ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Akosi 21, 2017

In my life Lord, be glorified

Senesi 1:27

Pea na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e tangata ‘i he ‘īmisi ‘o‘ona, ‘io, ‘i he ‘īmisi ‘o e ‘Otua na‘a ne fakatupu ia; na‘a ne fakatupu ‘a kinaua ko e tangata mo e fefine.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Komeniteli ‘a R.C. Ryle – hoko atu

Commentary – cont.

Ko ha fa‘ahinga me‘a pe te tau ala fakalangilangi‘i‘aki ‘a e ‘Otuá, ko e talēniti ia; ko hotau ngaahi tufakangá, ko ‘etau lavame‘á, ‘etau pa‘angá, ‘etau ‘iló, ‘etau mo‘ui leleí, hotau iví, hotau taimí, hotau ngaahi ongo‘angá, ‘etau fakakaukaú, hotau poto faka‘atamaí, ‘etau manatú, ‘etau ngaahi manakó, hotau tāpuaki ‘etau kau ki he Siasi ‘o Kalaisí, ngaahi mafai ‘oku tau ma‘u ‘i he‘etau ma‘u ‘a e Tohitapú.. me‘a kotoa pe.. ko e kotoa ‘o e ngaahi me‘á ni ko e talēniti ia.

Na‘e hoko mai ‘a e ngaahi me‘á ni ‘ane fe? Ko e nima ‘o hai ne fou mai ai? Ko e ha e ‘uhinga ‘oku tau pehé ni ai? Ko e ha e ‘uhinga na‘e ‘ikai ke tau hoko ai ‘o hangē ko e ‘unufe ‘oku totolo he kelekele? ‘Oku taha mātē pe ‘a e tali ki he ngaahi fehu‘í ni. Ko e kotoa ‘o e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku tau ma‘ú, ko e nō mei he ‘Otua. Ko e kau sētuata pe kitautolu ‘a e ‘Otuá. Ko e kau ngaue mo‘ua pe kitautolu ki he ‘Otuá. Tuku ke tō ke loloto ‘a e mo‘oni ko ení ki hotau lotó.

Anything whereby we may glorify God is a talent, our gifts, our influence, our money, our knowledge, our health, our strength, our time, our senses, our reason, our intellect, our memory, our affections, our priviledges as members of Christ’s Church, our advantages as possessors of the Bible – all, all are talents. Whence came these things? What hand bestow them? Why are we what we are? Why are we not the worms that crawled the earth? There is only one answer to these questions. All that we have is a loan from God. We are God’s stewards. We are God’s debtors. That this thought sink deeply into our hearts.