ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite 1 Fepueli 2019

Ko Kalaisi ‘a hotau Koeli (totongi hotau mo‘ua)

Christ, our Kinsman Redeemer

LUTE 3-4 (RUTH 3-4)

VEESI LAULOTO: SAAME 19:14

‘E Sihova, ke hoko lelei ki ho ‘ao ‘a e ngaahi lea ‘a hoku ngutu ni,

Mo e fakakaukau ‘a hoku loto, ‘A e ‘Afiona ko hoku Mo‘unga mo hoku Koeli!

MEMORY VERSES: PSALM 19:14

14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,O Lord, my rock and my redeemer

Ko e tukupā ‘a Poasi kia Luté  ‘oku hā ia ‘i he vahe 3-4 ‘o e tohi Luté. Koe‘uhí  ko e fale‘i ‘a Naomí, na‘e kole ‘e Lute kia Poasi ke ne fakahoko ‘a e fatongia ‘o e kainga huhu‘í - ko ha famili ofi ke ne fetongi tu‘unga ki ha uitou kuo mole hano husepaniti. Kapau na‘e ‘ikai ha kainga ofi, ‘e li‘ekina ‘a e uitoú  mo mo‘ui faingata‘a‘ia ‘i he sosaieti. Na‘e tali lelei ‘e Poasi ke ne fakahoko ‘a e lakanga mahu‘inga ko ení, pea na iku ai pe ‘o na mali. Na‘e fakahaa‘i ‘e he ‘Otuá, ‘a ‘ene faimana‘ofá ‘i he‘ene foaki kia Lute ha husepani mo ha tama.

Ko e talanoa ‘o Lute mo Poasi ‘oku ne ‘omi ‘a e fakatātā ‘o e hoko mai ‘a Sisu Kalaisi ki mamani ke ne hoko ko hotau Huhu‘i.  Na‘e fanau‘i mai kitautolu ‘oku ‘ikai ha ‘amanaki, ka ko e‘uhí  ko e pekia mo e toetu‘u ‘a Sisuú, kuo hanga ai ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘o huhu‘i kitautolu. ‘Oku ne fakatau fakafoki kitautolu mo ne malu‘i hotau kaha‘u ta‘engatá ‘iate Ia.

Boaz's commitment to Ruth and Naomi unfolds in Ruth 3-4. With Naomi's guidance, Ruth approached Boaz and asked him to be her family redeemer - a relative who took on the responsibility of caring for a woman after her husband died. Without a redeemer, the widow would be left destitute in a society that did not make it easy on widows to prosper. In response to Ruth's request, Boaz followed the process for becoming her redeemer, and the two eventually married. By giving Ruth a husband and a son, the Lord graciously redeemed Ruth's seemingly hopeless situation. The story of Ruth and Boaz reminds us of the gospel, when Jesus Christ came to earth to be our Redeemer. We were born into the hopelessness of sin, but through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God redeems us, He buys us back into His family, and He secures our eternal future with Him.