ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu’apulelulu Fepueli 3, 2022 

TO KNOW CHRIST

KA U ‘ILO ‘A ‘ENE ‘AFIO (KALAISI)

PHILIPPIANS 3:10

I want to know Christ - yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.

FILIPAI 3:10

ka u ‘ilo ni ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio, mo e ‘aonga ‘o ‘ene toetu‘u, mo e kau ‘i he‘ene ngaahi mamahi, he fakatatau au ki he‘ene pekia;

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

We should be wise, that we may learn to know Christ rightly and to know that His kingdom is nothing else than a hospital where lie the sick and languishing, who need to be nursed. But this knowledge very few receive; this wisdom is very deeply hidden; so that, oftentimes, those who are partakers of the Gospel and of the Spirit are very deficient in it. For this is the highest wisdom that can be had.

Wherefore, although men look into the Scriptures and see that those Scriptures extol the kingdom of Christ, and say what a splendid thing it is, yet they do not clearly see what the words really mean, nor do they observe that in this lies the true wisdom, which far surpasses all human wisdom. For our wisdom is not ours in order to deal with the wise, the prudent and clever people, and talk about it and preach it, but to deal with fools and imprudent men and win them to it so that they attain unto righteousness and a sound understanding.

MARTIN LUTHER

‘Oku totonu ketau ma’u ‘a e loto poto, ketau ako ke ‘ilo’i mo’oni ‘a Kalaisi pea ketau mahino’i ko hono pule’anga´ ‘oku hangē ha falemahaki ‘oku tākoto ai ‘a e kau faingata’a’ia ‘i he mohenga ‘o e mamahi, pea ‘oku fiema’u ke faito’o kinautolu.  Ka ko e ‘ilo ko ‘eni ‘oku tokosi’i ‘a kinautolu ‘oku nau ma’u; ko e poto ko ‘eni ‘oku fakapuliki ia mei he tokolahi; ‘oku a’u ki ha tu’unga ko kinautolu ‘oku nau ma’u ‘a e Kosipeli mo e Laumālie Mā’oni’oni ‘oku nau masiva ‘i he ‘ilo ko ‘eni.  Ko e taha eni ‘i he ngaahi poto ‘oku mahu’inga mo ma’olunga fau.

‘Oku tokolahi ‘a e fa’ahinga ‘oku nau fekumi ki he Folofola ke nau mamata ai ki hono fakahikihiki’i ‘o e pule’anga ‘o Kalaisi, pea ‘oku nau tala ‘a hono faka’ofo’ofa, ka ‘oku ‘ikai te nau ‘ilo pe mahino kiate kinautolu ‘a e ‘uhinga ‘o e ngaahi lea; ‘oku ‘ikai te nau fakatokanga’i ‘a e poto mo’oni ‘oku hā ‘i he Folofola pea ope atu ‘i he ngaahi poto fakaetangata.  Ko e poto ‘oku tau ma’u, ‘oku ‘ikai ‘uhinga ketau tokoni ai ki he kau poto, pe ko e kau ‘ilo me’a ketau talanoa’i pe mo malanga’aki, ka ko e ‘uhinga ketau ako’i ‘a kinautolu ‘oku nau kei fakapo’uli ke ‘omi kinautolu ki he maama´ ke nau ma’u ‘a e mā’oni’oni mo e mahino ‘oku mo’oni taha.