He mea kaha te whakatuwhera i te Paipera me te pānui i tētahi mea kua kitea e koe i ngā rau wā, engari ka ora tonu mai i tētahi ara hou. Nā te mea ehara tēnei i te pukapuka noa iho. He mea ora, he mea kaha, ā, ko te Atua e kōrero tika mai ana ki a koe.
Ki te mea kua whakaaro koe ki tā te Atua e kī nei, kāore he take ki te whakapae. Nāna i homai tana Kupu ki a koe, ā, nāna hoki i homai te Wairua Tapu ki a koe. Kāore he take mō te kore mōhio ki a Ia, nā te mea kua homai e ia ki a koe ngā mea katoa e hiahiatia ana e koe.
E mea ana te Karaipiture ka ngaro te tangata i te kore mātauranga, ehara i te mea he mātauranga, he mātauranga rānei. Ehara i te mea he aha tāu e ako ana i runga i a Google, he roa rānei tō wā i te kura. Engari he mōhio ki te Atua.
Ka ngaro te tangata nā te mea kāore rātou e mōhio ko wai te Atua, ā, kāore rātou e mārama ki tāna e pai ai. Ina kore koe e mōhio ki a Ia, e noho ana koe i raro i ngā mea e wātea ana ki a koe. Engari ina tino mōhio koe ki a Ia, ka rerekē ngā mea katoa.
Koia te take he kaupapa tēnei mō te whakakitenga. Nā te mea ina kite koe ko wai Ia, kāore he mea hei aukati i a koe.
I roto i te Ioane pene 14, ka tīmata a Ihu me tētahi kōrero kaha:
"Kaua e pouri ō koutou ngākau: whakawhirinaki ki te Atua, whakawhirinaki hoki ki ahau."
Kei te haere tonu ia ki te kī kei te whakarite ia i tētahi wāhi mō tātou, ā, ka hoki mai anō ia ki te kawe i a tātou ki reira. Koinā anake te mea hei whakaoho i tētahi mea i roto i a koe. Kei te whakarite te Kaihanga o ngā mea katoa i tētahi wāhi mōu.
Koinei te wāhi e huri ai te māramatanga ki te marena Hūrai i ngā mea katoa. I taua ahurea, ina taumautia te tokorua, he rite tonu te here ki te marena. Ka haere te tāne marena hou ki te whakarite i tētahi wāhi, ā, ina whakaaetia e te matua ka taea e ia te hoki mai ki te tiki i tana wahine marena hou.
Kāore te wahine marena i mōhio ki te rā, ki te hāora rānei, nō reira i noho rite tonu ia. I tōna taenga mai, kāore i marino. He pū, he whakanui, ā, he tira haere i a ia e haere mai ana ki te tango i a ia.
Koinā tonu te mea e whakaahuahia ana e Ihu. Kei te whakarite ia i tētahi wāhi, ā, kei te tatari ia kia kī mai te Matua kua tae te wā. Kātahi ia ka hoki mai ki te tiki i tana wahine marena hou.
I te kīnga a Ihu, “E mōhio ana koutou ki te ara,” ka whakahoki pono ngā ākonga. I mea rātou kāore rātou i te mōhio.
I whakautu a Ihu me tētahi o ngā pono tino nui o te Karaipiture katoa:
"Ko ahau te huarahi, te pono, me te ora: e kore tetahi e haere ki te Matua, ki te kahore ahau."
Kātahi ka hurihia e Ia ō rātou tirohanga. Ka mea atu ia ki a rātou, mai i nāianei, e mōhio ana rātou ki te Matua, kua kite hoki i a Ia.
Whakaarohia te tere o te huringa o tēnā. I tētahi wā ka mea rātou kāore rātou e mōhio ki a Ia, ā, i tētahi wā ka mea a Ihu e mōhio ana rātou. Nō reira, ko te pātai inaianei, ko te kupu a wai ka whakaponohia e koe?
Koinei te wāhi e noho pūmau ai tātou. Ka kī tātou i ngā mea pēnei i te, "Kāore au i te tino mōhio ki te Atua," te "Kāore noa iho au i te tino tata ki a Ia." Engari kua mea kē a Ihu e mōhio ana koe ki a Ia.
Nā, me whakatau koe ināianei. Ka whakapono koe ki ō kare ā-roto, ka whakapono rānei koe ki a Ihu? Ki te mea ia e mōhio ana koe ki a Ia, kāti ka mōhio koe ki a Ia. Koinei te pūtake o ngā mea katoa.
Kātahi ka kōrero a Ihu i tētahi kōrero e pānuihia ana e te nuinga o te tangata i mua:
"Ki te whakapono tetahi ki ahau, ka mahia e ia ngā mahi i mea ai ahau, ā, he nui atu anō hoki ngā mahi."
Kāore tēnei i te mea mō tētahi rōpū motuhake o te iwi. Kāore ia i kī he minita, he hunga rānei i haere ki te kura Paipera, he hunga rānei kua mārama ki ngā mea katoa. I kī ia ko te hunga katoa e whakapono ana.
Kātahi ka tāpirihia e ia tētahi mea uaua ake:
"Ka taea e koutou te inoi i tetahi mea i runga i tōku ingoa, ā, māku e whakamana."
