ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tu‘apulelulu Sanuali 21, 2021

God has made me laugh

Kuo fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ha kata ma‘aku 

Senesi 21 (Genesis 21)

(v. 6) And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.

(v. 6) Pea pehē ‘e Sela, Kuo fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ha kata ma‘aku; ‘Ilonga ha fanongo te ne kata mo au.

*Commentary: Matthew Poole*

And Sarah said, 'God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Before, my own distrustful heart made me to laugh, now God makes me laugh, not through diffidence and irreverence, as before, chap. 18:12, but through excess of holy joy. All that hear will laugh with me; or, at me; some through sympathy rejoicing with me and for me, laughter being oft put for joy, as Isa. 54:1; Gal. 4:27, &c.; others through scorn and derision, as at a thing which well may seem incredible to them, because it did so to me. See Gen. 12:17; 18:12, 13, 15.

Pea pehē ‘e Sela, Kuo fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ha kata ma‘aku; ‘Ilonga ha taha ‘e fanongo ai te ne kata mo au. Kimuʻa´, naʻa ku kata ‘i heʻeku taʻe tui, ka ko eni kuo ngaohi au ‘e he ‘Otua´, ‘o ‘ikai ‘i he manuki mo e taʻe ‘apasia (18:12) ka ko e mahulu atu ‘o e fiefia faka-langi. Pea ko kinautolu te nau fanongo´, te nau kaungā fiefia mo au (‘Ais 54:1; Kal 4:27).

* 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...

Whatever is said about the attributes of God is true of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Therefore, if we say that God is omnipotent, we are saying that the three persons are all equally omnipotent. The same is true for all the divine attributes, which is why we use "essence-appropriate” language to speak of them. The same essence means the same power, wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, and so forth, in the triune God. It also means the same will. Whatever God does toward himself or toward others

is a result of his single divine will. Therefore, the persons never "submit" to each other in their eternal, necessary relations, because they share one will, not three distinct wills.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Tokāteline...

Ka ‘i ai ha ngaahi makatu‘unga pe moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e natula ‘o e ‘Otua´, ‘e moʻoni tatau pe ‘i hono lau ki he Tamai´, ‘Alo´, mo e Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni´. Ko ia ai, kapau ‘oku tau pehē ‘oku mafimafi ‘a e ‘Otua´, ‘oku tatau pe ia mo ‘etau pehē ‘oku mafimafi tatau pe ‘a e pesona ‘e tolu´. Pea ‘oku moʻoni tatau kotoa ki he ngaahi ‘ulungaanga ‘o e natula ‘Otua´, pea ko e ‘uhinga ia ‘oku tau ngaueʻaki ai ‘a e ngaahi lea ‘oku tonu “faka-ʻeseni” fekauʻaki mo kinautolu´. Ko ‘etau pehē ko ē, ko e “ ʻeseni tatau´”, ‘oku nau tatau kotoa ‘i he ivi, poto, maʻoniʻoni, totonu, lelei, mo e hāfua ‘i  he Tolu-tahaʻi-‘Otua´. ‘Oku pehē foki ki honau finangalo; ‘oku taha pe. Ko e hā pe ‘a e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua´ kau kiate Iaa´, pea mo e kakai kehe´, ko e ola pe ia ‘o e finangalo faka-‘Otua pe ‘e taha. Pea ‘i heʻene pehee´, ‘oku ‘ikai ke “laloʻaoa” ha taha ‘i he ngaahi pesona ‘e tolu´ ‘i honau tuʻunga lauʻitāniti´ mo ‘enau feohi´, he ‘oku taha pe ‘a e finangalo´, ‘o ‘ikai ke kehekehe.