ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Sanuali 25, 2018

Hulu‘i mai ‘e heli ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘o e kolosí

( the reality of hell gives light to the cross)

Fehu‘i #28

Ko e hā e me‘a ‘e hoko ki he kau pekia ‘oku ‘ikai te nau kau mo Kalaisi fou ‘i he‘enau tuí  ?

‘I he ‘aho ‘o e fakamaaú, te nau ma‘u ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni fakalilifu kae angatonu ‘o honau tauteá. ‘E kapusi kinautolu mei he ‘ao ‘o e ‘Otuá, ki heli, ke fakahoko ai honau tautea fakamamahí  ke ta‘engata.

What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?

At the day of judgment they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They will be cast out from the favorable presence of God, into hell, to be justly and grievously punished, forever.

SIONE 3:16-18, 36

He na‘e ‘ofa pehē ‘a e ‘Otua ki māmani, ko ia na‘a ne foaki hono ‘Alo tofu-pē-taha-ne-fakatupu, koe‘uhi ko ia kotoa pē ‘oku tui pīkitai kiate ia ke ‘oua na‘a ‘auha, kae ma‘u ‘a e mo‘ui ta‘engata. He tala‘ehai na‘e fekau ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e ‘Alo ki māmani ke fakamaau? ‘a māmani; ka koe‘uhi ke mo‘ui ‘a māmani ‘iate ia. Ko ia ‘oku tui pīkitai kiate ia ‘oku ‘ikai ke fakamaau? ia; ka ko ia ‘oku ‘ikai ke tui, kuo ‘osi fakamaau? ia; koe‘uhi kuo ‘ikai te ne tui ki he huafa ‘o e ‘Alo tofu-pē-taha-na‘e-fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua. . . .Ko ia ‘oku ne tui pīkitai ki he ‘Alo ‘oku ne ma‘u ‘a e mo‘ui ta‘engata: ka ko ia ‘oku ‘ikai te ne talangofua ki he ‘Alo ‘e ‘ikai te ne mamata ia ki he mo‘ui; ka ‘oku nofo ma‘u kiate ia ‘e he houhau ‘a e ‘Otua.

JOHN 3:16-18, 36

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal Life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. … Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Commentary – JOHN LIN (cont…)

But most importantly, until we acknowledge the reality of hell, we cannot truly understand the meaning of the cross. Put another way, we cannot understand God's love until we understand the reality of has wrath. God's wrath is a settled, controlled opposition and hatred of anything that is destroying what he loves.  God's wrath flows from his love for creation. It flows from his justice. He's angry at greed, self-centeredness, injustice, and evil because they're destructive. And God will not tolerate anything or anyone responsible for destroying the creation and the people that he loves.