ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Fepueli 8, 2022

HOLD FAST THE TRUTH

PUKE MA‘U KI HE MO‘ONI

JOHN 17:17

"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."

SIONE 17:17

Fakatapu‘i kinautolu ‘i he mo‘oni: ko e folofola ‘a‘au ko e mo‘oni ia.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

The passages of Scripture which prove that the instrument of our sanctification is the Word of God are very many. The Spirit of God brings to our minds the precepts and doctrines of truth and applies them with power. These are heard in the ear, and being received in the heart, they work in us to will and to do of God's good pleasure. The truth is the sanctifier, and if we do not hear or read the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification.

We only progress in sound living as we progress in sound understanding. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Do not say of any error, “It is a mere matter of opinion." No man indulges an error of judgment without sooner or later tolerating an error in practice. Hold fast the truth, for by so holding the truth shall you be sanctified by the Spirit of God.

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘Oku lahi ‘aupito ‘a e ngaahi kupu’i Folofola ‘oku nau fakamo’oni mai, ko e me’angaue ‘o hotau fakamā’oni’oni’i, ko e Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua.  Ko e Laumālie ‘o e ‘Otua ‘oku ne fakahā ki hotau ‘atamai ‘a e ngaahi lao mo e ngaahi tokateline ‘o e mo’oni ‘a e ‘Otua pea ‘oku ne fakahoko ia ‘aki ha ivi malohi.  ‘Oku tau ma’u ‘i he’etau fanongo ki ai, pea tali ia ‘e hotau loto, pea ‘oku nau ngaue ‘iate kitautolu ke fakahoko ‘a e finangalo lelei ‘o e ‘Otua.  Ko e mo’oni, ko e me’a fakamā’oni’oni ia, pea kapau ‘e ‘ikai te tau fanongo ki he lau ‘a e mo’oni ko ia, ‘e ‘ikai te tau tupu ‘i hotau fakamā’oni’oni’i.

‘Oku toki tupu pe ‘etau mo’ui fakalaumālie ‘i he tupu fakalakalaka ‘etau ma’u ‘a e ‘ilo ‘oku pau mei he Folofola.  “Ko ho’o Folofola ko e maama ki hoku hala mo e tuhulu ki he’eku laka.”  ‘Oua te ke fai ‘a e lea ko ‘eni ki ha tokateline ‘oku hala, ‘o pehee “ko e lau pe ia ‘a’au.”  Ko e tokotaha ‘oku ne sio kehe (faka’atā) mei ha fehalaaki faka-tokāteline, te ne iku pe ‘oku fakaʻatā ha foʻi ngaue pe toʻonga ‘oku hala ke ne fakahoko.  Puke ma’u ki he mo’oni, pea ‘i ho’o pukema’u ‘a e mo’oni ko ia´ ‘oku fai ai pe ho fakamā’oni’oni’i ‘e he Laumālie ‘o e ‘Otua.