ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Okatopa 22, 2017

Fakatupu kuo maumau

Broken creation

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 Le‘o Sūsita

Na‘e fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otua ketau ‘ofa, fiefia, fakalangilangi, mo talangofua kiate ia, pea ‘i he‘etau fai pehe, ketau tupulaki ‘i hotau tu‘unga ko e tangata mo e fefine.  Ka ko e ha nai e ‘uhinga ‘oku faingata‘a fau ai ‘etau fai ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ko ‘eni?  ‘Oku tau tatau pe mo ha misini pelepelengesi mo fihifihi ka kuo maumau, ‘oku ‘ikai ke tau kei ngaue ‘o fakatatau ki he tukunga na‘e ngaohi kitautolu ki ai talu ‘a e to ‘a e ‘uluaki ongomatu‘a.  Ko e ha nai ‘a e to pe ko e hinga ko ‘eni?  Na‘e ngaohi ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e tangata ‘o fokotu‘u kiate ia ‘a e mafai ke ne lava ke tauhi haohaoa ‘a e lao, ka na‘e mole ‘a e tu‘unga ko ‘eni ‘i he taimi na‘e angatu‘u ai ‘a e ‘uluaki tangata, ‘Atama, ‘i he‘ene talangata‘a ki he ‘Otua.  Na‘e to ‘a e tangata ki he angahala pea na‘a ne fakahinga kotoa kitautolu fakataha mo ia.  ‘Oku fakamatala‘i ‘e he Tohitapu ‘a e tu‘unga ko eni ‘i ha ngaahi founga kehekehe – angatu‘u fakalaumalie, ko e kui, ko e mahaki, ko e ha‘isia pea mo e mate. 

Commentary - LEO SCHUSTER

God created us to love, enjoy, glorify, and obey him, and in so doing flourish as human beings. Why then do we struggle so much to do that? Like an incredibly sophisticated piece of machinery that's broken, we don't operate the way we were designed to because of the fall.

What's the fall? God created humans with the capacity to keep his law perfectly, but that was lost when the first human and representative of the human race, Adam, chose to rebel and disobey God. He fell into a condition of sin and dragged all of us with him. The Bible describes that condition in a variety of ways-spiritual rebellion, blindness illness, bondage, and death.