ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Okatopa 10, 2017

Ko e ‘Atama hono Ua

The Second Adam

Fehuʻi #11

Ko e ha ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘i he fekau hono Ono, Fitu mo e Valu ‘o e Fekau ‘e Hongofulú ?

(What does God require in the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments?)

Onó , ke ‘oua te tau fakalavea‘i, pe fehi‘a, pe anga ta‘etaau ki hotau kaunga‘apí, ka ke tau fa‘a kataki mo anga melino pea ke tau kumi ha founga ke ‘ofa ki hotau ngaahi fili.  Fitú , ke tau faka‘ehi‘ehi mei he holi fakakakanó  ka tau mo‘ui ma‘a mo faitotonu, tatau pe ‘i he nofo mali mo e vaa‘ihala talavoú , ‘o mo‘ui faka‘ehi‘ehi ‘i he to‘onga mo‘ui, sio, lea, fakakaukau, pe ko ha me‘a pe te ne tataki kita ke to ki he angahala.  Valu, ke ‘oua te tau ala noa ta‘e ma‘u ha ngofua, pe te tau ta‘ofi ha lelei mei ha taha ‘oku ne fiema‘u ke fai ki ai ha tokoni. 

Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor

but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love.

Seventh, that we abstain from sexual immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good from someone we might benefit.

Loma 13:9

He ko e ngaahi lea, ‘Oua te ke tono fefine, ‘Oua te ke fakapō, ‘Oua te ke kaiha‘a, ‘Oua te ke mānumanu, mo e hā fua ha fekau ‘oku toe, ‘oku fālute ‘e he folofola ni, “Te ke ‘ofa ki ho kaungā‘api ‘o hangē ko ho‘o ‘ofa kiate koe.”

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Tohi Vete ‘a Sitīveni Ume (hoko atu…)

Ko e ngaahi fatongia eni ‘o e kalisitiane ke ne tauhi ‘aki ‘a e Fekau ‘e Hongofulu.  Ka ko hotau palopalema ‘a ‘etau ta’e malava ke talangofua haohaoa ki ai.  Pea ‘e angafefe leva ‘etau fakahoko ‘a e fo’i fekau mahu’inga ko eni?

Ko Sisu Kalaisi ko e ‘Atama hono ua ia, ko e ‘Isileli mo’oni ia, ko hotau ‘ulu fakafo’ituitui mo e fakafofonga fakatokolahi kuo ne hoko mai ke fakakakato ‘a e tu’utu’uni kotoa mo tauhi haohaoa ‘a e me’a kotoa ‘oku ‘eke ‘e he Lao.  Ko ‘ene talangofua mo ‘ene ma’oni’oni kuo hilifaki mai ia kiate kitautolu, ko e lava’anga ia ‘o ‘etau talangofua kakato ki he ngaahi tu’utu’uni ‘a e lao.  ‘Io ‘o a’u pe ki he taimi ‘oku ‘ikai ketau lava ai ‘o talangofua haohaoa ki ai, ‘oku tau ‘ilo fakapapau ‘e ‘ikai tamate’i kitautolu ‘e he lao, he ‘oku ‘i ai ‘etau pau’ia ‘etau tulituli ke talangofua ki he lao ‘a e ‘Otua koe’uhi pe kuo fai kotoa ‘e Sisu Kalaisi ‘a e talangofua haohaoa ma’a kitautolu.

Commentary - STEPHEN UM  (Cont…)

These are the responsibilities that Christians have in responding to the Ten Commandments. But the problem is that we're unable to obey them perfectly. So how are we going to resolve that tension? Jesus Christ is the second Adam, the true Israel, the individual divine corporate head and representative who has come to fulfill the obligations of the law perfectly in himself. His obedience and righteousness now gets imputed into our lives, thereby giving us the ability to obey the obligations and the demands of the law. Even when we don't obey them perfectly, we know that we are not going to be crushed by the law, and we will have confidence as we seek to obey the law of God because we know that Jesus Christ has fulfilled those requirements perfectly for us.