TE KUPU NEI I TE PUKA MUA
mo te Tihema 4, 2013
He tuhinga tuuroro ki konei
TE he kopa, he matapo, he kopa, me te wahangu… koinei te hunga i whakaminea nga waewae o Ihu. Ana e kii ana te Rongopai o tenei ra, "i whakaorangia e ia." He meneti i mua atu, kaore e taea e tetahi te haere, kaore ano kia kite tetahi, kaore e mahi tetahi, kaore ano kia korero tetahi… ka ohorere hoki, i taea e ratou. Akene i mua ake nei, e amuamu ana ratou, “He aha tenei i pa ai ki ahau? I aha ahau ki a koe, e te Atua? He aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau…? ” Heoi, i etahi wa i muri mai, e kii ana "ka whakakororia ratou i te Atua o Iharaira." Ko, ohorere enei wairua i whai whakaaturanga.
He maha ngā wā kua whakaaro ahau he aha te Ariki i ārahi ai i ahau i ngā ara kua whakatakotoria e ia, he aha hoki ia i tuku ai i ētahi mea kia pā mai ki ahau me tōku whānau. Engari mā te hakari o Ana atawhai, ka taea e au te titiro whakamuri me te tīmata ki te kite ko ngā mamae o tōku ao—me te āhua o te Atua i whakaora ai, i tautoko ai rānei i ahau i roto i aua mamae—ko ngā reta me ngā kupu inaianei e hanga ana i taku whakaaturanga.
He aha te whakaaturanga? Ki ngā Karaitiana, he mea tino kaha, tino kaha—he kaha hei hinga i te rewera:
I hinga ia i a rātou i te toto o te Reme, i te kupu hoki o tā rātou whakaaturanga; kāore te aroha ki te ora i arai i a rātou i te mate (Whakakitenga 12:11).
He kōrero tēnei mō te Atua e tomo mai ana ki roto i tōu ao, e whakaatu ana i tana aroaro i reira. Ko te "waituhi" e tuhituhia ai tō oranga ko te Wairua Tapu, te "Kaihomai i te ora", e hanga ana i roto i tō mamae, te tumanako; i roto i tō pouri, te hari; i roto i tō hara, te whakaoranga. Pērā i te Wairua Tapu, me Meri, i hanga ai te Kupu a te Atua i roto i tōna kōpū, waihoki, ko te Wairua Tapu (me tō Whaea) e hanga ana i te Kupu, a Ihu, i roto i tō oranga mā tō ngohengohe.
Mena ko te Wairua Tapu te mangumangu, ko te pepa tō ngohengohe. Ki te kore tō "āe" ki te Atua, e kore e taea e te Ariki te tuhi i tētahi whakaaturanga. Ko te pene ko Tōna hiahia tapu. Ā, i ētahi wā, pērā i te pene, he koi, he mamae Tōna hiahia, e tā ana i te mamae ki roto i tō oranga—pērā i te tānga a ngā whao me ngā tataramoa i te hiahia o te Atua ki roto i te kikokiko o Ihu. Engari mai i ēnei patunga ka whiti te māramatanga! Koia "nā ōna patunga koe i ora ai." [1]cf. 1 Pet 2: 24 Nō reira, ki te whakaae koe ki tā te Atua e pai ai, ahakoa he koi, he mamae, e wero ana i ō mahere me ō ara, ka whiwhi koe i ngā patunga.
A, ki te he koe tatari, mā te mana o te Aranga e whakaora, e whakaora i a koe i te wā a te Atua, ko reira tonu taua māramatanga o te Karaiti e tiaho ana mā roto koutou ngā patunga. Ko taua māramatanga tō whakaaturanga. Pānuihia anō: Mā ōna patunga, ngā patunga i roto i a ia tinana, kua ora koe. Ā, ko wai te "tinana" o te Karaiti, engari ko koe me ahau? Nō reira, e kite ana koe, nā roto i to tatou ngā patunga hoki, hei wāhanga o Tōna tinana ngaro, ka taea e te Atua te pā atu ki ētahi atu me te tumanako. Ka kite rātou i roto i a tātou me pēhea te whakarato a te Atua, me pēhea tana āwhina, me pēhea tana "whakaatu mai." Ā, ka hoatu he tumanako ki ētahi atu. Koinei te āhua o te ripeka, arā, mā roto i tō tātou ngoikore, ka tiaho te māramatanga kaha o te tumanako. Nō reira, kaua e mutu inaianei! Kaua e mutu i roto i tō mamae, nā te mea e hiahia ana a Ihu ki te whakamahi i a koe—ahakoa i roto i tēnei ngoikore… tika i roto i tō ngoikore—kia hoatu te tumanako ki ētahi atu mā roto i tō whakaaturanga.
