ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Pulelulu Sanuali 20, 2021

I also withheld you from sinning

na‘a ku ta‘ofi koe mei he fai angahala 

Senesi 20 (Genesis 20)

(v. 6) And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

(v. 6) Pea folofola ‘a ‘Elohimi kiate ia ‘i he misi, ‘Io, na‘a ku ‘ilo pē ‘oku ‘atā ho loto ‘i ho‘o fai ko ia, ko ia foki na‘a ku ta‘ofi koe mei he fai angahala kiate au, ‘a ‘ikai te u tuku ke ke ala ki he fefine.

*Commentary: Matthew Poole*

I also withheld thee, partly by my restraining grace, and partly by my powerful providence, and the plague mentioned ver. 17. Which plainly shows that ignorance is not always an excuse for sin. See Luke 12: 48. This sin, though directly committed against Abraham and Sarah only, is said to be against God, as other such sins are, Gen. 39:9; Psal 51: 4, because it was against God's command written in men's minds, though not yet published by express word or writing; and against God's honour; and that here in a particular manner, because it would have rendered Isaac's original, and thereby God's promise, doubtful.

na‘a ku ta‘ofi koe. Fou ‘i heʻeku kelesi taʻofi´, pea mo hoku ivi faka-palotenisi´, pea mo e tautea naʻe tō ki he tuʻi´ mo hono fale´ (v.17). ‘Oku mahino mai ‘i he talanoa ko eni´, ko e taʻeʻilo´, ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha hūfanga ia ki he fai angahala´ (Luke 12:48). Ko e hia ko eni´, neongo naʻe fakahanga kia ‘Epalahame mo Sela, ka naʻe tau tonu ki he ‘Otua´ (Sen 39:9; Saame 51:4), he ko e maumauʻi ‘a e lao ‘a e ‘Otua´ kuo ‘osi tohi ‘i he loto ‘o e tangata´, neongo naʻe teʻeki ke hiki tohi; pea naʻe fakafepaki ki he langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua´, he ‘oku ne fakauouaʻi ‘a e palomesi ‘a e ‘Otua naʻe teu ke fakafou mai ‘ia ‘Aisake´.

* study on the Attributes of God / ako ki he natula (ngaahi ‘ulungaanga) ‘o e ‘Otua *

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

Doctrine...

Because the Scriptures ascribe divinity to three persons but also emphatically affirm that there is one God, Christian theologians in the early church spoke of what has become the Christian theological term Trinity. What is abhorrent to Jews and Muslims is most precious to Christians.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Tokāteline...

Koeʻuhi´ ko hono lau (hilifaki) ‘e he Tohitapu´ ‘a e tuʻunga ‘Otua´ ki he pesona ‘e toko tolu´, pea ne toe fakamoʻoni mai ‘a e mātuʻaki taha mātē pe ‘a e ‘Otua´, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ‘e he kau teolosia Kalisitiane ‘o e muʻaki siasi´ ‘a e foʻi lea faka-teolosia ko e Tulinitī. Pea neongo ‘a e fehiʻa moʻoni ai ‘a e kau lotu faka-Siu´ mo e kau lotu faka-Mosilemi´, ka ‘oku matuʻaki mahuʻinga fau ia ki he kau Kalisitiane´.