ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu’apulelulu Fepueli 17, 2022

AN INNER COURT TO CREATION

VAKAI KI HE FAKATUPU´ MEI LOTO‘Ā

SONG OF SONGS 5:16

He is altogether lovely

HIVA ‘O E HIVA 5:16

Ko hono ‘ao‘ingutu ko e koto melie; ‘Io, ko e ‘ū masani hono kotoa.

Ko eni ia hoku ‘ofa‘anga; ‘Io, ko eni ia hoku kaume‘a, Si‘i kau ta‘ahine Selusalema.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

The soul that is familiar with the Lord worships Him in the outer court of nature, wherein it admires His works, and is charmed by every thought of what He must be who made them all. When that soul enters the nearer circle of inspiration and reads the wonderful words of God, it is still more enraptured, and its admiration is heightened. In revelation, we see the same all-glorious Lord as in creation, but the vision is more clear, and the consequent love is more intense. The Word is an inner court to the creation, but there is yet an innermost sanctuary, and blessed are they who enter it and have fellowship with the Lord Himself.

We come to Christ, and in coming to Him we come to God, for Jesus says, “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father." When we know the Lord Jesus, we stand before the mercy seat, where the glory of Jehovah shineth forth. I like to think of the text as belonging to those who are as priests unto God and stand in the Holy of holies, while they say, "Yea, He is altogether lovely." His works are marvellous, His words are full of majesty, but He Himself is altogether lovely.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e laumalie ‘o e tokotaha ‘oku maheni mo e ‘Otua, ‘oku ne hū kiate ia mei he kau’ā ‘o natula´, ‘oku ne laulotoa ‘a e masani ‘o ‘ene ngaue, pea ‘oku puketu’u ia ‘i he fakakaukau ki he natula ‘o ia na’a ne fakatupu ‘a e ‘ūniveesi.  ‘I he taimi ‘oku fakaofiofi atu ai ‘a hono laumālie ki he loto’ā ‘o e potu lilo ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku ne lau ‘a e ngaahi lea vovo ‘a e ‘Otua, pea ‘oku mapunopuna ‘a hono loto ‘i he fakafeta’i ‘i he’ene hū kiate Ia.  ‘I he fakahā me’a ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i he Folofola, ‘oku tau mamata ki he ‘Otua langilangi ‘o e fakatupu, ka ‘oku toe hā mahino ange mai ‘a ‘ene ‘ofa kiate kitautolu.  Ko e Folofola ko e loto’a ia ketau mamata ai ki he’ene fakatupu, ka ‘oku toe ‘i ai ha potu toputapu makehe ange ma’a kinautolu ‘oku feohi ‘i he lotolotonga ‘o e ‘Otua.

‘Oku tau omi kia Kalaisi, pea ‘i he’etau ha’u kiate Ia, ko ‘etau ha’u ia ki he ‘Otua, he na’e pehe ‘e Sisu, “ko ia ‘oku ne mamata kiate Au kuo ne mamata ki he Tamai” (Sione 14:9).  ‘I he’etau ‘ia Sisu Kalaisi, ‘oku tau tu’u ‘i he lotolotonga ‘o e hooifua’anga ‘o e ‘Otua, ‘a e potu ‘oku malama mei ai ‘a e sikaina ‘o Sihova.  ‘I he taimi ‘oku tau lau ai ‘a e Folofola, te tau fakatatau ia ki he tu’u ‘a e kau taula’eiki ‘i he potu toputapu ‘o e temipale pea ‘oku nau pehe “’io, ko e ‘ū masani hono kotoa” (Hiva ‘o e hiva 5:16).  Ko ‘ene ngaahi ngaue ‘oku fakaofo, ko ‘ene ngaahi folofola ‘oku fonu ‘i he ngeia, ka ko ‘ene ‘afio, ko e ‘ū masani hono kotoa.