ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Okatopa 6, 2017

Mala‘ia tatau pe ‘a e holi koví mo hono fakahokó

an evil desire is as damnable as a deed

Fehuʻi #11

Ko e ha ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he fekau hono Ono, Fitu mo e Valu ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú ?

(What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?)

Onó , ke ‘oua te tau fakalavea‘i, pe fehi‘a, pe anga ta‘etaau ki hotau kaunga‘apí, ka ke tau fa‘a kataki mo anga melino pea ke tau kumi ha founga ke ‘ofa ki hotau ngaahi fili.  Fitú , ke tau faka‘ehi‘ehi mei he holi fakakakanó  ka tau mo‘ui ma‘a mo faitotonu, tatau pe ‘i he nofo mali mo e vaa‘ihala talavoú , ‘o mo‘ui faka‘ehi‘ehi ‘i he to‘onga mo‘ui, sio, lea, fakakaukau, pe ko ha me‘a pe te ne tataki kita ke to ki he angahala.  Valu, ke ‘oua te tau ala noa ta‘e ma‘u ha ngofua, pe te tau ta‘ofi ha lelei mei ha taha ‘oku ne fiema‘u ke fai ki ai ha tokoni. 

Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor

but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love.

Seventh, that we abstain from sexual immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good from someone we might benefit.

Loma 13:9

He ko e ngaahi lea, ‘Oua te ke tono fefine, ‘Oua te ke fakapō, ‘Oua te ke kaiha‘a, ‘Oua te ke mānumanu, mo e hā fua ha fekau ‘oku toe, ‘oku fālute ‘e he folofola ni, “Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe.”

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Komeniteli ‘a Mātini Loiti-Sōnasi

Na‘a ne fai foki mo e akonaki tatau fekau’aki pea mo e fe’auaki.  Na’a nau tala ‘oku nau haohaoa.  Kae fakamanatu ‘e he ‘Eiki kiate kinautolu, ‘oku mou tala ‘oku ‘ikai te mou fe’auaki?  “Ka ‘oku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, ko ia kuo ne sio ki ha fefine ‘o holi kiate ia kuo ne fe’auaki ‘i hono loto” (Matiu 5:28). 

Kuo ne halaia; kuo ne manumanu he holi hono loto.  Fakatokanga’i ange, ko e fakatonulea ‘a e ‘Eikí  ki he laó, ‘oku ne fakahaa’i ko e holikovi ‘a e lotó ‘oku mala’ia tatau pe mo hono fai ‘o e fo’i ngaue ko ia.  Ko e fo’i fakakaukau mo e faka’amú  ‘oku kovi tatau pe ia ki he ‘Otua mo hono fakahoko ‘o e fo’i ngaue ko ia. 

Commentary - MARTYN LLOYD-JONES

And he taught the same, you remember, with regard to adultery. They claimed that they were guiltless. But wait a minute,

"But says our Lord, you say you have never committed adultery

unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her

committed adultery with her already in his heart" (Matt. 5:28). He

is guilty; he has coveted, he has desired. You see, as our Lord comes to interpret the law, he shows that an evil desire is as damnable as a deed. A thought and an imagination are as reprehensible in the sight of God as the act committed.