O le tatalo mo ē ua maliliu e faia e Kerisiano, o e manatu e mafai ona latou suia le taunuuga mulimuli o le ua maliu e ala i a latou tatalo. Ma o lea latou te tatalo ai mo le tagata ua maliu. But was praying for the souls of the dead practiced by the Church in the New Testament or is it a false doctrine that derived from the carnal human mind? Let’s look at what the Bible says about praying for the dead. O afea e mafai ai ona e tatalo mo e ua maliliu, and when can’t you pray for the dead?
O afea e mafai ai ona e tatalo mo e ua maliliu?
E mafai ona e tatalo mo e ua maliliu? The answer is both yes and no. Talu ai o loo i ai se tulaga faaleagaga o le oti ma se tulaga masani o le oti.
People that are not born-again in Christ live under the authority of the devil and the death in darkness and are dead to God. O le tulaga lea o le oti o le tulaga faaleagaga lea o le toeaina (tuai foafoaga).
The old man is alive to the world but dead to God due to his tulaga pau and sins and iniquities.
As long as people live on earth under the authority of the death in the kingdom of darkness, they have the ability to be redeemed from the power of death and be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of the spirit from the dead and to become alive to God, O Le Faatuatua ma le Toefuataiina ia Keriso
E mafai ona e tatalo ma e tatau ona e tatalo mo nei tagata, o e ola i le lalolagi ae ua oti faaleagaga.
Auā e pei ‘ona oti uma lava ‘iā Atamu, e faapea foi ona faaolaina uma ia Keriso (1 Korinito 15:22)
O le mea lea ua fai atu ai, Ala mai ia oe o loo moe, ma toe tu mai nai e ua oti, ma o le a tuuina atu e Keriso ia te oe le malamalama (Efeso 5:14)
Ma ua e faasee, O ai na oti i sauaga ma agasala; Lea i le taimi ua ou savali ai ua e savali ai e tusa ma le ala o lenei lalolagi, E tusa ai ma le perenise o le mana o le ea, le Agaga o loʻo galue nei i le fanau o le le usitaʻi: I latou foi na matou i ai ma matou talanoaga uma i taimi ua tuanaʻi i le tuʻinanau o o matou aano, Faʻataunuʻuina o manaʻoga o le aano ma le mafaufau; ma sa i ai i le natura o le toalima, e pei foi o isi. Peitai o le Atua, O ai e tamaoaiga i le alofa mutimutivale, Mo lona alofa silisili na ia alofa ai ia i matou, Tusa lava pe o tatou oti i agasala, Ua Faavaveina Tatou ma Keriso, (O le alofa tunoa ua e faaolaina;) (Efeso 2:1-5)
Ina ia ou iloa o Ia, ma le mana o Lona toetu, ma le mafutaga ma Ona puapuaga, ua faia ia tusa ma Lona maliu; Afai e mafai ona ou oo atu i le toe tu mai o e ua oti (Filipi 3:10-11)
Ou te iloa au galuega, o ia te oe le igoa na e faia, ma ua maliliu (Faaaliga 3:1)
O afea e le mafai ai ona e tatalo mo e ua maliliu?
But it’s too late for people, o ē na oti ma lē toe ola i lenei lalolagi. E le mafai ona e tatalo mo le ua maliu e sui lo latou taunuuga mulimuli. Therefore the living can’t do anything for people that died and are no longer among us.
There is no turning back and no second change for the unbelievers that passed away and didn’t believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God and His redemptive work, and have not repented and are not born again in Christ and have not become a new creation during their lives on earth.
They made a choice to obey and serve sin and death through their flesh and rejected Jesus Christ, O ai le Ala, le mea moni, ma le ola.
Sa latou le mananao e oti i le maliu o Keriso ma toe faatuina mai le oti ia te Ia. But they loved their own lives.
O lenei upumoni e faigata ma e le mafai e nisi tagata ona gafatia lenei upumoni. O lea la, ina ia faamāmāina ai le tigā o ē ola, o lē na leiloa se tagata lē talitonu, many lies are told and false doctrines arose throughout the ages that caused them to believe that the living can still pray for the dead and change their final destination.
They believe that their prayers can ensure that the unrepented deceased person and/or the deceased person that attended church and lived in friendship with God but persevered in sin, can still inherit eternal life.