Koinei te tikanga hohonu o te Waiata 23 i tēnei rā. Ehara i te mea mā ngā wai marino me ngā tarutaru matomato, engari i roto i te "awaawa pōuriuri" ka whakatakotoria e te Ariki "te tēpu ki toku aroaro i te tirohanga a oku hoariri." I roto i tō ngoikore me tō rawakore ka whakatakotoria e te Ariki te hakari, me te kī. Ka hoatu e ia he okiokinga me te whakamarie ki a koe i roto i ngā tarutaru, engari kei roto i te awaawa o te mamae te wāhi e tukuna ai he hakari. Ā, he aha te mea e tukuna ana? Te whakaaro nui, te māramatanga, te tohutohu, te kaha, te mōhiotanga, te karakia, a te wehi ki a Ihowa. [2]tirohia a Ihaia 11 mai i te pānui tuatahi o inanahi Ā, ina oti i a koe te kai i ēnei "taro e whitu" ka taea e koe te tohatoha i ēnei "wāhanga" ki ētahi atu.
Engari kia tūpato ki ngā kai tere ka ngana te rewera ki te mahi māu. Nā te mea kei reira anō hoki i roto i taua pōuri o te mamae, te whakarērea, me te mokemoke ka tae mai te rewera ki te kī atu kāore te Atua i te ora; he hua tupu noa iho tō oranga nō te whanaketanga; kāore āu inoi e rangona nā te mea kāore he tangata hei whakarongo ki a rātou. Ka tukuna atu e ia ki a koe te kai tukatuka o te whakaaro tangata, te tirohanga poto, te tohutohu kino, te kawa, ngā otinga teka, te kore whakaute me te wehi. Kātahi ka huri te awaawa o te pōuri hei awaawa o whakatau. Ka taea e koe te whakapono ki ngā kōrero teka a te rewera, ka mutu te whai i ngā "ara tika" e ārahihia ana koe e te hiahia o te Ariki, ka taea rānei e koe te tatari… tatari… whai… ā tatari. Ā, ki te pena koe, ka haere mai te Ariki "i taua wā" [3]cf. Mat 15:29 ā, whakanuia te whakahere iti o āu taro me āu ika, me te "whakamahi i ngā mea katoa hei painga" nā te mea e aroha ana koe ki a Ia. [4]cf. Rom 8: 28 He aha ahau i mea ai e aroha ana koe ki a Ia? Nā te mea, ahakoa tō mamae, kei te kī tonu koe "āe" ki a Ia; kei te whiriwhiri tonu koe ki te whai i Tana i pai ai. Ko te aroha tēnā:
Ki te pupuri koutou i aku ture, ka mau koutou ki toku aroha. (Hoani 15:10)
Nō reira, i taku tuhituhi atu ki a koe inanahi, me te kī atu he kaupapa tā Ihu rāua ko Tōna Whaea māu, ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koe ia o koe, ahakoa ko wai koe, ahakoa tōna mōhiotia, tōna kore mōhiotia, tōna hiranga, tōna koretake rānei ki te titiro a ētahi atu. Wareware ki te whakaora i te ao katoa. Ahakoa a Francis o Assisi, a Ihu rānei, kāore i tahuri te katoa. Engari, kua whakanohoia koe e te Ariki ki te wāhi e tika ana kia noho koe i tēnei wā o tō oranga (ki te mea rānei kua whakakeke koe ki a Ia, ka taea e tēnei wā te noho hei wā e whai ake nei o tō oranga—ā, ka taea e Ia te tuhi tonu i tō whakaaturanga mai i konei ki roto.) Ko tāu misioni pea he āwhina ki te whakaora i te wairua o tō hoa rangatira—ā, koinā anake. Engari, he aha te utu nui o... kotahi wairua ki a Ihu. Ka taea e koe te kī "āe" ki te Atua hei whakaora i taua wairua kotahi e whakatakotoria ana e Ia ki tō ara i tēnei rā?
Ko tāu e hiahia ana ko te mea i whiwhi ai te hunga kopa, te hunga matapo, te hunga hauā me te hunga wahangu i taua rā. Tērā pea ka mea atu ahau ki a rātou, he whakapono, āe, he pono tēnā. Engari i te tuatahi, me whai rātou manawanui Ko ētahi o rātou he hauā mai i te whānautanga mai. Kātahi ka tatari rātou kia kite i a Ihu. Ā, i tōna haerenga atu, me piki rātou i te maunga ki te kimi i a Ia. Kātahi ka tatari rātou mō tō rātou wā. I tētahi o ēnei arai, tērā pea ka mea rātou, "Kua nui te Atua." Engari kāore.
Nā reira i whiwhi ai rātou i tētahi whakaaturanga:
Ko te Ariki tēnei i tatari atu tātou ki a ia; kia hari tātou, kia koa ki tana whakaoranga i a tātou! (Ihaia 25)
PĀTAI TUATAHI:
- Te Manako Motuhake
- Te Harikoa Huna
- He nui atu te tumanako i tō whakaaro… pānuihia: Te Tumanako Nui
- Te tuku i tāu "āe" ki te Atua i ēnei wā: Te Rawa Ae
- Te noho hei puna ora mō ētahi atu: Poka Ora
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