Contents

P — 03 Editorial

Jesus Himself made it clear when He said, “I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me”

P — 04 Graham Batson’s Tribute

He was an incredible man, with an incredible faith who did an incredible work for God.

P — 06 Courtney Thompson’s Testimony

The worldly sorrow I had was replaced by a sorrow that made me want to get right with God.

P — 10 The Life Shop

The Māori abortion rate in currently at 23%. This is so sad and so against the Māori culture that strongly believes in the sanctity of life.

P — 12 Super Bible Comics

The first 5,000 comics have been printed and are ready for distribution around Aotearoa.

P — 14 Secrets to: Mental Well Being

Through the psychology of Ihu Karaiti, will bring you maximum effectiveness with minimum weariness.

P — 18 MPA in Our Communities

My life has changed finding the Lord my Father by my side every day.

P — 20 Tamariki, he mea homei na te Ihowā

Here are two more important concepts that should be part of growing our tamariki.

“As long as I am sincere in what I believe, I’m sure Ihowā will allow me into Heaven.” This is an idea many people have. But is sincerity enough?

Suppose you wanted to travel to a certain place, and you said, “It doesn’t matter which road I take, as long as I am sincere”. More than likely, you would never reach your destination. For sincerity to be of any value, it must be based upon truth. It is therefore strange that many people do not think this rule applies when it comes to their spiritual destiny, yet Ihu Karaiti made it clear when He said, “I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

In Paul’s letter to the Christians at Corinth, he tells us why Ihu Karaiti is the ONLY way. He writes, “For what I received [from the Lord] I passed on to you as of first importance, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).

Here we have the heart of the Gospel and these truths were given to Paul by Ihu Karaiti. Paul further writes “I want you to know the Gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:11-12).

Ihu Karaiti, the eternal, infinite Tama of Ihowā, took upon a human form and proved through the miracles He did who He was. Then He allowed Himself to be taken by the religious leaders of the day (who hated Him because He revealed their hypocrisy), He was given a false trial and handed over to the Romans to suffer the terrible death of crucifixion. In His death and resurrection, He paid the penalty for our sin so that we could be cleansed and forgiven and belong to Him for eternity.

Do you really think Ihu Karaiti would have suffered all of that if there was some other way your sin could have been dealt with and your eternal destiny made secure? No!

IHU KARAITI IS THE ONLY WAY!

We refer to Paul’s letter to the Christians in Galatia who were being infiltrated by false teachers. Paul writes to them, “Some people are throwing you into confusion and trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!” (Galatians 1:7-9).

Why was Paul sure the Gospel he preached was indeed the truth? Because he had received it from the risen Karaiti and it had radically changed Paul’s life. Once Paul was a fanatical persecutor of Christians; now he was preaching the Gospel he had once tried to destroy.

There are many false teachings in the world today. Ihowā gave His only Tama to provide salvation for us. The Gospel is the only way through which you and I can be saved.