ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Sapate 17 Sanuali 2021

My covenant is with you

‘oku ‘i ai ‘eta fuakava mo koe

Senesi 17 (Genesis 17)

(v. 4) As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

(v. 4) Ko e me‘a kiate au, ‘oku ‘i ai ‘eta fuakava mo koe, pea te ke hoko ko e tupu‘anga ‘o ha fuifui pule‘anga.

*Commentary: Matthew Henry*

1. That his seed after the flesh should be very numerous, both in Isaac and Ishmael, as well as in the sons of Keturah: something extraordinary is doubtless included in this promise, and we may suppose that the event answered to it, and that there have been, and are, more of the children of men descended from Abraham than from any one man at an equal distance with him from Noah, the common root.

2. That all believers in every age should be looked upon as his spiritual seed, and that he should be called, not only the friend of God, but the father of the faithful. In this sense the apostle directs us to understand this promise, Rom. 4:16, 17. He is the father of those in every nation that by faith enter into covenant with God, and (as the Jewish writers express it) are gathered under the wings of the divine Majesty.

‘E tupu tokolahi hono hako, tatau pe ‘ia ‘Aisake mo ‘Isime’eli, pea mo e fanau ‘a Ketula; na’e makehe atu pe ‘a e palomesi ko eni - na’e tokolahi fau ‘a e tupulahi ‘a e hako ‘o ‘Epalahame - ‘a ia ko e tupu mei he hako ‘o Noa, ‘a e tefito.

‘Oku hoko ‘a e kau tui kotoa ‘i he ngaahi to’utangata kotoa ko e hako fakalaumalie ‘o ‘Epalahame, he na’e ‘ikai te ne hoko pe ko e kaungame’a ‘o e ‘Otua, ka ko e tamai foki ‘a e kau tui. Ko e mo’oni eni na’e feinga ‘a Paula ke ne fakamahino’i (Loma 4:16-17). Ko e tamai ia, ‘i he ngaahi pule’anga kotoa, ‘a kinautolu kuo nau hu ‘i he tui ki he kovinate mo e ‘Otua (pea hange ko e lau ‘a e kau Siu) kuo fakatahataha’i ‘i he malu ‘o e kapakau tu’i faka-langi.

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

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14)

Doctrine...

We embrace both "the One" and the "Splendor of the Three," echoing

Gregory of Nazianzus, who famously mused,

No sooner do I conceive of the One than I am illumined by the Splendor of the Three; no sooner do I distinguish Them than I am carried back to the One. When I think of any One of the Three, I think of Him as the Whole, and my eyes are filled, and the greater part of what I am thinking of escapes me. I cannot grasp the greatness of That One so as to attribute a greater greatness to the Rest. When I contemplate the Three together, I see but one torch, and cannot divide or measure out the Undivided Light.

***Solopani’s comments – please read this above statement as many times as you need to – then... meditate on its complex beauty and worship the One true God by the spendor of the Three persons of the Trinity!***

‘Oku tau tali lōua ‘a e Taha´, pea mo e Nāunau ‘o e Tolu´, hangē ko e munomuna ‘a Kelekōlio Nasianesusa ‘i heʻene pehē:

Lolotonga pe ‘eku fakakaukau ki he Taha´, mo hono fakamaama au ‘e he Naunau ‘o e Tolu´; pea ko ‘eku aʻu pe ki hono fakafaikehekeheʻi kinautolu´ mo hono toe ‘omi au ki he Taha´. ‘I he taimi pe ‘oku ou fakakaukau ai ki ha toko Taha ‘i he toko Tolu´, ‘oku ou lau pe Ia ko e Kakato, pea ‘oku kāpui ‘eku vakai´, pea puli ai pe ‘a e meʻa ‘oku fakakaukauʻi´. ‘Oku ‘ikai te u malava ke kakapa ki he faufaua ‘o e Toko Taha´ pea ‘ikai te u toe malava ke hilifaki ha mafai ‘oku toe maʻolunga ange ki he Toenga´. ‘I he taimi ‘oku ou fakamamaʻu ai ki he fāʻūtaha ‘a e Toko Tolu´, ‘oku ou mamata pe ki ha foʻi ama ‘e taha, pea ‘ikai te u lava ke vaheʻi pea ‘ai ha meʻafua ‘o e Maama ‘oku Taʻefaʻamamotu´.

