ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Okatopa 21, 2017

Tokanga ma‘u pe he ‘oku ‘ikai nofo noa ‘a e filí

Never let your guard down

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 Sione ‘Oueni

‘Oua na‘a tau pehe ‘e ‘osi ‘etau fefa‘uhi mo e angahala, ‘a hono feilaulau‘i, mo‘ui fakamamahi, mo ‘etau fakavaivai‘i ‘i he fononga ‘oku tau fai.  Ko e potu ‘oku nofo ai ‘oku ta‘e‘iloa; ‘i he taimi kuo tau pehe ai kuo tau ikuna‘i, ‘oku kei ‘i ai pe ‘a e tapa mo e ‘eu na‘e ‘ikai ke tau tokanga‘i.  Kuo tokolahi fau ‘a e kau to‘a ne nau toe iku ‘o ulungia ko ‘enau ta‘e tokanga ‘i he hili ‘enau ikuna; pea kuo tokolahi ‘a e fa‘ahinga kuo nau lavea fakalaumalie ‘i he hili pe ‘enau ikuna‘i ‘a e fili… ‘oku ‘ikai te tau lava ke ikuna‘i ‘a e angahala ‘i he potu ‘oku táe‘iloa, ka te tau lava pe ‘o ka ta‘etukua ‘etau fefa‘uhi mo ‘etau tau‘i ‘i he ivi ‘o e ‘Eiki. 

Commentary – John Owen

Never let us reckon that our work in contending against sin, in crucifying, mortifying, and subduing of it, is at an end. The place of its habitation is unsearchable; and when we may think that we have thoroughly won the field, there is still some reserve remaining that we saw not, that we knew not of. Many conquerors have been ruined by their carelessness after a victory; and many have been spiritually wounded after great successes against this enemy. . . . There is no way for us to pursue sin in its unsearchable habitation but by being endless in our pursuit.