I roto i te Mataio 7:21-27 Jesus told the people how to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Ua parau Iesu, e ere te mau taata atoa, who calls Him Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Many people will say in that day, Ariki, Ariki, Aita anei matou i tohu i to oe i'oa? And in Thy Name cast out devils? And in Thy Name done many wonderful works? But Jesus will profess to them, that He never knew them and tells them to depart from Him. Then Jesus told the parable of the wise and foolish man. If these are the words of Jesus, then the message that is preached in many churches deviates from the Bible. Why were these people, who called Jesus their Lord and prophesied, Āmui'a, and did many wonderful works, not allowed to enter into the Kingdom of God? What must you do to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven according to the Bible?
What did Jesus say about entering the Kingdom of Heaven according to Jesus?
Ua parau Iesu, that you won’t enter the Kingdom of heaven by calling Jesus Lord, but you enter the Kingdom of heaven by doing the will of the Father:
Not every one that says unto Me, Ariki, Ariki, e tomo ratou i roto i te Basileia o te ra'i; tera râ, te rave nei oia i te hinaaro o To'u Metua, i te ra'i. E rave rahi o te parau mai ia'u i taua mahana ra, Ariki, Ariki, Aita anei matou i tohu i to oe i'oa? e ua pei atu matou i te mau diabolo na roto i to oe i'oa? And in Thy Name done many wonderful works? E i muri iho e faaite atu vau ia ratou, Aita roa'tu vau i ite ia outou: a haere ê atu ia'u, o outou e rave i te ino (Mataio 7:21-23).
Before Jesus told the parable of the wise and foolish man, He first spoke about the Kingdom of Heaven and how to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ua parau Iesu, Not everyone, o vai hi'o: Ariki, Ariki, will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he, o vai Ua the will of My Father.
Te taata, who came to Jesus, knew Jesus, because they called Jesus Lord.
So these people were not unbelievers (Te mau Etene, te paieti ore) but believers (Te mau). Because in the next Bible verse, they defended themselves by saying:
“Ariki, Ariki, Aita anei matou i tohu i to oe i'oa? e ua pei atu matou i te mau diabolo na roto i to oe i'oa? e ua rave au i te mau ohipa faahiahia e rave rahi na roto i to oe i'oa?”
Oia ho'i, these people thought they were Christians. These people justified themselves, by telling Jesus, what kind of works they had done in His Name during their lives on earth.
The people had done, what Jesus commanded the believers to do. No reira, they believed they were saved. They thought they earned their way into the Kingdom of Heaven by the works they had done ‘for Jesus’ i To'na i'oa. But Jesus didn’t know them.
Workers of iniquity will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven
These believers thought that they deserved to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Tera râ,, Jesus answered them and said, “Aita roa'tu vau i ite ia outou: a haere ê atu ia'u, you workers of iniquity.“
If we look up the word iniquity, te auraa ra: illegality, Eiaha, te ofatiraa i te ture aore ra (I te 'āmui) te ino:- Fa'atere; fa'ata huru, X ofatiraa ture (-ion o te) te ture, Fa'a'oreo.
Look at all those believers, who were not allowed to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
These people thought they were doing the right thing, they did all the works in the Name of Jesus and thought they knew Jesus. Teie râ, ua parau Iesu, they were workers of iniquity; violators of the will of God (Ture a te Atua). Therefore Jesus did not know them (A tai'o atoa: Te hamani nei o Iesu i te mau Kerisetiano).
Obedience to Jesus Christ (te buka)
Jesus wants you to spend time with Him and get to know Him. He wants you to abide in Him; te parau. He wants you to hear and receive His words and obey them. E rave rahi te mau taata, who say they here ia Iesu and know Jesus and say they have a relationship with Him, e, they haven’t.
Because when you say, that you know Him and love Him, you shall obey His words and walk in Ta'na mau faaueraa. You shall walk in Him and do the Word of God.
You shall walk in obedience to the will of the Father because the Father and the Son are One.
We have the opportunity to become a son of God (e tano te reira no te tane e te vahine). We have the privilege to have a relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ.
God wants to have communion and fellowship with you.
God doesn’t want to be your Boss, but He wants to be your Father. He loves you and showed His love for you, and He wants you to love Him too.
