ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tuʻapulelulu ‘Akosi 3, 2017

“Seek Ye First”

Loma 14:7-8

He kapau ‘oku tau _________, ‘oku tau mo‘ui ma‘aʹ e ‘Eiki; pea kapau ‘oku _____     ________, ‘oku tau pekia ma‘aʹ e ‘Eiki: ko ia, _____  _____  _______ _______, pe ‘oku tau ________, ko e me‘a ‘a e _______ pē ‘a kitautolu. He tala‘ehai ‘oku ‘i ai hatau toko taha ‘oku ______   _______; pea tala‘ehai ‘oku ‘i ai hatau toko taha ‘oku _______    ________ pē.

Romans 14:7 – 8

For none of us _______   _____   __________, and none of us _______to himself. For if ____   ______, we live _____   _____ _________, and if we _______, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we _______ or __________   _______   _______, we are ______   ___________.

Komeniteli - Tīmote Kela …hoko atu

Commentary - Timothy Keller cont…

Ko e tefito‘i fakakaukaú eni; ke ‘oua na‘a tau mo‘ui ke kumi pe ‘etau fiefia fakafo‘ituituí. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke tau mo‘ui ‘o pehē ‘oku ‘akitautolu pe kitautolu. Pea ‘oku ‘uhinga ia ki heni. ‘Uluakí, ‘oku ‘ikai ke fakatefito ‘iate kitautolu pe ‘a e me‘a ‘oku totonú mo fehalaakí. Kuo tau tukuange ‘e kitautolu ia hono kotoa ka tau fakafalala pe ki he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otuá.  Uá, ‘oku tau tukuange foki mo ‘etau founga faka‘aho ki hono fakalele ‘o ‘etau mo‘uí; ‘oku ta‘ofi ‘etau fakamu‘omu‘a ‘a e kitá, ka tau fakamu‘omu‘a ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku lelei‘ia ai ‘a e ‘Otuá mo e ‘ofa ki he kaungā‘apí. ‘Oku tau foaki kakato kitautolu ma‘ana – sino mo e laumālie. ‘Oku tau falala kakato kiate Ia ‘i he faingofua mo e faingata‘a, ‘i he lelei mo e kovi, ‘i he mo‘ui mo e mate.

The basic principle then is this: that we are not to live to please ourselves. We’re not to live as if we belong to ourselves. And that means several things. It means, first of all, we are not to determine for ourselves what is right or wrong. We give up the right to determine that, and we rely wholly on God’s Word. We also give up the operating principle that we usually use in day-to-day life; we stop putting ourselves first, and we always put first what pleases God and what loves our neighbor. It also means that we are to have no part of our lives that is immune from self-giving. We’re supposed to give ourselves wholly to him – body and soul. And it means we trust God through thick and thin, through the good and the bad times, in life and in death.