ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Okatopa 31, 2017

Fakamele‘i ‘e angahala

Corrupted by sin

Fehu‘i #14

Na‘e fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá  ke tau ta‘emalava ‘a hono tauhi ‘ene lao? 

( Did God create us unable to keep his law? )

‘Ikai, ka koe‘uhí  ko e talangata‘a ‘a e ‘uluaki matu‘a, ‘Atama mo ‘Ivi, na‘e tō kotoa ‘a e fakatupu; ‘oku fanau‘i kotoa mai kitautolu ‘i he angahala mo e halaia, pea hinga mo hotau natulá ‘o ta‘emalava ai ke tau tauhi ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua. 

( No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and

Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God's law )

Loma 5:12

Ko ia, ko e hoko ‘a e fakamo‘ui na‘e tatau mo e hoko ‘a e angahala ki māmani, ‘i he tangata pē taha; mo e hoko ‘a e mate ‘i he angahala; mo ‘ene a‘usia pehē ‘a e kakai kotoa pē ‘e he mate, koe‘uhi ne angahala kotoa pē.

ROMANS 5:12

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and

death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.

Tohi vete ‘a Tevita Pisikolove (hoko atu…)

‘Oku ‘ikai ‘uhinga eni ke pehe ‘oku ‘ikai ha lelei ‘i he tangata.  ‘Oku ngaohi kitautolu ‘i he ‘imisi ‘o e ‘Otua pea ‘oku tau kei malava pe ke fai ‘a e ngaue lelei mo faka‘ofo‘ofa.  Ka kuo hanga ‘e he angahala ‘o fakamele‘i ‘a hotau mafai ke ‘ofa mo talangofua ki he ‘Otua ‘aki ‘a e kotoa hotau loto, ivi, mo e ‘atamai.  Kuo uesia ‘e he angahala ‘a e tapa kotoa ‘o ‘etau mo‘ui, pea ‘i he taimi ‘oku fanau‘i ai kitautolu ‘i he angahala mo e halaia pea kuo mele ai pe hotau natula pea ta‘e malava ketau tauhi ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua. 

Fakatātā:  Fakakaukau ki ha laione kuo halofia pea kuo tuku atu ha ongo peleti me‘akai ‘e ua ‘i mu‘a ‘iate ia – ko e peleti ‘e taha ko e kakano‘i manu kei ‘ota, ko e peleti ‘e taha ko ha vesitapolo.  ‘Oku malava ke fili ‘e he laione ha taha ‘i he ongo peleti, ka koe‘uhi ko hono natula, te ne fili pe ‘e ia ‘a e kakano‘i manu.

Commentary - David Bisgrove (cont…)

Now this doesn't mean that people are devoid of all goodness.

We're made in God's image and therefore we're still capable of doing good and beautiful things. But sin has corrupted our ability to love and obey God with our whole hearts, strength, and minds. Sin has infected every part of us, so that we're all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature, and unable to keep God's law.

Consider one example. Imagine a hungry lion, and imagine putting two plates of food in front of him-one a plate of raw red meat, the other a plate of perfectly cooked string beans. The lion can choose either one, but because of his nature he's always going to choose the red meat.