ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Novema 12, 2017

Ko e mo‘uí  ke fua ma‘u pe ki he ‘Otuá

Living in reference to 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  (Cont…)

When we don't live as if God is God, when we break God's loving law, when we fail to honor who he is, when we say or imply by our actions that he's of no consequence or importance in this or that part of our lives, we fail to fully be the people God created us to be. And it leads to death and disintegration.

This illustration might help. Our solar system exists harmoniously when all the planets orbit the same center: the sun. If, however the planets all decided on their own what to orbit, or if some of the planets chose not to orbit anything, what would happen? Death and disintegration. The solar system as we know it would unravel and fall apart because the planets would not be orbiting the correct center. They wouldn't be living in reference to the sun. And therefore everything would fall apart and be destroyed.