ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Novema 20, 2017

Malava pe ke hoko ‘a e leleí  ko e ‘aitoli

Turning good things into ultimate things

Fehu‘i #17

Ko e hā ‘a e tauhi ‘aitoli?

( What is idolatry? )

Ko e tauhi ‘aitolí, ko e tu‘u ‘ete falalá ‘i he ngaahi me‘a fakatupú ‘o ‘ikai ‘iate Ia na‘a ne fakatupú, ke ma‘u mei ai ‘a ‘ete ‘amanakí mo e fiefiá, mo hoto mahu‘ingá mo e malu‘í.

( Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator for our hope and happiness, significance and security )

Loma 1:21, 25

21) Koe‘uhi neongo na‘a nau ‘ilo ki he ‘Otua, ka na‘e ‘ikai te nau fakahīkihiki‘i ia, pe fakafeta‘ia, ‘o ngali ko e ‘Otua: kaekehe na‘e taka launoa ‘enau ngaahi fakakaukau; pea po‘uli tu‘u honau loto ta‘e‘ilo…25) he fa‘ahinga ko ia na‘a nau tuku ‘a e mo‘oni ‘a e ‘Otua, ka nau fai‘aki ‘a e koto loi; ‘o nau lotu mo tauhi ki he me‘a kuo ngaohi, ‘o laka ‘iate ia na‘a ne ngaohi, ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘oku ‘o‘ona ‘a e fakamālō ‘o lauikuonga. ‘Ēmeni."

ROMANS 1:21, 25

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or live thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their hearts were darkened. .. . They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator…

Commentary - TIMOTHY KELLER (Cont…)

So what's important to grasp is this: sin is not just doing bad things. It's turning good things into ultimate things, because it ruins your soul, destroys community, and dishonors God.

Prayer

Creator God, forgive us for worshiping the things you have made. No person or thing should be our hope or our trust. You alone are self-existent and all sufficient. May you be our all in all. Amen.