TE ORANGA TONUTANGA.
Wahi 11.
“ Tukua kia tika ta matou whakarongo atu , ta matou korero, whakaaro, ako i ana kupu.” I. He aha te Oranga Tonutanga? Ko te matauranga kite Atua, ki a Ihu Karaiti ano hoki. Ma runga atu i a te Karaiti to tatou haere kite Matua. Ko te matau ki a te Karaiti: ko te mohio ki tona reo, ki ona whakaaro, ki ona hiahia, ko te pa atu ki a ia. (Hoani 17. 3.) 11. A hea te tangata whiwhi ai kite Oranga Tonutanga ? A naianei ano, ara a te wa ano e whakapono ai ia ki a te Karaiti. I mea a te Karaiti ko te wa ano e whakapono ai te tangata ko tona whitinga atu tena i te mate kite ora, ara ko tona wairua kua noho ora. ( Hoani 5. 24.) Kua whakahokia enei patai i te Wahi I, i te Nama 27. 111. Me aha e whiwhi ai te tangata kite Oranga Tonutanga? He ngawari te whakahokinga i tenei patai. Ma te Whakapono ka whiwhi ai kite Oranga Tonutanga, a he mea tenei kua marama i nga rarangi i whakapuakina i te whakahoki kite patai tuarua. “ Koia e whakapono ana kite Tama, he oranga tonutanga tona.” (Tirohia Hoani 3. 15, 16, 36; 5. 24; 6. 40, 47; 20. 31 ; Maka 16. 16.) Tera atu ano etahi rarangi hei whakaatu, na te Karaiti ake ano te ki ma te whakapono te tangata ka ora ai. I mea a Paora kite kai-tiaki o te whare herehere i Piripai: “Me whakapono ki te Ariki ki a Ihu Karaiti, ka ora ai koe.” (Tirohia Mahi 16. 31 ; Roma 10. 10; Epeha 2. 8 ; mete huhua noa iho o te rarangi. Tino nui atu nga rarangi e tautoko ana ma te whakapono anake ka whiwhi ai te tangata ki te oranga tonutanga. “ Kahore hoki he oranga i tetahi ake : kahore hoki he ingoa ke atu i raro iho o te rangi kua homai ki nga tangata e ora ai tatou,” heoi ano ko te ingoa anake o te Karaiti. (Mahi 4. 12.) IV. He aha te Whakapono ? He ngawari noa iho te ki ma te whakapono ka ora ai te tangata, tena ko te whakamarama he aha te whakapono, he ruarua nga tangata e ahei te whakahoki. Ko etahi tangata e mea ana he hahi te whakapono, penei mete whakapono ( Hahi) Momona, te whakapono Pikopo. No te kuare tenei whakaaro. E mea ana etahi ko nga mahi pai, ko te karakia ko te aha noa iho te whakapono. He hua enei no te whakapono, otira ehara i te whakapono. Ko te
Whakapono no te ngakau, kaore e kitea e te kanohi, kaore ona tinana. _ “ Ma te ngakau hoki kia whakapono ka tika ai; ma te mangai kia whakaae ka ora ai.” (Roma 10. 10.) Kia mohio ko te whakapono no te ngakau, ehara i nga ngutu i nga ringaringa ranei. He aha te whakapono ? Ehara te whakapono ite mea kaha kite kimi, kite mahi, ehara ite kai mooti, engari he mea e mahia ana ete tangata i nga ra katoa. Na taku whakapono kite tangata hoko rongoa i kai ai ahau i tona rongoa ; i whakapono ahau ehara i te paihana. Na taku whakapono ki te takuta i tapae atu ai ahau i taku tinana kia tapatapahia e ia, mehemea kaore au i whakapono he mohio ia, e kore au e whakaae. Na te whakapono o etahi Maori ki a Tokoaka o te ‘Pohutu’ i kai ai i ona rongoa, i ona pire pukapuka, he whakapono no ratou he mana to Tokoaka hei whakakaha i tana rongoa pukapuka. Mehemea na tetahi tangata noa iho nei i hoatu te pukapuka e e kore ra e hamama te waha o te turoro, he kore whakapono ki tana tangata. E kore rawa au e titiro atu kite rongoa pukapuka a Tokoaka, kaore hoki aku whakapono ki a ia. Ka mararaa pea te whakapono; kite mea kaore ite marama ehara i a au tena he. V. He aha te whakapono e ora ai te tangata ? “He whakaaetanga ki a te Karaiti hei kaiwhakaora, he whakawhirinakitanga ki a ia.” He rite tonu te whakapono kite tangata nei ano kite whakapono ki ate Karaiti, heoi ano te rerenga ketanga ko nga tangata e whakaponohia ana, he tangata tetahi he Atua tetahi, he ngoikore tetahi he kaha tetahi. Kei pohehe hoki tatou ko te whakapono te kai-whakaora i a tatou, kaore, engari ko te Karaiti tonu te kai-whakaora, heoi ano la te whakapono he hono atu i a tatou ki ate Karaiti. Ka mohio te tangata ki tona ngoikore, ki tona kino rawa ki tona kaha-kore kite awhina ia ia ano, kite whakaora i tona wairua, katahi ia ka rere ki a te Karaiti, ka whakawhirinaki ki a ia ara ka whakapono ki aia —ko tona oranga ano tena. Ahakoa pehea te nui o ona hara, i te mea ka whakapono ia ki a te Karaiti ka whakatikaia ia kite aroaro ote Atua, me te mea kaore rawa nei ia i mohio ki tenei’mea kite hara. Kua uhia ia ki nga toto ote Karaiti, nona te tika kua kuhu atu ia ki roto. Na, ete hoa ko tenei te Kongo-Pai, te rongo ataahua o te aroha o te Atua ki a koe, i hanga nei i te huarahi ki o waewae hei haerenga mou ki roto kite rangimarie, kite hari nui kite oranga tonutanga te oranga tonutanga i timata atu nei i tenei ao ano, a te whakamaruutanga kei te rangi. “ Na, ka tika nei tatou ite
whakapono, ka mau ta tatou rongo kite Atua, he mea na to tatou Ariki na Ihu Karaiti,” ehara i te mea nau ake. ( Roma 5. i.) E hoa kei te mohio ranei koe he mate ton, ara kei te ngaua koe e te hara ? E kore te tangata e haere ki te rata kite kore ia e mohio he mate tona, waihoki e kore koe e haere ki te 1 ino Rata kite kore koe e mohio kei roto koe ote hara e noho ana. Kia mohio, kaore ate Karaiti i haere mai ki te whakaora i nga tangata tika, engari i nga tangata hara. Mana koe e whakaora i te whiu o te hara, i te kaha hoki ote hara, ara e whakatoa koe kite riri ki te hara a muri ake nei. (Tirohia Matin 1. 21; Roma 6. 14; Korohe 1. 13.) VI. Me aha e kore ai te tangata e whiwhi ki te Oranga Tonutanga? (Taria e whakaoti.) SSs 3 E hoa, mehemea he whakaaro ton ki to wairua, ata tirohia nga korero me nga rarangi i runga ake nei. Te Pipiwharauroa.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 28, 1 June 1900, Page 4
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1,108TE ORANGA TONUTANGA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 28, 1 June 1900, Page 4
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