Veesi Lauloto: Senesi 15:6

Pea naʻe tui ia kia Sihova; pea naʻe lau ia kiate ia, ko e māʻoniʻoni. (Uesi)

Pea ne tui kia Sihova: pea ne lau ia ma‘ane mā‘oni‘oni. (Molitoni)

And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. (ESV)

*Lesoni mei he Taukapo´*

Siope 33:1 – 7; 4:19; 9:34; Sen 2:7

Siope 33:1        “Pea ko ‘eni, Siope ke ke fanongo muʻa ki heʻeku lea, Pea fokotuʻu telinga mai ki heʻeku ngaahi fakamatala kotoa”.

Ko Ilaiū, naʻa ne haʻu ke fakaʻuhinga kia Siope ‘i he tuʻunga pe hange nai ha fetongi ‘o e ‘Otuaʻ pea naʻa ne fiemaʻu ‘a e tokanga ‘a Siope ke fakatefito ai.  Pea naʻa ne lea lotomaʻu pea mo mahino foki.  Ko ia ko e meʻa fakatupu ia ‘a e ‘Otua, pea tefito ‘iate Ia, pea ko e Laumälie naʻa Ne ueʻi ia ‘i he hö ‘a Satai ke moʻui.  Ko Siope naʻe ngaohi ‘i he lelei taha hono fakatupuʻ ‘i Hono ‘ao.  Pea kuo ne fakaʻamua ‘a e fakamaau taʻefilifilimanako ‘a e ‘Otua´ ke fakapapauʻi ‘ene tautapa.  Vakai ange´, naʻe ‘i ai ‘ae tokotaha ‘o fakatatau ki heʻene fakaʻamu ko ha tangata ‘o hangë ko ia.  Ko Siope´ naʻe hinoiʻi ia ‘e he ‘Otuaʻ “Manatuʻi muʻa kuo ke ngaohi au hangë ko e ‘umea” (vahe 10:9).  Ko au, ko e lea ‘a Ilaiu “Naʻe laʻusi mo au foki mei he ‘umea” (v.6).  Hono ‘ikai lelei kiate kitautolu ke tau ‘iloʻi pau naʻe ngaohi kitautolu mei he ‘umea, pea ‘oku lelei kia kitautolu ke folofola mai ‘a e ‘Otua kia kitautolu ‘aki ‘a e tangata pë ‘o hangë pë ko kitautolu, ‘o fakatatau ki he fakaʻamu ‘a ‘Isileli ‘i he kakato ‘a e ‘ahiʻahi (Teut 5:24,25).  Pea ‘i Heʻene fai fakapotopoto naʻa Ne faʻo ‘a e koloa ‘i he ngaahi hina kelekele ‘o hangë ko kitautolu (2 Kol 4:7).  Ko Siope´ naʻe ‘ikai ha ‘uhinga ke ne manavahë kia koe, he ‘oku makehe atu pë ‘a e hämai ‘a e Mafimafi ‘o e ‘Otua.  He kapau te tau fakalotoʻi ‘a e kakai ‘aki ‘a e ‘uhinga totonu mo pau ‘o ‘ikai fakamanavaheeʻi, kae ‘aki ‘a e talanoa lelei, ‘o ‘ikai fai ‘aki ‘a e nima mamafa he ‘oku talamai ‘e Sïsü “He ko e ioke ‘aʻaku ‘oku molü, pea ko e kavenga aʻaku ‘oku maʻamaʻa” (Mt 11:30).  He naʻa Ne ‘afioʻi ‘e fakamamafa e kau takilotu ‘a e kavengaʻ.