ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Novema 23, 2017

‘Oku tu‘unuku mai ha ‘aho

( Judgment is coming…)

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 (cont…)

The idea that God is too kind ever to condemn sin and that everyone in the end will go to heaven does not actually find a basis in the Bible itself. Paul's warning in Ephesians 5 is to those who have professed faith in Jesus, so that they will not pay attention to those who suggest other than what he's teaching them, namely, that this day will come - a day that is fixed, a day that will be absolutely fair, and a day when the judgment rendered will be absolutely final.