ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Novema 19, 2017

Ko e me‘a mahu‘inga taha kiate koe

( The most important thing to you )

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 give 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, for example, if affluence and your career have become too important to you, they've become idols, and that can lead you to working too hard and exhaustion. It can lead you to becoming ruthless. It can block the development of a loving heart and the fruit of the Spirit. It can thin out your relationships. It can hurt your family relationships. It can hurt your friendships. And all these things can be going on for a long time before it leads to a real overt example or cheating or adultery, because idolatry can lead to those things.