ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Falaite Sanuali 14, 2022

LOVE FOR THE WORD

HOHOI KI HE FOLOFOLA

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

PSALM 119:103

Hono ‘ikai ifoifo melie kiate au ho‘o ‘ū lea na! ‘Oku hulu ‘i ha ma‘anga honi ia.

SAAME 119:103

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe   

Only the acts of a Christian are truly good and acceptable to God, because they are done in faith, with a cheerful heart, out of gratitude to Christ. We ought to have no misgivings about whether the Holy Ghost dwells in us. We "the temple of the Holy Ghost” (1 Corinthians 3:16).

When we have a love for the Word of God and gladly hear, talk, write, and think of Christ, we are to know that this inclination toward Christ is the gift and work of the Holy Ghost. Where you come across contempt for the Word of God, there is the devil. 

We meet with such contempt for the Word of God mostly among the common people. They act as though the Word of God does not concern them. Wherever you find a love for the Word, thank God for the Holy Spirit who infuses this love into the hearts of men. We never come by this love naturally, neither can it be enforced by laws. It is the gift of the Holy Spirit.

MARTIN LUTHER

Ko e ngaahi ngaue pe ‘a e kalisitiane, ‘oku lelei mo fakatupu hoifua ki he ‘Otua, koe’uhi he ‘oku fai ‘i he tui, mo ha loto hangamalie, ‘i he hounga’ia kia Kalaisi.  ‘Oku ‘ikai totonu ketau toe tala’a pe ‘oku nofo’ia kitautolu ‘e he Laumalie Ma’oni’oni.  Ko kitautolu, “’a e temipale ‘o e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni” (1 Kolinito 3:16).  

‘I he taimi ‘oku tau ‘ofa mo hohoi ai ki he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku tau fie fanongo, talanoa, faitohi, mo fa’a fakakaukau kia Kalaisi, ‘oku tau ‘ilo leva ko e hu’u ‘etau tokanga kia Kalaisi ko e me’a’ofa ia mo e ngaue ‘a e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni.  ‘I he taimi ‘oku mole ai ho’o tokanga ki he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua, pea mahino ko e ngaue ia ‘a e tevolo.  

‘Oku tau fehangahangai mo e laumalie ‘oku nau fakafepaki’i ‘a e Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i he kakai pe ‘o mamani.  ‘Oku nau taku ‘oku ‘ikai ha’anau fekau’aki pe kaunga ki he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua.  ‘I he taimi ‘oku ke fetaulaki ai mo ha taha ‘oku hohoi ki he Folofola, pea ke fakafeta’i ai ki he ‘Otua koe’uhi ko e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni ‘oku ne fakataumalingi ‘a ‘ene ‘ofa ‘i he loto ‘o e tangata.  ‘Oku ‘ikai ko ha me’a fakanatula ‘a e hohoi ki he Folofola, pea ‘oku ‘ikai lava ke tu’utu’uni fakalao ‘a hono tauhi; ko e me’a’ofa pe ia ‘a e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni.