ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Tisema 4, 2017

‘Oku Ne foaki mai hono Laumālié, ke fakamo‘ui au

( He gives me His Spirit, that He may save me )

Fehu‘i #20

Ko hai ‘a e Huhu‘i?

( Who is the Redeemer?)

Ko e Huhu‘í  ko e ‘Eiki ko Sisu Kalaisí  pe taha, ko e ‘Alo ta‘engata ‘o e ‘Otuá, ‘a Ia na‘e hoko mai ai ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘o kakano, koe‘uhí  ke ne fua ‘a e tautea ‘o e angahalá ‘e Ia.

( The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself)

1 Timote 2:5

He ‘oku taha pē ‘a e ‘Otua, taha foki ‘a e Fakalaloa ‘i he vaha‘a ‘o e ‘Otua mo e tangata, ko Kalaisi Sīsū ko e tangata.

  1 TIMOTHY 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and

men, the man Christ Jesus.

Ko Talumeimu‘a kuo ne hoko ko ha tamasi‘i valevale. Ko Ia ‘oku heka ‘i taukakapa ‘i he Taloni ‘o loto Langí, ‘oku ne ‘i he ‘ai‘angakai ‘a e manú. Pea ko Ia ‘oku ‘ikai pā ki ai ha tahá, haohaoa, ta‘e ‘i ai ha feliuliuaki pe hano sino kakanó, ‘oku ne ‘i he lotolotonga ‘o e tangata ke nau fa‘iteliha ki ai.

Kuo Ia kuo ne veteki e ngaahi ha‘i ‘o e angahalá, ‘oku kofukofu fakatamasi‘i vale ia. Ka kuo ne tu‘utu‘uni ke hoko ‘a e li‘ekiná  ko e langilangi pea mo e fakamo‘ulaloa‘í ko e me‘afua ‘o ‘Ene Faileleí.

Na‘a ne tui ‘a hoku sinó  ke u mamata ai kia Folofola. Na‘a ne ‘ai kakano, ka u ma‘u ai hono laumalie. ‘I he‘ene foakí mo e talí, kuo ne teu‘i au ki he naunau ‘o e mo‘uí. ‘Oku ne ma‘u ‘a hoko sinó ke ne fakahaohaoa au. ‘Oku ne foaki mai hono laumalié ke ne fakamo‘ui au.

Commentary - JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (cont…)

The Ancient of days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the hands of men.

He Who has broken the bonds of sinners, is now bound by an infant's bands. But He has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and total humiliation the measure of

His Goodness.

For this He assumed my body, that I may become capable of His

Word; taking my flesh, He gives me His spirit; and so He bestowing

and I receiving, He prepares for me the treasure of Life. He takes my flesh, to sanctify me; He gives me His Spirit, that He may save me.