ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Monite ‘Okatopa 11, 2021 

that we be given cities to dwell in

ke ‘omi hamau ngaahi kolo nofo‘anga 

Siosiua 21 (Joshua 21)

(V. 1-3) Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.” So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.

(v. 1-3) PEA ‘unu‘unu mai ‘a e hou‘eiki ‘ulumotu‘a ‘o ha‘a Līvai kia ‘Eliesa ko e taula‘eiki, pea kia Siosiua ko e foha ‘o Nuni, mo e hou‘eiki ‘ulumotu‘a ‘o e ngaahi matakali ‘o ha‘a ‘Isileli; pea nau lea kiate kinautolu ‘i Sailo, ‘i he fonua ko Kēnani, ‘o pehē, Na‘e tu‘utu‘uni ‘e he ‘Eiki ‘ia Mōsese, ke ‘omi hamau ngaahi kolo nofo‘anga, mo e ngaahi ‘api takai ma‘a ‘emau monumanu. Ko ia na‘e foaki ‘e ha‘a ‘Isileli ki he kau Līvai mei honau ngaahi tofi‘a ‘a e ngaahi kolo ko eni, mo e ngaahi ‘api takatakai, ‘o hangē koe folofola ‘a Sihova.

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU . . )

7.         GOD IS INDEPENDENT

             Ko e ‘OTUA´ ‘oku TAU‘ATAINA

             Tokāteline

            Ko e Moʻui Falala ‘a Kalaisi

Ko e tuʻunga tauʻatāina ‘o e ‘Otua´, ‘oku ‘uhinga ia, ‘oku ne malava ke foaki moʻui ‘o aʻu pe ki he ‘Otua-mo e-tangata´. ‘I he hoko-‘o-kakano ‘a Kalaisi´, naʻa ne leaʻaki ‘a e lea naʻe ‘oange ‘e he Tamai´ kiate Ia (Sione 12:49). Pea naʻe toe pehee pe ‘e Kalaisi, “‘Oku ‘ikai lava ‘e he ‘Alo ke fai ‘iate ia ha momo‘i me‘a ngata pē ‘i he me‘a ‘oku ne vakai ‘oku fai ‘e he Tamai:” (Sione 5:19).

Ko Kalaisi, ‘a ē ‘oku lauʻitāniti mo taʻeliliu ‘i hono tuʻunga tauʻataina´ (1 Sione 5:20), naʻe hoko mai ‘o fakafalala ki he Tamai´, kae lava ke kaungā ‘inasi ‘ene fanau´ ‘i he tauʻatāina ko ia´. Pea ‘i heʻene pehēe´, ‘oku hoko ‘a Kalaisi ko ‘etau moʻui (Kolose 3:4). Ko e Tauʻatāina ‘a e ‘Otua´ naʻa ne fakahoko ‘a e moʻulaloa ‘a e ‘Otua-mo e- tangata´ ‘i hono tuʻunga ‘i mamani´ pea ‘oku ne tuʻutuʻuni ‘a e moʻui fakafalala ‘a e tokotaha kotoa pe ‘oku kau kia Kalaisi.

                        Christ’s Dependence

The independence of God means he is able to give life even to the God-man. In his incarnate state, Christ only spoke the words the Father gave to him (John 12:49). Christ even claimed that he could do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing" (John 5:19).

Christ, who, according to his divine nature, is eternally and unchangeably independent (1 John 5:20), became dependent on the Father in order that his children might share in that dependence. As such, Christ becomes our life (Col. 3:4). The independence of God necessitated the dependence of the God-man in his earthly state and forever demands the dependence of all those who are united to Christ.