AKORANGA 08
Ka Taea e Koe te Whakahoa ki a Ihowa
E hiahia ana a Ihowa kia tino mōhio koe ki a ia. He aha ai? Ko tōna tūmanako ka nui ake tō mōhio ki tōna ahua, ki ōna ara, ki tōna hiahia mōu, ka tino pīrangi koe ki te whakahoa ki a ia. Ka tino taea rānei tērā? (Pānuitia Ngā Waiata 25:14.) Me aha koe kia whakahoa ai ki a ia? E utu ana te Paipera i aua pātai, me te whakamārama ko te hoatanga ki a Ihowa te hononga tino pai ka taea e koe.
1. He aha te tono a Ihowa ki a koe?
“Whakatata atu ki te Atua, ā ka whakatata mai ia ki a koutou.” (Hēmi 4:8) He aha te tikanga o tēnei kōrero? E tono ana a Ihowa ko koe hei hoa mōna. Ki ētahi he uaua te whakaaro he hoa tōna kāore e taea te kite, waiho rā te Atua. Engari, i roto i te Paipera, e whakakitea ana e Ihowa ngā mea katoa mōna kia āhei tātou te whakatata atu ki a ia. Ina pānui tātou i tāna kupu i te Paipera, ka kaha haere tō tātou hoatanga ki a Ihowa ahakoa kāhore tātou e kite i a ia.
2. He aha te take ko Ihowa te Hoa tino pai mōu?
Kāhore he aroha nui ake i tō Ihowa mōu. Ko tōna hiahia, kia koa koe, kia tahuri ki a ia ina pīrangi āwhina koe. Ka taea te “maka atu ō koutou mānukanuka katoa ki runga ki a ia, e whakaaro ana hoki ia ki a koutou.” (1 Pita 5:7) Kei reira a Ihowa i ngā wā katoa hei tautoko, hei whakamārie, hei whakarongo ki ōna hoa.—Pānuitia Ngā Waiata 94:18, 19.
3. Me aha tātou kia whakahoa ai ki a Ihowa?
He pai a Ihowa ki ngā tāngata katoa, engari “ko te tangata ia e whai ana i te tika tāna e aroha ai.” (Whakataukī 15:9) E tūmanako ana a Ihowa kia mahi ōna hoa i ngā mea pai ki tāna titiro, kia kaua e mahi i ngā mea kino ki tāna titiro. Ka whakaaro pea ētahi e kore e taea e rātou ngā ture a Ihowa mō te pai, mō te kino. Heoi anō, he ngākau aroha a Ihowa. E manako ana ia ki te hunga e tino aroha ana ki a Ia, rātou e hiahia ana kia paingia e Ia.—Ngā Waiata 147:11; Ngā Mahi 10:34, 35.
KIMI MĀRAMATANGA
Akona me aha koe kia hoa ai ki a Ihowa, kitea hoki he aha te take ko ia te Hoa tino pai rawa mōu.
4. He hoa a Āperahama nō Ihowa
Kei ngā kōrero o te Paipera mō Āperahama (arā a Āperama) te tikanga o tēnei mea te hoatanga ki te Atua. Pānuitia ngā kōrero mō Āperahama i Kenehi 12:1-4. Kōrerotia ēnei pātai:
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I tono a Ihowa kia aha a Āperahama?
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He aha te kupu taurangi a Ihowa ki a ia?
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I pēhea te whakautu a Āperahama ki ngā kōrero a Ihowa ki a ia?
5. Ngā mea e hiahia ana a Ihowa i ōna hoa
Ko te tikanga ka tūmanako mea tātou i ō tātou hoa.
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He aha anō ētahi mea e koa ai koe kia mahi ōu hoa māu?
Pānuitia 1 Hoani 5:3, kōrerotia tēnei pātai:
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He aha te mea e tūmanako ana a Ihowa i ōna hoa?
Kia whakarongo ai tātou ki a Ihowa, me huri pea e tātou ētahi mahi, me ētahi āhua o te ngākau. Pānuitia Ihāia 48:17, 18, kōrerotia tēnei pātai:
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He aha te take e tono ana a Ihowa kia huri ōna hoa?
Ka whakamahara he hoa pai i a tātou ki ngā mea ka tiaki i a tātou, kia whiwhi painga ai tātou. He pērā hoki a Ihowa ki ōna hoa
6. Ngā mea e mahi ana a Ihowa mō ōna hoa
E āwhina ana a Ihowa i ōna hoa ki te waha ō rātou raruraru. Mātakitakitia te ATAATA, kōrerotia te pātai ka whai ake.
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I āwhina pēheatia e Ihowa te wahine i te ataata ki te whakarata i ōna whakaaro me ōna kare ā-roto kino?
Pānuitia Ihāia 41:10, 13, kōrerotia ēnei pātai:
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He aha te kupu taurangi a Ihowa ki ōna hoa katoa?
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Ki tōu whakaaro ka pai rānei a Ihowa hei Hoa? He aha ai?
Ka āwhina ngā hoa tata i a koe ina hiahia koe. Ka āwhina hoki a Ihowa i a koe
7. Ko te hoatanga ki a Ihowa he kōrero, he whakarongo
E whakakaha ana te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero i ngā here o te hoatanga. Pānuitia Ngā Waiata 86:6, 11, kōrerotia ēnei pātai:
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Ka kōrero pēhea ai tātou ki a Ihowa?
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Ka kōrero pēhea ai a Ihowa ki a tātou?
Kōrero ai tātou ki a Ihowa mā te inoi; kōrero ai ia ki a tātou mā te Paipera
E KĪ ANA ĒTAHI: “E kore e taea te whakatata atu ki te Atua.”
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He aha tō karaipiture hei whakaatu ka taea te whakahoa ki a Ihowa?
WHAKARĀPOPOTO
E hiahia ana a Ihowa ki a koe hei Hoa mōna, ka āwhina hoki ia i a koe ki te whakatata atu ki a ia.
Titiro anō
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Ka āwhina pēhea a Ihowa i ōna hoa?
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He aha te take e mea ana a Ihowa kia huri ōna hoa?
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He tino uaua rānei te whakahoa ki a Ihowa ki tōu whakaaro? He aha ai, he aha i kore ai rānei?
RAPU
Ka pā pēhea te hoatanga ki te Atua ki tōu oranga?
“Jehovah—A God Worth Knowing” (The Watchtower, February 15, 2003)
Akona me pēhea te whakatipu hoatanga ki te Atua.
Kitea he aha i whakaaro ai tētahi wahine nā tōna hoatanga ki a Ihowa ia i whakaora.
Whakarongo ki ētahi taitamariki e whakapuaki ana ō rātou whakaaro mō Ihowa.