ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Okatopa 30, 2017

Hū ‘a angahala ‘o tō ai e tangatá

Sin enters like a virus and caused the fall of man

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 Tevita Pisikolove (hoko atu…)

‘I he kamata‘angá, na‘e ma‘u ‘e ‘Ivi mo ‘Atama ha feohi mo e ‘Otuá na‘e makehe mo haohaoa.  Na‘e malava ke na ‘ofa mo talangofua haohaoa kiate Ia.  Ka na‘e a‘u ki ha tu‘unga kuo ‘ahi‘ahi‘i kinaua ‘e setane ‘aki ‘ene lohiaki‘i kinaua ‘o taku ‘oku ‘ikai lelei ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku ‘ikai falala‘anga, pea ko e tau‘ataina mo‘oní ‘oku ma‘u ia ‘i he‘ete mavahe mei he ‘Otuá mo ‘ene laó.  Ko ia ai ‘i he taimi na‘e tui ai ‘a ‘Atama pea ne muimui ‘i he loi ko eni, ‘oku talamai ‘e Paula ‘ia Loma 5, na‘e hū ‘a ‘angahala ki mamani ‘o hange ha hu ha vailasí ki he sino ‘o e tangata; na‘a ne kāpui kotoa ‘a e fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá mei he fo‘i momeniti ko iá ‘o a‘u mai ki he ‘aho ni.  Ko e ‘uhinga eni ‘oku ma‘u ai ‘e he longa‘i fanaú  talu mei he‘enau kei valevalé ‘a e loto siokita, ‘o nau tala ko e me‘a kotoa pe ko e me‘a ia ‘a nautolu (‘a‘aku).

Commentary - David Bisgrove (cont…)

So Adam and Eve had a perfect relationship with God. They were able to love and obey him perfectly. But then we're told that Satan tempted them wit a lie that God isn't good, that he can't be trusted, that real freedom is found apart from God and his law. And so when Adam believed and acted on that lie, Paul tells us in Romans 5, sin entered the world the way a virus enters the body, infecting all mankind from that time on. This is why from my earliest days, and my children's earliest days, and, in the future, their children's earliest days, we all say, “Mine."