Eita te auraa mau o te satauro e itehia i te mau taime atoa. E rave rahi Kerisetiano o te paraparau ra no ni'a i te satauro e o te poro nei i te satauro, a ora ai ratou ei enemi o te satauro. What is the significance of the cross according to the Bible and what does the cross mean in the lives of Christians?
E rave rahi kerisetiano o te faatupu nei i te hoê taairaa e o Iesu e te Metua mai ta ratou iho e hinaaro
There are many Christians that believe in Jesus Christ and repented and are born again, but don’t want to have anything to do with the moral part of the law. They don’t want to keep all kinds of rules and consider them legalistic. E ua riro te haapaoraa i te ture ei tuhaa o te haapaoraa eiaha râ ei tuhaa o te hoê taairaa e o Iesu Mesia.
Aita ratou e hinaaro ia faaarahia ratou eaha te rave, but they want to be free. They want to live in freedom and have a relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father their way.
I roto e rave rahi tupuraa, the relationship looks more like a LAT relationship (Living Apart Together) than a marriage. No te mea e rave rahi taime, Christians only spend time with God when they have a need or problems in their lives.
When they’ve a need or problems, they need God to show up and supply their needs and fix their problems. Tera râ,, the rest of the time, te ora nei ratou ia au i to ratou iho hinaaro, te tamata ra ratou i te rave.
I te hoʻeʻāmui, going back to the fact that many Christians say that the moral part of the law is not relevant anymore, how come, that they say they are redeemed from the law, i te mea 'e, they still live as carnal people to whom the law was intended. Eaha te auraa o te reira?
The old carnal man keeps falling back into sin
The law of Moses was meant for the old carnal man, who lived in a sinful flesh from a fallen state and belonged to God’s chosen people by birth and the circumcision in the flesh. The sacrificial laws were meant for the old carnal man.
The sacrificial laws dealt with the (Tātou) te mau hara e te mau ohipa ino a te te tahi atu taata papa'i, but not with the sinful nature of the old carnal man.
Aita te toto o te mau animala i navai no te faaruru i te huru hara o te taata ruhiruhia. That’s because animals are not equal to man. E mea taa ê te tino o te mau animala i te tino o te taata (1 Korinetia 15:39).
The blood of animals could only deal with the sinful deeds that derived from the sinful flesh.
No reira, the blood of animals could only make a temporary atonement for the sins of man. Ua riro te mau tusia ei mea tamau no taua tumu ra.
Despite the sacrifices and the blood of perfect animals, man remained the same.
The old man was still trapped in the sinful nature of the flesh and could not be delivered from it.
e mau taime i te mau taime atoa, E ti'a ia ratou ia fa'i i ta ratou mau hara, ōhipa e no te tatarahapa i ta ratou mau hara. Ua faaorehia ta ratou mau hara e ua faaorehia na roto i te mau tusia e te toto o te mau animala e tae roa ' tu i te taime a ho'i ai ratou i ta ratou mau peu tahito e a hara faahou ai. Ua riro te reira ei ohipa tamau.
Ua tahe tamau noa te toto o te mau animala, but the sinful nature of the flesh remained present in the generation of fallen man.
Ua faaruru Iesu i te huru hara o te taata i topa
This process continued until Jesus came and dealt with the sinful nature of fallen man that produces sin and leads to death.
Na roto i te reira, no te mea e mau tamarii te mau tamarii no te tino e te toto, Ua rave atoa Oia iho i te hoê tuhaa o te reira; ia haamou Oia i te mana o te pohe na roto i te poheraa, Eiaha, te diabolo; E te faaora ia ratou e o vai te mata'u i te pohe, no to ratou oraraa atoa ïa no te here (Heberia 2:14-15)
Aita Iesu i amo noa i te mau hara. He carried the sins and iniquities i roto To'na tino e ua riro mai oia ei mono no te taata i topa. Ua amo Iesu i te faautuaraa no te mau hara, oia, e ua tomo atu i roto i te Hades i raro a'e i te ture (hade).
Tera râ,, the death was not strong enough to keep Jesus in Hades. I muri a'e e toru mahana, Jesus rose from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit with the keys of hell and death. Jesus conquered the power of death and had taken the dominion legally back from the devil.
Jesus released the righteous prisoners of death and gave the ability to everyone to be delivered from the power of death and hell e ia tahoê i te Atua. (a.o.. Mataio 27:50-54; John 1:11-13; Roma 5:10; 2 Korinetia 5:18-20; Ephesia 4:10; Kolosa 1:21-23).
E ua haere mai Iesu e ua parau atu ia ratou, ma'ohi'ohi, Ua horo'ahia mai ia'u te mana atoa i ni'a i te ra'i e i ni'a i te fenua. Na reira, a haere outou, e te mau nunaa atoa, te bapetizoraa ia ratou i te i'oa o te Metua, e te tamaiti, e te Varua Mo'a: Te haapiiraa ia ratou ia hi'opo'a i te mau mea atoa ta'u i faaue ia outou: e, R, Tei pihai iho vau ia outou i te mau taime atoa, even unto the end of the earth
Mataio 28:18-20
The new creation is delivered from the sinful flesh through regeneration
Only by faith in Jesus Christ and becoming born again, E nehenehe te hoê taata e faaorahia mai i te tino hara. na roto i te bapetizoraa in Christ and the baptism with the Holy Spirit, the flesh of the old man dies and the spirit raises from the dead and the new man receives the Holy Spirit.
