ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tusite Fepueli 2, 2021

God has dealt graciously with me

kuo ‘ofa‘i au ‘e Sihova

Senesi 33 (Genesis 33)

(v. 11) Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” So he urged him, and he took it.

(v. 11) Ke ke ma‘u mu‘a ‘eku fakafeta‘i ‘a ia kuo ‘oatu; he kuo ‘ofa‘i au ‘e Sihova, pea kuo u ma‘u kakato. Pea na‘a ne fakakolekole ki ai ‘o ne ma‘u.

*Commentary: Matthew Henry*

God has dealt graciously with me. Note, If what we have in this world increase under our hands, we must take notice of it with thankfulness, to the glory of God, and own that therein he has dealt graciously with us, better than we deserve. It is he that gives power to get wealth, Deu. 8:18. He adds, "And I have enough; I have all,' so the word is. Esau's enough was much, but Jacob's enough was all. Note, a godly man, though he have but little in the world, yet may truly say, "I have all,'

[1.] Because he has the God of all, and has all in him; all is yours if you be Christ's, 1 Co. 3:22.

[2.] Because he has the comfort of all. I have all, and abound, Phil. 4:18. He that thinks he has all is sure he has enough. He has all in prospect; he will have all shortly, when he comes to heaven: upon this principle Jacob urged Esau, and he took his present. Note, It is an excellent thing when men's religion makes them generous, free-hearted, and open-handed, scorning to do a thing that is paltry and sneaking.

*Tohi Vete: Matiu Henelē*

Kuo ‘ofaʻi au ‘e Sihova. Vakai, kapau ‘oku tupu ‘etau koloa´ ‘i ha meʻa kuo fai ‘e hotau nima´, kuopau ke tau fakatokangaʻi pea tau fakamālōʻia ‘a e langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua´, pea ke tau tali, kuo ne fai manavaʻofa kiate kitautolu ‘o hulu atu ‘i he meʻa ‘oku tau tuha mo ia´. “he ko ia ia ‘oku ne foaki kiate koe ‘a e mafai ke ngaohi koloa” (Teut. 8:18).

‘Oku ne tānaki mai, “kuo u ma‘u feʻunga. Kuo u maʻu kakato” – kuo u maʻu KOTOA. Ko e feʻunga ‘a ‘Isoa´ naʻe lahi. Ka ko e feʻunga ia ‘a Sekope´, naʻe KAKATO (maʻu Kotoa). Fakatokangaʻi ange, ko ha tangata lotu moʻoni, neongo ‘oku siʻi pe ‘ene koloa faka-mamani´, ka ‘oku malava ke ne pehē, “Kuo u maʻu kakato.”

[1.] Koeʻuhi´, ‘oku ne maʻu ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o e meʻa kotoa´, pea kuo maʻu ‘e he ‘Otua´ ‘a e kotoa ‘o ‘ene moʻui; ‘oku ke maʻu kotoa, ‘okapau ‘oku ke ‘ia Kalaisi (1 Kol 3:22).

[2.] Koeʻuhi´ ‘oku ne maʻu ‘a e kotoa ‘o e ngaahi lelei´. ‘Oku ou maʻu kotoa pea hulu atu (Fil 4:18). Ko ia ‘oku ne tui ‘oku ne maʻu kotoa´, ‘oku ne pauʻia ‘i heʻene feʻunga´. ‘Oku ne maʻu kotoa mo e ‘amanaki; te ne maʻu kotoa ‘i heʻene aʻu ki hevani´: naʻe tuʻu ‘i he makatuʻunga ko eni´ ‘a e vilitaki ‘a Sekope kia ‘Isoa´, pea ne toʻo atu ‘a e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ‘a Sekope´. Ko ha tapuaki lelei moʻoni, ‘o ka hoko ‘a e lotu moʻoni ‘a ha taha ke ne hoko ai ko ha tokotaha fie foaki, loto tauʻatāina, nima hono, pea taʻe loto ke ne fai ha meʻa ‘i ha loto kovi pe kākā.

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

GOD IS TRIUNE

In Christ

In addition, the epistle of 1 Peter begins, “To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion ..., according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood .. (1 Pet. 1:1-2). Elected by the Father to be obedient, by the Spirit, to Jesus Christ in light of his sacrificial death-that

is Peter's summary of salvation.

Ko e ‘Otua´ ko e Tolu-ʻi he-Taha

‘Ia Kalaisi

‘Ikai ia ko ia pe, ‘Oku pehe ni e kamata ‘a e ‘Ipiseli ‘a Pita´, “...ki he kakai fili ‘a ia ‘oku nau nofo movetevete´...‘o fakatatau ki he mu‘aki ‘afio‘i ‘e he ‘Otua ko e Tamai, ‘i homou fakatāpui ‘e he laumālie ke iku ki he talangofua, mo e luluku ‘aki ‘a e ta‘ata‘a ‘o Sīsū Kalaisi” (1 Pita 1:1-2). Fili ‘e Tamai´ ke talangofua, ‘i he Laumālie´, kia Sisu Kalaisi koeʻuhi´ ko ‘ene feilaulau pekia´ - ko e fakamaʻopoʻopo ia ‘a Pita ki he fakamoʻui´.