ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Akosi 9, 2017

“The God of the Bible”

Saame 86:8-10, 15

8)‘Oku ‘ikai ha taha ‘i ha‘a ‘Otua ‘oku _________, ‘Ātonai, mo Koe; 

Pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha _______ ‘e tatau mo ho‘o ngāue.

9) Ko e pule‘anga kotoa kuo ke __________

Te nau omi ‘o ___________ ‘i ho ‘ao, ‘Ātonai:

Pea ko ho huafa te nau fakahīkihiki‘i. 10) He ko e ______ ‘a e ‘Afiona,

Pea mo e ______   ______   ______; Ko koe ‘a e _________ toko taha.

15) Ka ko koe, ‘Ātonai, ko e ‘Otua ‘alo‘ofa mo angalelei,

Tuai ki he houhau, pea fonu ‘i he ________ mo e _________. 

Komeniteli - D. A. Kāsoni

Commentary - D. A. Carson - cont...

Ka ko e fakamatala eni ia ki he ‘Otua ‘o e Tohitapuʹ, pea ko e ‘Otua ‘o e Tohitapuʹ ‘oku ‘ikai toe ‘ekea. ‘Okuʹ ne fakahā mai Ia, ko e ‘Otua lauʻitāniti mo maʻoniʻoni. Ko e ‘Otua ia ‘o e ‘ofa. Ko e ‘Otua ‘oku ope atu; ‘a ia, ‘oku mahulu hake Ia ‘i he vavāaʹ, ‘okuʹ ne ‘i tuʻa taimi pea ope atu ‘i he hisitōliaʹ. Ka ‘i he taimi tatau, ko e ‘Otua taupotu mai; ‘o ‘uhinga, ‘oku tau feohi mātuʻaki vāofi pea ‘e ‘ikai te tau lava ke hola mei hono lotolotonga. ‘Okuʹ ne ‘i he potu kotoa pe. ‘Oku ‘ikai femaliuliuaki. ‘Oku fai moʻoni maʻu pe. ‘Oku falalaʻanga. ‘Oku tau fekauʻaki.

But we’re talking about the God of the Bible, and the God of the Bible is self-defined. He talks about himself as being eternal and righteous. He’s the God of love. He’s the God of transcendence; that is, he’s above space and time and history. Yet he is the immanent God; that is, he is so much with us that we cannot possibly escape from him. He is everywhere. He is unchangeable. He is truthful. He is reliable. He’s personal.