He pae ako Paipera kore utu a See More Jesus, kotahi tonu te whāinga: kia āwhina i a koe kia mōhio pono ki a wai a Ihu — mā te ako i te kupu a te Atua tonu.
Ko See More Jesus he mīhana ako-Paipera utu-kore, reo-maha. E whakaputa ana i ngā ako rangi-rangi mō ia rārangi o te Paipera King James, e hono ana tēnā me tēnā ki te tikanga o ngā kupu Kariki me te Hiperu taketake, he patapātai kua whakatauria, me ētahi waiata whakamoemiti hei whakarongo i a koe e ako ana — ka tukuna katoatia i roto i te 88 pea o ngā reo, kāore he utu, kāore hoki he mea kua kati i muri i te whakaurunga, i te koha rānei. Kua hangaia ngā ako kia ahu mai i ngā kaupapa, kaua ki ngā rārangi takitahi — te aroha, te whakapono, te ripeneta, te iriiri, me ētahi atu maha — kia taea ai e te kaipānui te hōhonu haere ki tētahi kaupapa i te wā kotahi, kia mau pū hoki ki a ia ngā mea i akona, i te āhua e mau pai ake ai ngā whakaaro ki te hinengaro ina whakakāhuitia e ai ki te kaupapa, kaua ki te marara noa puta noa i te pukapuka. Ko ngā ako, ngā patapātai, me ngā whāinga e mahi tahi ana i konei, he mea whakaaro nui: he onge te mau o te pānui anake, engari mā te pānui, te whakamātauria, me te aroturuki i tō ake koke ka mau.
He marautanga ako Karaitiana kōreretia takitahi, kore utu, tēnei pae tukutuku. Ka haere ia akoranga i te Karaipiture whiti mō te whiti, me ngā tikanga o ngā kupu Kariki me te Hiperu taketake, he patapatai kei te mutunga hei whakamātau i āu i ako ai, he whakaaro whakapono ā-rā, me ngā whakaaturanga a ngā kaipānui puta noa i te ao. Kei roto anō he pūrere whakatangi e taea ai e koe te whakarongo ki ngā waiata whakamoemiti tawhito i a koe e pānui ana, i runga i te momo puoro e hāngai ana ki tō ake takiwā o te ao. Kāore he pānui hokohoko, kāore he rēhitatanga, kāore he utu — ehara i tēnei wā, ehara hoki i ngā wā katoa e heke mai ana. Kei te whakaputaina ngā akoranga ināianei i roto i ngā reo tata ki te 88, ā, kei te tuhia, kei te whakamāoritia tonutia ētahi atu i ngā wā katoa.
Kua hangaia hoki tēnei pae hei tēpu ako mōu, ehara i te mea he whārangi pānui noa iho. I a koe e haere ana, ka taea e koe te tuhi i ō ake tuhinga i konei tonu, i roto i tō pukapuka tuhi — kātahi ka tikiake ai i aua tuhinga me te akoranga anō hoki, kia kaua ai tō mātauranga e mau tonu ki te mata kōrero noa iho. Pānuitia, kawea, kātahi ka haere kauwhau ai.
He nui ake te hiranga o aua tikanga kupu i tā te āhua o te kōrero. I te nuinga o te ao kāore he huarahi mō tētahi tangata whakapono ki ētahi papakupu Paipera, kuputaka rānei, tuhinga tātari rānei e tika ana — he utu nui ō aua rauemi, he reo hē rānei tō rātou, kāore rānei e kitea. Ia akoranga kei konei e whakaū ana i te tikanga whānui o te reo Kariki me te Hiperu taketake ki roto tonu i te whārangi, i tō ake reo, kāore he utu. Mēnā kāore anō koe kia āhei ki te whakatū whare pukapuka ako ki tō papa pukapuka, ko te whāinga o tēnei paetukutuku he whakatū i tētahi ki roto i ō ringaringa.
