ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tokonaki Sanuali 1, 2022

THE AUTHOR OF SCRIPTURE

KO E TOKOTAHA NA‘A NE HIKI ‘A E FOLOFOLA´

2 TIMOTHY 3:16 (2 Timote 3:16) 

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

Ko e potu Folofola kotoa pē ne fakamānava mei he ‘Otua, ‘oku ‘aonga foki ki he akonaki, ki he faka‘ilo hala, ki he fakatonutonu, ki he ngaohia ke mā‘oni‘oni.

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe   

First, then, concerning this book, who is the author? The text says that it is God. “I have written to him the great things of my law.” (Hosea 8:12). Here lies my Bible—who wrote it? I open it, and I find it consists of a series of tracts. The first five tracts were written by a man called Moses. I turn on and I find other. Sometimes I see David is the penman, at other times, Solomon. Here I read Micah, then Amos, then Hosea. As I turn further on, to the more luminous pages of the New Testament, I see Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Paul, Peter, James, and others, but when I shut up the book, I ask myself, Who is the author of it? Do these men jointly claim the authorship? Are they the compositors of this massive volume? Do they between themselves divide the honor? Our holy religion answers, No! This volume is the writing of the living God: each letter was penned with an almighty finger, each word in it dropped from the everlasting lips, each sentence was dictated by the Holy Spirit.

Ko e ‘uluaki me’a te tau vakai ki ai, fekau’aki mo e tohi ni, pe ko hai na’a ne hiki? ‘Oku talamai pe ‘i loto ‘i he Tohi´, ko e ‘Otua´ pe na’a ne hiki; “Kuo u tohi ma‘ana ‘a e mano‘i me‘a ‘o ‘eku lao” (Hosea 8:12). Pea ko eni, ko ‘eku Tohitapu eni ‘oku tuku´ - ko hai na‘a´ ne hiki pe fatu ‘a e tohi? ‘I he’eku fakaava´, ‘oku ou fakatokanga’i ‘oku ‘i loto ha ngaahi tohi iiki. Ko e ngaahi tohi ‘e nima ‘i he kamata’anga, na’e hiki ‘e ha tangata ko Mosese. Pea ‘i he hoko atu ‘eku fekumi, ‘oku ou fetaulaki mo ha ni’ihi kehe. ‘Oku ou vakai ‘oku hiki ‘e Tevita ha ngaahi tohi pea ‘i he potu ‘e taha, ko Solomone ia. ‘Oku ou lau ‘a e tohi na’e hiki ‘e Maika, pea pehee kia ‘Emosi pea mo Hosea. Pea ‘i he hoko atu ‘eku fekumi, ki he ngaahi potu tohi ‘oku toe maama ange ‘i he Fuakava Fo’ou´, ‘oku ou vakai kia Matiu, Ma’ake, Luke, Sione, Paula, Pita, Semisi pea mo ha ni’ihi kehe. Ka ‘i he’eku tāpuni ‘a e Tohi´, ‘oku ou toe ‘eke hifo pe kiate au, pe ko hai na’a ne hiki ‘a e Tohi? ‘Oku tala nai ‘e he fa’ahinga ko eni´, ko kinautolu na’a nau hiki ‘a e tohi? Ko kinautolu nai na’a nau fakatahataha’i mo fatu ‘a e fu’u voliume lahi ko eni? ‘Oku nau polepole nai ‘i he’enau fakahoko ‘a e ngaue ni? 

‘Oku talamai ‘e he’etau tui fakalotu, ‘oku ‘Ikai! Ko e voliume ko eni´, ko e ngaue pe ia ‘a e ‘Otua mo’ui: ko e kupu’i tohi kotoa pe na’e hiki ‘e he to’ukupu mafimafi ‘o e ‘Otua; ko e fo’i lea kotoa na’e tō mei hono fofonga lau’itaniti, ko e fo’i sētesi kotoa pe na’e fou mei he Laumalie Ma’oni’oni´.

(CHARLES SPURGEON)