ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Okatopa 3, 2017

‘Oku kakato ‘i he ‘Otuá  ‘etau ngaahi fiema‘u faka-fāmilí

Our relational needs are complete in Him

Fehuʻi #10

Ko e hā ‘a e me‘a ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he lao hono fā mo e nima ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú .

(What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?)

‘I he lao hono fāá , ke hoko ‘a e Sāpaté  ko e ‘aho ‘o e hū ki he ‘Otuá , ke fai ‘i he ngaahi fakataha‘anga lotú  pea fai fakafo‘ituitui foki, ke mālōlō mei he ngaahi ngāue anga mahení, ke fai ‘a e ngaue fakasevāniti ki he ‘Otuá mo e kakai kehé , ‘o nofo ‘amanaki ai ki he Sāpate ‘oku lau ‘itānití . ‘I he lao hono nimá , ke tau ‘ofa mo faka‘apa‘apa‘i ‘etau tamaí mo ‘etau fa‘ēé,  fakavaivai‘i kitautolu ki he‘enau ngaahi akonaki faka-‘Otuá mo ‘enau ngaahi fakahinohino.

(Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we spend time in public and private worship of God, rest from routine employment, serve the Lord and others, and so anticipate the eternal Sabbath. Fifth, that we love and honor our father and our mother, submitting to their godly discipline and direction.)

Levitiko 19:3

Te mou ‘apasia takitaha ki he‘ene fa‘ē mo ‘ene tamai, pea te mou tauhi hoku ngaahi Sāpate: ko Sihova au ko homou ‘Otua.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Komeniteli (tohi vete) ‘a Timote Kela

Ko e fekau hono nimá,  fekau’aki mo e faka’apa’apa ki he matu’á, kuopau ke tau lau mo ia ‘o fakatatau ki he maama ‘o e koosipelí.  ‘Oku talamai ‘e he fekaú, ‘i hotau tu’unga ko e fanau, ke tau talangofua ki he’etau matu’a.  ‘I he’etau tutupu ‘o a‘usia ‘a e matu‘otu‘á , ‘oku kei totonu pe ke tau faka’apa’apa mo fakaongo ki he le’o ‘o ‘etau matu’a.  ‘I he taimi tatau ‘oku fakamanatu ‘e he kosipelí  kiate kitautolu, ko e ‘Otuá  ko ‘etau Tamai, pea kuo fakahu kitautolu ki hono familí  ‘o fou ‘i he’ene kelesí, pea ko Ia ‘a e fauniteni ‘o e ‘ofá . Pea kapau ko e tefito ‘o ‘etau fekau’aki fakafamilí ‘oku fou ‘i he ‘Otuá, pea ‘oku malava leva ke tau fai lelei ‘a e ‘ofa mo e faka’apa’apa’i ‘o ‘etau matu’á, pea ‘e ‘ikai te tau vivili ke ma‘u mei he‘etau mātu‘á, ‘a e me’a ‘oku ‘a e ‘Otuá  tokotaha pe ke ne tokonaki.

Commentary – Timothy Keller

The fifth commandment to honor our parents should also be read in light of the gospel. The command says that as children, we should obey our parents. As adults, we should respect and listen to our parents. And yet the gospel also reminds us that God is our Father, by grace we're brought into his family, and he is our primary source of love. And if our primary phileo relationship is with him, then we are able to love and honor our parents well, not looking to them to provide what can be found in God alone.