ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Akosi 27, 2017

Ko e Sio‘ata ‘o e Ta‘ehāmai

Fehuʻi #5

Ko e hā ha toe me‘a na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ?

(What else did God create?)

Na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘a e me‘a kotoa pe ‘aki ‘a e mālohi ‘o ‘Ene Folofolá  pea na‘e lelei ‘a e me‘a kotoa; na‘e lato ‘a e me‘a kotoa ‘i he malumalu ‘o ‘ene pule anga‘ofá.

(God created all things by his powerful Word, and all his creation was very good; everything flourished under his loving rule)

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 Sione Kalavini

Commentary – John Calvin

Kuo foaki mai ‘e he ‘Otuá  kiate kitautolu, ‘o fou ‘i he ngaahi fokotu‘utu‘u ‘o e mamani ko ení, ‘a e ngaahi fakamo‘oni pau ‘o ‘ene poto lau ‘itānití, leleí, mo e malohí; pea neongo ‘oku ta‘ehāmai, ka ‘oku hā mai kiate kitautolu ‘o fou ‘i he‘ene ngaahi ngaué.

‘Oku mo‘oni ‘aupito hono ui ‘o e mamani ko ení, ko e sio‘ata ‘o e ta‘ehāmaí; ‘oku ‘ikai ‘uhinga ia kuo ma‘u ‘e he tangatá ‘a e ‘ilo kanokato ki he ‘Otuá  ‘i he‘ene mamata pe ki he fo‘i mamaní, ka kuo fakahā mai ‘e he ‘Otuá  Ia pea ‘oku ‘ikai lava ‘a e tangatá  ke kalo mei mo‘oni ko ení.  Ko kinautolu ‘oku nau faitōnungá, kuo foaki ha maama fe‘unga ke nau mamata ki ha ngaahi fetapaki ‘o hono langilangí , pea ‘oku nau mafola ‘o ‘ufi‘ufi e tapa kotoa ‘o e fakatupú.  ‘Io, na‘e fakatupu ‘a e ‘univeesí  ke hoko ko ha fu‘u fale hele‘uhila ‘o e naunau mo e ngeia ‘o e ‘Otuá.

God has given us, throughout the whole framework of this world, clear evidences of his eternal wisdom, goodness, and power; and though he is in himself invisible, he is in a manner becomes visible to us in his works.

Correctly then is this world called the mirror of divinity; not that there is sufficient clearness for man to gain the full knowledge of God, by looking at the world, but that he has thus far revealed himself, that the ignorance of the ungodly is without excuse. The faithful, to whom he has given eyes, see sparks of his glory, as it were, littering in every created thing. The world was no doubt made, that it might be the theater of the divine glory.