The new creation has left the old behind and receives a new life in the spirit. Na roto i te mana o Iesu Mesia e te mana o te Varua Mo'a, the new man has the ability to become a son of God (te mau tane e te mau vahine) and walk as a son of God in obedience to God in righteousness.
The new man shall put away the carnal works of the old man, and do the will of the Spirit, whereby the new man shall come forth in the natural. (A tai'o atoa: E nehenehe anei ta outou e ora i te oraraa o te ti'a-faahou-raa ma te pohe ore?)
The Holy Spirit has the same will as Jesus and the Father and confronts and reproves a person of sin. I muri iho, e mea ti'a i te taata ia haapa'o Ia'na e ia faaore i te mau hara.
No te mea e ere faahou teie taata i te u'i o te taata i topa e aita faahou te diabolo e metua tane.
The person belongs to the generation of the new man (poieteraa apî) that is created in Jesus Christ. The new creation is born of God and has God as Father.
The new creations are the sons of God and together they are the church; te tino o Iesu Mesia.
Ua haapii mai te Te opuaraa o te ekalesia is to raise the saints in the Word of God and equip them. No reira, they know the will of God and become equal to Jesus Christ and walk as Jesus walked in obedience to the Father’s will, preaching and bringing the Kingdom of God to the people.
Persevere in sin through ignorance and a lack of knowledge
Tera râ,, the problem is that in many churches instead of sons of God, mā'ohima, te feia paraparau faaitoito e aore râ, te feia faaite ia ratou iho, e mea hamanihia tahito noâ ratou e e huru paieti to ratou, i muri mai i te parahiraa e te haapii nei i te feia faaroo.
Te haapii nei ratou ia ratou na roto i te hoê feruriraa pae tino e to ratou iho paari taata, ite, e te mau philosophia eiaha râ i te feruriraa o te Mesia e te parau mau o te Parau a te Atua.
In order to get an audience and attract people and be exalted, te poro nei ratou i te mau mea ta te taata e hinaaro e faaroo.
Through their sermons that revolve around the carnal man (iri), they ensure that the people become depended on them and that they stand above the believers.
By preaching carnal words and vain philosophies that derive from their carnal mind, instead of preaching the truth of God’s Word that derives from the mind of Christ, they keep the believers ignorant about the truth.
Na roto i ta ratou mau haavare, te tapea nei ratou ia ratou i roto i te faatîtîraa, e te reira iho â ta te diabolo e hinaaro ra.
Na roto i te te ereraa i te ite no nia i te Parau a te Atua, Christians keep living in bondage of their flesh. E tamau noa ratou i te pee i te tino, e tamau noa ratou i roto i te hara, e eita ta ratou e nehenehe e faaea i te rave i te hara.
I te hoê pae, te faaarahia ra ratou, aita e hara faahou. No reira, they can’t walk in sin. E i te tahi a'e pae, they are told that they always remain a sinner. Therefore they will persevere in sin until the day that they’ll die. No te mea na roto ana'e i te poheraa mau, E faaorahia ratou i to ratou tino hara.
False doctrines are preached to keep Christians in bondage
But that is a big lie that derived from the carnal mind of people, o vai noa â te mau mea hamani tahito. This false doctrine is based upon human philosophies and personal experiences. If this doctrine would be true, No te aha râ Iesu i haere mai ai i ni'a i te fenua nei? No te aha Iesu i titauhia ' i ia riro mai ei mono no tatou no te faaruru i te fifi o te hara?? E eaha te ohipa i tupu i te mahana o Penetekota?
The people that came up with this false doctrine were unspiritual. Aita ratou i hinaaro e horo'a i to ratou iho oraraa pae tino. E mea na reira ïa, they adjusted the gospel and truth of God to their own carnal experiences, a'au, Te mau nota, e te mau hinaaro.
E no te mea atoa, ua ma'itihia ratou e te ekalesia no te mea e ti'araa to ratou aore ra Ph.D. and therefore obtained a certain status, the church adopted and applied this doctrine. To this day, this lie is still preached.
Christians are sidetracked
No teie haapiiraa hape, many Christians are sidetracked and many souls have been lost. While they could have been saved by preaching the right sermons according to the Bible (te parau) e te Varua Mo'a.
No teie haavare, many Christians have the idea that when they ōhipa e ua fanauhia faahou (according to their theology), aita ratou i tamâ noa i ta ratou mau hara tahito, but also from their sins in which they persevere after they become born again. Because they can’t be redeemed from sin, but will always stay a sinner.
If the Bible says that Jesus came to redeem man and has redeemed man through His work at the cross, but the preacher or theologian says that man always remains a sinner, o te parau nei i te parau mau?
What has Jesus done at the cross according to these theologians or preachers? Eaha te tumu o To'na haereraa mai e te auraa o Ta'na tusia?
