Monite Sepitema 27, 2021
Consecrate yourselves
Mou tapui kimoutolu
Siosiua 7 (Joshua 7)
(v. 13) Tu‘u, fakatāpui ‘a e kakai, mo ke pehē, Mou tapui kimoutolu ki he ‘apongipongi: he ko ‘eni ‘a e folofola ‘a Sihova ko e ‘Otua ‘o ‘Isileli, ‘E ‘Isileli, ‘oku ‘i ho lotolotonga ha me‘a kuo tapui: ‘e ‘ikai te ke lava ke tu‘u ‘i he ‘ao ‘o ho ngaahi fili, kae‘oua ke mou hu‘ihu‘i mei homou lotolotonga ‘a e me‘a kuo tapui.
(v. 13) Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”
GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU . . )
7. GOD IS INDEPENDENT
KO E ‘OTUA´ ‘OKU TAU‘ATAINA
Tokāteline
‘I he hono tuʻunga ko e Tokotaha moʻui, ko e ‘Otua´ ko e “matavai ‘o e moʻui” (Saame 36:9).
Uē! vakai, ko au, ko au pē ia,
Pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha ‘otua mo kita:
Ko au ‘oku ou fai ‘a e tāmate, pea u fai mo e fakaola,
Kuo u tā, pea u faito‘o ‘a e lavea;
Pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha taha te ne fakahaofi mei hoku nima.
He ‘oku ou hiki ki langi hoku nima,
Pea u pehē, Tangi ‘eku mo‘ui ‘o ta‘engata.
Kapau te u faka‘alo ‘eku heletā fetapatapaki,
Pea ala ki he fakamaau hoku nima ni,
Te u toki fai sauni ki hoku ngaahi fili,
Pea u ‘atu hono tuha kiate kinautolu ‘oku fehi‘a mai.
(Teutalonome 32:39-41).
As a living being, God is "the fountain of life” (Ps. 36:9):
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever,
if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me. (Deut. 32:39-41)
‘Oku ne fālute ‘a e kotoa ‘o e moʻui´, pea ko e meʻa moʻui kotoa ‘oku makehe meiate Ia´ ‘oku nau maʻu moʻui meiate Ia. ‘Oku ‘ikai fakafalala ‘a e ‘Otua ki ha me’a ‘i mamani. ‘Oku ne fakatupu, foaki mo pukepuke ‘a mamani ‘i he’ene angalelei. Ko e mo’ui kotoa ‘oku tefito ‘iate Ia pea ‘oku ne toe pule’i mo e mate; ‘oku ne tamate’i pea ne toe fakamo’ui. ‘Oku ne ngaue pea ‘oku mo’ui he ko e ‘Otua mo’ui Ia (‘Aisea 37:17). “He ‘oku ‘iate ia ‘etau mo‘ui, mo ‘etau ngāue, mo ‘etau ‘i ai” (Ngaue 17:28). Koe’uhi ko ‘ene ma’u ‘a e mo’ui mo e ‘ilo kakato ‘iate Ia tokotaha pe, ‘oku ne ma’u ‘a e tumutumu ‘o e mo’ui fonu tapuaki. Ko e mo’ui mo’onia, ko e mo’ui fonu tapuaki ia.
‘Oku makehe atu pe ‘a e mo’ui ‘a e ‘Otua, ia mei he tangata. Fakataataa, ko ‘Ene mo‘ui, ‘oku ‘a’ana pe ia, ka ko ‘etau mo’ui, ko e no meiate Ia. Ko ‘ene mo’ui ‘oku ‘ikai ke ngata, he ‘oku lau’itaniti, ‘ikai ha kamata’anga pe ngata’anga - ka ko ‘etau mo’ui ‘oku ngata he ‘oku ‘i ai hono kamata’anga mo hono ngata’anga (‘i he maama ko eni). Ko e mo’ui ‘a e ‘Otua ‘oku haohaoa mo mohu tapuaki ka ko ‘etau mo’ui ‘oku ‘ikai ke pehee. Koe’uhi ko ‘ene mo’ui pe ‘iate Iaa, pea ‘ikai liliu mo lau’itaniti, ‘oku mo’ui faka’angataha pe ‘a e ‘Otua, ka ko kitautolu ‘oku fakautuutu ‘etau mo’ui. Ko e mo’ui ‘a e ‘Otua ‘oku kakato pe ia ‘iate Ia; ‘oku mohu tapuekina, ‘oku poto fakapotopoto, ‘oku ne ‘ilo ‘a e me’a kotoa, mohu ivi mafimafi mo e ha fua. Pea ‘i he’ene pehee, ‘oku mo’ui pe ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i hono mafia, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ke pehee ‘a kitautolu ia. ‘Oku tau lotu ki he ‘Otua ta’engata (Loma 1:23; 1 Timote 1:17; 6:16). ‘Oku tau hoko mai ki he maama ko eni, koe’uhi ko ‘ene tau’ataina ke ne fakatupu kitautolu.
Ko e mo’ui ‘a e ‘Otua, ko e mo’ui ‘oku tau’ataina mo kakato ‘iate Ia pe. Ko e fo’i mo’oni ko eni, ‘oku ne ‘omi ha loto pau’ia kiate kitautolu, ko e tu’unga lau’itaniti, ta’eliliu, ta’engata mo mohu tapuaki ‘o e ‘Otua, ‘oku ne malava ke fakaai ‘etau ngaahi fiema’u kotoa. ‘Io, ‘oku ne malava he ‘oku topono pe Ia ‘iate tokotaha pe. ‘Oku tokoni ‘a e mo’oni ko eni ki he ‘etau mahino’i ‘a e va ‘o e Tamai mo e ‘Alo.
Doctrine
He is all life, so that all outside him derive life from him. God does not need the world. He creates, gives, and sustains freely. As all life comes from him, he also possesses power over death; he kills and makes alive. In perpetual action, living and moving, he is simply that: the living God (Isa. 37:17). “In him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28; cf. v. 25). Having life and full knowledge in himself, he possesses the ultimate blessed life. True life is the blessed life.
In several ways, God's life differs from our life. For example, his life is his own, but our life we borrow from him. His life is infinite, being eternal, without beginning or end, but our life is finite, having a beginning and an end (in this world). God's life is perfect and blessed, but ours is imperfect. Because of his self-existence, immutability, and eternity, God lives at once, but we live over time, progressing. His life is all that he is: blessed, wise, all-knowing, all-powerful, and so forth. As a result, God lives necessarily, but we do not. We serve an immortal God (Rom.1:23; 1 Tim. 1:17; 6:16). We come into this world because of his free decision to create.
Divine life necessitates God's all-sufficiency. This vital truth assures us that having an eternally, unchangeably, infinitely, blessedly all-sufficient God frees us from any worry as to whether he can satisfy our needs. Indeed he can, because he remains perfectly satisfied in himself. Such a principle helps us to understand the Father's relationship to the Son.
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