Who doesn’t enjoy a good sauce with his food? People have become so used to the sauce, that they can’t live without it. There’s nothing exciting about food without sauce. It doesn’t matter what you eat or if the food is well prepared or not, if the sauce is good the food is good. The sauce adds flavor and determines the quality and overall taste of the dish. This is also seen in Christianity. Christians love pouring a Christian sauce over the things of this world. Leai se mea o iai, whether something is forbidden and evil according to the Bible, they just pour a Christian sauce over the things of this world and make it approved. And so they Christianize the things of this world to make them approved and acceptable for Christians. Ae peitai, people can Christianize whatever they want, but does that make a difference to God?
The love for the world
Most Christians still love the world and enjoy the things of the world. Because of their love for the world, they don’t distance themselves from the things and works of this world, lea e maua mai i le malo o le pouliuli.
Leai, they want to hold on to the things of the world. Christians want to do the same things and live the same lives as the people, O ai e auai i le lalolagi.
Instead of bringing forth fruits that meet their salamo and walking in holiness (to be set apart from the world and dedicated unto God), and doing what God says and dying to their flesh and removing the things of this world from their lives, they copy the things of the world and pour a Christian sauce over it. Because according to them, this Christian sauce is supposed to make everything approved and acceptable.
Aua le alofa i le lalolagi, po o mea o i le lalolagi. Afai e alofa se tasi i le lalolagi, the love of the Father is not in him. Mo mea uma o loo i le lalolagi, o le tuinanau o le aano, ma le tuinanau o mata, ma le mitamita o le olaga, e le o le tama, ae o le lalolagi. And the world passes away, ma lona tu’inanau: but he that does the will of God abides for ever
1 Ioane 2:15-17
Does the Christian sauce makes everything approved?
Christians want to do everything they see the world do, including the entertainment of the world. And to ease their mind and conscience, they have found a way to do that. They just put the word ‘Christian’ in front of it. Because using the word ‘Christian’ and Christianizing it, you make it approved and acceptable for Christians to do.
Many Christians are no longer innovators of God, but imitators of the world. They copy all the things that the world has to offer and pour out a Christian sauce over all evil things and Christianize them and appropriate them.
Fa'ata'ita'iga, there are Christian Fomai, Kerisiano fomai o mafaufau ma foma'i mafaufau, Kerisiano acupuncturists, Kerisiano Reiki practitioners, Kerisiano massage therapists, Kerisiano martial arts, Kerisiano tupe, Christian prayer or healing bracelets, Christian astrology, Kerisiano Halloween, Kerisiano tato, Christian tattoo shops, Christian dating sites, Kerisiano gay associations, Christian Romans/Phantasy and Science fiction, Christian talent shows, Christian dance competitions, Christian comedians, Christians magicians/illusionists (gospel magicians), Christian tarot cards, Kerisiano (Fanau) fale faafiafia, Christian music concerts, Christian festivals, Kerisiano (musika) awards, Christian actors, Christian amusement parks, Christian DJs, Christian dance events, Christian bars, Christian nightclubs, Christian……(fill out yourself).
All these things are copied and adapted from the world and Christianized by people, O Lē o loo Valaau I Le Amiotonu.
These things have one thing in common, they derive from the wisdom and knowledge of the carnal man (through the influence of demonic spirits from the darkness) and are meant for the soul and body (tino) of the carnal man.
They act from the flesh with or without the use of natural methods and natural means with the purpose of restoring, making whole, fulfilling the lusts and desires, ma entertaining the flesh.
It has nothing to do with the spiritual tagata fou and the source is not God and the Kingdom of Heaven. But it has everything to do with the carnal old man and the devil and the world (le malo o le pouliuli) as its source.
How have Christians found a way to keep their own lives and live after the flesh?
Christians have found a way to keep their own lives and not have to Tuu i lalo o latou ola and live like the world and that’s by pouring out the Christian sauce over the works of darkness to make it good. They have Christianized the works of darkness by putting the word ‘Christian’ in front of it. Lea auala, they won’t have to die to self and tuu ese le tagata tuai faaletino but they can continue their lives as the old man.
And so they live like the carnal old man and every now and then they apply Bible verses and promises for the new man to their lives.
The devil is more than willing to help the continuation of the old carnal man. Therefore he gives (le tumau) faamalologa, soulish supernatural manifestations that seem spiritual, manuia, manuia, taʻutaʻua, ma oa i le lalolagi. Ae uma ane, the devil is the prince and ruler of this world.
It is the devil’s ultimate pleasure to give people what they want and tofaafiafia i latou and respond to their feelings and emotions, as long as they live from his source and do his works.
I le gasologa o tausaga, the devil has succeeded in tempting many believers with his lies and making them believe that adopting the things of the world and Christianizing them, isn’t wrong at all.
The devil has even appeared to many Christians as an angel of light through dreams, faaaliga, valoaga, and thoughts in their mind and convinced them and made them believe that God approves the Galue a le Tiapolo, which are mentioned in the Bible as sin.
Lea auala, the devil has led many people into his trap. The devil misled them through his lies and has taken control of many lives.
