Sapate ‘Akosi 20,
2017
“God
our Creator”
Fehuʻi #4
Na‘e founga
fēfē hono fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá pea ko e ha ‘a e ‘uhinga na‘a ne fakatupu
ai kitautolú ?
(How and why did God create us?)
Na‘e fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá, ko e
tangata mo e fefine ‘i hono ‘imisí, ke tau ‘ilo‘i Ia, ‘ofa kiate Ia, nonofo mo
Ia pea ke fakalangilangi‘i Ia. Pea ‘oku totonu mo e fa‘ahinga na‘e ngaohi ‘e he
‘Otuá ke nau mo‘ui ko hono fakahoifua.
(God created us male and female in his
image to know him, love him, live with, and glorify him. And it is right that
we who were created by God should live to his glory.)
Senesi 1:27
Pea na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e tangata ‘i he
‘īmisi ‘o‘ona, ‘io, ‘i he ‘īmisi ‘o e ‘Otua na‘a ne fakatupu ia; na‘a ne
fakatupu ‘a kinaua ko e tangata mo e fefine.
Genesis
1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of
God He created him; male and female He created them.
Komeniteli ‘a R.C. Ryle
Commentary
Ko e langilangi ‘o e ‘Otuá ‘oku
totonu ke hoko ia ko e tumutumu ‘o e vivili ‘a e fanau ‘a e ‘Otuá . Ko e
kaveinga eni ‘o e taha ‘o e ngaahi lotu ‘a e ‘Eiki: “‘Alā Tamai, ke ke fakalāngilangi‘i ho‘oú huafa.” (Sione 12:28). Ko e taumu‘a eni na‘e fakatupu ai ‘a mamaní. Ko e
‘uhinga eni na‘e ui mo fakamo‘ui ai ‘a e fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá . Ko e
tefito‘i kaveinga eni ke tau kumi ki ai, “koe‘uhi ke fakahīkihiki‘i ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i he
me‘a kotoa pē” (1 Pita 4:11)…
The
glory of God is the first thing that God’s children should desire. It is the
object of one of our Lord’s own prayers: “father, glorify thy name” (John
12:28). It is the purpose for which the world was created. It is the end for
which the Saints are called and converted. It is the chief thing we should
seek, that “God in all things may be glorified” (1 Peter 4:11)…
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