ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tokonaki Fepueli 13, 2021 

For your servant became a pledge of safety

Kae‘uma‘ā na‘e hoko ho‘o tamaio‘eiki ko au ko e talifaki

Senesi 44 (Genesis 44)

(v. 32) For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’

(v. 32) Kae‘uma‘ā na‘e hoko ho‘o tamaio‘eiki ko au ko e talifaki ki he tama ki he‘eku ‘eiki, ‘o u pehē, Kapau ‘e ‘ikai te u ‘omi ia kiate koe, pea te u hia ki he‘eku tamai ‘o ta‘engata.

*Commentary: David Guzik Study notes on Genesis*

Judah’s impassioned appeal to Joseph is a model of a heartfelt, desperate appeal.

Of Judah’s speech, F.B. Meyer wrote: “In all literature, there is nothing more pathetic than this appeal.” H.C. Leupold wrote, “This is one of the manliest, most straightforward speeches ever delivered by any man. For depth of feeling and sincerity of purpose it stands unexcelled.” Barnhouse called it “the most moving address in all the Word of God.”

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

Ko e taukave naʻe fai ‘e Siuta kia Siosifa´, ko e sipinga ‘o e kole mei he loto ‘ofa moʻoni mo e liʻaki moʻui.

Naʻe pehē ‘e F.B. Maea (Meyer) – [ko e faifekau Papitaioso Pilitania mei he senituli 19] “ ‘i he kotoa ‘o e ngaahi tohi kuo hiki´, ‘oku ‘ikai ha kole ‘e oʻo mo ongo ange ‘i heni.” Naʻe pehe ‘e H.C. Leapolo (tangata vete Tohitapu mei he senituli 19-20), “ Ko e taha eni ‘i ha lea toʻa moʻoni, lea hangatonu kuo fai ‘e ha tangata. Fakatatau ki he loloto ‘o e ongo naʻe faiʻaki´, pea mo e kaveinga naʻe lea ki ai´, ‘oku taʻe hano tatau.” Pea pehē ‘e Barnhouse, “Ko e lea oʻo mo ongo taha eni ‘i he Tohitapu´.”

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU / KO E . . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

Application

Finally, the Spirit brings us into communion with the Son and the Father (1 John 1:3). Apart from the Spirit, we would be as lifeless as the chairs we sit on. Owen writes,

All the consolations of the Holy Spirit consist in his acquainting us with, and communicating unto us, the love of the Father and the grace of the Son; nor is there any thing in the one or the other but he makes it a matter of consolation to us: so that, indeed, we have our communion with the Father in his love, and the Son in his grace, by the operation of the Holy Spirit.

In our prayer life, then, we are also faced with our triune God. As children we come to our Father in the name of Christ by the power of the Spirit. We need all three persons in our life, for our life has the Trinity stamped all over it.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Ko ‘ene fekauʻaki mo kitautolu´

Fakaʻosi´, ‘oku ‘omi kitautolu ‘e he Laumālie´ ke tau feohi mo e ‘Alo´ pea mo e Tamai´ (1 Sione 1:3). Ka ne ‘ikai ‘a e Laumālie´, te tau mate pe ‘o hangē ko e sea ‘oku tau tangutu ai´. ‘Oku pehē ‘e ‘Oueni;

Ko e ngaahi tapuaki ‘o e ngaue ‘a e Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni´, ko ‘ene fakafeʻiloaki kitautolu mo ‘Ene ‘Afio´, pea mo ‘ene tala meʻa mai kiate kitautolu, fekauʻaki mo e ‘ofa ‘a e Tamai´ pea mo e kelesi ‘a e ‘Alo´. ‘Oku ‘ikai haʻatau taau ki ai, ka ‘oku ne ‘omi ko hotau fakakoloa; koeʻuhi´ ke tau maʻu ‘a e feohi mo e Tamai´ ‘i heʻene ‘ofa´, pea mo e ‘Alo´ ‘i heʻene kelesi´, ‘o fou ‘i he ngaue ‘a e Laumālie Maʻoniʻoni´.

Pea ‘i heʻetau lotu´, ‘oku tau fehangahangai mo e Tolu-Tahaʻi-‘Otua´. ‘I hotau tuʻunga ko e fanau, ‘oku tau omi ki heʻetau Tamai´ ‘i he huafa ‘o e ‘Alo´ ‘o fou ‘i he ivi ‘o e Lamālie´. ‘Oku tau fiemaʻu kotoa ‘a e pesona ‘e tolu´ ‘i heʻetau moʻoui´, he ‘oku tā sitapaʻi ‘a e Tolu-tahaʻi-‘Otua´ ‘i heʻetau moʻui´.