Te whakaata i ia ra o Hanuere 10, 2021 "Ko koe taku tama aroha"

A i aua ra ka haere mai a Ihu i Nahareta o Kariri, ka iriiria e Hoani ki Horano. I tana putanga mai i te wai, ka kite ia i te rangi e wahia ana, a ko te Wairua, me te kukupa i heke iho ki a ia. Na ko tetahi reo no te rangi e mea ana, Ko koe taku Tama i aroha ai, ki a koe ka tino koa ahau. "Mareko 1: 9-11 (tau B)

Ko te huringa o te iriiringa a te Ariki ka mutu te wa Kirihimete mo tatou ka paahi tatou i te timatanga o te waa noa. Mai i te tirohanga o te karaipiture, ko tenei kaupapa i roto i te ao o Ihu he wa whakawhiti mai i Toona oranga huna i Nahareta ki te tiimatanga o tana mahi minita. I a tatou e whakanui ana i tenei kaupapa whakahirahira, he mea nui kia whakaaroaro tatou ki tetahi patai ngawari: He aha i iriiria ai a Ihu? Kia mahara ko te iriiringa a Hoani he mahi ripeneta, he mahi i tono ai ia ki ana akonga kia huri whakamuri ki te hara, me te huri ki te Atua. Engari he hara a Ihu, na he aha te take i iriiria ai ia?

Ko te mea tuatahi, ka kite taatau i runga ake nei, ko te tino tuakiri o Ihu i whakakitea mai na roto i tana haehaa o te iriiri iriiri. “Ko koe taku Tama aroha; He harikoa ahau ki a koe, ”i ki mai i te reo o te Matua i te Rangi. Ano hoki, kua korerohia ki a tatou kua heke te Wairua ki runga ki a ia i roto i te ahua o te kukupa. No reira, ko te iriiringa a Ihu i roto i tetahi waahanga hei whakaatu i te iwi Ko wai ia. Ko ia te Tama a te Atua, he Tangata tapu e kotahi ana ki te Matua me te Wairua Tapu. Ko tenei whakaaturanga a te iwi he "epiphany," he whakaaturanga o Tona tuakiri pono ka kitea e te katoa i a ia e whakarite ana ki te tiimata i tana mahi minita.

Tuarua, ko te haehaa o Ihu i kitea i roto i tana iriiringa. Ko ia te Tuarua o te Tuatoru Tapu, engari ka tuku ia i a ia ano kia uru ki nga tangata hara. Na roto i te tohatoha i tetahi mahi e arotahi ana ki te ripeneta, ka kaha te korero a Ihu i roto i Ana mahi iriiri. I haere mai ia ki te hono atu ki a tatou te hunga hara, ki te uru ki o tatou hara, ki te uru atu ki to tatou mate. I te tomokanga ki te wai, ka uru ia ki te mate ake, ko te hua tenei o ta tatou hara, ka piki angitu, ka tuku ano ia tatou kia ara ake me ia ki te ora hou. Mo konei, ko te iriiringa a Ihu tetahi huarahi ki te "iriiri" i nga wai, ki te korero, kia taea ai e te wai ake, mai i taua wa tonu, te whakawhiwhia ki tona aroaro atua, ka taea te korero ki te hunga katoa e iriiria ratou i muri i a ia. No reira, ka taea e nga taangata hara te whakatau ki te atua na roto i te iriiri.

Ka mutu, ka uru ana tatou ki tenei iriiringa hou, na roto i te wai kua whakatapua inaianei e to tatou Ariki atua, ka kite tatou i roto i te iriiri a Ihu he whakakitenga mo tatou kua riro nei i roto i a ia. Ka rite ki ta te Matua korero ana mo tana Tama, a pera hoki me te Wairua Tapu i heke iho ki runga ki a ia, waihoki i roto i to tatou iriiringa, kua whanau tatou hei tamariki ma te Matua, kua ki hoki i te Wairua Tapu. Na reira, ko te iriiringa a Ihu te marama ki te hunga kua riro mai hei Karaitiana.

E te Ariki, ka whakawhetai atu ahau ki a koe mo tau mahi papitairite i whakatuwherahia ai e koe te rangi ki nga tangata hara katoa. Kia whakatuwherahia e ahau toku ngakau ki te aroha noa o taku iriiringa i ia ra, kia tino noho tahi me Koe he tama na te Matua, ki tonu i te Wairua Tapu. Ihu whakapono ahau ki a koe.