Kotahi te mea e whakatapua nei e mātou: kāore mātou e whakamāori miihini i te Paipera tonu. Ko ngā irava katoa o tēnei paetukutuku, i ngā reo katoa, he mea tango kupu mō kupu mai i tētahi putanga Paipera pono, whai raihana, o tērā reo. Mehemea kāore he putanga pono mō tētahi reo, ka tohutohu atu mātou ki tētahi wāhi kē, kaua e whakaaro noa. Ko ngā akoranga e karapoti nei i ngā irava, he mea whakamāori mā te tino tūpato — engari ko te Kupu tonu te Kupu, ā, kāore mātou e pā atu ki reira.
Te Kōrero i Muri i Tēnei Pae Tukutuku
Kāore au i tipu ake i roto i te whare karakia. I tūtaki au ki te Ariki i te pō o Halloween — he pō e tukua nei e te ao ki te pōuri — ā, kāore i roa i muri mai, ka tū mai te wahine māku e marena ai i taku taha i te wā i tapaea ai e au taku oranga katoa ki a Ia. I te tau 2000 ka nuku māua, ka uru ki tētahi rōpū pono o te hunga whakapono, e arahina ana e tētahi kaikauwhau Hurai, e karakia ana, e ako ana i te Kupu ngātahi i ia rā. I haere tahi māua ki ngā haerenga mihana ki Iharaira, e kauwhau ana i te rongopai, tae atu ki te West Bank, ki te kauwhau ki ngā Pālēhitini.
I ora anō te Karaipiture ki ahau i roto i tētahi āhua hōu. I kite ahau ko Ihu te uri o Aperahama — “Ki tou uri, ko ia nei a te Karaiti” (Karaitia 3:16) — ā, nā roto i te iriiri ka iriiritia tātou ki roto i tōna matenga, kia haere ai hoki tātou i roto i te houtanga o te oranga (Roma 6:3-4), i muri i te whakakākahutanga o tātou ki a te Karaiti tonu (Karaitia 3:27). Ka riro tātou, e ai ki tā Paora, he wāhi o tōna tinana ake: “Nā, ko koutou te tinana o te Karaiti, he wāhi takitahi” (1 Koriniti 12:27). I te nui haere o taku ako me taku īnoi, ka nui haere anō taku hiahia. Kāore ahau i āhei ki te whakamākona i taku hiahia ki te Kupu a te Atua.
I muri i ngā tau maha e mahi ana i te mīhana, ka tīmata taku kite i ngā raru pono. Ka ngoikore haere taku mahara, ā, i te wā roa ka mōhio au kei te tipu tētahi puku onge i roto i taku roro. I ētahi tau ki muri i pāngia ahau e te pokanga roro. Ka ngaro ngā mamae māhunga, engari mō te wā roa i whawhai ahau ki tētahi mea hōhonu ake: kua kore ahau e mārama pū ki taku ake kaha ki te kauwhau, ki te kawe rānei i te mea i tukua mai ki ahau.
I taua wā tonu, i mōhio ahau kāore i taea e ngā tāngata tokorua i whakatū i te tūāpapa o tēnei paetukutuku te haere tonu. Ko te kaikauwhau Hurai i whakaako i ahau i roto i ngā tau katoa e haere ake nei — te tangata tonu nei i tuhi i ēnei ako mā tōna ringa ake — kua mate, whai muri i te 50 tau e kauwhau ana i te Kupu. Ko te tangata i āta huri i āna whārangi tuhi-ā-ringa kia noho hei mea matihiko, kua pāngia e te pēke oro. I tika kia mau tētahi tangata i te wāhi i mahue mai i a rāua. Nā te tango i tēnei mea i āhua mate, i tīmata ahau ki te whakarite me te whakatū i ēnei akoranga kaha ki konei, me te whakapai me te whakamāori i a rātau ki roto i ngā reo 88. Kāore ahau i whai whakamana māku — nā te mahi noa i tukuna mai ki roto i ōku ringa, ā, ko taku whāinga ko te whakaoti i taku omanga mā te whakakororia i te Atua. He hōnore, he koa nōku ki te whakawhāiti atu ki a koutou ēnei akoranga kua whai pānga hōhonu ki ahau me taku whānau katoa. Kua tuwhera katoa te paetukutuku, kāore he utu, ā, kei a koutou te tikanga. Kāore he mahi tuku kōha e hiahiatia — kua utua katoatia e te Atua, mō tātau katoa.
