ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Akosi 30, 2017

“For by Him, all things were created”

Senesi 1:31

Pea na‘e ‘afio ‘a e ‘Otuá ki he me‘a kotoa pē kuo ne ngaohi, pea tā kuo lelei ‘aupito . . .

Genesis 1:31

Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it  was very good . . .

Komeniteli ‘a Keni Hausia

Commentary – R. Kent Hughes

Pea ‘oku tau a‘u mai leva ki he ta‘anga laulōtaha ko eni ‘i he tohi ‘a Kolosé, ‘a ‘ene pehē kau kia Sisu: “‘io, kuo ngaohi ‘a e me‘a kotoa pē ‘iate ia pea ma‘ana, pea ko e mu‘a ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio kae kimui ‘a e me‘a kotoa pē, pea ‘oku fema‘uma‘utaki ‘iate ia ‘a e me‘a kotoa pē: koe‘uhi na‘e tefito kiate ia ‘a e ngaohi ‘o e me‘a kotoa pē, ‘a e me‘a ‘i he langi mo e me‘a ‘i māmani, ‘a e me‘a hā mai mo e me‘a ta‘ehā mai, neongo ko ha fa‘ahinga ma‘u taloni, pe ko ha fa‘ahinga hou‘eiki, pe ko ha fa‘ahinga pule, pe ko ha fa‘ahinga ma‘u tu‘unga;”

‘Oku ou fa‘a fakakaukau loto (hangē ha‘a ku misí) kapau ne malava ke u ma‘u ‘a e vaka vavā mei he polokalama televīsone ‘a e Star Trek, ke u puna kitu‘a māmani ki he kalakesió ‘o kolosi atu he ngaahi palanité, pea tuku‘i atu ki he oma taha ‘a e vaká  ke u laku kimui e kotoa ‘o e ngaahi ‘elemeniti ‘o e ‘univeesí; pea kapau te u a‘u ki he ngata‘anga ‘o e tu‘apuipui ‘o taimí pea u a‘u ki ha efuefu ‘o e sitelá, na‘a mo ia na‘e fakatupu mo pukepuke ‘e Kalaisi. Ko e mingimingi‘i me‘a kotoa pe na‘e fakatupu ‘e Kalaisi.

Ko e pupunga maama ‘o ‘Alakituló, ko e maama ‘oku ne fakaulo ‘a e fanga ki‘i lango uló, ‘a e ngaahi naunau kehekehe ‘i natulá, ‘a e ngaahi fuó mo e fotungá, ngaahi me‘a ‘i langi, ngaahi me‘a ‘i mamani, ngaahi me‘a ‘i lolofonua mo e loloto ‘o e tahí, katokatoa, na‘e fakatupu mo fakama‘uma‘uluta ‘iate Ia.

And then you come to that incredible, lyrical song in Colossians 1:16 – 17, which speaks of Jesus: “for by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

I’ve often thought that if I could commandeer the enterprise from Star Trek, and I could travel out to our galaxy and across the Milky Way, and then kick it into warp speed eight so the galaxies would fly by like fence posts, and finally come to the very backwater of the universe, make a right turn and find a piece of stellar dust, it would have been created by Christ and sustained by Christ. Everything is made by Christ. The fires of Arcturus, the fires that light a firefly, all textures, all shapes, things in heaven, things on earth, things under the earth, things under the sea, everything is created and sustained by him.