ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Okatopa 23, 2017

Kuo motu hotau vā mo e ‘Otuá

Broken fellowship with God

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 Le‘o Sūsita (hoko atu…)

‘Oku angafefe ‘a hono uesia kitautolu ‘i he ‘aho ni?  Koe‘uhi ko e to ‘a e ‘uluaki matu‘a, ‘oku ‘ikai ketau faingata‘a‘ia fakalaumalie pe ka ‘oku tau matu‘aki motu mei he tefito.  ‘Oku ‘ikai ketau vaivai pe ; ‘oku tau matu‘aki hala pe ‘i he ivi ke talangofua ki he ngaahi lao ‘a e ‘Otua mo fakalangilangi‘i Ia.  Kuo tau motu mei he ‘Otua na‘a ne fakatupu kitautolu, mei he fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangata, pea mei he kotoa ‘o e fakatupu.  ‘I hotau tu‘unga mate fakalaumalie ko eni, ‘oku ta‘emalava ke tau talangofua ki he lao ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o ‘ikai ‘i he ngaue pe mo e lea, ka ‘oku kau ai pe mo ‘etau fakakaukau, mo e faliunga kehekehe hotau loto.  ‘Oku talamai ‘e Selemaia, “ko e loto ‘o e tangata ko e me‘a kaka pea hilio ‘i hono kovi” (Selemaia 17:19).  Ko ia ai ‘oku tau tu‘u ko e halaia pea mo e muli ‘i he ‘ao ‘o e ‘Otua Ma‘oni‘oni ‘o Langi mo mamani.

Commentary - LEO SCHUSTER (cont…)

How does it affect us today? As a result of the fall we're not just

spiritually impaired but incapacitated. We're not just weak; we have no innate power to obey God's law and glorify him. We're estranged from our Creator, from one another, and from the rest of creation. In this spiritually disabled condition, we're unable to obey God's law not only in our actions and words, but even in our thoughts, attitudes, and motivations. As the prophet Jeremiah put it, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it (17:19). And so we stand alienated and guilty before the holy God of heaven and earth.