ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Okatopa 14, 2017

Ko e uho ‘o e lea mo‘oní

The heart of speaking truth

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

Ko e ‘eleló ko e kovi fiungata‘a.  ‘Oku hange ha afi ‘oku ne tutu ‘a e tangatá ‘o fakatatau ki he lau ‘a Semisi vahe 3.  Ko ia ai ko e fekau hono hivá  ‘oku ne tokanga ki hono ‘ai piti ‘o e ‘elelo.  Ko ‘ene taumu‘a ke fakapiti ‘a e ‘elelo ‘aki ‘a e mo‘oni, ‘i hono ako‘i kitautolu ke tau hu‘ihu‘i ‘a e loi pea si‘aki ‘a e ta‘emo‘oni.  ‘I he ‘atakai ‘oku tau ‘i ai, kapau te tau tukuaki‘i ha taha ‘oku loi pea ‘oku kau eni ‘i he tukuaki fakamā pea ko ha me‘a lahi pea iku ai ki he fakamama‘o ‘a e tokolahi mei he tafa‘aki ko eni.  ‘Oku ou tui ko e nana‘i ‘a e tokolahi mei hono tukuaki‘i ha taha fekau‘aki mo ha‘ane loi, ‘oku ne fakae‘a ‘a e tu‘unga angahala ‘o e loto ‘o e tangata mo ‘ene feinga ke fakamama‘o mei he fekau ko ‘eni.  Pea ‘i he taimi tatau ‘oku ne toe fakaha mai ‘a ‘ene fiema‘u ‘a e fekau ko eni.

Commentary - THABITI ANYABWILE

The tongue is a restless evil. It sets the whole person on fire, James 3 tells us. And so the ninth commandment is aimed in part at bridling the tongue. It's aimed at bridling the tongue with truth, teaching falsehood, to put off lying. In our culture, to accuse ng a lie is a serious insult, so many people hesitate to even use the term. I think that this hesitancy reveals fallen man's heart to shy away from this commandment-as well as his need of this commandment.