No te mea e, that many Christians are not truly born again and have no personal relationship with Jesus Christ; te parau, a ti'aturi râ, trust and lean on the words of preachers and theologians. They believe the words of people above the words of God.
Mai ta te hoê taata i ore i ite, e rave rahi o tei faariro i te feia hara, no reira, i te hopea o te hoê, e rave rahi o te faariro i te parau-ti'a
Roma 5:19
Te mau hara eiaha râ te tino i te satauro
Maoti i te faasatauro i to ratou tino, e vai noa ai te natura hara i roto e e faatupu te reira i te hara, e faata'i ratou i ta ratou mau hara i ni'a i te satauro. Aita ratou e faaruru nei i te fifi o te hara, no reira Iesu i haere mai ai i ni'a i te fenua nei. Maoti râ, they keep living in the lies, o tei haapararehia e te diabolo na roto i te mau philosophia a te mau taata tino.
Te parau mau râ, o te, mai te peu e eita te tino o te taata paari e pohe, the person shall walk after the flesh and persevere in sin and shall keep doing the things that oppose the will of God.
Mai te mea e, e tamau noa te taata i te rave i te hara, aita ratou i faaorahia mai i te hara, but are still a faaoreraa hara.
In some churches or at seminars there is even a wooden cross on the stage with pieces of paper, nails, and a hammer.
E nehenehe te mau manihini e papa'i i ta ratou mau hara e aore râ, ta ratou mau fifi i ni'a i teie api parau e e haamau i te reira i ni'a i te satauro. Teie râ, e ohipa tino teie no nia i te mau mana'o (iri) e aita to'na e auraa e te Varua.
Because when they go home, they continue their lives and fall back into the same sin. Mai te nunaa o te Atua i roto i te Faufaa Tahito.
That’s why many Christian, o te parau ra e ua fanau-faahou-hia ratou, e aita e hinaaro e rave i te hoê mea i roto i te ture, live the same way as the carnal people of God for whom the law was intended, Peneia'e: te taata ruhiruhia, who is trapped in the sinful flesh.
Maoti i te faaruru i te fifi o te hara, o te tumu ïa o te hara: te tino hara, they try to deal with their sins out of their flesh by using all kinds of natural means and methods
Ua pohe Iesu no te hara a te taata ruhiruhia
Jesus didn’t die for your sins so that you can keep walking in sins. But Jesus died because of your sins that derive from the sinful nature of the flesh of the old man.
Jesus died for the old man, te taata hara. No reira, I roto i te, te taata ruhiruhia (iri) te mau poheraa e te taata apî (ōpu'upu'u) ua faaamuhia te pohe.
Jesus not only dealt with the sins and iniquities of fallen man at the cross. But Jesus also dealt with the sinful nature of fallen man, i roto i te tino. No reira, ia te hoê taata, o vai te hoê hamaniraa tahito (te hoê hoa hara), fanau-faahou-hia, e ere faahou oia i te taata hara.
I roto atoa ia'na, ua peritomehia outou na roto i te peritomeraa i ravehia e te rima ore, no te faaore i te tino o te mau hara a te tino na roto i te poro'i o te Mesia: Ua tanumia i piha'i iho Ia'na i roto i te bapetizoraa, i reira atoa outou i faati'ahia mai ai Ia'na na roto i te faaroo i te ohipa a te Atua, o tei faati'a mai Ia'na mai te pohe mai (Kolosa 2:11-12)
The person has become a new creation: te parau-ti'a o te Atua i roto i te Mesia. Te hoê taata, o tei riro ei tao'a hamani apî, eita faahou e tamau noa i te hara. No te mea te na reira ra ratou, ua faasataurohia to ratou tino i ni'a i te satauro e to ratou mau hinaaro e to ratou mau hinaaro. No reira, Eita ratou e tamau noa i te hara, e rave râ ratou i te mau ohipa parau-ti'a.
Te mea ta te ture e te toto o te mau animala i ore i nehenehe e rave, E nehenehe Iesu! Iesu, te parau, came in the flesh and became the Substitute of the disobedient, taata tahito orure hau, e pohe mure ore to ratou vahi hopea i roto i te roto auahi.
Ua faati'a ratou i te tino o te Mesia i te tino e te mau here e te mau hinaaro
Galatia 4:24
The true meaning and result of the cross in the lives of believers
I ni'a i te satauro, Ua faaruru Iesu i te natura hara, i roto i te tino. No reira, Ia mea, o te ti'aturi Ia'na e te fanau-faahou-hia, E faaorahia ratou i te natura hara o te tino, o te faatupu i te hara e te pohe.
The believer shall no longer produce sin from the sinful flesh, but righteousness from the Spirit (a.o.. Roma 6-8; Galatia 5:16-26).
Te hinaaro ra anei oe e faaore i te mau hara i roto i to oe oraraa? I muri iho, te taatoaraa o ta outou e rave: A haere i te tumu o te hara. A hi'o i te tumu o te fifi o te hara, o te tino ïa. Mai te mea e, aita to outou tino e pohe, Eita to outou varua e nehenehe e faateiteihia.
'Ia riro ei miti no te fenua’