One of these false doctrines is the doctrine of purgatory that derives from the Catholic faith.
O le a le pulekatolio?
Purgatory is an intermediate state where the souls of the elect, o ē na oti faaletino ma ola i le faauōga ma le Atua, ae sa lei faamamaina atoatoa, e fa‘amamāina i le afi fa‘amamāina. O se nofoaga o le faamamaina seia latou oo atu i le tulaga o le paia, lea e manaomia e ulu atu ai i le lagi.
O tatalo a e ola e tatau ona fesoasoani i agaga o e ua maliliu ma faapuupuu ai o latou taimi o pulekatolio..
The doctrine of purgatory is based on two scriptures: 1 Korinito 3:10-15 ma 2 Makapi 12:4-44.
A tatou tilotilo i ai 1 Korinito 3:10-15, we can conclude that this scripture isn’t about the purification process after death. But it’s about the Day of Judgment, when everyone will be judged according to his or her works on earth.
2 Makapi 12:4-44 o se vaega o le Apokalifa ma e le o amanaʻia e le au tetee o le Afioga a le Atua.
E mafai ona e ola faauo ma le Atua e aunoa ma le faamamaina atoatoa?
Leai, you can’t be part of the elect and live in friendship with God without being fully sanctified. Na pau lava le ala i le Atua e ala ia Iesu Keriso ma Lona toto.
O Iesu Keriso o le Ala, O Le Mea Moni ma le Ola. Only by Jesus Christ and His blood and through faith and regeneration in Him, e mafai ona faaolaina ma avea oe ma tagata amiotonu ma faalelei ma le Atua ma ulu atu i le Malo o le Lagi ma ola faatasi ma Ia.. (a.o. Ioane 3:3-6; 3:16, 2 Korinito 5:21, Efeso 2:8-9)
Ma afai ua avea oe ma tagata fou ma ua lelei ma le Atua ma ulu atu i le Malo o le Atua i le faatuatua, salamo, ma le toefaafouina ia Keriso, you shall be fully sanctified from all your sins and iniquities and Le toe avea ma tagata agasala.
You shall no longer live in rebellion against God and persevere in sin.
Tou te le toe faia galuega a le tino, since your flesh died in Christ and you have been redeemed from sin and death.
O lea la, you are no longer a Fasiina o Agasala. Ae ia e ola i le usiusitai i le Atua ma Lana Afioga ma le Upumoni i Lona finagalo ma faia galuega amiotonu.
O lea ua tanumia ai i tatou i le papatisoga i le oti: Pei ona o le a le toe faʻatuina mai o Keriso mai le oti e le mamalu o le Tama, E faapena foi ona tatou savavali i le fou o le olaga. Aua afai ua tatou totoina faatasi i le foliga o lona maliu, E faapei foi i tatou i le faatusa o lona toe soifua mai: Iloaina lenei, na faasatauroina le matou toeaina ma ia, o le tino o le agasala e ono faatafunaina, o le taimi nei tatou te le tatau ai i le agasala. Aua o le ua maliu e faasaolotoina mai le agasala.
O lenei, afai ua tatou oti faatasi ma Keriso, matou te talitonu o le a tatou ola foi faatasi ma Ia: ‘Ua iloa fo‘i ‘ua toetū mai Keriso nai ē ‘ua oti, e lē toe maliu lava o ia; e le toe pule le oti ia te Ia. Aua o le mea lena na Ia maliu ai, Na maliu o Ia i le agasala e tasi: ae o loo soifua o Ia, E soifua o ia mo le Atua. ‘Ia fa‘apea fo‘i ‘ona ‘outou manatu o ‘outou ‘ua oti i le agasala, a ‘ua ola mo le Atua ‘iā Iesu Keriso lo tatou Ali‘i (Roma 6:4-11)
Ona ua outou sala o outou agaga i le usiusitai mea moni e ala i le Agaga i le alofa le sala i le uso, vaʻai e te alofa le tasi i le isi ma le loto mama: O Le Toefafouina, E le o se mea leaga, Ae o le le mautonu, I le afioga a le Atua, o loo soifua ma tumau e faavavau (1 Peteru 1:22-23)
can you be saved through a church membership or your own works?
You can’t be saved and live in friendship with God through a church membership or by attending a church service on a regular basis nor to do ‘good works’.
