite ki te ahua o tona kaihanga; I te wahi kahore he Kariki, he Hurai ranei, te kotinga me te kotingakore, Barbarian, Hitihia, here kore utu ranei: engari ko te Karaiti te katoa, me te katoa (Kolosa 3:5-10)
E kī ana te Word, me whakarere e koe te koroheke. Ehara tenei i te whiriwhiri, he ture tenei na te Atua. He whakahau na te Atua ki era, kua whanau hou i roto i a te Karaiti, he tama na te Atua. Mai i nga mahi a te koroua, hara, arata'i ki te mate me te reinga hei utu mo te ora tonu me te rangi
Na te Parau a te Atua e faahapa i te taata atoa e te faahapa ra (Ki te kore ia e whakarongo ki nga kupu a te Atua, e kore hoki e whakarere i nga mahi a te tangata tawhito me te hara tonu) i runga i te tangata.
I homai e te Atua nga mea katoa ki te tangata hei whakatutuki i tana whakahau
I hoatu e te Atua nga mea katoa ki te tangata hei whakatutuki i tana whakahau. No reira kare he take o te tangata kia kaua e mahi i ta te Atua i whakahau ai i te tangata kia mahia.
Kua homai e te Atua nga mea katoa; Ana kupu, Tana tama; te kupu ora, me tona Wairua Tapu, ki te tangata, kia matara mai i te kaha o te pouri, kia whakawhitia ki te rangatiratanga o tana Tama.
I hoatu e ia nga mea katoa, hei hanga hou i roto i a te Karaiti, A kia houhia me te Atua, a hei rangatira mo te hara, me te haere mo te tapu me te tika ano tana tama i runga i te Wairua i runga i te ngohengohe ki tana Kupu i runga i te whenua.
E whakapono ana nga tama pono a te Atua ki nga kupu a te Matua. Ka ngohengohe ratou ki ana kupu. Ua rave ratou i ta Iesu i parau, me te pupuri i ana whakahau. Na te Kupu e hanga ratou, me nga whakahoutanga, tohutohu, whakaritenga, a whius rātau.
Te turai nei te diabolo i te taata e e ere te hara i te pohe
Heoi ano, ko te rewera te whakaatu i nga tangata e kore te hara e arahi ki te mate. E turai oia i te taata ia tiaturi e eita ta ratou e nehenehe e tauturu mai te peu e e hara noa ratou, a kaua rawa e mau ki te tangata kia haepapa, kaua rawa hoki e tuku te he ki runga i te tangata, engari ka whakahe ki etahi atu. Na tera, he take to te tangata ki te noho i te tangata tawhito, kia haere tonu i runga i ta te kikokiko, kia hara tonu.
Ehara i te mea na te tangata te he. Ko te he o tetahi atu i nga wa katoa; Ko te Atua, ko tetahi atu ranei.
Te ti'aturi nei te taata i te mau parau a te diabolo e te rave nei ee ora ratou ia au i ta'na mau parau. Na tera, ka mau te rewera i te tangata ki roto ki te here; i roto i te mahi patunga, a he take to te tangata kia kaua e whakarereke me te hara tonu (mahia nga mahi a te kikokiko) me te noho tonu i runga i te tutu ki te Atua me tana Kupu me te haere i te pouri.
Me nga tangata karakia me nga kaikauwhau me nga kaumatua, e whakapono ana ki nga korero teka a te rewera, Te Hanga, hei utu mo te pono o te Atua, Te Kaihanga, ka taha tonu ki te tangata i patua (Te tangata hara, te tangata tutu me te takahi i te Kupu, e hara tonu ana) me te whakapai i te hara, na reira ratou e pai ai ki te kino, e kii ana i te kino he pai, ko te pai he kino. (Panuitia hoki: He aha te hinengaro whakataka?)
Ka whakaaetia kia hara tonu i raro i te aroha noa?
Ano hoki i uru mai te ture, kia nui te hara. Engari i te wa i nui ai te hara, Nui atu te rahi o te aroha noa: Ko te hara i kingi ai ki te mate, Waihoki ko te aroha noa hei rangatira mo te tika, mo Ihu Karaiti, na to tatou Ariki. 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? (Roma 5:20-6:2)
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, he pononga koutou na te tika.? (Roma 6:15-18).
