ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Sapate Sanuali 24, 2021

To your descendants I give this land

Te u ‘atu ki ho hako ‘a e fonua ni 

Senesi 24 (Genesis 24)

(v. 7) The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

(v. 7) Ko Sihova ko e ‘Otua ‘o Langi, ‘a ia na‘a ne ‘omi au mei he fale ‘o ‘eku tamai mo e fonua ‘o hoku tupu‘anga, ‘a ia foki na‘a ne fuakava kiate au, ‘o pehē, Te u ‘atu ki ho hako ‘a e fonua ni; te ne fekau ‘e ia ‘ene ‘āngelo ke fakamelomelo kiate koe, pea te ke ‘omi ha uaifi mei ai ma‘a hoku foha.

*Commentary: The Reformation Study Bible*

I will give...he will send. Claiming God's covenant promise (12:7), Abraham looks forward to God's continuing guidance and provision. Abraham has learned from his experience with Hagar not to trust the flesh to secure the promise but to rely on God's supernatural provision (ch. 16).

Te u ‘atu…te ne fekau. Naʻe pukemaʻu ‘a ‘Epalahame ki he palomesi ‘o e kovinanite ‘a e ‘Otua (12:7) pea ne nofo ‘o fakanaʻunaʻu ki he tataki mo e tokonaki ‘a e ‘Otua. Kuo ne ako mei he meʻa naʻe hoko kia Hekaʻā, ke ‘oua ‘e fakafalala ki he kakano´ (tangata) ke ne maʻu ai ‘a e talaʻofa´, ka ke ne falala kakato ki he tokonaki faka-tuʻanatula ‘a e ‘Otua´ (vahe 16).

* 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...

Owen responds that to affirm the truth of the Trinity is to affirm a meaning or sense of such from the Scripture even when the words we use do not directly occur there. We envision the Trinity in our minds by thinking in terms of words such as person. To deny Christians this privilege is to make "brutes of ourselves." Thus, “in the declaration of the doctrine of the Trinity, we may lawfully, nay, we must necessarily, make use of other words, phrases and expressions, than what are literally and syllabically contained in the Scripture, but teach no other things."

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Tokāteline...

Ko e tali ‘a ‘Oueni ki he moʻoni ‘o e Tulinitī, ko ‘ene pehē, ko e fakamoʻoniʻi pe ‘o e ngaahi makatuʻunga mo e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa ‘oku hā ‘i he Folofola´, neongo ‘oku ‘ikai ke hā ai pe ngaueʻaki ‘a e foʻi lea ko ia´ ‘i he Tohitapu´. ‘Oku tau fakakaukau ki he Tulinitī ‘i hotau ‘atamai´ ‘o fakatatau ki he ngaahi foʻi lea ‘o hangē ko e pēsona´. Ka ‘okapau te tau fakaʻikaiʻi ‘a e totonu ko eni´ ki he kau Kalisitiane´, pea te tau toe foki ki he anga faka-Pāpeliane (taʻe sivilaise). Ko ia ai, “ ‘I heʻetau fakamoʻoni ki he tokāteline ‘o e Tulinitī (Tolu-tahaʻi-‘Otua´), ‘oku malava pe ke tau pehee ‘oku totonu fakalao, ‘isa, kuopau ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi, mo tau ngaueʻaki ha ngaahi lea mei tuʻa, pe tuʻunga lea mo ha ngaahi fakatātā, ‘o makehe mei he lea totonu mo e faka-taipe mei he loto Tohitapu´, ka ‘e ‘ikai ke toe tataki ke akoʻi ha meʻa makehe mei ai.”

*Lesoni mei he Taukapo´ 

Siope 34:16 – 20; 12:19; Eki 12:29; 22:28; Teut 10:17; 2 Sam 23:3,4

Siope 34:17     “‘E lava koä ke pule ‘e ha taha ‘oku fehiʻa ki he totonu? Pea te ke lau ko e angahala ‘a e Faitotonu mo Mafimafi?”.

Ko e ivi ‘o e ‘Otua, naʻe lea hangatonu pë ‘a ‘Ilaiu kia Siope ‘e ia, kapau ‘oku ‘i ai haʻane mahino pea ne kau mai ‘o fanongo ki heʻene lea.  ‘E lava ke fakamahalo ‘e ha taha naʻe fakatatau ‘e he ‘Eiki ‘a e kau pilinisi ‘o mämani´ ‘a ë ‘oku nau fehiʻa ki he faitotonu, ‘oku nau taʻefeʻunga ke nau pule, pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ‘oku hoko´ ‘oku lau ia ko e tautea mei he ‘Otua´ ‘o e faʻahinga ‘o e tangata.  ‘Oku anga fëfë ‘a e taʻeʻilo ko ‘eni, mo e fakasiʻisiʻi ‘Otua kuopau ia ke hoko, ke tukuakiʻi ‘a e ‘Eiki ‘oku faitotonu mo ‘ataʻatä ‘a Hono mafai, he ‘oku Ne lau ‘a e masiva´ ko e lahi ia ‘o hangë ko e koloʻia, mo taʻefilifili manako.  ‘Oku poleʻi ‘a e ‘afungi ke hopo ‘i he fakamaauʻanga mo fakahalaiaʻi ‘i he hoko atu ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o hangë kuo fai ‘e Siope ‘i heʻene ngaahi taʻefiemälie.  He ko e meʻa kotoa ko ia ko e ngäue ‘a Hono ongo toʻukupu.  Ko honau ngaahi pesona foki, pea ko e kau masiva ko e ngäue kinautolu ‘a e toʻukupu tatau pë, pea ko e meʻa tatau ‘oku Ne fai ki he kau koloaʻia.  ‘Io, ‘a honau ngaahi tükunga ‘oku nau ‘i ai.  Ko e kau masiva naʻe ngaohi ke nau masiva ‘aki ‘a e ‘ofa tauhi mai ‘a e ‘Otua, pea pehë mo hono ngaohi ‘o e kau koloaʻia he ko e kau masiva ‘oku ‘ikai ko honau foʻui, ka ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ia ‘a e ‘Otua he ko ia ‘oku Ne ‘afioʻi ‘a e lelei taha maʻae tokotaha kotoa pë ‘i he mämani.  Tali, pea ke loto ‘aki ‘a e tükunga moʻui kuo fakaʻatä ‘e he Mafimafi´ maʻa hoʻo moʻui.  Kaekehe ko Ilaiü naʻa ne fanongo ‘aki hono telinga, ‘o ‘ikai ‘aki hono loto, ko ia ai ‘ene lea ‘o fefeka mo taʻeʻofa, pea naʻa ne fakamanatu kia Siope mo hono ngaahi kaumeʻa ke nau fanongo ange ki ai (v.16,34) he ko honau ngaahi ‘atamai ‘oku hë holo.