E aroha ana ahau ki a rātau e aroha ana ki a au; A, ko te hunga e rapu wawe ana i ahau, ka kitea ahau (Whakatauki 8:17)
Ka whakaaturia te aroha o te Atua mo te iwi, I te mea i hoatu e ia tana Tama aroha anake. Kua whakaaturia hoki e Ihu tōna aroha ki te iwi, ma te mate mo ratou; tangohia nga hara katoa me nga kino o te ao ki runga ki a ia ano. Na te aroha o te Atua mo te tangata, mo Ihu hoki’ aroha nui ki Tōna Matua, I taea e ia te whakatutuki tana mahi i runga i tēnei whenua. Ko ia te Reme, I patua nei mo te tāne. I mahia e ia whakamarie mo te tangata hara.
Ināianei kua tae atu ki te tāne, ta tātau e mahi ai ki tēnei koha utu nui. E whakaae ana mātou, ākiri rānei.
Kua hoatu ki ia tangata he wira wātea hei kōwhiri; kōwhiri mō Ihu, kāore rānei.
E kī ana a Ihu e aroha ana ia ki te hunga, e aroha ana ki a ia, no te mea kua whiriwhiria ia e ratou, a ka riro i a ia ki roto i o ratou ora. Ka taea anake e Ihu te noho i roto i a rātau, nāna ia i pōhiri.
Kaua hoki ahau e inoi mo enei anake, Engari mo te hunga hoki e whakapono ki ahau, i runga i ta ratou kupu; Kia kotahi ai ratou katoa; rite tonu ki te thou, Matua, toi i roto i a au, ko ahau i roto i tee, Kia kotahi ai hoki ratou i roto i a tatou:Kia whakapono ai te ao kāore anō kia tonoa ahau e te thou. Na, ko te kororia i homai e ahau ki ahau, kua homai e ahau ki a ratou; kia kotahi ai ratou, ahakoa he kotahi tātau: I roto i a rātau ahau, thou i roto i ahau, kia tino tika ai ratou i roto i te kotahi; Kia mohio ai hoki te ao, kahore ahau i tonoa mai e te thou, a, ka aroha ki a rātau, i te mea kāore anō kia arohaina ahau e te thou (Jn 17:20-23)
Me pēhea e haere mai ai a Ihu ki tō oranga?
Āta noho, I te tuatahi, mā te tono i a ia kia haere mai ki roto i tō oranga, ripeneta, tuku i a koe ki a ia. Ko reira ko ta koutou katoa e mea ai ko te whakatuwhera i te Kupu a te Atua, ka whiwhi hoki ki ana kupu. Ina whiwhi koe i ana kupu, ka whiwhi koe i a ia, a, ka noho koe hei kaimahi i te Kupu, ka haere i ana whakahau, a, i tōna hiahia, Kātahi koe ka whakaatu ki a Ia e aroha ana koe ki a ia, A ka noho ia ki roto ki a koutou.
Ko te hunga e rapu wawe ana i ahau ka kite i ahau
E kī ana te Word: “Ko te hunga e rapu wawe ana i ahau, ka kitea ahau.” Āe, te hunga e rapu wawe ana i a ia, ka kitea ia. Koia tērā te take i tino hira ai te tīmata i tō rā ki te Kupu, Kia tīmata tahi ai koe i tou ra ki a Ia.
Ina whakatuwhera koe i te Paipera, ka whiwhi hoki ki ana kupu, Na ka whangaia tou wairua. Ka whakahauhautia koe, hanga, ka whakakaha. Ka taea e koe te whakatikatika i ngā mea, e haere mai ana i taua rā. E whakaako ana a ia, ka tohutohu i a koe, kia taea ai e koe te whakahaere i ia āhuatanga i runga i te āhua tika.
Engari e tatari ana a ia.... mō tō tono.
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
