ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tuʻapulelulu Fepueli 11, 2021 

Then Joseph remembered the dreams

Pea na‘e manatu ‘e Siosifa ki he ngaahi misi 

Senesi 42 (Genesis 42)

(v. 9) Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

(v. 9) Pea na‘e manatu ‘e Siosifa ki he ngaahi misi na‘a ne fai kiate kinautolu, pea ne pehē ki ai, Ko e kau mataki kimoutolu; kuo mou omi ke vakai ‘a e ta‘eū ‘o e fonua.

*Commentary: David Guzik Study notes on Genesis*

Joseph did not play games with his bothers. Some commentators believe that if it were up to Joseph, he would have revealed himself to his brothers right then and there. But God recalled the dreams to his mind and guided him to be an instrument for the correction and restoration of the brothers.

God can, and must, sometimes use ways we think are harsh to call us to go to where He wants us to be. We must never resent it, because it was the hardness of our hearts that demanded it. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. (Psalm 119:67)

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

Naʻe ‘ikai ke vaʻingaʻaki ‘e Siosifa ‘a ‘ene feʻiloaki mo hono fanga tokoua. ‘Oku tui ‘a e kau vete Tohitapu tokolahi, kapau naʻe fai ki he anga ‘o Siosifa´, naʻa ne ‘osi fakaʻilo ‘e ia ia ki hono fanga tokoua´. Ka naʻe fakamanatu ‘e he ‘Otua´ ‘a ‘ene ngaahi misi´ kiate ia pea ne tataki ‘a e meʻa naʻe hoko´, ke fou mai ai ‘a e fakatonutonu mo e fakalelei ‘i hono vā mo hono fanga tokoua´.

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

GOD IS TRIUNE

Application

We receive the promised Holy Spirit by asking in faith (Luke 11:13; John 7:37-39; Gal. 3:2, 14). There are many ways in which the Spirit helps or comforts believers. He glorifies Christ to us; he pours out the love of the Father and the grace of Christ into our hearts; he witnesses to us that we are children of the Father (Rom. 8:16); he produces faith and repentance in us; he generates in us "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" (Gal. 5:22-23).

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

Ko ‘ene fekauʻaki mo kitautolu´

‘Oku tau maʻu ‘a e palomesi ‘o e Laumālie Maʻonioʻoni´ ‘i heʻetau kole fou ‘i he tui´(Luke 11:13; Sioune 7:37-39; Kal. 3:2, 14). ‘Oku lahi ‘a e ngaahi founga ‘oku fai tokonia ai ‘e he Laumālie´ mo fakafiemālie ki he kau tui´. ‘Oku ne fakalangilangiʻi ‘a Kalaisi kiate kitautolu; ‘oku ne fakataumalingi ‘a e ‘ofa ‘a e Tamai´ mo e kelesi ‘a Kalaisi´ ‘i hotau loto´; ‘oku ne fakamoʻoni mai kiate kitautolu ko e fanau kitautolu ‘a e Tamai´ (Loma 8:16); ‘oku ne fakatupu ‘a e tui mo e fakatomala ‘iate kitautolu; ‘oku ne fakatupu foʻou kitautolu ‘i he ko e “ ‘ofa, fiefia, melino, anga mokomoko, anga‘ofa, anga tonu, anga falala, anga kātaki, anga fakama‘uma‘u” (Kaletia 5:22-23).