Whakaarohia tenei ra i runga i to haehaa me te whakawhirinaki

E te Ariki, ehara au i te mea tika kia tukua koe ki raro i toku tuanui; kia puaki kau te kupu, a ka ora taku pononga. "Matiu 8: 8

Kei te whakahuahia tenei kupu noa i nga wa katoa e faaineine ana tatou ki te haere ki te Whakauru Tapu. He korero mo te haehaa nui me te whakawhirinaki na te keneturio Roma i tono kia mate ia i tana pononga mai tawhiti.

Ua anaanatae roa Iesu i te faaroo o teie taata tei parau e «aore roa hoê i Iseraela i noaa i tera faaroo». He mea tika kia whakaarohia te whakapono o tenei taangata hei tauira mo taatau ake whakapono.

Tuatahi, kia titiro tatou i tona haehaa. Ka whakaae te keneturio kaore ia e "tika" kia tae a Ihu ki tona whare. Ko tenei, ko te pono. Kaore tetahi o tatou e tika ki tenei tino aroha noa. Ko te whare e pa ai ki te taha wairua ko te wairua. Eita tatou e tano ia Iesu o te haere mai i to tatou varua no te faatupu i To'na nohoraa i reira. I te timatanga he uaua tenei ki te whakaae. Ehara i te tino tika mo tenei? Ana, kaore, kaore ko matou. Koinei tonu te tino pono.

He mea nui ki te mohio koinei te keehi, na tenei tino whakakitenga, ka taea ano hoki e tatou te mohio ko ta Ihu whiriwhiri kia haere mai ki a tatou. Ma te mohio ki o maatau koretake kaore e mahi i tetahi mea engari kia whakakii i a maatau ki te mihi nui mo te meka ka tae mai a Ihu ki a tatou i tenei ahuatanga haehaa. I tika tenei tangata i runga i te tikanga na te Atua i ringihia tana aroha noa ki a ia mo tana haehaa.

I whakapono hoki ia ki a Ihu, ka mohio te keneturio kaore ia e pai ki te manaakitanga penei ka tino tapu tona whakapono. He mea tapu no te mea kaore ia e pai ana, engari e mohio ana hoki he aroha ano hoki a Ihu ki a ia me te hiahia kia haere mai ki a ia ki te whakaora i tana pononga.

E whakaatu ana tenei ki a maatau kaore to taatau whakawhirinaki ki a Ihu e ahu mai ki te kore ranei e whai mana taatau ki tana aroaro i roto i to oranga, engari, e whakaatu mai ana ko ta maatau whakawhirinaki i runga i to maatau mohiotanga ki tana mahi tohu mutungakore me te mahi tohu. Ia ite anae tatou i taua aroha ra e te aroha, e itehia ia tatou. Ano hoki, kaore e mahia e tatou na te mea he tika ta matou; engari, mahia e tatou na te mea ko ta Ihu e hiahia ana. Te hinaaro nei ia ia rapu tatou i tana mahi tohu ahakoa to tatou tuakore.

Whakaarohia tenei ra i runga i to haehaa me te whakawhirinaki. Ka taea e koe te inoi i tenei inoi me te whakapono ano ki te keneturio? Hei tauira maau koe mo nga wa katoa ka rite koe ki te whakawhiwhi ki a Ihu "ki raro o to tuanui" i te Hapori Tapu.

E te rangatira, ehara ahau i a koe. Kaore ahau e tino pai ki te tango ia koe i roto i te Hapori Tapu. Awhina i ahau kia mohio ma te haehaa tenei, a, i runga i taua haehaa, ka awhina ano ahau ki te mohio ki te meka e hiahia ana koe ki te haere mai ki ahau. E whakapono ahau ki a koutou.