ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Novema 1, 2017

‘Oku tau ikuna ‘i he ‘Atama hono uá

( We are victorious through the second Adam )

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…)

‘I he taimi na‘e hinga ai ‘a ‘Atama ko hotau fakafofonga, na‘e popula ‘a hotau natula ki he angahala pea mole meiate kitautolu ‘a e loto ketau hohoi mo kumi ki he ‘Otua.  Ka ‘i he taimi na‘e hoko mai ai ‘a Sisu Kalaisi, ko e ‘Atama hono ua ia, ko e me‘a na‘e to ai ‘a ‘Atama, na‘e ikuna ia ‘e he ‘Atama hono ua.  Ko e ‘Atama ‘uluaki na‘e hokomai ia mo e mate ‘i he talangata‘a mo e siokita.  Ko e ‘Atama hono ua, ‘a Sisu Kalaisi, na‘e hokomai ia mo e mo‘ui fou ‘i he talangofua mo e feilaulau ‘i he kolosi. 

Commentary - David Bisgrove (cont…)

See, when Adam sinned as our representative, our nature became enslaved to sin so that we no longer want or seek God. But when Christ came, he was the second Adam, and where the first Adam failed, the second Adam succeeded. Where the first Adam brought death through his disobedience and selfishness, the second Adam, Jesus Christ, brought life through his obedience and sacrifice on the cross.

Lotu

‘E ‘Otua mohu meesi, ‘oku ‘ikai ha lelei ‘e taha ‘iate kimautolu ‘i homau natula tangata.  Ko e ngaahi foha kimautolu mo e ngaahi ‘ofefine ‘o e ‘uluaki ‘Atama pea ‘oku ma holi pe ki he ngaahi me‘a kuo ke tapu‘i.  Foaki mai ha natula fo‘ou fou ‘i he fanau‘i fo‘ou ‘ia Kalaisi, ko e ‘Atama hono ua, kae lava ai ke mau tauhi ho‘o lao ‘i he ivi ‘o e Laumalie Ma‘oni‘oni.  ‘Emeni.

Prayer

Merciful Lord, we are corrupt in our very natures. We are sons and daughters of the first Adam who desire what you forbid. Give us a new nature through new birth in Christ, the second Adam, that we might be able to keep your law in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.