ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sepitema 22, 2017

Ko e Lao ‘uluaki, ua mo e tolu

The first three Commandments

Fehuʻi #9

Ko e hā ‘a e me‘a na‘e tu‘utu‘uni ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he ‘uluaki, ua, mo e tolu ‘o e ngaahi Laó.

(What does God require in the first, second, and third Commandments?)

‘Uluakí , ke tau ‘ilo mo falala ki he ‘Otuá , ko Ia tokotaha pe ko e ‘Otua mo‘oni mo mo‘ui. Uá, ke tau faka‘ehi‘ehi ki he tauhi ‘aitolí mo ‘etau lotu ki he ‘Otuá ‘i he founga ‘oku hala. Tolú, ke tau faka‘apa‘apa‘i ‘a e huafa ‘o e ‘Otuá  mo ‘apasia ki ai pea ke tau fakahikihiki‘i ‘a ‘ene Folofolá mo ‘ene ngaahi ngaué .

(First, that we know and trust God as the only true and living God. Second, that we avoid all idolatry and do not worship God improperly. Third, that we treat God’s name with fear and reverence, honoring also his word and works.)

Teutalonome 6:13-14

13 Ko Sihova ko ho ‘Otuá te ke ‘apasia ki ai, pea ko ia ia te ke tauhi ki ai, pea ko hono huafa te ke fuakava ai. 14 ‘E ‘ikai te ke muimui ki ha ngaahi ‘otua kehe, hani ‘otua ‘o e ngaahi kakai ‘oku nofo takatakai kiate kimoutolu;

Deuteronomy 6:13-14

13) You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name. 14) You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you.

Komeniteli ‘a Salesi Hatone Sipeisione

Commentary - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

‘Oku tataki ‘e he ‘Otuaʹ ‘a e tangataʹ ke ne ‘ilo ko e ‘Otua ‘oku fakaeʻa ‘i he Folofolaʹ pea hā sino ‘i he ‘Eiki ko Sisu Kalaisiʹ, ko e ‘Otua ia naʻa ne fakatupu ‘a e langiʹ mo mamaniʹ. ‘Oku fatu pe ‘e he tangataʹ ‘a e ‘otua ke hoa mo ‘ene manakoʹ; ‘oku ne ngaohi ‘a e ‘otua ‘o fakatatau ki heʻene fakakaukauʹ mo hono ‘ātakaiʹ; ko e ‘otua ‘oku hoa mo hono lotoʹ pea ‘e ‘ikai ke fuʻu mamafa ‘ene tokanga ki heʻene ngaahi fehālaakiʹ pea fakamaauʻi fefeka ‘a e kau maumau laoʹ. ‘Oku ne fakaʻikaiʻi ‘a e ‘Otua moʻuiʹ ‘i hono tuʻunga ‘Otuaʹ, kae tō ‘ene fakamamafaʹ ki he ngaahi ‘otua kehe ‘oku ne fakahōhōʻiaʻi hono lotoʹ. Pea ‘oku ne pehē leva ki he ‘otua ko eni ‘o ‘ene fakakaukauʹ, “Ko eni ho ‘otuaʹ, ‘e haʻa ‘Isileli.”

God leads men to see that the God revealed in Scripture, and manifested in the person of the Lord Jesus, is the God who made heaven and earth. Man fashions for himself a god after his own liking; he makes to himself if not out of wood or stone, yet out of what he calls his own consciousness, or his cultured thought, a deity to his taste, who will not be too severe with his iniquities or deal out strict justice to the impenitent. He rejects God as he is, and elaborates other gods, such as he thinks the Divine One ought to be, and he says concerning these works of his own imagination, “These be thy gods, O Israel!”