A MAORI SERMON.

Aotearoa, or the Maori Recorder, Volume 1, Issue 2, 1 January 1862, Page 3

A MAORI SERMON.

MATAIA.

_ , , The lame man healed, Acts the 3rd. 1. Let these words be gathered up and put into a bag. God wishes that his words should he gathered into;a hag. Wheat and other grain are put into their respective basnets; so in -like manner ;God is desirous, not that his words should ,be left upon the. ground, hut that they should be gathered And put into a bag, and this bag is the heart.

' . . _ ' • - ■ • • ‘ -• ■*_ : , ■ ■ ... 2. Peter and John -went to.the temple ;■; that lame one was there. The lame one was anxious to obtain money. This is the wish of other men also, .and their tribes, to have money. ' But Peter. said to him, “I have neither silver or gold, but I give unto you the words of Jesus Christ, Arise—walk.” The lame one sprang to his feet, and stood up among those who were whole, and walked into the temple. Now the revealer of this thing money is Paul, whose' word was sent to Timothy saying, “ The love -of money is the root of all evil.” ' 3. It was the strength of. Christ that first made him whole. Here is the proof,, “ Jesus Christ is exalted-, as a Prince and a Saviour.” There is no mystery in the Scriptures regarding the incarnation of Jesus Christ,, and the cause of his mission to earth., All the books of Scripture are very- clear on this matter, and they all , agree, so that it seems like one page. When he died, death had no power to retain Him. Death tried very hard to bind him with its, cords, but He could not be held. He went down into the earth, but after three days he came up to the light of the world, and went to the right hand of .the Father, where He is now seated. - Let us ever look up to Jesus Christ the Saviour. ' Let the words for our instruction end here. ' ■ . '