ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sepitema 12, 2017

Ko e lava‘anga ‘o e talangofua haohaoa – Sisu

The only One who obeyed perfectly - Jesus

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 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…)

Ka ko e pangó, ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e palopalema. ‘Oku ‘ikai te tau lava ke fai ‘a e talangofua haohaó ! Kae fakafeta‘i he ‘oku ‘i ai ha hufanga. ‘I he tohi ‘a Selemaiá  vahe 31, ‘oku talamai ai ‘e he ‘Otuá te ne tongi ‘ene laó ki he loto ‘o hono kakai ́ (Sel 31:33). Pea ‘ia ‘Isikeli 36 ‘oku fakamahino mai ai; “Te u ‘atu foki kiate kimoutolu ha loto fo‘ou, pea te u tuku ha laumālie fo‘ou ke huluni ‘iate kimoutolu: pea te u to‘o ‘a e loto maka mei homou kakano, pea te u ‘atu kiate kimoutolu ha loto kakano.‘Io, ko e laumālie ‘o‘okú te u tuku ke huluni ‘iate kimoutolu, pea te u ‘ai ke mou fou ‘i he‘eku ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni, pea ke tauhi ‘eku ngaahi kupu‘i konisitūtone, ‘o fai ki ai.” (‘Isikeli 36:26-27).

Ko e ngaahi palomesi ko ení ‘oku ha‘iha‘i ia ki he kovinānite fo‘ou ‘e fokotu‘u ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘i he pule‘anga kuo ne tala‘ofa ki he hako ‘o Tevitá . ‘Oku fakahā ‘e he Fuakava Fo‘oú ko e Tu‘i na‘e kikite‘i te ne fokotu‘u ‘a e kovinānite fo‘ou ko ení, ko SISU.

There is only one problem. We cannot obey perfectly. But there is good news. In Jeremiah 31 God says that he will write the law on his people’s hearts. In Ezekiel 36 God further explains: “I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes” (vv. 26 - 27). These promises are linked to a new covenant that God would initiate through a promised kingdom from David’s line. The New Testament reveals that the promised King who inaugurates this new covenant is Jesus.