ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Fepueli 12, 2022 

CLEAVE TO THE WORD

PIPIKI KI HE ‘ENE FOLOFOLA

PSALM 119:14

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

SAAME 119:14

Kuo u hākahaka ‘i he ‘alunga ‘o ho‘o ngaahi fakamo‘oni, ‘O tatau mo ‘ete ma‘u ha koloa lahi.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

The true difference between godly faith and human faith consists also in this, that human faith cleaves to the person of the preacher, believes, trusts, and honors the Word for the sake of him who spake it. But godly faith, on the other hand, cleaves to the Word, which is God Himself; he believes, trusts, and honors the Word, not because of him who preaches it, but because he feels so surely the truth that no one can ever turn him again from it, even if the same preacher were to try to do it.

This was proved by the Samaritans when they had heard first of Christ from the heathen woman and upon her word they went out of the city to Christ. After they themselves heard Christ, they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."

MARTIN LUTHER

Ko e faikehekehe mo’oni eni ‘o e tui faka-’Otua´ mo e tui ‘oku fakaetangata; ko e tui fakaetangata ‘oku piki ia ki he tu’unga fakaetangata ‘o e faifekau (tangata malanga), ‘oku tui, falala ‘o ne hapo tu’u ‘a e fo’ilea kotoa pe ‘oku to mei he tangata.  Ko e tui faka-‘Otua ‘oku pikitai pe ia ki he Folofola, ‘o ‘ikai pe ki he tokotaha ‘oku ne malanga’i mai.  He kuo ne ‘osi pau’ia ‘i he mo’oni, pea ‘ikai ke toe lava ke fakatafoki ia mei ai, neongo kapau ‘e toe feinga ‘a e tangata malanga ke ne liliu ‘a e tokotaha ko ‘eni.

Ko e fakamo’oni eni na’e hoko ki he kau Samelia ‘i he’enau fuofua fanongo ‘ia Kalaisi ‘o fou ‘i he fakamatala ‘a e fefine.  Pea ‘i he’enau fanongo tonu “pea nau pehe ki he fefine, ‘oku ‘ikai ke mau kei tui koe’uhi pe ko ho’o talanoa, he kuo mau fanongo tonu ki ai ‘e kimautolu, pea mau ‘ilo, ko ‘eni mo’oni ia ‘a e Fakamo’ui ‘o mamani” (Sione 4:42).