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O <strong>le</strong> Tusi e Lua a <strong>le</strong> Aposetolo o Paulo i Korinito<br />
faataga o <strong>le</strong> malumalu, sa ta’u atu ai e se tamaitai talavou ni<br />
agasala na ia faia i aso ua mavae i lana Epikopo. O nei agasala<br />
sa lava lo latou <strong>le</strong>aga ma o <strong>le</strong> mea <strong>le</strong>a ua teena ai e <strong>le</strong> Epikopo<br />
<strong>le</strong> faia o se pepa faataga, ma ua faamatala atu i <strong>le</strong>a tamaitai<br />
e tatau ona ia faatali se’ia salamo atoatoa. Sa oo <strong>le</strong> <strong>le</strong> fiafia<br />
i <strong>le</strong>nei tamaitai, ma ua faapea mai ua uma ona salamo aua ua<br />
<strong>le</strong> toe faia e ia se tasi o ia agasala talu mai se taimi umi ua<br />
mavae. Sa oo <strong>le</strong> ita te<strong>le</strong> ia te ia ona ua uma ona aveina atu tusi<br />
valaaulia o <strong>le</strong> faaipoipoga ma ua uma fo’i ona aveina atu tusi<br />
o <strong>le</strong> aiga o <strong>le</strong> faaipoipoga. Ua faapea mai <strong>le</strong>a tamaitai o <strong>le</strong> a <strong>le</strong><br />
mafai e ia ona feagai ma fesili e te<strong>le</strong> atoa ma <strong>le</strong> maasiasi ona o <strong>le</strong><br />
tolopoina o fuafuaga o lana faaipoipoga. Ua faamatala atu e <strong>le</strong><br />
Epikopo e faapea o <strong>le</strong> na o <strong>le</strong> taofia o <strong>le</strong> agasala e <strong>le</strong> o <strong>le</strong> salamo<br />
atoatoa <strong>le</strong>a ma ua ia faapea atu i <strong>le</strong> tamaitai ina ia amata ma <strong>le</strong><br />
faamaoni <strong>le</strong> faasologa o mea e fai e faaalia ai <strong>le</strong> salamo<br />
faamaoni. Fesili atu i tagata o <strong>le</strong> vasega:<br />
• O <strong>le</strong> a sou manatu i <strong>le</strong> lagona na maua e <strong>le</strong>a tamaitai<br />
talavou i <strong>le</strong>a taimi i <strong>le</strong> faatalanoaga?<br />
• Aisea ua talafeagai ai mo se epikopo <strong>le</strong> taofia o <strong>le</strong> faia<br />
o se pepa faataga i se tulaga faapenei?<br />
Faitau 2 Korinito 7:8–10. Ia faamatala atu na tala’i atu Paulo i<br />
tagata Korinito ina ia salamo i lana tusi na avatu muamua i ai.<br />
Fesili atu: E tusa ai ma <strong>le</strong> faamatalaga a Paulo, o <strong>le</strong> a <strong>le</strong> eseesega<br />
i <strong>le</strong> va o <strong>le</strong> tiga e tusa i <strong>le</strong> Atua ma <strong>le</strong> tiga faa<strong>le</strong>lalolagi? Ia faaali<br />
atu se pepa laute<strong>le</strong> po o se pepa malamalama e faaali atu i se<br />
masini (overhead transparency) o loo tusia ai <strong>le</strong> faamatalaga<br />
o loo i lalo a Peresitene Ezra Taft Benson:<br />
“E <strong>le</strong> faapea o se mea e <strong>le</strong> taate<strong>le</strong> <strong>le</strong> maua o ni alii ma<br />
ni tamaitai i <strong>le</strong> lalolagi o e ua lagona <strong>le</strong> faanoanoa mo<br />
mea sese ua latou faia. O nisi taimi ua mafua <strong>le</strong>a tulaga<br />
ona ua avea mea latou te fai ma mea e faatupuina ai ia<br />
i latou po o e ua pe<strong>le</strong> <strong>le</strong> faanoanoa te<strong>le</strong>. O nisi taimi ua<br />
mafua lo latou faanoanoa ona ua maua i latou ma<br />
faasalaina mo mea na latou faia. O ia lagona<br />
faa<strong>le</strong>lalolagi ua <strong>le</strong> aofia ai <strong>le</strong> ‘tiga e tusa i <strong>le</strong> Atua’<br />
(2 Korinito 7:10).<br />
“O <strong>le</strong> tiga e tusa i <strong>le</strong> Atua o se meaalofa a <strong>le</strong> Agaga. O <strong>le</strong><br />
iloa loloto <strong>le</strong>a ua avea a tatou mea e fai ma mea ua<br />
faatiga ai i lo tatou Tama ma lo tatou Atua. O lo tatou<br />
malamalama <strong>le</strong>a ua avea la tatou mea ua fai ma mea<br />
ua faatupuina ai <strong>le</strong> mafatia te<strong>le</strong> i <strong>le</strong> Faaola, o <strong>le</strong> na ia<br />
<strong>le</strong> iloa se agasala, po o se agasala sili. Ua avea a tatou<br />
