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ST. PAULO i tetahi wa i kii "mena kaore a te Karaiti i whakaarahia, ka maumau ta tatou kauwhau; maumau noa hoki, to whakapono. ^[1]cf. 1 Kori 15:14 Ka taea te kii, mena kaore he mea pera ko te hara hehena ranei, ka kore noa iho ta matou kauwhau; wairangi ano hoki, to whakapono; Kua mate horihori a te Karaiti, a he horihori ta tatou haahi.

Ko nga panui o tenei ra e whakaatu ana i te wa roa e tatari ana te haere mai o te whakakapi mo Rawiri, he kingi ka whakapumautia he kingitanga mutungakore. Ko ia hoki te tangata nana te kupu whakaari ki a Aperahama, te papa o nga iwi maha, e tutuki. I whanau ia mai i a Meri, wahine a Hohepa o te uri o Rawiri. Na ko tona ingoa koIhu—Hiperu mo Joshua, ko te tikanga ko "Te Ariki whakaora." No reira, i haere mai a Ihu mo tetahi kaupapa kotahi:

… No te mea ka whakaorangia e ia tana iwi i o ratou hara. (Rongopai o tenei ra)

Ae, kia manawanui tatou. Kia atawhai tatou. Kia atawhai, kia ngawari, kia atawhai tatou. Engari kaua e wareware ki te ngakau o te kaupapa o Ihu Karaiti, e tuwhaina nei e taatau iriiri: ki te arahi i etahi ki te whakaoranga ma te murunga o o raatau hara.

Engari me pehea e karanga ai ki a ia ki te kahore i whakapono ki a ia? Me pehea hoki e whakapono ai ratou ki te tangata kahore i rangona e ratou? A me pehea e rongo ai mena kaore he tangata e kauwhau? A me pehea e ahei ai te iwi ki te kauwhau ki te kore e tonoa? Ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia, Ano te ataahua o nga waewae o te hunga kawe mai i te rongo whakahari. (Rom 10: 14-15)

Ko te mea pai tenei: Kua haere mai a Ihu ki te whakaora i tana iwi i o ratou hara. Kaore he korero pai i taua wa kaore he Kaiwhakaora. Kaore he Kaiwhakaora ki te kore tetahi mea hei whakaora. Na te aha tatou i whakaorangia ai ko o taatau hara.

Ia tatarahapa ana'e tatou.

… Ina hoki ko tana kaupapa ehara i te whakau i te ao ki ona ao me te mea hei hoa mona, waiho ana kia kore e rereke. —POPE BENEDICT XVI, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tiamana, Mahuru 25th, 2011; www.chiesa.com

Na reira, kaore e taea e taatau te kati i ta taatau mahi Karaitiana ki te whakaputa i te rongopai ehara i te mea ko te ora tonu anake i muri o te mate, engari kua wehe ke atu taatau mai i tera Ao, me te aha e wehe ana i a taatau mai i taua Ao, to tatou hara.

Ko nga utu hoki o te hara he mate; ko ta te Atua ia i homai ai he ora tonu, i roto ia Karaiti Ihu, i to tatou Ariki. (Rom 6:23)

Kaore he mea penei i te Whakapono Karaitiana kaore he whaki, Whakapono kaore he ripeneta, Te whakaoranga kaore he mamae, he rangatiratanga kahore he whakapohehe, he Rangi he ngakau mahaki Ko te taupatupatu i tenei ra, te Hakinakina Nui o o taatau waa, he Hahi kaore i te maarama ki nga waahi maha kua mate te Ariki raua ko te Kaiwhakaora mo ratau, no reira me aha ta raatau ano kia mahi hei tohu mo te tumanako mo te ao.

Te tatarahapa e ere noa te faatiaraa e ua hape au; ko te huri i taku tuara ki te he me te tiimata ki te whakakii i te Rongopai. I runga i tenei ko te heke mai o te whakapono Karaitiana o te ao i enei ra. Kaore te ao e whakapono ki ta te Karaiti i ako ai na te mea kaore tatou i whakakino i a ia. —Mahana o te Atua Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Kihi o te Karaiti

Akene ka tiimata ano te whakapono o te ao ka tiimata ana ki te ora taatau e kauwhautia ana, kauwhautia nga mea e whakapono ana, me te whakapono ki te kaupapa i haere mai a Ihu: kia whakamamae ka mate kia mate ai o tatou hara….

Mo tenei kaupapa i haere mai ahau ki tenei wa. (Ioane 12:27)

Kaua rawa tatou e whakama ki te whakaputa i tenei pono: ko te tikanga kia tahuri ke i te hara, na te mea ka pena ta tatou tahae i te koa o te Rongo Pai, ara ko te mohio ki te aroha whakaora me te kaha o te ripeka o te Karaiti hei whakaora i a tatou. he, he tukino, he mate ake ake.

Ko te koa o te rongopai ka whakakiia nga ngakau me nga oranga o te hunga katoa e tutaki ana ki a Ihu. Ko te hunga e whakaae ana ki tana whakaoranga kua whakaorangia mai i te hara, te pouri, te koretake o roto me te mokemoke… Ko te wa tenei ki te ki atu ki a Ihu: “E te Ariki, kua tukua ahau e koe kia tinihanga. I roto i te mano nga tikanga kua kaiponuhia e ahau to aroha, heoi tenei ano ahau, ki te whakahou i taku kawenata ki a koe. Kei te hiahia ahau ki a koe. Whakaorangia ahau, e te Ariki, ka whakahoki ahau i ahau ki tau awhi i te utu. -Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, n. 1, 3

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