TE ORANGA TONUTANGA.
“ Tukua kia tika ta matou whakarongo atu, ta matou korero, whakaaro, ako i ana kupu. " I. He aha te Oranga Tonutanga ? Ko te whakahoki a etahi tangata i tenei patai ka penei: “ Ko te oranga mutunga kore, ara ko te oranga tonutanga ake ake ake.” Ko etahi e whakaaro ana ko te oranga o te tinana, e kore rawa e mate, inahoki e mea ana ratou : “He aha hoki i mate ai nga tangata whakapono ? No te tamariki rawa tenei whakaaro. Kite ki a etahi tangata ko te oranga tonutanga, ko te oranga e whakawhiwhia kite hunga whakapono a muri atu i te ra whakawa, ko tenei te tino whakaaro o te nuinga o te tangata. Na tenei whakaaro pea i ngoikore ai te tangata ki te whakapono ; he tawhiti rawa no te utu o te whakapono, a he awangawanga hoki, tera pea hei te taenga kite ra whakawa ka mate, a ka maumau noa iho te whakaponotanga. He tika hoki tenei whakaaro. Ko wai oti te tangata e reka noa te mahi mehemea ia kaore e mohio tera ia e whiwhi kite utu o tana mahi ? I ki a Tereturianu, he pou no te Hahi i nga ra i muri tata iho i nga Apotoro, i mea ia “ Ka awangawanga te mahi kite awangawanga te utu.” Ka uia ano te patai: He aha te Oranga Tonutanga? Ata tirohia ta te Karaipiture, ta te Karaiti ake i whakaatu ai ? I mea a te Karaiti ; “A ko te oranga tonutanga tenei, kia matau ratou ki a koe, ko koe anake te Atua pono, ki a Ihu Karaiti ano hoki i tonoa mai nei e koe.” ( Hoani 17, 3.) Na, e te hoa, ka marama tenei mea te oranga tonutanga : ko te matauranga hi te Atua hi a Ihu Karaiti ano hoki. Whakawhirinaki ki ta te Karaipiture i whakaatu mai ai, kaati te whakawhirinaki ki ta to ngakau i whakaaro ai he oranga tonutanga, ki ta te tangata ranei i whakaako ai ki a koe. Ko te oranga tonutanga, ara ko te oranga mutu-nga-kore ko te oranga tonu o te Atua, nona anake hoki te oranga mutunga-kore. Ko taua oranga i homai e la ki a koe, i te ra ano, i te haora, i te meneti ransi, i whakapono ai koe ki a la i runga i a Ihu Karaiti i Tana Tama i ki hoki a te Karaiti; “ E kore rawa tetahi tangata e haere ake kite Matua, kite kahore ahau.” (Hoani 14, 6.) Te Oranga Tonutanga ko te matauranga hi te Atua, kaore i ko atu, i ko mai ranei. Na, he patai ke ano tenei : Kua matau ranei koe kite Atua ? Me whakamarama pea te tikanga o
taku patai. Kua matau ranei koe ki a Kuini Wikitoria ? He tika kua rongo koe i tona ingoa, kua rongo i ana main, i tona ahua, otira kao e ano koe kia matau noa ki a ia ; ehara te rongo ite matau. He maha nga tangata kua kite i te Kuini, otira kaore ano ratou kia matau noa ki a ia. Waihoki e te hoa, kua rongo pea koe ki a te Karaiti, i ana kupu, i ana mahi, i tona matenga, otira ehara tena i te matauranga ki a ia. Ko te matau ki aiako te mohio ki tona reo, ki ona whakaaro, ki ona hiahia, ko te pa atu ki a ia. E kite ai koe i te Kuini ma tetahi tangata e matau ana ki a ia koe e kawe, e whakaatu, waihoki e kore koe e kite i te Atua kite kore koe e arahina e te Karaiti. Ko te tikanga tena o ana kupu i whakaaturia e au i runga ake nei; ko ia te Takawaenga. “ Kotahi tonu hoki te Atua, kotahi te takawaenga o te Atua o nga tangata, ko te tangata ko Karaiti Ihu.” (I Timoti 2, 5.) Ko la hei taka i waenganui ite Atua ite tangata. Kua matau nei koe kite Oranga Tonutanga, tangohia kei werawera ana, kei awatea ana ka rua. 11. A he a te tangata whiwhi ai hi te Oranga Tonutanga ? Ko taku whakahoki poto mo tenei patai ko tenei: “ Inaianei ano." Mehemea ko te matauranga kite Atua te Oranga Tonutanga kaati hei te wa ano e matau ai te tangata ki a la whiwhi ai kite oranga tonutanga. E ahei te tangata te mohio kite Atua inaianei ano. Kite kore tonu hoki e rata atu kite Atua i tenei ao, tera ano e mataku i a la a tera ao. Te wa tonu e whakapono ai te tangata kia te Karaiti hei kai-whakaora mona, ko te wa ano tena e whiwhi ai ia kite oranga tonutanga, ara ko tona wairua kua ora. Pehea oti ta te Karaipiture whakaaturanga ? “Koia e whakapono ana kite Tama, he oranga tonutanga tona,” ara kei a ia te oranga tonutanga inaianei. ( Hoani 3, 16 ;6, 47.) “Te tangata kei aia te Tamaiti, kei a ia ano te oranga ; te tangata kaore nei i a ia te Tama a te Atua, kaore i a ia te oranga.” (Hoani 5, 11 —13.) Kite tango koe i a te Karaiti inaianei ano, ko te wa ano tena e whiwhi ai koe kite ora; ka kore tonu hoki i tenei ao, ka kore ano hoki i tera ao. I mea hoki a te Karaiti, ko te tangata e whakapono ana kua whiti atu i te mate hi te ora. ( Hoani 5, 24.) Kua whiti, kaore i penei na, tera e whiti. Otira ko te tutukitanga o te oranga tonutanga ko te aranga o te tinana e honoa ai kite wairua, kua ora noa atu ra ite whakaponotanga. Taria e tino whakamarama. HI. Me aha e whiwhi ai te tangata kite Oranga Tonutanga ? ( aria e whakautu.)
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 3
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961TE ORANGA TONUTANGA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 3
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