A feruri i teie mahana i to oe anaanatae no te mau ohipa hamani maitai ta outou e rave nei
He ma tonu tana repera; Katahi ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Ka kite koe e kore e korero ki tetahi, engari ka mea, Haere ki te tohunga, ae tapaea te whakahere na Mohi. ka waiho hei whakamatautau mo ratou. "Matiu 8: 3b-4
He merekara whakamiharo ka puta me te korero noa a Ihu i te tangata i whakahoki mai "kia kaua e korero ki tetahi." He aha te korero a Ihu?
Tuatahi, me timata tatou ma te whakaaro whakaaro ki nga mahi a Ihu. Ma te horoi i tenei repera, i whakahokia mai ano e ia tona ora katoa ki a ia. I noho ia me te keehi, i wehea mai i te hapori; Ko tona repera, i tangohia e ia nga mea katoa ia ia. I whakapono ia ki a Ihu, ka whakaara ake ia ia ki te atawhai me te mahi tohu a te Atua.
He maha nga korero a Ihu ki te hunga e whakaorangia ana kia kaua e korero ki tetahi. Ko tetahi take mo tenei ko te mahi aroha me te mahi tohu a Ihu kaore i mahia hei painga mona, engari na te aroha. I aroha a Ihu ki tenei repera me te hiahia ki te tuku ia ia tenei tino whakaora whakaora. I mahia e ia ma te mahi aroha, a, hei whakautu, ko tana hiahia anake ka mihi ki te taangata. Kaore i tika kia whakaatuhia e ia, ko tana hiahia kia mihi te tangata.
Ko te taua ano mo tatou. Me mohio tatou e nui rawa te aroha a te Atua ki a ia kia hiahia ana ia ki te hiki o tatou taumaha taumaha me te whakaora i o tatou ngoikoretanga na te mea e aroha ana ia ki a tatou. Kaore ia e mahi i te tuatahi na te mea ka whai hua ki a ia, engari na tana mahi aroha mo tatou.
Ko tetahi akoranga ka taea e taatau mai i tenei ko te mahi mo o tatou mahi aroha me te mahi tohu ki etahi atu. Ka mahi ana tatou i nga mea katoa hei whakaatu i te aroha me te aroha, he pai ranei tatou me te kore mohio? He maha tonu nga wa e hiahia ana tatou kia tirohia, kia whakamoemitihia. Engari ko te ahua o te mahi aroha me te mahi aroha te mea me mahi noa na te aroha. Ina hoki, ko te mahi i tetahi mea aroha me te aroha kaore e mohiotia e tetahi kaore e awhina i a tatou kia tipu ake te aroha me te aroha. E horoi nei i o tatou wawata ka tuku kia aroha ki te aroha aroha.
A feruri i teie mahana i to oe anaanatae no te mau ohipa hamani maitai ta outou e rave nei. Inoi kia hiahia hoki koutou ki te mahi huna i te ahua o to tatou Ariki hanahana.
E te rangatira, ka taea e au te tupu te aroha ki etahi atu ka whakakite i taua aroha ma te tika. Eiaha roa vau e faaitoitohia e te hiaai no te mau arueraa faufaa ore. E whakapono ahau ki a koutou.