ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Novema 14, 2017

Pekia ‘a Kalaisi ko hoku fetongi

( Christ experienced my sentence; death )

Fehuʻi #16

Ko e ha ‘a e angahala?

(What is sin?)

Ko e angahalá  ko e sītu‘a pe ta‘etokanga‘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…)

Paul writes that "the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). Sin leads to death. And yet the gospel is that Jesus Christ experienced death so that we could live. In some ways he was disintegrated on the cross, spiritually torn apart, so that we could be made whole. He died for our sin, so that we could be made alive. He experienced death and disintegration. He paid the penalty for our sin, so that we would not have to.