ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Ma’asi 8, 2022 

THE CROSS IN THE FOREFRONT

FAKAMU‘OMU ‘A PE ‘A E KOLOSI

2 PETER 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

2 PITA 3:18

Ka mou tupu ai pē ‘i he kelesi, pea ‘i he ‘ilo‘i ‘o hotau ‘Eiki mo Fakamo‘ui ko Sīsū Kalaisi. Ke ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘a e kolōlia ‘i he taimi ni, ‘o a‘u ki he ‘aho ‘o ‘ītāniti.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

It is a main part of our religion humbly to accept what God has revealed. Perhaps the highest form of adoration possible, on this side the vale, is the bowing of our entire mental and spiritual being before the revealed mind of God; the kneeling of the understanding in that sacred presence whose glory causes angels to veil their faces. Let those who please to do so, worship science, reason, and their own clear judgments; it is our delight to prostrate ourselves before the Lord our God, and to say, "This God is our God forever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death."

Rally to the old standard. Fight to the death for the old Gospel, for it is your life. Whatever forms of expression you may use as you advance in knowledge, ever keep the cross of Jesus Christ in the forefront, and let all the blessed truths which gather around it be heartily maintained.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e konga mahu’inga ‘o ‘etau lotu, ke tau tali mo e loto fakatokilalo ‘a e ‘uuni me’a kuo fakaha mai ‘e he ‘Otua. Te tau pehee, ko e fakahikihiki ma’olunga taha te tau ala fai, ‘i he tu’a puipui ‘o e taimi lolotonga, ko ‘etau talolo hotau ‘atamai mo e laumalie ‘i he ‘apasia mo’oni ki he finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua kuo ne fakaha mai kiate kitautolu; ko e pelu tui ‘a hotau ‘atamai fakaetangata ‘i he ‘ao tapuha ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio, ko ha langilangi ‘oku ope atu, he ‘oku fu mata ‘a e kau ‘angelo ‘o langi ‘i hono ‘u masani. Tuku noa’i pe ‘a kinautolu ‘oku nau fakahikihiki’i ‘a e saienisi, mo e ‘enau faka’uhinga, mo honau ngaahi poto fakaetangata; ka ko kitautolu, ke hu’u hotau loto ke tulolo ‘i he ‘ao ‘o e ‘Eiki ko hotau ‘Otua, pea tau pehe, “He koe ‘Otua ni ko ho tau ‘Otua ‘o lauikuoga pea ta’engata: te ne tauhi ‘akitautolu o a‘u ki he mate” (Saame 48:14 paaki ‘a Uesi).

Toe foki ‘o fakamanatu ‘a e ngaahi makatu‘unga mu’a. Taukave ki he mate ‘a e koosipeli ‘o ono’aho, he ko ho mo’ui’anga ia. Pea neongo pe ko e ha ha tu’unga ‘e a’u ki ai ho’o ‘ilo, fakamu’omu’a pe ‘a e kolosi ‘o Sisu Kalaisi, pea ke tu’uma’u ‘o tauhi ‘a e ngaahi mo’oni ‘oku nau poupou’i.