Many Christians think they are free while they are bound
Christians think that by Christianizing the things of this world and by doing them, they are free, A o le mea moni, they are not free at all! They are bound through sin to the kingdom of darkness and live in rebellion to God in obedience to the devil.
They do the same works as the world and live the same lives. O lea la, there is hardly any difference between believers and unbelievers. The only difference is that they say they are Christians, go to church once a week, faitau le Tusi Paia i lea taimi ma lea taimi, and pray short carnal prayers.
Ona o le mea moni, latou te ola e pei o le lalolagi, they experience the same things as the world and have the same problems.
Many Christians are not satisfied, fiafia, and happy anymore. Nai lo lena, they are unsatisfied, oomi i lalo, lelava, and cope with anxieties and depression. E leai filemu ae ua popole, popole, fefe, and experiencing stress.
This is all because they still belong to the world and/or sow in the flesh.
Fai mai le Upu, that if you sow in the flesh, you shall reap from the flesh. When you do the things of this world, you shall also reap the things of this world (Faitau foi: O le mea e te lulu o le a e selesele).
The Christian sauce doesn’t change anything about the works and source
You can pour out a Christian sauce over the carnal works of the flesh and Christianize the things of the world by putting the word ‘Christian’ in front of it, but you won’t change anything about the works and source.
All the things of the world remain works, which derive from the knowledge, poto, and power of the kingdom of the darkness.
If you want to keep doing the things of the world and live like the world, then why did you salamo? What have you repented of?
If you want to keep doing the things of the world, then just do it. But don’t use the word ‘Christian’, and don’t Christianize the evil things of darkness! Because by doing that, you defile God’s holy Name and mock Jesus Christ and His Body. Ma o le mea tonu lena o le Tiapolo Manaomia.
Separated for God and His Kingdom
O lenei ou te fai atu, Ma molimau atu i le Alii, e te le o iloa le savali e pei o isi tagata o Nuu Ese, I le mea valea o latou mafaufau, I ai le malamalama na pogisa, o le tagata ese mai le soifuaga o le Atua e ala i le valea o lo oi ai, Ona o le tauaso o latou loto: O ai o loʻo alu i tua o loʻo tuʻuina atu ia i latou lava i le laki, e galue i le mea le leaga uma ma le matapeʻapeʻa (Efeso 4:17-19)
In the Old Covenant and the New Covenant God commanded His people to separate themselves from the world. He commanded to not get involved and fellowship with the evil works of the world (pogisa).
This doesn’t mean that you should start an isolated community, because God has placed His people on this earth.
God has placed His people on this earth to be a molimau ia Iesu Keriso, savali i totonu His dominion, ma talai atu ma faatuina Lona Malo i le lalolagi.
O lea la, your purpose is to walk in the dominion of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and preach the truth and expose the lies of the devil. O lena la, sinners become conscious of their sinful state, and by hearing the truth they can repent, get born again, and be saved and delivered from the kingdom of darkness and death or not.
Ua i ai i le Atua e leai put His people on the earth to get involved with the spirits of the world and be led by the worldly spirits and be partakers of the things of the world (pogisa).
How can you save sinners from the kingdom of darkness if you still walk after the flesh in the kingdom of darkness and be a partaker of her works and live in sin? (Faitau foi: ‘Afai e ola Kerisiano e pei o le lalolagi, o le a le mea e tatau ona salamo le lalolagi?)
Christians shouldn’t fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove the works of darkness
Mo oe o se taimi o le pogisa, A o lenei ua e malamalama i le Alii: savali o tamaiti o le malamalama: (Auātu fua o le Agaga, o i lelei uma ma amiotonu ma le upu moni;) Faamaonia se mea e taliaina e le Alii. Ma e leai ni uo ma le le masani ai galuega o le pogisa, Ae e toe tali mai. Auā o se mea e māsiasi ai le tautala i mea ‘ua faia fa‘alilolilo e i latou. ‘Ae peita‘i o mea uma lava e a‘oa‘iina, ‘ua fa‘aalia mai i le malamalama: auā o mea uma e fa‘aalia o le malamalama lea (Efeso 5:8-13)
Christians should not adopt and Christianize the things of the world. Christians shouldn’t fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but they should walk as children of light and walk in the truth and reprove the works of darkness.
You can only reprove the lies and works of the world when you are born again and ofu le tagata fou and walk after the Spirit in obedience to the Word. Because as long as you stay unspiritual, you shall walk in darkness and shall not be able to discern the works of darkness.
By faith in Jesus Christ and through toefaamaumau, you have been transferred from the darkness into the light. Therefore you shall be able to discern good and evil and reprove the works of darkness. The Word and the Holy Spirit shall help and guide you.
stop pouring out the Christian sauce!
Let’s get serious with the Word of God and do what Jesus poloaiina believers to do.
Stop pouring out the Christian sauce over all the works of darkness. Remove the sins, which are the works of the flesh in obedience to the devil, and do righteousness, which are the works of the Spirit in obedience to God. So that the Name of the Lord shall not be defiled through carnal works and lives, but that we exalt Jesus and glorify God through our lives after the Spirit.
‘Ia fai ma masima o le lalolagi’