Kaore e taea e koe te awhina ki te hara tonu koe?
Ka haere mai te rewera ko te patai ano i roto i te kari o Erene; Kua ki mai te Atua, ...?
Na ka haere mai ia me te teka ano i roto i te kari o Erene; E kore koe e mate ki te hara koe (mau tonu te hara), no te mea …
- Kua kore koe i raro i te ture, engari i raro i te aroha noa.
- E whakapono ana koe ki a Ihu, a ka ora koe i a ia. No reira ka ora tonu koe.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina ki te hara tonu koe, kua whanau katoa tatou he hunga hara, ka noho tonu hunga hara.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i tera, noho koe i roto i a ao pakaru.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i to ahua. Na te Atua koe i hanga penei, kua whanau koe i tenei huarahi.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te mahi ano(s) hei to (matua)mātua, noho noa koe i raro i a Ko te whakapae.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te teka, he waahanga noa iho to tikanga.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina mahi ana puremu, e rere ana te puremu i roto i te whanau
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te puremu, na to hoa rangatira te he. Kaore to hoa i hoatu ki a koe nga mea e hiahiatia ana e koe me te kore e tutuki i a koe (moepuku) hiahia
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i nga kare-a-roto mo tetahi o te ira tangata. I whanau noa koe i tenei huarahi. Na te Atua koe i hanga pera me te hiahia ki a koe. (Panuitia hoki: He aha ta te Paipera e korero ana mo te takatāpui?)
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te hiahia ki te wehe. No te mea kaore to hoa e whakapono ana, kaore hoki e mahi i taau e hiahia ana, a kaore e tutuki i o hiahia (tinana, hinengaro, me te taha wairua. (Panuitia hoki: He aha ta te Paipera e korero mo te whakarere?))
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina mikiona, no te mea he tangata koe, kei a koe (moepuku) hiahia. Mena he takakau koe, kaore ranei to hoa rangatira e whakatutuki i o hiahia moepuku, kare he he o te titoo.
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te tahae, e kore koe e whiwhi i te nui a e kore ratou e ngaro i te reira tonu
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te mahi tinihanga, me utu koe e to kaituku mahi. Heoi ano kei a ratou moni
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina ki te mahi i te taake, kia kaua e tukuna e te kawanatanga nga taake maha me te nui
- Kaore e taea e koe te awhina i te whanonga me te mahi pera, na to matua te he. Ko ratou te kawenga mo o whanonga, me whai ratou…
Te turai nei te diabolo i te taata e e ere roa ’tu ratou i te hape ia tamau noa ratou i te hara
Ki ta te rewera, kare rawa i te tangata te he ki te hara tonu ratou. Ka whakautu tonu te rewera ki te hiahia, karekau, hiahia, me nga hiahia o te kikokiko o te (tawhito) tangata me te whakaatu i te aroha mo te kikokiko. Na reira ka korero kupu ia, e hiahia ana te koroua ki te whakarongo me te tuku whakaaetanga ki te tangata kia mahia nga mea e hiahia ana te tangata me te whakatutuki i nga kare a roto, tīweka, me nga hiahia o te kikokiko, kia ora tonu ai te tangata tawhito, kia mau tonu ki te hara, kia kingi tonu ai te mate i roto i te oranga o te tangata.
Ko era, ko te hunga o te rewera ka whakatika i te hara, me te tangata hara
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, no te mea kua whanau ia i te Atua. 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)
Ko era, te hunga e whakarongo ana, e whakapono ana ki nga kupu a te rewera, e korero ana i ta te rewera ki te whakatika i te hara me te tangata hara., e hara tonu ana, ehara i te Atua. E ere ratou i te fanauraa na te Atua e e ere hoi i ta ’na mau tamaiti (Nga tane me nga wahine). Engari he kaimahi ratou i te kino, e korero ana i nga kupu a to ratou papa, e mahi ana i nga mahi a to ratou papa, te rewera.
