ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Pulelulu Sepitema 27, 2017

Ke tau lotu ki he ‘Otua ‘o e Tohitapú, tokotaha pe!

Worship God and God alone

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 Sione Lini – hoko atu…

Commentary – John Lin – cont…

Ka ‘i he vakai mei he tafa‘aki ‘e tahá, kapau ko ho‘o hū (tauhi) ki he ‘Otuá  koe‘uhí ‘oku ke tui koe ‘oku totonu ke ‘omi ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘a e fiemālié, mo e tu‘unga ma‘olungá, ngaue leleí pea pehē ki he tokotaha ko ia ‘oku ke nofo ‘amanaki ki aí, ‘oku toe maumau‘i pe ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otuá. Kuo ke ‘atu fakamālohi‘i pe ‘e koe ki he ‘Otuá ho‘o ma‘u hala (fakakaukau) kau ki he ‘Otuá. Kuo ke ngaohi pe ‘e koe ‘a e ‘otua ‘i ho ‘imisí, pea ko e lotu ‘aitolí ia. Ko e ongo fekau ‘uluakí, ke tau lotu ki he ‘Otuá tokotaha pe; ke tau lotu ki he ‘Otuá, ko Ia pe ‘a e ‘Otua mo‘oní; pea ke ‘oua ‘aupito na‘a tau lotu ki ha ‘otua fa‘u pe ‘e kitautolu pe ko ha ‘aitoli.

The flipside is that if you worship God because you believe that he should provide you with comfort by providing the prestige, the job, or the relationship that you desire and are looking for, you are also violating the commandments. You’ve imposed your conception of who God is on God. You’ve created a custom designer god, and idol. These first two commandments are that we worship God alone, that we worship God as a true God, and that we not worship a designer god or an idol.