ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sepitema 1, 2017

Ke fakalangilangi‘i pe ‘a e ‘Otuá

To Glorify God

Fehu‘i #6

‘E founga fēfē ha‘atau fakalangilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otuá ?

(How can we glorify God?) 

‘Oku tau fakalangilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘aki ‘a e tu‘u mo‘oni ‘etau manakó ‘iate Ia, ‘ofá  kiate Ia , falalá  kiate Ia, mo talangofua ki hono finangaló, mo ‘ene ngaahi tu‘utu‘uní , mo ‘ene laó́ .

(We glorify God by enjoying him, loving him, trusting him, and by obeying his will, commands, and law.)

Teutalonome 11:1

Ko ia te ke ‘ofa kia Sihova ko ho ‘Otua, ‘o tauhi hono fatongia, mo hono ngaahi lao, mo ‘ene konisitūtone, mo ‘ene ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni, ma‘u ai pē.

Deuteronomy 11:1

You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.

Komeniteli (tohi vete) – Lisiate Sipe

Commentary – Richard Sibbes

Koe‘uhí  ko ‘etau ma‘u ‘a e me‘a kotoa pe mei he ‘Otuá, ‘oku totonu ke tau hinga lafalafa ‘i hono to‘ukupu kelekelé ‘o pehē, “ ‘E ‘ikai te u fie fai angahala he ‘oku ‘ikai fakahoifua ia ki he finangalo ‘o hoku ‘Otuá ”

Ko e tau‘atāina mo‘oní, ‘oku ma‘u ia ‘i hono fakafo‘ou ‘e he Laumālié ‘a e lotó, ‘o ne fakalahi ke hoko ‘o lalo‘aoa ki he ‘Otuá ‘ia Kalaisi. ‘Oku toki tonu mo vovo ‘a e mo‘ui ‘a ha tokotaha ‘i he‘ene fakavaivai‘i ia ki he ‘Otuá pea ‘oku tohoaki ia ke hohoi ki he ‘Otuá, he kuo fakatau‘atāina ia ‘e he ‘Otua mohu kelesí. Ko hono finangaló, ke tau kaveinga‘aki ‘a e tulia hono langilangí pea te ne toki ‘omi ‘ene kelesí mo hono kolōliá  ke nofo‘ia kitautolu.

As we receive all from God, so we should lay all at his feet, and say, “I will not live in a course of sin that will not stand with the favor of my God.”…

True freedom is found when, by the Spirit, the heart is renewed, is enlarged, and becomes subordinate to God in Christ. A man is in a sweet frame when his heart is made subject to God, and drawn out towards him, for the God of all grace sets it at liberty. God will have us make his glory our aim, and then he will bestow grace and glory too on us.