ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Fepueli 4, 2022 

SEARCHING FOR TREASURE

KO E KELI KOULA 

PSALM 119:10

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

SAAME 119:10

Kuo u ha‘ao kiate koe ‘aki hoku loto kotoa: ‘Oua na‘a ke tuku ke u he mei ho‘o ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni na.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe   

No man who merely skims the Book of God can profit thereby; we must dig and mine until we obtain the hid treasure. The door of the Word only opens to the key of diligence. The Scriptures claim searching. They are the writings of God, bearing the divine stamp and imprimatur (an official license) - who shall dare to treat them with levity? He who despises them despises the God who wrote them. God forbid that any of us should leave our Bibles to become swift witnesses against us in the great Day of Account. The Word of God will repay searching. God docs not bid us sift a mountain of chaff with here and there a grain of wheat in it, but the Bible is winnowed corn—we have but to open the granary door and find it.

Scripture grows upon the student. It is full of surprises. Under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, to the searching eye it glows with splendor of revelation, like a vast temple paved with wrought gold, and roofed with rubies, emeralds, and all manner of gems. No merchandise is like the merchandise of Scripture truth.

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘Oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha taha te ne sio fakavave pe ki he Tohi ‘a e ‘Otua te ne ma’u ha me’a ai; kuopau ke tau keli mo ukufi ‘a e ngaahi koloa fufū ‘oku ‘i ai.  Ko e matapā ‘o e Folofola ‘oku toki fakaava’aki pe ‘a e kī ‘o e faka’utumauku.  Ko kinautolu pe ‘oku kumi hākili ki he Folofola te nau ma’u ‘a e pale.  Ko e takainga tohi ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku taa’i ai ‘a e sitapa fakatu’i ‘o loto langi – ko hai te ne fakama’ama’a’i ‘a hono mahu’inga?  Ko ia ‘oku ne si’aki ‘a e Tohi, ‘oku ne si’aki ‘a e ‘Otua na’a ne hiki ‘a e Tohi.  Ke ‘oua mu’a na’a hoko ‘etau ngaahi Tohitapu ko ha fakamo’oni ke talatalaaki’i ai kitautolu ‘i he ‘Aho ‘o e Fakamaau.  Ko e Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua ‘oku ne tufa totongi ki he kau fekumi.  ‘Oku ‘ikai ke fakaafe’i kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otua ketau fekumi ‘i ha fokotu’unga kafukafu ke ma’u mei ai ha tenga’i uite, ka ko e Tohitapu ko ‘etau tufi koane ‘i ha feleoko kuo ‘osi teuteu ‘e he ‘Otua, ko ‘etau ngaue pe ‘oku fai ko e fakaava ‘a hono ngaahi katupa.

Ko e Folofola ‘oku faka’a’au ke tupu fakalakalaka ‘i he tokotaha ‘oku ne ako ia.  ‘Oku fonu ‘i he ngaahi me’a fakaofo kehekehe.  ‘I he malumalu ‘o e faiako ‘a e Laumālie Mā’oni’oni, ‘oku fetapaki pea maamangia ‘i he mamata ‘a e tisaipale, ‘o hangē ha temipale ‘oku hala kouola ‘atā, pea ‘ato ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi maka koloa kehekehe.  ‘Oku ‘ikai ha koloa ‘e kākunga ki he koloa ‘o e mo’oni ‘oku ma’u ‘i he Folofola.