TE TOKOTORU.
EKIIA ana enei Ratapu ko nga “ Ratapu i muri iho i to te Tokotoru ”, ko to te Tokotoru ko te 18 o nga ra o Mei. He whakaakoranga-tino nui tenei no te Hahi, e vvhakahuatia ana i nga Whakapono e torn; ko tenei hoki te tino whakaakoranga i te Whakapono a Atanatiu, e mea ana i reira kite kore te tangata e whakapono kite Tokotoru e kore ia e ora. He whakaakoranga kaha te Tokotoru kite mohiotia e te ngakau o te tangata, e marama ana te Tokotorutanga engari ko te Kotahitanga ote Tokotoru me te Tokotorutanga ote Kotahi kaore e matatau i te ngakau maori.
E rite ana tatou kite tamariki e titiro ana ki tetahi mea whakamiharo kahore nei ratou e mohio ; kahore ano hoki te tangata i te mohio ki a ia ake, he kotahi ia otira he tokotoru—ko te tinana, ko te ngakau, ko te wairua. ( 2 Teh. v. 23.) Ko te tinana anake ta tatou e kite ai, otira ehara i te mea kotahi ano te tangata. E takoto ana te tinana ko ia anake i te takiwa kua mate te tangata. Ko te ngakau te matapuna o nga hiahia, o te riri o te aroha, o te pai o te kino, na to tatou taha wairua i tata ai tatou kite Atua he wairua nei. I te iriiringa o te Karaiti ka kitea te Tokotoru. Ko te Tama i te whenua e tu ana, ko te Wairua i te takiwa e heke iho ana ano he kukupa, ko te Matua i te rangi, i rangona tona reo e mea ana, “ Ko taku tama tenei i aroha ai, ko taku i 'ahuareka atu ai.” E iriiria ana te tangata i runga i te Ingoa—ehara i nga ingoa—o te Matua o te Tama o te Wairua Tapu. Ma te Wairua te tangata e kawe ki a Ihu kite huarahi (Hoani xiv. 6) kite Matua. “ Nana (na te Karaiti) hoki tatou, te tokorua nei, (te Hurai mete Tauiwi) i whai tatanga atu ai i roto i te Wairua kotahi kite Matua.” (Epeh. ii. 18). E kiia ana i te uinga ki a Pateriki mo te Kotahitanga, o te Tokotoru ka mau ia kite koroa, ka mea, “ Kotahi ano tenei, otira e toru.” ( Tirohia Tiu. yi. 4 ; 2 Kor. xiii. 14.) E whakaakona ana tatou e te Katikibama mo te Tokotoru Tapu me tana mahi mo te oranga o te tangata (1) “ Ko te whakapono atu kite Atua Matua, nana nei ahau mete ao katoa i hanga.” Kua tutuki tenei kua oti koe te hanga. (2) “ Ko te whakapono atu kite Atua Tama, nana nei ahau i hoko me nga tangata katoa.” Kua tutuki ano tenei, otira, e hoa e mohio ana ranei koe kua hokona koe e te Karaiti ? Ae ? Kaati ra hoatu ta te Karaiti ki a ia. (3) “ Ko te whakapono atu kite Atua Wairua Tapu, ko ia nei te kai whakalapu i ahau, i te hunga whiriwhiri katoa ano hoki a te Atua.” Kei te mahi tonu te Wairua inaianei. Kei roto ranei ia i a koe e mahi ana ? Kua tapaea ranei to tinana hei nohoanga mo te Wairua ? I pau katoa te Tokotoru Tapu kite mahi i te oranga mo te tangata-—ka kitea te nui o te tangata kite ngakau o te Atua. Me whakarite ake pea kite ahua o nga mea whakateao kia marama ai. Kite pakeha he tangata ke hei hanga i te whakaahua o te whare, heoi
ano tana mahi. Ka oti te whare ite kamura, ka mahi he tangata ke, ma tenei e wanihi e whakapaipai a roto ote whare. Waihoki e te hoa, no te orokohanganga ra ano o te ao i whakaarohia ai e te Atua Matua he take e ora koe. Na tana Tama i whakaoti tenei oranga mou, na te Reme “no te timatanga iho ra ano 0 te ao nei tona whakamatenga ” (Whkite. xiii. 8). I karanga ia i runga ite ripeka, “ Kua oti.” Otira ia te Karaiti i te tinana kahore ia i ahei te tomo kite ngakau ote tangata, na reira ia 1 mea ai, “Nui atu te pai mo koutou kite haere ahau, kite kahore hoki ahau e haere, e kore te Kai whakamarie e tae mai ki a koutou” (Hoa. xvi. 7). E tomo te Wairua kite ngakau ote tangata kite whakapai i roto, kia tapu ai, •“ a, te wahi i noho ai te Wairua o te Ariki, kei reira te tikanga here-kore ” (2 Kor. iii. 17) ara te rangatiratanga, e ngaro ai te ponongatanga —kei reira hoki te aroha, te rangimarie mete hua ote pai. E te tangata, mehemea kua mohio koe ki tenei hari nui kua whakaritea nei e te Tokotoru Tapu mou, hamama, karanga, “ He aha te tangata i maharatia mai ai e koe ; te tama ranei ate tangata i tirohia ai ia e koe ?” “ Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa mo tona atawhai, me ana mahi whakamiharo ki nga tamariki a te tangata..” (Wai. cvii. 8.)
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 52, 1 June 1902, Page 3
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831TE TOKOTORU. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 52, 1 June 1902, Page 3
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