ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Okatopa 1, 2017

Ko e mālōlō mo‘oní ‘oku ‘iate Koe

Until we find our true rest in Thee

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

(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

Kapau te tau lau kotoa tohitapu, Fuakava Motu’a mo e Fuakava Fo‘ou, te tau vakai ai ki he fekau ki hono tauhi ‘o e ‘aho Sapate, ‘oku ha ai ha konga ‘e ua.

‘Uluakí, ko ha fatongia mahu‘inga ke tauhi.  ‘I he‘etau mo‘ui faka‘ahó, ‘oku  fekau‘i kitautolu ke tau tauhi ke palanisi ‘a ‘etau ngaué  mo e taimi ke tau mālōlō aí, pea ‘oku ta‘ofi kitautolu ke ‘oua ‘e tō tu‘a ‘a ‘etau ngāué.

‘Oku toe fekau’i pe foki kitautolu ke tauhi mo tokanga’i lelei hotau ngaahi sinó mo hotau laumalié.  ‘Oku ‘ikai ko hotau sinó  pe ke tāfataha ki ai ‘etau tokanga.  ‘Oku fiema’u ke fakafo’ou hotau laumalié  ‘o fou ‘i he ngaahi feohi‘angá, lotu liló, lau Folofolá  mo e ma‘u‘anga kelesi kehekehe ‘i he uiké  kotoa.

Commentary – Timothy Keller

If we read the Bible, Old and New Testaments, we come to see that the command to remember the Sabbath day has two aspects to it.

First, it’s a crucial practice. In our lives we’re commanded to have a rhythm of work and rest, and we are forbidden to overwork.

We’re also commanded to nurture our bodies and our souls. We are not supposed to nurture only our bodies. We’re to rejuvenate our souls through fellowship and through prayer and devotion and worship every week.