Masalo e te'i i le ulutala o lenei tusiga ma mafaufauga, O le a, e inoino Iesu? E leai lava, O Iesu o le alofa ma e le mafai ona inoino! Ia, e lē gata ina faailoa mai e le Tusi Paia le alofa amiotonu o le Atua, Iesu, ma le Agaga Paia, but also what things They hate. I le Feagaiga Tuai, we read about the things that God hates and in the New Testament, we read about the things that Jesus and the Holy Spirit hate. Jesus wasn’t a mysterious Person, but was transparent, e pei lava o Lona Tama. I Lana savaliga i le lalolagi, Jesus clearly showed His people what pleased Him and the Father and the things that didn’t please Him and the Father. What does Jesus hate according to the Bible?
Are God’s ways above our ways and God’s thoughts are above our thoughts?
Some Christians are not familiar with God’s will and quote Isaiah 55:8, o ala o le Atua e sili atu nai lo o tatou ala ma o manatu o le Atua e sili atu i luga o o tatou manatu. Ae na lē amanaʻia e nei Kerisiano (faatasi ai ma isi) e lua fuaiupu taua, o Isaia 55:7 ma 1 Korinito 2:16.
I Isaia 55:7 E talanoa le Atua e uiga i tagata amioletonu (e amioleaga). O lea la, Isaia 55:8 e faasino i tagata amioletonu ma lo latou (amio leaga) auala ma latou (leaga) manatu.
Ua tatou iloa uma lava o le mafaufau o tagata amioleaga ma o latou manatu e le fetaui ma le mafaufau ma le mafaufau manatu o le Atua, O ai e paia ma amiotonu. O lea la, e le fetaui o latou ala ma le ala o le Atua.
I le 1 Korinito 2:16, ua tusia ua ia te i tatou le finagalo o Keriso. Afai ua ia i tatou le finagalo o Keriso, ona tatou iloa ai lea o manatu o le Atua ma Ona ala.
O lea la, O Kerisiano e faapea mai e sili atu le finagalo o le Atua i o latou manatu, e leʻi toe fanauina ma e lē o iai le Agaga Paia i totonu ia i latou.. Auā ‘ua fa‘aali mai e le Atua ‘iā te i tatou le mea na natia e ala i le Agaga Pa‘ia. E su'esu'e e le Agaga Paia mea uma, even the depths of God (1 Korinito 2:7-16).
They don’t belong to God, or they have not faafouina o latou mafaufau Faatasi ai ma le afioga a le Atua, so that they have the mind of Christ.
Because the mind of Christ thinks like the Word, acts like the Word, and lives according to the will of God, and pleases Him. So that God is exalted and glorified.
Many Christians have a wrong image of Jesus
Another thing is, that many Christians have created a wrong image of Jesus, that doesn’t correspond with the true Jesus Christ.
They consider Jesus as the Jesus of the new age. The new age Jesus is a loving wishy-washy that tolerates and approves everything and accepts everything, e aofia ai le agasala, all because of love and peace.
But people that created this image of Jesus, don’t study the Bible and don’t know the Word. They created this image of Jesus from the doctrines and opinions of people, tusi, ma ata tifaga, that deviate from the Bible (Le Afioga a le Atua).
The Bible reveals that Jesus was not a wishy-washy, who approved everything and turned with every wind.
Jesus was righteous and moved with compassion
Jesus was a righteous Man, who spoke with authority. He confronted the people with the truth and often spoke hard words, which would be considered in our time as hurtful or offensive. His hard words caused many people to turn away from Him.
Especially the people that followed Jesus for the signs and wonders. They couldn’t hear and bear the truth, lea na fetalai ai Iesu. Because His truth opposed their religious doctrines and customs, in which they were raised in and adhered to.
Although Jesus was a Tagata alofa, His love didn’t compromise and accept behavior that diametrically opposed the will of God.
Since Jesus belonged to the Kingdom of Heaven and not to the Kingdom of darkness, His love was not a human love that is self-centered and therefore revolves around Himself and people, and is based upon feelings. But the love of Jesus was a self-denying Godly love that revolves around God and to please and glorify Him and do His will on this earth.
The love of Jesus confronted God’s people and Valaauina i Latou e salamo ma le tuueseina o le agasala. Every disciple of Jesus should walk in this same love.
The birth of the Church of Christ
After the coming of the Holy Spirit to the earth, le Ekalesia; the Body of Christ was born. Tagata uma, who believed in Jesus Christ, salamo, and was baptized in water and received the Holy Spirit, became a member of the Church of Christ.
The Church is not a building, but the Church is the assembly of born again Christians, o ai ua faaofuina ia Keriso.
