ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tokonaki Sepitema 2, 2017

‘Oku Ne hoifua mai ‘i ho‘o talangofuá

Please Him by obeying Him

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, ‘ofa kiate Ia , falala 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) – Pulaieni Sāpele

Commentary – Bryan Chapell

‘E founga fēfē ha‘atau fakalangilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otuá ? ‘I he‘etau fai ‘a e me‘a na‘a ne talá pea ke tau tui ki he me‘a na‘a ne talá (Folofola).

Kapau te tau vakai ki he makatu‘unga ‘o ‘etau fakalangilangi‘i ai ‘a e ‘Otuá  ‘o fou ‘i he‘etau fai ki he‘ene folofolá, pea kuopau leva ke tau manatu ki he fekau fisifisimu‘a na‘a ne tuku maí; ke tau ‘ofa kiate Ia ‘o hulu hake ‘i he me‘a kotoa pea ke tau fononga mo ia ‘i he me‘a kotoa. He na‘a ne folofola, “ te ke ‘ofa kiate au ‘aki ‘a e kotoa ho lotó, laumalie, ‘atamai mo e ivi. Ko e ‘uluaki fekaú  ia. Pea ko e uá, ke ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘apí ‘o hangē ko koé”.

How can we glorify God? We can do as he said, and we can believe what he said.

If you consider what it means to glorify God by doing what he said, then we have to remember what he said was the prime commandment, which was that we love him above all and that we walk with him through all. After all, the Lord Jesus said, “love me with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. This is the first and the greatest commandment. The second is like unto it. Love your neighbor as yourself.”