Nga Pire o te Whakapono Hanuere 2: "Reo reo e tangi ana i te koraha"

"I te koraha he reo e karanga ana: Whakapaia te huarahi o te Ariki." E oku teina, ko te tikanga tenei kia whakaaroa e tatou te ataahua o te noho mokemoke, me te manaakitanga o te koraha, mai i te timatanga o te wa o te whakaoranga, e tika ana kia whakatapua ki era atu o te hunga tapu. Ae ra, i whakatapua te koraha ma tatou e te reo o te poropiti, o te tangata i te hamama i te koraha, i kauwhautia i reira te iriiringa o te hurihanga. I mua atu i a ia ko nga poropiti nui he tu takitahi no te hoa, na te mea he hoa mahi tahi na te Wairua. Heoi, he pai rawa atu te tapu tino tapu i herea ki taua waahi i te haerenga o Ihu ki reira i muri o Hoani. (Mt 4,1) ...

E wha tekau nga ra i noho ia i te koraha me te mea nei ki te purea, ki te whakatapu i tenei wahi ki te ora hou; te tangata nanakia i haerere ki a ia i wini ..., ana ko tenei, ehara i a ia ano engari mo te hunga e noho ana i muri i a ia. … Na, ki te mea kua noho koe ki te koraha, noho ki reira tatari ai ki te tangata hei whakaora i a koe mai i te wairua me te tupuhi. Ahakoa ko wai te totohe hei whawhai ki a koe, ko nga mea katoa e mate ai koe, kaua e hoki ki Ihipa. Ko te koraha ka whangaia e koe ki te mana ...

I nohopuku a Ihu i te koraha, engari he maha nga ra i poipoia e ia te mano i whai i a ia i reira, me te huarahi maere ... Ko te wa e whakapono ana koe kua roa ia e whakarere ana i a koe, na, ka wareware ia ki tana pai, ka haere mai ia ki te whakamarie a ka mea ia ki a koe: "Kei te maumahara ahau ki a koe, ko te aroha o to tamarikitanga, ko te aroha i te wa o to hononga i te wa i whai mai ai koe i ahau ki te koraha" (Jer 2,2: 35,2). Ka ururua rawa i a Ihowa te koraha o te koraha, a ka kauwhautia e koe (rite ki te poropiti) kua hoatu te honore o Repanona, te honore o Karamere, me te Harono ki a ia (Na 107,8) ... Na ka puta te himene whakamoemiti i to wairua tau makona: ana mea whakamiharo i manakohia e te tangata, i makona ai ia i te hiahia o te hunga hiainu, o te hiakai kua whakakiia ki te pai "(Ps 9: XNUMX-XNUMX).

Tuhinga o mua
Ma te Atua o te whakamarie katoa e whakarite o tatou ra ki tona Rongomau, ka homai ki a tatou te aroha o te Wairua Tapu.