ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Sepitema 11, 2017

Ko e kelesi ‘oku ne faka‘ai‘aki ha ngaue ke fai

Grace that motivates

Fehuʻi #7

Ko e hā ‘a e me‘a ‘oku tu‘utu‘uni ‘e he lao ‘a e ‘Otuá ?

(What does the law of God require?)

Ke tau talangofua kakato mo haohao ‘o fai ma‘u pe; ke tau ‘ofa ki he ‘Otuá ‘aki ‘a e kotoa hotau lotó , laumālié, ‘atamaí , mo e iví ; pea ke tau ‘ofa ki hotau kaungā‘apí  ‘o hangē ko kitautolú . Ko e me‘a ‘oku ne tapuí  ke tapu ma‘u pe hono faí , pea ko e me‘a ‘oku ne tu‘utu‘uni ke tau faí , ko e me‘a ia ke fai ma‘u pe.

(Personal, perfect and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbour as ourselves. What God forbits should never be done done and what God commands should always be done.)

Mātiu 22:37-40

Pea ne pehē ki ai, Te ke ‘ofa ki he ‘Eiki ko ho ‘Otua, ‘o fai‘aki ‘a e kotoa ‘o ho loto, mo e kotoa ‘o ho laumālie, mo e kotoa ‘o ho ‘atamai. Ko eni ia ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku mamafa taha mo tu‘ukimu‘a. Pea ‘oku fa‘ahinga mo ia ‘a hono ua, Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe. Ko e ongo tu‘utu‘uni ko eni ‘e ua ‘oku tautau ki ai ‘a e Lao kotoa mo e Tohi Palōfita.

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Tohi Vete – Huani Sanisesi (hoko atu)

Commentary – Juan Sanchez (cont…)

Ko e tala ‘a e Fuakava Motu‘á  ‘oku pehé ni: “pea te ke ‘ofa ki he ‘Eiki ko ho ‘Otua ‘aki ‘a e kotoa ‘o ho loto, mo e kotoa ‘o ho laumālie, mo e kotoa ‘o ho ivi” (Teut 6:5). Ko e talanoa mālie ‘o e kelesi ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘oku ne fakaake ‘i hotau lotó  ha fa‘ahinga ‘ofa li‘oa ki he ‘Otua ‘oku ne fai hotau fakahaofí (fakamo‘uí ). Ko e tali angi eni ‘a e tuí ‘oku ui ko e ‘ofá . Pea ‘oku tafe eni ki he ‘ofa ki hoto kaungā‘apí .

The way that the Old Testament puts it is: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5). The context of grace motivates a response of wholehearted devotion to the God who saves. It is a response of faith that is called love. And that love flows to love of neighbor as well.