ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Akosi 25, 2017

Radiating God’s glory to one another

Komeniteli ‘a Sione Paipa

Commentary – John Piper

Ko ia, ‘oku tau sio fakamama‘u kia Sisu, ‘oku tau ‘ofa kiate ia, pea ‘i he tu‘unga ko iá, ‘oku fai ai hotau takao ke hokosi ‘a hono ‘imisi.

‘I he pehē ko ē ‘e he ‘Otuá na‘a ne ngaohi kitautolu ko e tangata mo e fefine ke fakaola ‘ene palaní, na‘e ‘ikai ‘uhinga pe ia ki hono fakatupulaki ‘o mamaní, ka ko e founga eni ia ‘oku fakahoko lelei taha ‘i he “komiunitī” (fā‘ūtaha ‘a e loto ‘o e tangatá ke fekau‘aki mo hono hakó). ‘Oku ‘ikai lelei ke nofo tokotaha ‘a e tangatá. Ko hai te ne fakalangilangi‘i ki ai ‘a e ‘Otuá ? Ko ia, ko e ki‘i komiunitī si‘isi‘i ko eni na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘i he kamata‘angá pea ui ko e tangata mo e fefiné, ko e fakafofonga ia ‘o e komiunitī ‘oku taufetongi ai mo fetafe‘aki ai ‘a e langilangi ‘o e ‘Otuá ‘i hona vāá, pea tapa atu ai foki ki mamani.

Tau kau fakataha ke fakahoko e fo‘i ngaue mahu‘inga ko ení. Ke tau fetokoni‘aki ke fakalangilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otuá.

So we look at Jesus, we treasure him, we love him, and in that we are being shaped into his image.

When God says he made us male and female to do this, not only does that mean we want generations to go on doing this, so there’s going to be procreation here, but it means this happens best in community. Is not good for the man to be alone. Who is he going to glorify God to? So this little community that’s created in the beginning called male and female is representative of the community where the glory of God radiates back and forth to each other and then out to the world.

Let’s do this together. Let’s help each other glorify God.