Ka titiro whakamuri ahau, ka kite ahau i tā te Atua whakamahi i taua pokanga roro hei whakawātea i ahau — kia wātea ai i te mahi i noho ai ahau i roto i taku oranga katoa, ā, kia wātea ai hoki ahau ki te tuku i taku wā katoa ki tēnā mea nui ake. Kāore anō ahau i tino harikoa rawa atu i roto i taku oranga katoa. Ko taku hoa wahine, kua tata ki te maha nga tau e noho tahi ai māua, e tū tonu ana i taku taha, e tautoko tonu mai ana i ahau tae mai ki tēnei rā, ā, e noho tonu ana ahau mō ngā haora roa i raro i te whare hei tuku i ēnei akoranga ki te ao. Ko ngā mea katoa e kitea e koe i konei, mēnā ka whakamanawareka koe, hoatu te whakamoemiti ki te Atua — nō te mea ko ēnei whārangi te huihuinga o te mahi nui rawa atu a ngā tāngata tokotoru i roto i tō rātou oranga, ā, ko Ia te kaituhi o te katoa.
Ko taku korero tenei. Kei te tuhi ano nga kaipanui puta noa i te ao i a ratou ake korero — ka taea e koe te panui, me te tuari hoki i tau ake, i to matou wharangi Whakaaturanga.
Te hangatanga me te tirotirohanga o tenei paetukutuku
I timata ia akoranga i konei hei akoranga Paipera i tuhia ā-ringa, i whakatipuria i roto i ngā tau e rima tekau o te mahi minita pono. I patohia aua whārangi tuhi-ā-ringa, ā, kei te whakaritea ināianei mō te ipurangi, kotahi te reo i te wā. Kāore rawa te Karaipiture ake i whakawhitia mā roto i tētahi whakamāori miihini: ko ia whiti, i ia reo, he mea tārua kupu-mō-te-kupu mai i tētahi putanga Paipera pono, kua whai raihana. Ā, i ia whārangi akoranga e whakaingoatia ana te putanga tika e whakahuatia ana (tirohia tā mātou whārangi Sources & Licensing). Ko ngā whakaakoranga e karapoti ana i aua whiti ka whakamāoritia mā te ata whakaaro, ā, ka tirotirohia e ngā whakamātautau aunoa i mua i tōna whakaputanga. Ina tukuna mai e tētahi tāngata tana ake whakaaturanga, ka pānuitia e tētahi tangata pono i mua i te putanga ki runga i te pae tukutuku. Mēnā ka kitea e koe tētahi hapa i tētahi wāhi o konei, tuhi mai ki a mātou — [email protected] — ā, ka tirohia e mātou ki ngā puna kōrero, ka whakatikatikahia hoki.
To matou tumanako mo nga tau tekau e heke mai nei — me nga tau pono
He pai ake ki a mātou te kōrero pono ki a koe i te whakaatu i tētahi tau whakamīharo.
He pae tamariki tonu tēnei. Nō Akuhata 2026 anake mātou i tīmata ai ki te ine i ngā manuhiri, nō reira kāore anō kia maha ngā tau o te haerenga hei tauira mā mātou — ā, kāore mātou e whakapohehe nā he pēnā tō mātou āhua. Engari mā mātou e kī pono ai ki a koe te wāhi i tīmata ai mātou me te wāhi e whāia ana e mātou:
Kei te noho tonu tēnei mahi nā te mea e whakapono ana mātou he tika tā te Paipera e kī nei: “Rapua ngā karaipiture… ko ēnei hoki e whakaatu ana mōku” (John 5:39). Ahakoa he aha tō take i konei — he ako, he whakamātau i a koe anō, he tuhi kōrero, he whakarongo, he tuari i tō whakaaturanga rānei — nau mai, haere mai. E noho iho, ka kite ake ai i a Ihu.
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