Ka pānuihia e tātou tēnā, ā, ka whakaitihia tonutia. Ka tīmata tātou ki te tātari i roto i ō tātou ake herenga me ngā wheako. Engari kāore a Ihu i tohu i tēnā. I kōrero ia i tetahi mea.
He tokomaha te hunga e mangere ana ki te inoi ki te Atua mō ngā mea nunui nā te mea e whakaaro ana rātou he hiahia whaiaro. Engari e whakamārama ana a Ihu he aha tātou me inoi ai. E mea ana ia, ina inoi tātou, ā, ka whakautua mai e ia, ka whakakororiatia te Matua.
Ko te tikanga o tēnā, ehara te tono nui i te mea whaiaro. He wāhanga tēnei o te whakakitenga mai a te Atua i a ia anō. Ki te kore koe e tono, kāore he mea māna e mahi, ā, kāore he korōria e whakakitea.
Nō reira, kaua e tono i ngā mea iti, engari me tono i ngā mea nui. Me tono atu hoki ki te Atua kia whakaakona tātou ki te tono.
I te kīnga a Ihu kia inoi i runga i tōna ingoa, ehara i te mea ko te tāpiri kupu noa iho ki te mutunga o te inoi. Kei te kōrero ia mō te tuakiri. Ko te noho i runga i tōna ingoa ko te tikanga kua kawea mai koe ki roto i tōna whānau. Kei a koe tōna mana, tōna tuakiri, me tōna hipoki.
He rite ki te marena. Ko te mea nō tetahi, nō tetahi. Ina kei roto koe i a te Karaiti, ko āna mea ka wātea ki a koe. Kāore he rohe mō āna rauemi. Nāna ngā mea katoa. Nō reira, ina tono koe, ehara i te mea he pūtake iti noa iho tāu e tono ana.
Kāore a Ihu i waiho i a tātou kia whakaoti i tēnei raruraru i a tātou anō. I oati ia ki te Wairua Tapu.
"Ko ia te Wairua Tapu, e ārahi ana ki te pono katoa… e matau ana koutou ki a ia, no te mea e noho ana ia i a koutou ināianei, ā, ka noho anō hoki i roto i a koutou a muri ake nei."
Kāore koe e mōhio ki te Atua nā te nui o āu ako. E mōhio ana koe ki a Ia nā te mea kei roto Ia i a koe.
Mā te Wairua Tapu koe e whakaako, e whakamahara, e ārahi ki te pono. Ki te kore ia, ka taea e koe te pānui i te Paipera, ā, ka ngaro tonu i a koe ngā mea katoa. Māna koe e ora ai te Kupu.
Ko tētahi o ngā hē nui ko te āhua o te whakatikatika a te Atua i a tātou. He tokomaha te hunga e whakaaro ana ko te whakapono he rite ki te pēhanga, te whakama, te whakahē rānei. Engari i mea a Ihu ka waiho e ia te rangimārie ki a tātou.
"Kei te waiho atu ahau i tētahi koha ki a koe—te rangimārie o te hinengaro me te ngākau."
Kāore te Atua e ārahi mā te pēhanga. E ārahi ana ia mā te rangimārie, te harikoa, me te aroha. Ahakoa te whakatikatika mai i a Ia, ka puta mai i roto i te ara e kawe mai ai te herekore, ehara i te whakama. Ki te pēhia tonutia koe, ehara tēnā i te Atua. He mea tēnā me whakakore e koe.
I te mutunga o te rā, ka hoki katoa ngā mea ki te pono kotahi. Ka whiwhi koe i te Atua mā te whakapono. Koinei te huarahi i whiwhi ai koe i te whakaoranga. Kāore koe i whiwhi i te utu. I whakapono koe.
Engari i tētahi wā i te ara, ka tīmata anō tātou ki te whakapau kaha. Ka whakaaro tātou mēnā i nui ā tātou inoi, i nui ā tātou nohopuku, i tika rānei ā tātou mahi katoa.
Ina mahi koe i tēnā, ka neke tō whakapono mai i te Atua ki a koe anō. Ā, koinā te mahanga.
He aha ngā mea ka rerekē mēnā ka tīmatahia āu inoi i tētahi ara rerekē? Engari kaua e ruarua, ka tīmata koe me te māia:
E Pā, e mōhio ana ahau ki a Koe.
E mea ana tāu Kupu e mōhio ana ahau ki a koe.
E mōhio ana ahau ki tōu reo.
E mōhio ana ahau kei roto i ahau te Wairua Tapu, ā, e ārahi ana i ahau.
Ka huri katoa ngā mea. Mai i reira, ka taea e koe te tono māia. Ka taea e koe te whakapono tino. Ka taea e koe te noho me te mea he pono ngā kupu a Ihu.
Nō reira, kia waiho tēnei rā hei tīmatanga hou. Mai i nāianei, ka arahina koe e te Wairua. Mai i nāianei, ka whakapono koe ki ngā kupu a Ihu. Nā te mea, ki te mea i mea ia e mōhio ana koe ki a Ia, kāti ka mōhio koe ki a Ia.
