ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Novema 4, 2017

Ko e ha ho‘o filí ? Ko e ‘Otuá  pe ko e koloa?

( What’s it going to be? God or things? )

Fehuʻi #15

Kapau ‘oku ‘ikai lava ‘e ha taha ke tauhi ‘a e Laó, ko e hā leva hono ‘aonga?

( Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose? )

Ko e ‘uhí  ke tau ‘ilo ‘a e natula ma‘oni‘oni mo e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otuá, pea mo e natula angahala‘ia mo talangata‘a ‘a hotau lotó; mo ‘etau fiema‘u ha Fakamo‘uí. ‘Oku ako‘i mo faka‘ai‘ai kitautolu ‘e he laó  ke tau fai ‘a e to‘onga mo‘ui ‘oku hoifua ki ai ‘a hotau Fakamo‘uí.

( That we may know the holy nature and will of God, and the sinful nature and disobedience of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior. The law also teaches and exhorts us to live a life worthy of our Savior )

Loma 3:20

Koe‘uhiā ko e me‘a ki he ngaahi ngāue fakalao, ‘e tu‘u mola ai ‘a e kakano kotoa pē ‘i hono ‘ao, ‘o ‘ikai hanau fakatonuhia mei ai: he ko e me‘a ‘oku fou mei he Lao, ko e faka‘ilo angahala pē.

ROMANS 3:20

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Commentary - LIGON DUNCAN (cont…)

God's law also reveals to us ourselves, especially our sinful nature

and our disobedience, our inclination to sin. For instance, when Jesus is talking to the rich young ruler, he says, "Go, sell what you possess, and give to the poor" (Matt. 19:21). And the rich young ruler essentially says to Jesus, "I can't." And he walks away sadly. Now what's going on in that story? Is Jesus saying that we all have to give away all of our possessions? No. But in the case of the rich young ruler, Jesus is revealing to him by the law of God the specific nature of his own sin. What's the first commandment? To have no other gods before me. And there, God in the flesh is saying to the rich young ruler, "What's it going to be? Your money, your possessions, or me, God?" And the rich young ruler chooses something over God, before God.