You can be a member of a local church and go to church every week, but that won’t make you a member of the Church and a citizen of the kingdom of Heaven.
Even the highest education and degree can’t make you a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven.
You can be a pastor in a local church, but even that won’t make you a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Only by becoming born again in Jesus Christ, you can become a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven.
I luga o le Aso Penetekoso, the Church of Christ was born. The people that believed, salamo, and were made righteous, and followed Jesus by keeping Ana poloaiga and waiting for His promise, na tutumu i le Agaga Paia.
From that moment the Holy Spirit dwelled in the people, whereby man became the habitation of God; the temple of God.
Just like Jesus was the temple of God, because of God’s presence by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (a.o. Mataio 26:61; 27:40, Mareko 14:58, Ioane 2:19-21, 1 Korinito 3:16-17; 6:19, 2 Korinito 6:16, Efeso 2:21-22).
The Church of Christ was born and received clear instructions from Jesus, O le Ao o le Ekalesia. The Church still receives instructions from the Word and the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit reveals everything Jesus says
The Holy Spirit makes everything that Jesus says known to the born again believers that are the sons and daughters of God.
The Church obeyed the commandments of Jesus and represented and established the Kingdom of God on earth.
The born again believers that assembled together, represented and established the Kingdom of God by obeying Jesus and the Father, preaching the gospel of the truth, salamo and the forgiveness of sin, casting out demons and healing the sick. They spoke in other tongues and the signs and wonders followed them (Mataio 28:19-20, Mareko 16:15-18, Luka 24:47-48).
The devil’s plan to tempt and destroy the Church of Christ
The devil thought he accomplished his plan when Jesus was crucified. He thought he was rid of Jesus, Ae na sese o ia. Instead of being rid of Jesus, he got hundreds and thousands of‘ little Christs’ in return. O lenei, his kingdom was in greater danger than before and lost more ground.
What could he do to ensure that they would not be a threat to him and his kingdom anymore? By infiltrating their mind with lies and aoaoga faavae a tiapolo, which would lead them astray. Lea auala, they would become powerless and be no longer a threat to him and his kingdom. And so the devil executed his plan.
In every generation, since the coming of the Holy Spirit, the devil did everything he could to seduce and mislead Christians and lead them astray. O lena la, they would enter the path of unrighteousness (amioletonu).
Ona o le mea moni, that many Christians didn’t take their stand and hold their ground on the living Word of God; Iesu, and didn’t submit to His will, but deviated from His will and Ana poloaiga, the plan of the devil succeeded, time and time again, and the Church slowly drifted away.
This phenomenon already happened in the generation of the first apostles, as we read in the letters from Paul, Ioane, Peteru, Iakopo, ma Iuta.
But not only the apostles wrote to the local churches and warned them, gave them instructions, Ma valaauina i latou e salamo. Jesus also warned the churches and called them to repentance, when Jesus appeared to John on the Isle of Patmos.
Jesus confronted the seven Churches with their works
E le gata na faamalosiau atu Iesu i ekalesia e fitu ma ta’u atu ia i latou le mea na fiafia i ai o Ia, a ‘ua fa‘asagatau fo‘i Iesu i ekalesia ma a latou amioletonu ma Valaauina i Latou e salamo i sesi taimi.
Sa latou liliuese ma afai latou te le salamo, O le a faia e Iesu, faatasi ai ma isi, aveese le tuugalamepa ai lona tulaga.
O le fabel o le taimi na lavea'i e fa'aolaina pea
O lea la, o le talaiga a ‘o le taimi lava e faasaoina ai e faasaoina pea'' (saogalemu e faavavau) ma le savali o le alofa tunoa; e le afaina pe faapefea ona e ola ma e mafai ona e ola i le ala e te manaʻo e ola ai, e tusa lava pe e te masani ona ola i le agasala, o se tasi o pepelo tele a le tiapolo!
Oi ioe, e manao le tiapolo ia talitonuina ma folafola atu nei savali talu mai lenei feau o lona uiga o se manuia Mo Lona Malo. Ae o loo manino mai Iesu, E le mafai ona sili atu lona manino nai lo Ana afioga.
Pe fia saunia ea le Ekalesia?
Manatua, that Jesus said these things after His death and resurrection and after the coming of the Holy Spirit. O lea la, Jesus said these things in the same dispensation as we live in. Leai se mea ua suia, except that the end is near and Jesus will soon return, and He wants to prepare His Church for His coming. Ae o le fesili, does the Church want to be prepared?
Has Jesus not already removed the candlestick from many churches after all His warnings? Because many churches are seated in the dark and have no clue which way they go.
