Tokonaki Novema 18,
2017
Hulu ange ‘ete
‘ofa ki he me‘a kehé ‘ia Sisu
(
Loving anything more than Jesus )
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
The last catechism answer showed us that
sin is rejecting, ignoring and rebelling against God, not treating
God as God, and not him the honor that is his due. In the Bible, the most
frequently described way that human beings do that is through the sin of
idolatry. Idolatry is loving anything more than Jesus Christ. Idolatry is treating
anything as more important than Jesus Christ for your meaning in life, for your
happiness, for your security and hope, or for your self-regard. The reason why
it's so important to understand the sin of idolatry is that it can be growing
in a part of your life for a long time and get very deep without it right away
leading to clear, visible, and easily seen violations of God's law.
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