ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Pulelulu Fepueli 3, 2021 

You have troubled me

Kuo mou fakatupu mamahi kiate au 

Senesi 34 (Genesis 34)

(v. 30) Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

(v. 30) Pea pehē ‘e Sēkope kia Simione mo Līvai, Kuo mou fakatupu mamahi kiate au, ‘i ho‘omou fakanamukuu‘i au ‘i he lotolotonga ‘o e kakai ‘o e fonua, ‘a e ha‘a Kēnani, mo e ha‘a Pēlisi: pea ‘oku ou kaungatāmaki au, pea te nau fakataha mai ko hoku ngaohi, pea te nau taa‘i au: pea te u ‘auha, ‘a au mo hoku fale.

*Commentary: David Guzik Study notes on Genesis*

Sadly, Jacob is only concerned with himself. There is no concern for God’s righteousness or the death and plunder of innocents. This is Jacob, not Israel in action.

i. “Jacob! You brought that trouble on yourself. You passed your own deceitful nature into your boys. You set them a constant example of guile. They heard you lie to Esau at Peniel and start northwest after he went southeast. They saw your interest in the fat pastures when you pitched your tent in Shechem. You said nothing when Dinah was violated … Talk to God about your own sin before talking to these boys about theirs.” (Barnhouse)

*Tohi Vete: Ngaahi lesoni ako ‘a Tevita Kuisiki ‘i he Tohi Senesi*

Ko e tuʻunga fakaloloma´, naʻe siokita pe ‘a e vakai ‘a Sekope´. Naʻe ‘ikai te ne tokanga ki he maʻoniʻoni ‘a e ‘Otua´ pe ki he fakaehaua mo e tāmate naʻe hoko´. Ko Sekope pe eni ia, naʻe ‘ikai ko e toʻonga eni ia ‘a ‘Isileli´.

“Sekope, ko e foʻui pe eni ia ‘oʻou. Kuo ke pūluhi mai ho natula kākāa´ ki ho ngaahi foha´. Naʻa ke tā pe sipinga moʻui ke muimui ki ai hoʻo fanau´. Naʻa nau fanongo hoʻo lohiakiʻi ‘a ‘Isoa ‘i Penieli hoʻo ‘alu faka-Tokelau hili ‘a e fou ‘a ‘Isoa ki he potu faka-Tonga´. Naʻa nau mamata hoʻo tokanga ki he fonua mahu´ hoʻo fokotuʻu tēniti ‘i Sikemi´. Naʻe ‘ikai te ke lea ‘i hono kākaaʻi ‘o Taina´….Tomuʻa talanoa ki he ‘Otua´ fekauʻaki mo hoʻo angahala´, pea ke toki lea ki ho ngaahi foha´ fekauʻaki mo haʻanautolu´ hia.” (Barnhouse).

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

In Christ

The Scriptures do not hide the constant Trinitarian workings of God. In the power of the Spirit, Christ reveals the Father. In the power of the Spirit, we love the Father through Christ. Indeed, the Christian life is meant to be lived with constant reference to the three persons. A truly Christian life will seek to be thoroughly Trinitarian in its theology and piety.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

‘Ia Kalaisi

‘Oku ‘ikai fufū ‘e he Folofola´ ‘a e ngaahi ngaue ‘a e ‘Otua´ ‘i hono tuʻunga faka-Tolu-tahaʻi-‘Otua´. ‘I he ivi ‘o e Laumālie´, ‘oku fakahā mai ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e Tamai´. ‘I he ivi ‘o e Laumālie´, ‘oku tau ‘ofa ki he Tamai´ fou ‘ia Kalaisi. ‘Io, ko e moʻui faka-Kalisitiane´, ‘oku fai kotoa ia ‘i hono fakalave ki he pesona ‘e tolu ‘o e Tolu-tahaʻi-ʻOtua´. Ko e moʻui faka-Kalisitiane moʻoni´, ‘oku vivili ke Tulinitī (lave faka-Tolu-tahaʻi-‘Otua) ‘a ‘ene teolosia´ (tui ki he ‘Otua´) mo ‘ene moʻui lotu moʻoni´.