They have rejected the spiritual Compass and replaced the Compass with human intellect and philosophies of man, and try to be successful and receive eternal life. But they will not succeed, because without the spiritual Compass, they will be lost and never reach their destination.
What did Jesus hate?
Jesus hated iniquity (amioletonu), as is written in Hebrews 1:8-9. Jesus the son of the living God loved righteousness but hated iniquity.
A ua fetalai atu o Ia i le Atalii, Lou nofoalii, Le Atua e, e fa'avavau fa'avavau lava: o le tootoo o le amiotonu o le tootoo o Lou malo. Ua e fiafia i le amiotonu, ma ‘ino‘ino i le amioletonu; o lea le Atua, o Lou Atua lava, ua faauuina oe i le suauu o le fiafia e sili i ou uso a tagata (Eperu 1:8-9)
The word unrighteousness comes from the Greek word ‘ἀνομία’ (anomie) which means wickedness, leai se tulafono, lawless deed:- amioletonu, amioletonu, transgresseth law, transgression of law, amioletonu.
Jesus was born of God and was righteous and loved righteousness.
Because Jesus was righteous and holy, which means that Jesus was set apart unto God for His service and was devoted to Him, Jesus hated iniquity (unrighteousnes)s.
Na fetalai Iesu: “E leai se tagata e mafai ona auauna i matai e toalua: auā e ‘ino‘ino o ia i le tasi, ma alofa i le isi; a leai o le a ia pipii atu i le tasi, ma ‘ino‘ino i le tasi. E le mafai ona outou auauna i le Atua ma mamone” (Mataio 6:24)
Jesus didn’t want to have any part in the works of iniquity. Aua na silafia e Iesu, who was the source of the works of iniquity.
He knew the unrighteous works came forth through obedience to the fallen angel, o ai le tama o le tagata ua pa’u, o le tiapolo lea.
E leʻi ifo Iesu i le tiapolo
E leʻi ifo Iesu i le tiapolo a o Ia savali i le lalolagi. E le'i auai o ia i le tupulaga o le tagata pa'u. Ma ona o le mea moni e leʻi ifo Iesu mo le tiapolo ma e leʻi auai i le tupulaga o le tagata paʻu., ua inoino le lalolagi ia Iesu.
Na faafeagai ma molimau atu Iesu ia latou galuega leaga ma a latou agasala ae le o tagata uma na fiafia i ai.
Na inoino Iesu i galuega o le amioleaga, ma ona o lena, o e fai amio leaga na ita ia Iesu ma teena Iesu.
Le alofa o Iesu i Lona Tama
Ae na savali Iesu i le alofa faale-Atua. Ma ona o Iesu Alofa i le Atua silisili i mea uma ma Lona loto atoa, mafaufau, agaga ma le malosi, Sa mafai ona ia taulimaina mea uma. E leai se amio po o upu mai tagata e mafai ona taofia o Ia.
If Jesus would have listened to the lies of the devil and submitted Himself to the devil, by listening and obeying him, Pei lava o Atamu, then Jesus could not have been le Sui for fallen man and Jesus could not be sacrificed.
But what a relief, that Jesus didn’t succumb to all those temptations from the devil.
Sa nofo Iesu usiusitai i Lona Tama. Because of His great love for God, and out of that love, He gave His life and allowed God to put the sins and iniquities of the world upon Him.
Jesus allowed what Jesus hated most and what caused Him to be separated from His Father and led to death.
Jesus hated iniquity and sin during His life on earth.
He not only hated iniquity during His life on earth but even after His death and resurrection,
Jesus made it very clear that He still hated iniquity.
Talu ai i le tusi o Faaaliga, Jesus mentioned twice the works of the Nicolaitans, lea na inosia e Iesu.
Jesus not only mentioned the works of the Nicolaitans, which He hated. Jesus also mentioned the teachings of Balaam and the tolerance and doctrine of Jezebel.
O le vaega tele o le amiotonu o le tootoo o lona malo
Ona tatala lea o le gutu o Peteru, ma fai mai, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: A o le mata'u ia te Ia i nuu uma lava, and works righteousness, ua talia faatasi ma Ia (Galuega 10:35)
In these days nothing has changed. Jesus still hates iniquity (amioletonu) and doesn’t approve of it.
Jesus is not a Promoter of unrighteousness (amioletonu), but Jesus is a Promoter of righteousness.
Ae uma ane, the scepter of His Kingdom is the scepter of righteousness.
Everyone that belongs to the Kingdom of God and in whom the Word and the Holy Spirit abides, shall have a fear for the Lord and be a promoter of righteousness and therefore walk in righteousness.
‘Ia fai ma masima o le lalolagi‘
