ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Monite Fepueli 8, 2021 

The Lord was with Joseph

Pea na‘e kau ‘a Sihova mo Siosifa

Senesi 39 (Genesis 39)

(v. 2) The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

(v. 2) Pea na‘e kau ‘a Sihova mo Siosifa, pea ko e tangata fai tāpuekina ia; pea na‘a ne taka ‘i he fale ‘o hono ‘eiki ko e ‘Isipite

*Commentary: The Reformation Study Bible*

The Lord was with Joseph. This repeated formula provides the theological theme of the story (vv.3,21,23), and the link between Joseph and the patriarchs (28.15, cf. Acts 19). God’s beneficent presence is experienced even in the slavery he endures outside the land of blessing.

*Tohi Vete: Tohitapu Ako ‘o e Fakalelei-Lotu´*

na‘e kau ‘a Sihova mo Siosifa. Ko e fakalea ko eni´, ‘oku´ ne fakatoka e makatuʻunga ki he kaveinga faka-teolosia ki he talanoa fungani ko eni´ (veesi 3, 21, 23) pea mo e afo ‘oku´ ne haʻi ‘a Siosifa ki he kau Peteliake´ (28:15; Ngaue 19). Ko e fakamalumalu fakakoloa ‘a e ‘Otua´ naʻe tofanga pe ai ‘a Siosifa ‘o aʻu ki he fale pōpula´, neongo naʻa´ ne mamaʻo mei he fonua ‘o e talaʻofa´.

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

Application

In relation to the Son, we commune with him in grace: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor. 13:14). The one who is "full of grace and truth” (John 1:14), the Lord Jesus Christ, is the one who showers us with his grace: "For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace" (John 1:16). We enjoy Christ, the God-man, and we meditate not only on the grace given to us because of his work but also on the grace given to us because of who he is (i.e., his person). The greatness of Christ's person far excels even the benefits we receive from his work for us.

KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU / KO E ...

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Ko ‘ene fekauʻaki mo kitautolu´

‘I he fekauʻaki mo e ‘Alo´, ‘oku tau feohi mo ia fou ‘i he kelesi´: “Ko e kelesi ‘a e ‘Eiki ko Sīsū Kalaisi, mo e ‘ofa ‘a e ‘Otua, mo e feohi ‘o e Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni, ‘ofa ke ‘iate kimoutolu kotoa pē ia” (2 Kol 13:13). Ko e Tokotaha ‘o e “fonu ‘i he kelesi mo e moʻoni” (Sione 1:14), ‘a e ‘Eiki ko Sisu Kalaisi´, ko e tokotaha pe ia ‘oku ne tapuakiʻi kitautolu ‘aki ‘ene kelesi´: “He na‘a tau ma‘u kotoa pē mei he‘ene fonu ko ia, ‘io, ‘o taufetongi he kelesi mo ha kelesi” (Sione 1:16). ‘Oku tau kai mo inu ‘ia Kalaisi, ‘a e ‘Otua-mo-tangata´, pea ‘oku tau laulotoa, ‘o ‘ikai ngata pe ‘i he kelesi ‘oku tau maʻu ‘i he ngaue naʻa´ ne feia´, ka ‘i he kelesi kuo foaki kiate kitautolu ‘i hono tuʻunga pe ‘oʻona´ (‘i hono pesona´). Ko e lahi faufaua ‘a e pesona ‘o Kalaisi´ ‘oku mahulu pea ope atu ia ‘i he ngaahi tapuaki ‘oku tau maʻu ‘i he ngaue ‘oku ne fai maʻa kitautolu´.