TE ko te mea nui i pa ki to tatou Ariki, ki a Ihu, kahore i mau i a ia tetahi mea mana. Kaore e hoatu e ia nga honore katoa ki te Matua anake, engari ka hiahia ia ki te whakawhiwhi i tona kororia us ki te whānuitanga kua riro mai mātou hoa noho tahi a kaitautoko me te Karaiti (tirohia Epe 3: 6).
I a ia e kōrero ana mō te Karaiti, ka tuhituhi a Ihaia:
Nāku, nā Ihowā, koe i karanga mō te wikitoria o te tika, kua puritia koe e ahau ki tōku ringa; nāku koe i hanga, kua waiho hoki koe hei kawenata ki te iwi, hei māramatanga mō ngā iwi, hei whakatitiro i ngā kanohi o ngā matapo, hei whakaputa mai i ngā herehere i roto i te whare herehere, i te hunga e noho ana i te pōuri i roto i te whare herehere. (Ihaia 42:6-8)
Ko Ihu ia, e whakapuaki ana i tēnei misioni ki te Hāhi: kia noho hei māramatanga ki ngā iwi, hei whakaora me hei whakaoranga mō te hunga kua mauheretia e ō rātou hara, hei kaiako hoki mō te pono atua, ki te kore tēnei pono, kāore he tika. Hei whakahaere i tēnei mahi ka nui te utu mō mātou, i rite ki te utu mō Ihu. Ki te kore hoki te pata witi e marere ki te whenua, e mate, e kore e hua he hua. [1]cf. Ioane 12:24 Engari ka whakawhiwhia anō e Ia ki te hunga pono tōna ake taonga tuku iho, i utua ki te toto. Ko ēnei ngā kupu whakaari e whitu i whakapuakina e Ia i roto i ōna ake ngutu:
Ki te toa, ka hoatu e ahau te mana ki te kai i te hua o te rākau o te ora i roto i te māra a te Atua. (Whakakitenga 2:7)
E kore te toa e pāngia e te matenga tuarua. (Whakakitenga 2:11)
Ka hoatu e ahau ki te toa tetahi wahi o te mana huna; ka hoatu ano e ahau he tohu ma, he ingoa hou kei runga… (Whakakitenga 2:17)
Ki te wikitoria, e pupuri nei i oku ara a te mutunga.
Ka hoatu ano e ahau he kingitanga ki nga tauiwi. (Apo 2:26)Na, ko te tangata i a ia te wikitoria, ka whakakakahuria ia ki te kakahu ma; e kore ano hoki e horoia atu e ahau tona ingoa i roto i te pukapuka o te ora, ka whakakitea ano tona ingoa ki te aroaro o toku Matua, o ana anahera. (Apo 3: 5)
Ka meinga hoki e ahau te wikitoria hei pou i te temepara o toku Atua, a e kore ia e whakarere i a ia i muri. Ka tuhituhia e ahau ki runga ki a ia te ingoa o toku Atua, te ingoa o te pa o toku Atua ... (Rev 3:12)
Ka hoatu e ahau ki te wikitoria te tika ki te noho ki te taha o taku torona ... (Apok. 3:20)
I a tātou e kite ana i te Te tupuhi o te whakatoi I a tātou e rere ana i te pae tawhiti, he pai ki te pānui anō i tēnei "whakapono a Wikitōria" ina pōuri ana tātou. Heoi, e ai ki taku kōrero i mua, ko te aroha noa anake ka tautoko i te Hāhi i tēnei wā i a ia e whai wāhi ana ki te mamae o tō tātou Ariki:
… Ka whai ia i tona Ariki i roto i tona matenga me te Aranga. -Ko te Katorika o te Hahi Katorika, n. 677
Nō reira, mēnā i whakawahia a Ihu i mua i tōna whakamamaetanga, pērā i tana i roto i te Rongopai,[2]cf. Ioane 12:3 waihoki, ka whiwhi te Hāhi i te whakawahinga mai i te Atua hei whakarite i a ia mō tōna ake mamae. Waihoki, ka puta mai taua whakawahinga mā roto i te "Meri", engari i tēnei wā ko te Whaea o te Atua, nā roto i tana inoi me te Tuhinga o te aroha mai i tōna ngākau, ka āwhina i te hunga tapu kia kaua e u tonu anake, engari kia hikoi atu hoki ki te whenua o te hoariri. [3]kite Te Kiriona Hou Ki tonu i te Wairua, ka taea e te hunga whakapono te kī, ahakoa i te aroaro o ō rātou kaitukino:
Ko Ihowā tōku māramatanga, tōku whakaoranga; ko wai hei wehi māku? Ko Ihowā te piringa o tōku ora; ko wai hei wehi māku? (Waiata o te rā)
Kāhore he rite o ngā mamae o tēnei wā ki te kororia e whakakitea mai ana i mua ngā Wikitōria. [4]cf. Rom 8: 18
…ka hurihia e te Wairua Tapu te hunga e noho ana ia ki roto, ā, ka whakarerekētia hoki te āhua katoa o ō rātou oranga. Mē te Wairua kei roto i a rātou, he mea tino noa iho mō te hunga kua riro kē i ngā mea o tēnei ao te noho hei hunga rerekē, ā, mō te hunga mataku hoki te noho hei tāngata toa nui. —St. Ko Cyril o Alexandria, Whakaahua, Paenga-whāwhā, 2013, whārangi 34
Kua homai he take ki a tātou kia whakapono ai, i te mutunga o te wā, ā, i mua atu pea i tā tātou e whakaaro ai, ka whakaarahia e te Atua ētahi tāngata nunui kua kī i te Wairua Tapu, kua whakakīia ki te wairua o Meri. Mā roto i a rātou, e Meri, e te Kuini mana rawa, ka mahi merekara nui i te ao, ka whakangaro i te hara, ka whakatū hoki i te rangatiratanga o tana Tama, o Ihu, ki runga. ngā ururua o te rangatiratanga pirau o te ao... Ka tutuki i ēnei tāngata tapu tēnei mā te aroha e arohia ana e au ngā kaupapa matua anake, ā, e mamae nei i taku koretake. (Apok.18: 20) —St. Louis de Montfort, Mea ngaro a Meri, kaore. 59
Whakaputaina tuatahi Poutu-te-Rangi 30th, 2015.
PĀTAI TUATAHI
Te Pawera o te Hāhi e Haere Mai Ana
Whakarongo mai ki enei:
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Whaia nga tuhinga a Maka ki konei:
Ki te haerere me Mark i roto te Na Kupu,
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Kaore e tukuna to imeera ki tetahi atu.
Tuhinga o mua
| ↑1 | cf. Ioane 12:24 |
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| ↑2 | cf. Ioane 12:3 |
| ↑3 | kite Te Kiriona Hou |
| ↑4 | cf. Rom 8: 18 |