ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Okatopa 24, 2017

Ko e puipuitu‘a ‘o e ongoongolelei

Backdrop to the good news

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 (hoko atu…)

Ko e tu‘unga fakaloloma eni ketau fakakaukau loto atu ki ai, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ko e aofangatuku ia ‘o e tala ‘o e tangata; ko e kamata pe ia.  Ko e ongoongo fakaloloma ‘eni ‘oku hoko ko e puipuitu‘a ‘o e ongoongo fakafiefia mo lelei ‘o e kosipeli, ‘a ee ‘oku ne ‘omi ‘a e mo‘ui mo e ‘amanaki.  Neongo ‘oku ‘ikai ketau lava ke tauhi haohaoa ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku ‘i ai ha tokotaha na‘a ne tauhi haohaoa ‘a e lao ko ‘eni ma‘a kitautolu.  Na‘e fai tonunga ‘e Sisu ‘ene talangofua ki he‘ene tamai, ‘o a‘u pe ki he‘ene pekia he kolosi, koe‘uhi ke lava ‘e kitautolu kuo tu‘u ‘etau falala ‘iate Ia tokotaha pe, ketau tu‘u ta‘e manavahe kuo to‘o ‘a e halaia pea fakatau‘ataina kitautolu ‘e he ivi ‘o e ha‘i ‘o e angahala pea kuo tau tau‘ataina.

Commentary - LEO SCHUSTER (cont…)

That's very discouraging, of course, to contemplate, but it's not

the end of the story; it's just the beginning. It's the bad news that

stands as the backdrop for the spectacularly good news of the gospel, which brings life and hope. Though we're unable to keep the law of God perfectly, there is One who kept the law perfectly for us. Jesus faithfully obeyed his Father, even to the point of death on the cross, so that we who trust alone in him might no longer live under the guilt, power, and bondage of sin but be set free.