agasala ma mea ua faatupuina ai ia te ia <strong>le</strong> tiga ma na<br />
maligi ai <strong>le</strong> toto mai pu laiti uma lava o <strong>le</strong> tino. O <strong>le</strong>nei<br />
mafatiaga o <strong>le</strong> mafaufau ma <strong>le</strong> agaga ua ta’ua<br />
i Tusitusiga Paia e faapea o <strong>le</strong> ‘loto momomo ma <strong>le</strong><br />
agaga salamo’ (MFF 20:37). O <strong>le</strong>a agaga e matua<br />
manaomia lava a’o <strong>le</strong>’i maua <strong>le</strong> salamo moni”<br />
(The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, 72).<br />
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Ia talanoaina fesili o loo i lalo:<br />
• Aisea e tatau ai i se tagata ona lagona <strong>le</strong> tiga e tusa i <strong>le</strong><br />
Atua ina ia salamo ai faamaoni?<br />
• Faitau A<strong>le</strong>ma 42:29. Pe ua faapefea ona faamatala mai i <strong>le</strong><br />
A<strong>le</strong>ma e faapea o a tatou agasala o <strong>le</strong> a aafia ai i tatou?<br />
• Aisea ua <strong>le</strong> lava ai <strong>le</strong> na o <strong>le</strong> taofia o <strong>le</strong> agasala?<br />
Faitau <strong>le</strong> faamatalaga o loo i lalo i tagata o lau vasega:<br />
“Ina ia aoga, e tatau ona faatatau <strong>le</strong> salamo i <strong>le</strong> va o<br />
<strong>le</strong> tagata ma <strong>le</strong> Atua. ...<br />
“O <strong>le</strong> salamo faamaoni o <strong>le</strong> tulaga <strong>le</strong>a e maua pe a<br />
lagona e <strong>le</strong> tagata <strong>le</strong> faanoanoa loloto e faapea ua ia<br />
faatiga i <strong>le</strong> Atua e ala i <strong>le</strong> solia o ana tulafono ma lona<br />
<strong>le</strong> usiusita’i. Ua faanoanoa o ia ona o <strong>le</strong> se ese mai <strong>le</strong><br />
Atua faapea foi ma <strong>le</strong> agasala ua ia aumaia i lona<br />
olaga. . . .talu ai ona o <strong>le</strong> salamo e manaomia ai loto<br />
momomo ma <strong>le</strong> agaga salamo, o lona uiga e <strong>le</strong>ai se<br />
mea e itiiti ifo o <strong>le</strong> a maua ai se to’afi<strong>le</strong>mu mautu”<br />
(Robert J. Matthews, “The Doctrine of the<br />
Atonement: The Revelation of the Gospel to Adam,”<br />
in Robert L.Mil<strong>le</strong>t and Kent P.Jackson, Studies in<br />
Scripture: Vol.2, the Pearl of Great Price [1985],124).<br />
• Pe ua mafai faapefea ona avea <strong>le</strong> manatu popo<strong>le</strong> e uiga<br />
i lo tatou lava maasiasi ma mea e <strong>le</strong> maua ai <strong>le</strong> tiga e tusa<br />
i <strong>le</strong> Atua?<br />
• Faitau Iakopo 4:6. Pe faapefea ona avea <strong>le</strong> mitamita ma mea<br />
e puipuia ai i tatou mai <strong>le</strong> lagona o <strong>le</strong> tiga mo a tatou agasala?<br />
Atonu e te manao e faaiu e ala i <strong>le</strong> tuuina atu o lau molimau<br />
e faapea o <strong>le</strong> tiga e tusa i <strong>le</strong> Atua ua ia aumaia oe ia vavalalata<br />
ma <strong>le</strong> Tama Faa<strong>le</strong>lagi ma ua fesoasoani ia te oe ina ia maua <strong>le</strong><br />
faanoanoa moni i <strong>le</strong> salamo.<br />
Faatomuaga<br />
2 Korinito 8–9<br />
Talu ai ona sa tuuaiina Paulo mai lona aveina atu o ni tupe<br />
ma faaputuputu mo <strong>le</strong> Au Paia i Ierusa<strong>le</strong>ma, o <strong>le</strong> mea <strong>le</strong>a na<br />
ia auina atu ai Tito ma isi uso e to’alua e ao mai tupe sa totoe<br />
(tagai 2 Korinito 8:16–24). Sa ia talosagaina <strong>le</strong> Au Paia i Korinito<br />
ina ia foai ma <strong>le</strong> loto i ai, “aua e alofa <strong>le</strong> Atua i <strong>le</strong> foai ma <strong>le</strong><br />
loto malie” (2 Korinito 9:7; tagai foi i <strong>le</strong> 8:1–15).<br />
Aoao ma <strong>le</strong> agaga tatalo <strong>le</strong> 2 Korinito 8–9 ma ia mafaufau<br />
e uiga i mataupu faavae o loo i lalo a’o <strong>le</strong>’i saunia au <strong>le</strong>sona.
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