E ere i te mea faufaa ia parau te hoê taata ia ’na iho e Kerisetiano, apotoro, matakite, kairana, minita, episekopo, etc. Tāngata, e whakapono ana ki te teka a te rewera, kia kore ai koutou e mate ki te haere koutou i runga i ta te kikokiko, a ka tutu i nga kupu a te Atua, ka hara tonu, ka noho hei hoariri mo te Atua, engari kia ora ai koutou, ehara i te mea no te Karaiti.
Kare ratou e korero ana i ana kupu me te kore e pupuri i ana whakahau. No te mea no te rewera ratou, he pononga hoki nana. E korero ana ratou i ana kupu, e mahi ana i ana mahi me te whakarite kia hara tonu te tangata. (Panuitia hoki: Te whakangaro i nga mahi a te Atua hei utu mo te rewera).
Kaore te tama a te Atua e whakapono ki nga korero teka a te rewera, whakakite, ka whakangaromia
He Tama a te Atua (e pa ana tenei ki nga tane me nga wahine) e kore rawa e whakapono ki nga korero teka a te rewera me te whakaae ki te hara me te whakanui i te hara me te tangata hara, e hara tonu ana. Engari ko te tama a te Atua e whakaatu ana i nga teka a te rewera me te pono katoa o te Atua, hei utu mo tetahi waahanga pono o te Atua, me te karanga i te tangata hara ki te ripeneta me te tango i te hara, rite tonu ki a Ihu.
Ua ite te hoê tamaiti a te Atua, ko te utu o te hara he mate. A rite tonu ki tona papa, e kore ia e pai kia mate tetahi tangata, engari kia whiwhi ki te ora tonu. No reira ka karanga te tama a te Atua i nga tangata ki te ripeneta, Tuhinga o mua. (Panuitia hoki: He aha te tikanga o te aroha ki to hoa tata ano koe?).
Ka ora koe ki te hara tonu koe ka haere ki te rangi? Ka mate ranei koe ki te hara tonu koe ka haere ki te reinga?
No reira, teina, he kaituku matou, Ehara i te kikokiko, kia ora i muri i te kikokiko. Ki te mea hoki e noho ana koutou i muri i te kikokiko, ka mate koutou: Tena ki te mea na te Wairua koe e whiriwhiri i nga mahi o te tinana, Ka ora koutou. Ko te hunga katoa e arahina ana e te Wairua o te Atua, He tama ratou na te Atua (Roma 8:12-14)
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 6:22-23)
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)
Ko nga kupu a te Atua he wairua me te ora. Ko nga kupu a te rewera he kikokiko (kikokiko) me te mate
Na te whakapono ki nga kupu a te nakahi, ka tutu te tangata ki nga kupu me te whakahau a te Atua, a kai ana i nga hua i rahuitia, i kawe te mate. Ko te hua, ka tomo te mate ki roto ki te tangata ka mate te wairua o te tangata. Ua faataa ê te taata i te Atua e ua faatere te pohe i roto i te taata hi‘a. Na tera tangata kua hinga (koroua) ka whai hua o te mate, ko te hara, a ka mate te tangata i te wa i whakaritea ka mahue i te whenua ka tomo Hāmaure.
I whakamatauria tenei, i korero te Atua i te pono, a teka ana te rewera.
ka whakatau koe ki te whakapono ki nga kupu a te Atua, ki nga kupu ranei a te rewera
Kei te whakamahi tonu te rewera i te teka kotahi. Ka ngana ia ki te whakatenatena kia whakapono koe, ki te kore koe e whakarongo ki nga kupu a te Atua me te kore e pupuri i ana ture, engari mahia nga mea i riria mai e te Atua ki a koe kia hara, e kore koe e mate, engari kia ora, ka haere ki te rangi. I te mea e kii ana te Atua ma tana Kupu me tana Wairua, ki te hara tonu koe ka mate koe ka haere ki te reinga.
Inaianei kei a koe, ki te whakapono ki nga kupu a te Atua, Nga Kupu a Ihu, a mahia ana kupu, me te pupuri i ana ture i roto i to oranga, me te ripeneta, ka whanau hou, ka whakarere i nga mahi a te tangata tawhito, ka kakahuria te tangata hou., ki te whakapono ranei ki nga kupu a te rewera, kia taea ai e koe te noho i runga i ta koe e pai ai, kia mau tonu ai te hara, kia kore ai e mate, engari kia ora.
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
