Pe a e toe fanau mai ia Keriso, ua e amiotonu. Fai mai le Tusi Paia, God had made Jesus, O Ai na Le Iloa Auai, Ia o le agasala mo i tatou, O Ai na Le Iloa Auai, so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Korinito 5:20-21). E te le o toe o se atalii o le tiapolo, O se Tagata agasala, a ua avea oe ma atalii o le Atua, o se tagata paia. You have received a new nature; God’s nature and therefore you shall no longer walk in sin and iniquity, because the righteous walks in righteousness. What does it mean to walk in righteousness?
E Savali a le Tagata Amio i le Amiotonu
Ma o lenei, tamaiti laiti, tumau ia te Ia; lena, pe a afio mai o Ia, atonu tatou te mautinoa, ma aua le ma i Ona luma i Lona afio mai. Afai e te iloa e amiotonu o Ia, you know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him (1 Ioane 2:28-29)
A born-again Christian is born of God and has become a son of God (e faatatau lenei mea i alii ma tamaitai).
A e toe fanau mai, you are no longer a slave of the devil and a slave of unrighteousness, but you have become a slave of Jesus Christ and shall walk in righteousness and abstain from sin and iniquity.
(please note: you have not been made righteous by your works, but by Jesus Christ, by His work; Lana taulaga ma Lona toto. But when you become born again in the spirit, you should be doing the works of righteousness).
If you are made righteous, you shall walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh. A e savali i le Agaga, you walk in the law of the Spirit.
The righteous people have only one mission and that is to please Jesus Christ, and to please God the Father, and abstain from everything that is evil and displeases Him.
Afai e te alofa mai ia te Au, tausi i au poloaiga
Na fetalai Iesu: “Afai e te alofa mai ia te Au, tausi i au poloaiga” (Ioane 14:15). When you obey Jesus and walk in His commandments, you show Jesus that you love Him. You will listen to Jesus and obey Him and walk in His Word (His commandments and will). When you walk in His Word, you shall abide in Him continuously. Not just for 2 pe 3 itula i le vaiaso, ae 24 itula i le aso, 7 days a week.
You shall stay on His path (Lona ala) and stay obedient to Him.
You shall not turn aside to the left or to the right Even if you are accused or persecuted, or rejected, or things don’t go the way as expected or planned. No matter what, you will stay in Him, ma tausi Ana poloaiga, if you really love Jesus.
Only when you stay in Him, you shall walk in His ways and please Him.
By keeping His commandments (Le Afioga a le Atua), you show Jesus, that you really love Him.
A e, as the righteous walk in righteousness, which means that you walk according to what the Word says and live after the will of God, you not only show Him that you love Him, but you also show everyone else, that you are born of God and that you are His son and that you love God above all.
‘Ia fai ma masima o le lalolagi’
