ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Monite Sanuali 3, 2022

ALL WE HAVE IS FROM GOD 

KO E ME‘A KOTOA ‘OKU TAU MA‘U´ ‘OKU MEI HE ‘OTUA

2 CORINTHIANS 4:7 (2 KOLINITO 4:7) 

We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all - surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Ka ko e anga ‘o ‘emau ma‘u ‘a e koloa ko ia, ‘oku fa‘o hina kelekele, koe‘uhi ke ‘a e ‘Otua ai pē ‘a e makehe atu ‘o e mafai, ‘o ‘ikai ko e me‘a meiate kimautolu.

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe   

It is of God that the redeemed do receive all their true excellency, wisdom, and holiness; and that two ways, namely as the Holy Ghost, by whom these things are immediately wrought, is from God, proceeds from Him, and is sent by Him; and also as the Holy Ghost Himself is God, by whose operation and indwelling the knowledge of divine things, and a holy disposition, and all grace, are conferred and upheld.

And though means are made use of in conferring grace on men's souls, yet 'tis of God that we have these means of grace, and 'tis God that makes them effectual. 'Tis of God that we have the Holy Scriptures; they are the Word of God. 'Tis of God that we have ordinances, and their efficacy depends on the immediate influence of the Spirit of God. The ministers of

the Gospel are sent of God, and all their sufficiency is of Him.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

‘Oku makatu’unga ‘i he ‘Otua´ ‘a e ma’u ‘e kinautolu kuo huhu’i´, ‘a e ngaahi lelei mo’oni´, poto´, mo ‘enau ma’oni’oni´; ‘oku fou mai ai ‘a e ngaahi fakakoloa ko ‘eni´ mei he ‘Otua; ko e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni, ‘a ia ko e ‘Otua, ‘oku ne fakahoko ki he kalisitiane´ ‘a e ngaahi tapuaki ko ‘eni, ‘o fou ‘i he’ene ngaue ‘oku fai ‘i he’ene nofo’ia ‘a e kalisitiane pea ko ia ‘oku ne ‘ilo kanokato ki he finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua´; ki he ngaahi me’a kotoa pe, pea mo e ngaahi ‘ulungaanga faka’Otua kotoa pe, mo e ngaahi kelesi ‘oku fakakoloa’aki ‘a e kakai ‘a e ‘Otua´ pea ‘oku ne fai hotau pukepuke.

‘Oku ‘a e ‘Otua´ ‘a hono fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi tapuaki fakalangi ki he laumalie ‘o e tangata´, pea ko e ‘Otua´ pe ‘oku ne toe fakaola ‘a e ngaahi tapuaki ko ia (ko e ngaahi kelesi) ‘i he mo’ui ‘a e kalisitiane.  Pea ‘oku fou mei he ‘Otua ‘a ‘etau ma’u ‘a ‘ene Folofola Toputapu; ko e Folofola tonu ‘a e ‘Otua.  ‘Oku fou mei he ‘Otua ‘a ‘etau ma’u ‘a e ngaahi tu’utu’uni fakalotu maʻae siasi´, pea ko hono fakaola, ‘oku makatu’unga ‘i hono fakaivia mo hono takina ‘e he Laumalie ‘o e ‘Otua.  Ko e kau sevaniti ‘o e kosipeli´ ‘oku fakakouna kinautolu ‘e he ‘Otua, pea ko honau fe’unga’anga ‘oku ‘iate Ia tokotaha pe.