ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Okatopa 15, 2017

Tau tō pe he ngaue ‘a e ki‘i mēmipa si‘isi‘i ‘o e sino

We stumble over the smallest member of the body

Fehu‘i #12

Ko e hā ‘a e me‘a ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he fika hiva mo e hongofulu ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulu?

(What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?)

Hiva, ke ‘oua na‘a tau loi pe kākā, ka tau lea‘aki ‘a e mo‘oní  ‘i he ‘ofa. Hongofulú, ke tau topono, ‘o ‘oua te tau meheka pe manumanu ki ha me‘a ‘oku ma‘u ‘e ha taha kehe pe ta‘efiemalie ‘i he me‘a ‘oku tau ma‘ú.

(Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive, but speak the truth in love. Tenth, that we are content, not envying anyone or resenting what God has given them or us)

Semisi 2:28 (Liliu ‘a Uesi)

Ko eni, kapau te mou fakamoʻoni ki he fono fakaʻeikí, ʻo fakatatau ki he tohí, “Ke ke ʻofa ki ho kaungāʻapi ʻo hangē pe ko koe,” ʻoku mou fai lelei ai: 

‘Io, kapau mo‘oni ko ho‘omou tauhi ke haohaoa ‘a e lao fakatu‘i na, ‘o fai ki he potu tohi ko ia, Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe, tā ‘oku mālō ho‘omou ngāue:

(Liliu ‘a Molitoni)

James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well

Tohi vete ‘a Tapiti Aniauile (hoko atu…)

Ko e ha ‘a ‘ene ‘uhinga kiate kitautolu ‘etau pehe ‘oku ta‘e faka‘apa‘apa mo ta‘e fe‘unga ‘a e fekau ko ‘eni, “ ‘oua te ke loi” pe ko hono ngaue‘aki pe ‘a e fo‘i lea “loi”.  ‘Oku mahalo pe kuo ‘i ai ‘a e tukunga kuo tau hu‘i ‘a e mo‘oni pea hoko ‘o fakapōpō‘uli.  Kuo tau holomui ‘i hono fakahaa‘i ‘a e tu‘unga kakato ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku lelei, ngaahi me‘a ‘oku totonu, mo e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku mo‘oni.  Pea ‘oku hanga ‘e he fekau hono hivá  ‘o ne fakalavea‘i kitautolu.  ‘Oku ne tuhu‘i mai ‘a hotau tu‘unga ‘o ‘etau hinga ‘i he angahala fekau‘aki mo hotau ‘elelo pea mo e maumau ‘oku hoko ‘i he ta‘e totonu ‘etau ngaue‘aki hotau ngutu. 

Commentary - THABITI ANYABWILE (cont…)

What does it mean that we think the command "thou shalt not lie" or the word lie is impolite? It probably indicates that in some ways we're already shading the truth. We're already pulling back

from a full expression of what's good, what's right, and what's true. And the ninth commandment convicts us of that. It points out our fallenness when it comes to our use of the tongue and the destruction that the tongue represents.