ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Okatopa 20, 2017

Ko e ki‘i afe fakataimi pe

Temporary reprieve

Fehu‘i #13

‘Oku malava ‘e ha taha ke tauhi haohaoa ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua?

( Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly? )

Mei he tō ‘a e tangatá, kuo te‘eki ke ‘i ai ha taha te ne lava ke tauhi haohaoa ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua, ka ‘oku ne maumau‘i ma‘u pe ‘i he fakakaukau, lea, mo e ngaue. 

( Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed)

Loma 3:10-12

10) Pea ‘oku hoa mo ia ‘a e me‘a kuo tohi, ‘Oku ‘ikai ‘aupito ha faitotonu; ‘Oku ‘ikai ‘aupito ha taha. 11) ‘Oku ‘ikai ha fai fakapotopoto, ‘Oku ‘ikai ha taha ‘oku kumi ki he ‘Otua. 12) Kuo nau afe kotoa pē; Kuo nau hoko ko e koto ‘auha kotoa pē: ‘Oku ‘ikai ha taha ‘oku angalelei, ‘Oku ‘ikai ‘aupito ha taha.

Roman 3:10-12

As it is written; None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good not even one.

Tohi vete ‘a Sione ‘Oueni

Fakakaukau ange ki ha tangata fai fononga pea to ha fu‘u matangi pea ne afe ki ha fale ke unga ai; ka na‘e ‘ikai ke tuku ai ‘ene fononga.  ‘I he malona pe ‘a e matangi na‘e hoko atu ‘ene fononga.  ‘Oku pehe ni pe ‘a e fononga ‘a e tangata ‘oku ha‘isia ‘e he angahala:  ‘oku fakafetaulaki ‘a e lao kiate ia ‘o hange ha tu‘oni matangi mei loto langi, ‘o ne fakafe‘atungia‘i mo fakahoha‘asi ‘a ‘ene fononga; ‘oku afe ‘a e tangata mei hono vaa‘ihala kovi ‘i he vaa‘itaimi pea hola ki he lotu pea feinga ha founga ke fakatonutonu ‘a ‘ene mo‘ui, ko ‘ene kumi ha hufanga mei he matangi ‘o e tautea ‘oku ongo ki hono konisenisi.  Ka ‘oku ta‘ofi nai ‘e he me‘a ni ‘a ‘ene fononga?  Kuo liliu ‘a e ngaahi mo‘oni ‘oku tui ki ai?  ‘Ikai ‘aupito; ‘i he tuai pe ‘a e malona ‘a e matangi… kuo ne foki ki he hala na‘e fou ai ‘o hoko atu ‘ene tauhi ki he angahala.

Commentary - JOHN OWEN

As a traveler, in his way meeting with a violent storm of thunder and rain, immediately turns out of his way to some house or tree for his shelter, but yet this causeth him not to give over his journey; so soon as the storm is over he returns to his way and progress again. So it is with men in bondage to sin: the law meets with them in a storm of thunder and lightning from heaven, terrifies and hinders them in their way; this turns them for a season out of their course; they will run to prayer or amendment of life, for some shelter from the storm of wrath which is feared coming upon their consciences. But is their course stopped? Are their principles altered? Not at all; so soon as the storm is over they return to their former course, in the service of sin again.