ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Akosi 6, 2017

“ ‘Okuʹ ne fālute mo faʻiteliha ki he ‘univeesiʹ”

Fehuʻi #2

Ko e hā ‘a e ‘Otua?

(What is God)

Ko e ‘Otuaʹ ko e tokotaha fakatupu mo e tokotaha ‘oku ne fakamaʻumaʻuluta ‘a e tokotaha kotoa pe pea mo e meʻa kotoa pe. ‘Oku lau ‘itāniti, taʻengata pea taʻeliliu ‘a hono iviʹ mo ‘ene haohaoaʹ, leleiʹ mo hono langilangiʹ, potoʹ, fakamaauʹ mo ‘ene moʻoniʹ. ‘Oku ‘ikai ha meʻa ‘e hoko mai ‘oku ‘ataʻatā meiate ia pea mo hono finangaloʹ.

(God is the creator and sustainer of everyone and everything. He is eternal, infinite, and unchangeable in his power and perfection, goodness and glory, wisdom, justice, and truth. Nothing happens except through him and by his will)

Saame 86:8-10, 15

‘Oku ‘ikai ha taha ‘i ha‘a ‘Otua ‘oku tatau, ‘Ātonai, mo Koe; Pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha ngāue ‘e tatau mo ho‘o ngāue. 9) Ko e pule‘anga kotoa kuo ke ngaohi Te nau omi ‘o punou ‘i ho ‘ao, ‘Ātonai: Pea ko ho huafa te nau fakahīkihiki‘i. 10) He ko e lahi ‘a e ‘Afiona, Pea mo e fai me‘a mana; Ko koe ‘a e ‘Otua toko taha. 15) Ka ko koe, ‘Ātonai, ko e ‘Otua ‘alo‘ofa mo angalelei, Tuai ki he houhau, pea fonu ‘i he kelesi mo e mo‘oni. 

Psalm 86:8-10, 15

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,

nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. ... But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Komeniteli ‘a Sonatane ‘Etuate

Commentary - Jonathan Edwards

Ko e Tokotaha Fakatupu ‘o e mamaniʹ, ko ia pe foki ‘a hono Kōvanaʹ (Puleʹ). Ko Ia naʻe ‘aʻana ‘a e mafai ke fakatupu ‘a mamaniʹ mo fokotuʻutuʻu ke maauʹ, ‘oku ne toe malava pe ke fakaʻauha, pē ke toe hokohoko atu hono tauhiʹ ‘o fakatatau ki heʻene tuʻutuʻuniʹ, pē ke toe liliu. Ko Ia naʻaʹ ne fokotuʻu ‘a e ngaahi lao ‘o natulaʹ, ‘oku ne toe pukepuke pe mo natula ‘i hono ‘aofinimaʹ; ‘io, ‘oku hā mahino ‘oku pukepuke ‘e he ‘Otuaʹ ‘a mamani ‘i hono toʻukupuʹ pea ‘oku ‘aʻana ke faʻiteliha ki ai . . .

The Creator of the world is doubtless also the Governor of it. He that had power to give being to the world, and set all the parts of it in order, has doubtless power to dispose of the world, to continue the order he has constituted, or to alter it. He that first gave the laws of nature, must have all nature in his hands; so that it is evident God has the world in his hands, to dispose of as he pleases . . .