Leai se galuega e tasi, o le mea e faia i la le tino e manatu i ai e lelei ma e mafai ona taʻuamiotonuina ai se tagata. That’s because every carnal work derives from the sinful nature of the toeaina and possesses a selfish character.
Fa'ata'ita'iga, you may feel better by attending a church service and/or by doing ‘good works’ and become puffed up and prideful.
Aua o le alofa tunoa ua puipuia ai outou i le faatuatua; ae le o oe lava: O le meaalofa o le Atua: E le o galuega, Lei o se tagata e tatau ona mitamita (Efeso 2:8-9)
Aua le avea le agasala o le a nofoleia i lou tino faitino, e tatau ona outou usitaia le luko lo oi ai. Le Fōia Oe Outou Tam ¯ o Faipule le Agalelei ia Aʻu: ae ia epa ia te Oe Lava i le Atua, O i latou e ola mai le oti, ma ou te auai i mea faigaluega o le amiotonu i le Atua (Roma 6:12-13)
A le o le faaolaina ma le faamamaina ma le faapaiaina i le toto o Iesu mai au agasala uma ma amioletonu ma amiotonu ma toe faalelei ma le Tama ma o le a savavali e tusa ma le Agaga i Lona finagalo o le faia o galuega amiotonu po o le le faaolaina ma le faamamaina mai au agasala ma amioletonu ma e le’i amiotonu ma le toe faalelei ma le Tama., a o oe lava o le foafoaga tuai, whereby you shall walk after the flesh in disobedience to God and do the works of the flesh, o le agasala.
O le amiotonu ma le alofa mutimutivale o le Atua
The people that believe in the doctrine of purgatory believe that purgatory shows God’s righteousness and mercy. But the righteousness and mercy of God are revealed in the New Covenant through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Aua na alofa tele le Atua i le lalolagi, na ia foaiina mai lona Atalii e toatasi, ina ia le fano se tasi e faatuatua ia te ia, ae i ai le ola e faavavau (Ioane 3:16)
Ma o le a ou tatalo i le Tama, na te avatua foi ia te outou le tasi Fesoasoani, ina ia ou tausi ai ma oe e faavavau; E oo lava i le Agaga o le Upumoni; E le mafai e le lalolagi ona talia, aua e le vaai atu ia te Ia, e le iloa foi o Ia: Ae tou te malamalama ia te ia; auā o lo‘o mau o Ia ma ‘outou, ma o le a i ai ia te oe (Ioane 14:16-17)
It is the will of God that everyone be saved and not be lost forever. O le mea lea ua tuuina mai ai e le Atua Lona Alo ma Lona Agaga. So that every person on earth has been given the ability to become a son of God (alii ma tamaitai) and walk as a son of God by faith in Jesus Christ and regeneration in Him.
E manaomia e tagata uma Iesu Keriso! A aunoa ma Iesu Keriso ma a aunoa ma Lona toto e leai se tagata e mafai ona faaolaina ma faapaiaina mai ana agasala ma amioletonu ma avea ma tagata amiotonu.. (Faitau foi: O le olaga e le o le sailia o oe lava, ae maua Iesu).
Pe mafai ona faamagaloina agasala pe a mavae le oti?
Leai, sins can’t be forgiven after death. Your sins can be forgiven during your life on earth but not after you die.
O lē alofa i lona ola, e māumau ai; o lē ‘ino‘ino fo‘i i lona ola i lenei lalolagi, e tausia e ia e o‘o i le ola e fa‘avavau (Ioane 12:25)
Pe i ai ea le faamamaina pe a mavae le oti ma i luma o le faamasinoga?
Leai, when a person dies it’s over and judgment will follow. Afai ua oti se tagata, e leai se auala e faaolaina ai le ua le faaolaina.
E leai se tulaga vavalo. E leai se pulekatolio, lea e maua ai e tagata le malosi e faamamāina ai pe aunoa ma tatalo a ē o loo soifua i le lalolagi.
