ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Novema 10, 2017

Ko e angahalá  ko e angatu‘u ki he ‘Otuá

( Sin is rebellion against God )

Fehuʻi #16

Ko e ha ‘a e angahala?

(What is sin?)

Ko e angahalá  ko e sītu‘a pe ta‘etoka‘i ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘i he mamani na‘a ne fakatupú, mo‘ui fakafetau kiate Ia, talangata‘a ki he‘ene laó ‘o iku ki he‘etau mate mo e ‘auha ‘a e me‘a fakatupu kotoa pe. 

( Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law, resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation. )

1 Sione 3:4

Ko ia kotoa pē ‘oku fai angahala ‘oku ne maumau foki ‘a e lao: ‘io, ko e angahalá  ko e maumau lao ia.

1 John 3:4

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness

Commentary - JOHN LIN

One very important way of understanding sin is that sin is rebellion against God's law. It's not doing what he requires of us, not living as he has called us to live, and, therefore, never fully being who God created us to be. Sin is living without reference to God, not viewing him to be the defining reality of our lives around which our entire lives need to be centered. And when we don't live as if God is who he is, we violate his law and all the good, loving, protecting guidelines that he's provided to us for how to best and most fully live.