ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Okatopa 25, 2017

Ko e tau‘ataina mo‘oní

True freedom

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 Lio Sūsita (hoko atu…)

Na‘e folofola ‘a Sisu, “ka fakatau‘ataina koe ‘e he ‘Alo, te ke tau‘ataina mo‘oni” (Sione 8:36).  Pea neongo na‘a tau to ‘ia ‘Atama, ka kuo fokotu‘u kitautolu fakataha mo Kalaisi.  ‘Oku tau pau‘ia ko e ‘Otua na‘a ne fokotu‘u ‘a Sisu mei he pekia ‘oku ne ngaue ‘iate au pea ‘ikai te ne tukuange au kae‘oua ke ne fakaa‘u kitautolu ki he langilangi ta‘engata pea ‘e ‘ikai ke toe ‘i ai ha faingata‘a‘ia pe fefa‘uhi mo e angahala.  Te tau toki malava ketau talangofua kakato mo tau‘ataina ki he tokotaha na‘a ne ngaohi kitautolu mo huhu‘i kitautolu. 

Commentary - LEO SCHUSTER (cont…)

Jesus said, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed

" John 8:36). And though we fell in Adam, we have been raised with Christ. We're confident that the God who raised Jesus from the dead is lovingly at work in us and won't let us go until the day when he will bring us into his everlasting presence in glory where we will no longer struggle. There we will finally, fully, and freely obey the One who made us and redeemed us.