ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Okatopa 2, 2017

Ko e mālōlō mo‘oniá

True rest

Fehuʻi #10

Ko e hā ‘a e me‘a ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he lao hono fā mo e nima ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú .

(What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?)

‘I he lao hono fāá , ke hoko ‘a e Sāpaté  ko e ‘aho ‘o e hū ki he ‘Otuá , ke fai ‘i he ngaahi fakataha‘anga lotú  pea fai fakafo‘ituitui foki, ke mālōlō mei he ngaahi ngāue anga mahení, ke fai ‘a e ngaue fakasevāniti ki he ‘Otuá mo e kakai kehé , ‘o nofo ‘amanaki ai ki he Sāpate ‘oku lau ‘itānití . ‘I he lao hono nimá , ke tau ‘ofa mo faka‘apa‘apa‘i ‘etau tamaí mo ‘etau fa‘ēé,  fakavaivai‘i kitautolu ki he‘enau ngaahi akonaki faka-‘Otuá mo ‘enau ngaahi fakahinohino.

(Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in public and private worship of God, rest from routine employment, serve the Lord and others, and so anticipate the eternal Sabbath. Fifth, that we love and honor our father and our mother, submitting to their godly discipline and direction.)

Levitiko 19:3

Te mou ‘apasia takitaha ki he‘ene fa‘ē mo ‘ene tamai, pea te mou tauhi hoku ngaahi Sāpate: ko Sihova au ko homou ‘Otua.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Komeniteli (tohi vete) ‘a Timote Kela

‘Oku toe ‘i ai pe foki mo ha mo‘oni ‘oku toe loloto ange ‘oku tuhu ki ai ‘a e ‘aho Sapaté . ‘Oku talamai ‘e Hepelu 4, ko e taimi ‘oku tau tui ai kia Kalaisi mo e kosipelí , ‘oku tau ma‘u ha mālōlō mei he‘etau ngaahi ngaue.  ‘I hono toe fakalea ‘e taha, ko e kavenga (ongo‘i mafasia) ‘o ‘etau feinga ke ngaue‘i hotau fakamo‘uí  kuo hu‘i atu ia meiate kitautolu.  ‘I he mo‘ui ko ení (mamani) ‘oku tau ma‘u ha konga lahi ‘o e ‘uhinga loloto ‘o e mālōlō ko ení, ka ‘i he taimi tatau ‘oku toki ma‘u hono tu‘unga kakató ‘i he kaha‘ú, ‘i he Hevani fo‘oú mo e mamani fo‘oú́ ‘a ē ‘oku tau nofo ‘o tatali mo e loto ‘amanaki ki ai. 

Ko ha toki mo‘oni fakanonga ‘eni, tautefito ki he taimi ‘oku tau ongosia ai.

Commentary – Timothy Keller

It's also true, however, that the New Testament shows us that the

Sabbath day points to a deeper kind of rest. Hebrews 4 in particular says that when we believe in Christ and the gospel, we rest from our works. Which means the great burden of having to prove ourselves and having to earn our salvation is lifted from us. In this life we get much of that deeper rest, and yet it's only completely realized in the future in the new heavens and new earth. And we look for that and we long for that. It's deeply consoling especially at times in which we're very weary.