Ma e pei ona tofia i tagata ia tasi le oti, ae mulimuli ane o le faamasinoga: O lea na ofoina atu ai Keriso e na te tau'ave agasala a le toatele; ma o le a faaali faalua mai o Ia ia te i latou o e faatalitali ia te ia e aunoa ma se agasala mo le faaolataga (Eperu 9:27-28)
O le Onosai o le Maliu o le Au Paia: i latou nei e tausia poloaiga a le Atua, Ma le Faatuatua o Iesu (Faaaliga 14:12)
I le Luka 16:19-31 Jesus told the parable of the poor Lazarus and the rich man, who both belonged to the house of Israel (God’s covenant people).
In this parable, e lei tuuina atu i le mauoa se avanoa lona lua. E lei faamamaina le mauoa, ina ia mafai ona alu pea o ia i le lagi. Leai, o le taunuuga lea o le mauoa. O lenei taunuuga sa matua leaga lava, na manaʻo le mauʻoa e lapataʻia e Lasalo lona tamā ma ona uso e toʻalima ina ia taofia ai i latou mai le ō atu i le nofoaga e tasi.. Peitai e lei talia le talosaga a le mauoa, auā sa ‘iā te i latou Mose ma perofeta sa tatau ‘ona latou fa‘alogo i ai.
O le faamasinoga ma le taunuuga mulimuli
E leai se pulekatolio, e leai se nofoaga pe a mavae le oti, lea e mafai ai ona faamamaina ma faaolaina tagata. Na pau lava nofoaga o loo taʻua i le Tusi Paia e iai le afi o seoli (Hades) ma le lepa afi e faavavau.
All the people that didn’t belong to Jesus Christ and have not been risen from the dead during their lives on earth and have not died in Him, ae o le oti, o le a latou vaai i le oti ma o atu i seoli ma nonofo ai seia oo ina faamasinoina i latou. A mavae le faamasinoga o le a maua le oti faalua ma o le a lafo i le lepa afi e faavavau.
Ma sa ou vaai i se nofoa malo laugatasi tele, ma o le sa nofo i ai, Mai ai le itu o le lalolagi ma le lagi e sosola ese; ma sa leai se nofoaga mo latou ma na ou vaai i le oti, laiti ma sili, Tu i luma o le Atua; ma na tatalaina tusi: ma ua tatala le isi tusi, o le Tusi lea o le ola: ma o tagata oti na faamasinoina mai i na mea sa tusia i tusi, e tusa ma a latou galuega.
Ona tuu mai lea e le sami o e na oti sa i ai; Ma o le oti ma le leai o seoli na lafo i luga o tagata oti lea sa i ai: ma sa faamasinoina i latou uma e tusa ma a latou galuega. Ma o le oti ma le tuuaiga na lafoina i le vaituloto. O le lona lua o le oti lea. A o se tasi ua le iloa ua tusia i le tusi o le ola, ua lafoina o ia i le lepa afi (Faaaliga 20:11-15)
O lē e manumālō e fai mo ia mea uma; e fai fo‘i a‘u mōna Atua, e fai fo‘i o ia mo‘u atali‘i. Ae o le fefe, ma le le talitonu, ma mea inosia, ma tagata fasioti tagata, ma e faitaaga, ma tagata faataulaitu, ma ē ifo i tupua, ma tagata pepelo uma, e i ai lo latou tofi i le vaituloto e mu i le afi ma le teiō: o le lona lua maliu (Faaaliga 21:7-8)
Taofi le tatalo mo tagata ua maliliu faaletino ae tatalo mo tagata ua maliliu faaleagaga
O lea ia taofi le talitonu i le pepelo a le tiapolo ma taofi le tatalo mo agaga ua maliliu. Nai lo lena, amata ona tatalo mo e ua maliliu o loo ola i le lalolagi. Ina ia latou talitonu, salamo, ma e ala i le faatuatua ma le toe fanauina ia Keriso e toe faatuina ai mai le oti ma ola ai i le Atua ma faaolaina, ina ia latou le vaai i le oti pe a latou oti faaletino, ma mu i seoli, a ia latou maua le ola e faavavau.
Ma, faauta, Ou te vave alu; o lo‘u taui fo‘i ‘ua ‘iā te a‘u, e avatu i tagata taitoatasi e tusa ma lana galuega. O a'u o le Alefa ma le Omeka, le Amataga ma le gataaga, o le Muamua ma le Mulimuli (Faaaliga 22:12-13)
‘Ia avea ma masima o le lalolagi’
Punaoa: KJV, Wikipedia
