ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Okatopa 8, 2017

Ko ho‘o toe kumi ha lelei ‘o makehe mei he ‘Otuá

Your ultimate value

Fehuʻi #11

Ko e ha ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he fekau hono Ono, Fitu mo e Valu ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú ?

(What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?)

Onó , ke ‘oua te tau fakalavea‘i, pe fehi‘a, pe anga ta‘etaau ki hotau kaunga‘apí, ka ke tau fa‘a kataki mo anga melino pea ke tau kumi ha founga ke ‘ofa ki hotau ngaahi fili.  Fitú , ke tau faka‘ehi‘ehi mei he holi fakakakanó  ka tau mo‘ui ma‘a mo faitotonu, tatau pe ‘i he nofo mali mo e vaa‘ihala talavoú , ‘o mo‘ui faka‘ehi‘ehi ‘i he to‘onga mo‘ui, sio, lea, fakakaukau, pe ko ha me‘a pe te ne tataki kita ke to ki he angahala.  Valu, ke ‘oua te tau ala noa ta‘e ma‘u ha ngofua, pe te tau ta‘ofi ha lelei mei ha taha ‘oku ne fiema‘u ke fai ki ai ha tokoni. 

Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor

but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love.

Seventh, that we abstain from sexual immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good from someone we might benefit.

Loma 13:9

He ko e ngaahi lea, ‘Oua te ke tono fefine, ‘Oua te ke fakapō, ‘Oua te ke kaiha‘a, ‘Oua te ke mānumanu, mo e hā fua ha fekau ‘oku toe, ‘oku fālute ‘e he folofola ni, “Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe.”

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Tohi Vete ‘a Sitīveni Ume

Na’a ne toe pehe foki kapau ‘oku ke holi kovi ki ha taha ‘i ho loto, kuo ke maumau’i ‘a e fekau hono fitu, ‘o ke fe’auaki.  ‘Ikai ngata ai kapau ‘oku ke manako ki he ngaahi koloa fakamatelie kuo ke manumanu ‘i he ‘ikai te ke anga’ofa.  ‘A ia leva kuo hiki ‘e Sisu ki he tu’unga taupotutaha ‘a e ngaahi fekau ‘e hongofulu.

Na’e pehe ‘e Matini Lutelo ‘e ‘ikai te ke lava ke maumau’i ‘a e ngaahi fekau kimui ‘o e fekau ‘e Hongofulú, ta‘e te ke ‘uluaki maumau‘i ‘a e ‘uluaki fekaú. ‘A ia leva, kapau ‘oku ke mauau’i ‘a e ngaahi fekau, ‘oku ke sio koe ki he ngaahi me’a kehe ke ma’u mei ai ‘a ho mahu’inga mo ho ‘otua kae li’aki ‘a e ‘Otua mo’ui.

Commentary - STEPHEN UM  (Cont…)

He also says that if you lust in your heart, you're breaking the seventh commandment and committing adultery. And you’re being greedy if you're materialistic and you're not radically generous. So Jesus raises the bar of the commandments to the highest level.

Martin Luther wrote that you cannot break the rest of the com-

mandments without first breaking the first one. That is, if you break the commandments, you are looking at other things as your ultimate value and your god rather than God himself.