ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tokonaki Sanuali 23, 2021

I am a foreigner and a visitor

Ko si‘i muli mo ‘āunofo au

Senesi 23 (Genesis 23)

(v. 4) I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

(v. 4) Ko si‘i muli mo ‘āunofo au ‘iate kimoutolu, tuku mai haku tofi‘a mōku fa‘itoka ‘iate kimoutolu kau tanu ai hoku pekia ke puli meiate au.

*Commentary: The Reformation Study Bible*

a sojourner and foreigner. Though Abraham lived in the Promised Land as a sojourner (Heb. 11:9, 13), he demonstrates his faith in the covenant promises by buying his first piece of property in the Promised Land - a cave to serve as a burial site.

muli mo ‘āunofo. Neongo na‘e nofo ‘a ‘Epalahame ko e ‘aunofo ‘i he Fonua ‘o e Tala‘ofa´ (Hepelu 11:9, 13), ka naʻa ne fakahaaʻi ‘ene tui ki he palomesi ‘o e kovinanite´, ‘i heʻene fakatau ha konga kelekele ‘i he Fonua ‘o e Talaʻofa´ - ko ha ‘ana ke hoko ko ha fonualoto.

* 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...

Throughout the history of the church, orthodox theologians have had to use extra biblical language to analyze and discuss concepts found in the Bible. At various times over the centuries, heretics who only wanted to use biblical terminology criticized the orthodox for using the word Trinity. How did the orthodox Respond?

According to John Owen, Christians must confess that God is one in "respect of his nature, substance, essence, Godhead, or divine being." At the same time, we affirm that this one God, "being Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [subsists) in these three distinct persons or hypostases." But in using this language, Owen employs words not found directly in the Bible.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Tokāteline...

‘I he hisitōlia ‘o e siasi´, naʻe pau ke ngaueʻaki ‘e he kau teolosia tōnunga ki he Folofola´, ha ngaahi lea mei tuʻa ke fakamatalaʻaki ‘a e ngaahi moʻoni ‘oku hā ‘i he Tohitapu. ‘I he kuonga kehekehe ‘i he ngaahi senituli´, ko kinautolu naʻa nau ofeʻi ‘a e tefoʻi tui ‘a e lotu moʻoni´, naʻa nau fakaangaʻi hono ngaueʻaki ‘e he kau teolosia tōnunga´ (orthodox theologians) ‘a e fo´i lea Tulinitī, he naʻe ‘ikai ko ha lea ‘oku hā ‘i he Tohitapu´. Naʻe fē fē ‘a hono tali ‘e he kau teolosia tōnunga ‘a e fakaanga ko eni?

Naʻe pehē ‘e Sione ‘Oueni, kuopau ke fakamoʻoni ‘a e kau Kalisitiane´, ko e ‘Otua´ ‘oku taha ‘i hono “natula, uho, ‘eseni, ‘Uluʻi-‘Otua, pe ‘i hono tuʻunga moʻui´.” ‘I he taimi tatau, ‘oku tau tui, ko e ‘Otua ‘e taha ko eni´, ‘i heʻene hoko ko e “Tamai, ‘Alo, mo e Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni´, ‘oku ne moʻui mo fetuʻutaki ‘i he pesona kehekehe ‘e tolu.” Ka ‘i heʻene ngaueʻaki ‘a e ngaahi lea ko eni´, naʻe ‘omi ‘e ‘Oueni ‘a e ngaahi lea ‘oku ‘ikai hā ‘i he Tohitapu´.