ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Okatopa 27, 2017

Na‘e haohaoa pe tonu ‘a e fakatupu ‘a e ‘Otuá

God’s work in creation was well and good

Fehu‘i #14

Na‘e fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá  ke tau ta‘emalava ‘a hono tauhi ‘ene lao? 

( Did God create us unable to keep his law? )

‘Ikai, ka koe‘uhí  ko e talangata‘a ‘a e ‘uluaki matu‘a, ‘Atama mo ‘Ivi, na‘e tō kotoa ‘a e fakatupu; ‘oku fanau‘i kotoa mai kitautolu ‘i he angahala mo e halaia, pea hinga mo hotau natulá ‘o ta‘emalava ai ke tau tauhi ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua. 

( No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and

Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God's law )

Loma 5:12

Ko ia, ko e hoko ‘a e fakamo‘ui na‘e tatau mo e hoko ‘a e angahala ki māmani, ‘i he tangata pē taha; mo e hoko ‘a e mate ‘i he angahala; mo ‘ene a‘usia pehē ‘a e kakai kotoa pē ‘e he mate, koe‘uhi ne angahala kotoa pē.

ROMANS 5:12

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and

death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.

Tohi vete ‘a ‘Epalahame Pua

‘Oku ou tui, na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e langi mo mamani mo e me‘a kotoa pe ‘oku ‘i ai.  Pea na‘a ne fakatupu ‘a e tangata ‘aki hono ivi mo e mafai faka‘Otua ke ne pule ki mamani.  Na‘a ne ngaohi ‘a e tangata ‘i hono ‘imisi pea ‘i hono tatau; angatonu, angama‘a mo ma‘oni‘oni; ‘o ne malava ke tauhi mo fakalangilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o e fakatupu.

Commentary - ABRAHAM BOOTH

I believe, that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, with all their numerous inhabitants. Last of all, and nobly conspicuous amongst the amazingly diversified productions of his almighty power and infinite skill .., he created man, and constituted him lord of this lower world. Male and female created he them, after his own image and in his own likeness: upright, innocent, and holy; capable of serving and glorifying their bountiful Creator