ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Sepitema 24, 2017

Ko Ia Tokotaha pe te u lotu ki ai

He is the exclusive object of our worship

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

Commentary – John Lin

Ko e ngaahi fekau ‘e tolu kimuʻaʹ, ‘oku nau fakahinohino mai ‘a e founga ke tau moʻui ‘o sipingaʻaki mo fakatatau ki he maama ‘o e ‘Otua moʻui mo moʻoni tofu-pē-tahaʹ.

Ko e fekau ‘uluakiʹ, ‘oku ne talamai ke ‘oua ‘aupito te tau toe ‘ai ha ‘otua kehe, ka ko e ‘Otua moʻuiʹ tokotaha pe! Ko ia tokotaha pe ‘oku huʻu ki ai ‘etau lotuʹ, ko e taumuʻa tumutumu pe ia ‘o ‘etau ‘ofaʹ mo ‘etau holiʹ. Ko e fekau hono uaʹ ‘oku kainga pe ia mo e ‘uluakiʹ, ‘oku ne talamai ke ‘oua te tau lotu ki he ‘Otuaʹ ‘o faiʻaki pe ‘etau fakakaukau fakaetangataʹ fekauʻaki mo e ‘Otuaʹ, ‘a ia ‘oku ui ia ‘e he Tohitapuʹ ko e tauhi ‘aitoli. Kuopau ke tau hū mo lotu ki he ‘Otuaʹ ‘o fakatatau ki he tuʻunga ‘o e ‘Otuaʹ ‘iate ia pe, ‘o ‘ikai ko e meʻa ‘oku tau loto ke hoko ki ai ‘a e ‘Otuaʹ. ‘Oua ‘e lotu ki ha ‘otua hala, pea ‘oua naʻa fehālaaki hoʻo lotu ki he ‘Otuaʹ.

The first three Commandments show how we are to live in reference to and in light of the only true and living God.

The first commandment tells us that we are to have no other gods but God. He is to be the exclusive object of our worship, the ultimate object of our love and desire. The second commandment is similar and tells us that we are not to worship God according to our own conception of God, what the Bible calls idolatry. We must worship God according to who he is and not according to what we want him to be. In other words, do not worship false gods, and do not worship God falsely.