If you really love Him, you will show Him that you love Him by obeying His words and keeping His commandments and not sinning. That is the only way, to show Him that you love Him.
Sometimes people can be so focused on the works and results, that they lose track and forget the most important thing. The most important thing is to love God above all and to spend time with Him. You should build a relationship with Him. He is your Father and He is your Source.
The works will follow the believers
The works will follow the believers, ma te papu maitai. Tera râ,, the works should come forth out of the right Source; the Spirit and not the flesh.
You should walk in to ' na; and do what He says and become a copy of Jesus Christ. Because that’s what the word ‘Christian’ i ni'a; a copy of Christ.
You should look like Jesus all the time. Not only when you go to Church and/or when you go to prayer meetings or Bible studies. Aita… You are a Christian 24 Tau hora, e hitu mahana i te hebedoma. ta'na i te auraa, that even when you are home alone and nobody is around and nobody is watching you, you should do His will.
The meaning of the parable of the wise man and the foolish man in the Bible
I roto i te parable of the wise man and the foolish man, Jesus talked about two kinds of believers: the wise and foolish.
- The wise man; a believer who heard the words of God and acted upon the words of God. No reira, he was a doer of the Word
- The foolish man; a believer who also heard the words of God, but did not act upon the words of God. No reira, he was only a hearer of the Word and not a doer.
Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that hearth these sayings of Mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it
(Mataio 7:24-27)
The wise man built his house on the rock
The wise man’s house could resist anything that came his way. The house of the wise man was strong enough to resist any storm. Nō te aha? Because the house was founded on a rock; Iesu Mesia, te parau. He heard the words of God and received His words and applied His words in his life. The wise man was a doer of the Word and did the will of God. He wasn’t influenced and led by his will nor by the people around him, but he was led by the words of God.
When you hear the words of God and do the words of God, you built on the Rock Jesus Christ. You are rooted and seated in Jesus Christ and entered His rest and therefore you will be able to handle and overcome any attack, any storm, and any difficult situation in life. You shall stand and overcome by the Word of God.
The foolish man built his house on sand
The house of the foolish man wasn’t built on a solid foundation, it was built on sand. This foolish man heard the words, which instructed him to build his house on a rock, but he didn’t act upon the words.
The foolish man relied on his own insight and did his own will and rejected the instructions. When the floods and the storms came, the house was destroyed.
Hearers will wash away but doers will stand
When you only hear the words of God and don’t act upon the words of God, the words will remain words and shall eventually fade away. You don’t build upon His insight and His truth and don’t build upon the Rock Jesus Christ; te parau, but you will live after your own will and build upon your own insight and the world’s insights, which equals sand.
When the storms come into your life, you will be overtaken by these storms. You shall not be able to stand nor gain the victory (A tai'o atoa: a prisoner of circumstances).
Te parau ra o Iesu: O Oia tei papa'i i to'u mau faaueraa, e ea, o teie ïa e here nei au ia'u: e te here nei au ia'u no to'u Metua, E here au ia'na, e faaite ia'na iho ia'na (John 14:21)
Ua pahono Iesu e ua parau atu ia'na, Mai te mea e, te here nei te hoê taata, E tape'a noa oia i to'u mau parau: e e here to'u Metua ia'na, E haere mai tatou ia'na, and make Our abode with him.He that loves Me not keeps not my sayings: e te parau ta outou e faaroo ra, e ere ïa o Mine, tera râ, te metua tane tei hapono mai ia'u (John 14:23,24)
Nahea ia tomo i roto i te Basileia o te Ra'i?
You enter into the Kingdom of Heaven through regeneration (John 3:5) and by doing the Ua ineine te Metua I nia i te fenuaohia (Mataio 7:21).
The will of the Father means obedience to His Word; Iesu Mesia.
A relationship with Jesus Christ is necessary to access the Kingdom of Heaven. Get to know the Word by reading and studying the Bible and by prayer. Speak to Him and listen to Him. Take His words and commandments and be a doer of the Word.
Do the will of God on earth, which means that you submit to God and His Word and obey and do His words and keep His commandments and be faithful to Him.
'Ia riro ei miti no te fenua'
