ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Novema 22, 2017

Malanga‘i fefeka ‘a e fakamaau ‘a e ‘Otuá

( Boldness to declare God’s judgment )

Fehu‘i #18

‘E faka‘atā pe nai ‘e he ‘Otuá  kitautolu ke tau talangata‘a mo tauhi ‘aitoli ta‘e te ne tautea‘i kitautolu?

(Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished? )

‘Ikai, ko e fo‘i angahala kotoa pe ‘oku ne fakafepaki‘i ‘a e pule aoniu, ma‘oni‘oni mo e lelei ‘a e ‘Otuá  pea mo ‘ene lao haohaoá  pea ‘oku houhau hono finangaló  ‘i he‘etau angahalá  pea te ne tautea‘i ‘i he‘ene fakamaau haohaoá ‘i he maama ko ení  mo e maama ka hokó.

( No, every sin is against the sovereignty, holiness, and goodness of

God, and against his righteous law, and God is righteously angry with our sins and will punish them in his just judgment both in this life, and in the life to come. )

‘Efesō 5:4-5

seuke, ‘oku mahino ia kiate kimoutolu, he ‘oku mou ‘ilo, ‘ilonga ha fe‘auaki, pe ha anga‘uli, pe ha mānumanu, (ko e toko taha tauhi ‘aitoli ia) ‘oku ‘ikai hano tofi‘a ‘i he Pule‘anga ‘o Kalaisi mo e ‘Otua. ‘Oua na‘a tuku ke kākaa‘i kimoutolu ‘e ha taha ‘aki ha koto lau pē: he ‘oku hoko mo‘oni ‘i he ngaahi me‘a pehē ‘a e houhau ‘a e ‘Otua ki he hako ‘o talangata‘a.

EPHESIANS 5:5-6

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

ALISTAIR BEGG

When Paul preached before Felix and Drusilla, he essentially had three points--righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come (Acts 24). The fact that Felix and Drusilla were in an adulterous relationship did not prevent Paul from speaking very clearly about the justice of God. It was, if you like, almost a hallmark of his preaching. At the end of his address in Athens he says the same thing: "God has fixed a day on which he will judge the world" (Acts 17:31). The Bible makes it clear that we won't escape detection or conviction or sentence forever. There is going to be a payday.