The Matenga o te karaiti me Tona Arnaga.
E tupono ana ki tenei marama to tatou whakamaharatanga ki enei mea nui c rua; me ata titiro marire hoki inaianei etahi o nga mea c whakaakona mai ana, Ida pumau' ai to tatou whakapono ki to tatou Kaiwhakaora. i. — Tona Matenga. Kei nga ra o te wiki i mua ake o te Aranga o Te*Karaiti c whakaangaa ana o tatou whakaaro ki tona matenga, ki te takotoranga hoki o tona tinana i roto i te rua. Tetahi ingoa c whakahuatia ana mo tenei wiki, ko "Te Wiki Tapu 3 ' ; ko te Parairei hoki o taua wiki te ra o te ripekatanga o Te Karaiti. Taua wiki i tenei tau kei te 9 o nga ra o Aperira tae atu ko te 15. Ma te ata mahara ki te matenga o Te Karaiti ka whai tikanga ai te koa ote ngakau a te Ra o te Aranga. E kiia ana te matenga o te Karaiti, he patunga tapu mo te hara ; (Hip. 10. 12) ehara i te mea nona te hara, engari no tatou. Kahore rawa hoki he tangata hara-kore, ko te Karaiti anake. (Rom. 3. 10. lHoa. 3. 5). Te kino o te hara, he mea i te tangata kia anga ke i te Atua, me te mea he hoa-riri nona. He whakaaro he rawa tenei, kei te aroha tonu nei hoki te Atua ki te tangata. (Rom. 5. 8). Tetahi kino, he whakaanga i te ngakau o te tangata ki nga mea c kinongia ana cte Atua ara ki te hara : te tutukitanga hoki o en a mea ko te mate. (Hem. 1. 15). I mate ai a Te Karaiti, he whakakahore i te hara: (Hip. 9. 26) ara he mea i te tangata kia watea i te hara, kia kaua hoki te hara c waiho hei rangatira mona, (Rom. 6. 6) engari Ida whakatata ia ki te Atua. (1 Pita, 3. 18). Ta te Atua i pai ai, ko nga tangata katoa kia ora (1 Tim. 1. 4) ; koia i tonoa mai ai tana Tama hei Kai-whakaora (1 Hoa, 4. 14) ; me tana whakahau i nga tangata katoa kia ripeneta (Mah. 17. 30), ara kia whakarere i te hara, kia whiwhi ai Id te murunga hara (Mah. 3, 19). Kua homai hold c te Atua te "WVrua Tapii hei whakakaha, c
taea ai c tatou te pehi i te hara, te whakaanga hoki i a tatou ki tana i pai ai, kia whiwhi ai tatou ki te ora. I te mea c iriiria ana te tangata, c whakaaria mai ana enei mea ki a ia c te Atua; ma te ngakau whakapono, ma te ngakau inoi, c tango ka riro ai i a ia (Mali. 2. 38). I a tatou c mahara ana ki te matenga o Te Karaiti, me ata tirotiro a tatou inahi o nga wa kua pahure nei, kia kitea ai nga mea kihai i rite ki ta te Atua i pai ai, ka whaki ai i enei kia ia, me te inoi ano kia murua aua hara eia (1 Hoa, 1. 9) ; kia homai hoki te Wairua Tapu kia kaha ai te mahi i tana i pai ai a enei wa c haere ake nei. ii. — Tona Aranga. He mea tika rawa kia nui te koa o te tangata a Te Karaiti i te Ra ote Aranga ; he maha nei hoki nga mea pai c ahu mai ana ki a tatou i reira. Kauaka tetahi o tatou c wareware ki enei, engari me whakaanga o tatou mahara ki aua mea, me te whakawhetai tonu ki te Atua. 1. I te mea kua ara nei a Te Karaiti ka matau tatou ki te kore mana o te mate hei pupuri i a ia. Ko te hinganga ano hoki tenei o te hoariri o te tangata, i kore rawa ai c whai mana i muri nei hei whakawai i te hunga c v ana ki a Te Karaiti (Kro. 2. 15). Kahore hoki he tikanga c mataku ai tatou i te hoa-riri,- kua kitea nei hoki a Te Karaiti he kaha rawa atu ia ia (Ruk. 11. 22) ; kua makaa hoki te rangatira o tenei ao ki waho (Hoa. 12. -31). 2. Kua ara nei a Te Karaiti, heoi ano ona matenga, kahore he mana o te mate ki a ia i muri nei (Rom. 6- 9). Heoi ka matau tatou, ko to tatou Kai-whakaora c ora tonu ana a ake tonu atu (Whkit. 1. 18), hei rerenga atu mo tatou i nga wa katoa ; he Kaiawhina nei ia c tino tata ana i nga wa o te he (Wai. 46. 1). Tana mahi inaianei, he inoi tonu mo ana tangata (Hip. 7. 25). Ahakoa kahore ia c kitea c te kanohi, tenei ano ia kei te whakawhiwhi i ana tangata ki nga mea c pai ana mo ratou. 3. Ko ia tonu to tatou ora (Hoa. 11. 25, Hoa. 14. .6), m Koia i Jipmai ai c ia te Iriiri, kia uru
ai tatou ki roto ki a ia hei wahi mo tona tinana (1 Kri. 12, 13) ; me te Hapa a te Ariki hei whangai i te hunga c whakapono ana ki a ia, kia v tonu ai ratou ki roto ki a ia, me ia hoki ki roto ki a ratou (Hoa. 6. 56). Ko tenei ora mo te hunga katoa kua oti te iriiri, otira kahore c riro ana i te katoa. I kore ai, he kore hiahia no etahi, he rite no ratou ki te hunga i puta ra ki a ratou te ki a Te Karaiti, "Kahore koutou c pai kia nacre mai ki ahau kia whiwhi ai koutou ki te ora." (Hoa. 5. 40.) Kauaka tetahi o tatou c paopao ki tenei ora c wliakaaria mai nei c te Atua. E kiia nei tatou kua whakaarahia taliitia me Te Karaiti, kauaka tetahi c hoki ano ki te mate, ara ki te hara ; engari me whai, i rung-a i te ngakau whakawhetai kia whangaia tonutia ki te tinana, ki nga toto oTe Karaiti, c v ai tatou ki roto ki a ia, c nohoia tonutia ai c tona Wairua, c ata kitea ai hoki c tatou te koa o tenei ki, "Kua ara te Ariki ! " W.L.W.
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Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 10, 1 April 1911, Page 152
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