ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Ma’asi 18, 2022

THE LIFEBLOOD OF FAITH

KO E TAFENGA MO’UI ‘O E TUI

PSALM 55:22

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

SAAME 55:22

Lī ho‘o kavenga kia Sihova, He te ne poupou koe ‘e ia: ‘E ‘ikai te ne tuku ‘a e mā‘oni‘oni ke ue‘ia ‘o ta‘engata.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

Trust is the lifeblood of faith; there is no saving faith without it. The Puritans were accustomed to explain faith by the word "recumbency." It meant leaning upon a thing. Lean with all your weight upon Christ. It would be a better illustration still if I said, fall at full length, and lie on the Rock of Ages. Cast yourself upon Jesus; rest in Him; commit yourself to Him. That done, you have exercised saving faith.

Faith is not a blind thing, for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing, for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing, for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation. That is one way of describing what faith is. Let me try again. Faith is believing that Christ is what He is said to be, and that He will do what He has promised to do, and then to expect this of Him.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e FALALA, ko e tafenga mo’ui ia (toto mo’ui) ‘o e TUI. ‘Oku ‘ikai ha tui fakamo’ui te ne ta’e ma’u eni. Na’e fakamatala’i ‘e he kau Pulitani ‘a e tui, ‘aki ‘a e fo’i lea ko e “faka tokoto”. Na’e ‘uhinga ki ha me’a ‘oku fakafalala ki ha me’a. Falala kakato ho pauni kia Kalaisi. ‘E toe lava pe keu toe ngaue’aki ‘a e fakataataa ko eni; hinga lafalafa, pea ke to ki he Maka Lauikuonga. Li atu koe kia Sisu; malolo ‘iate Ia; hiki mo e faliki kiate Ia. Pea ‘i ho’o fai ia, kuo ke fakahoko ‘a e TUI ‘oku iku ki he Fakamo’ui.

Ko e tui, ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha me’a ‘oku fai kuikui, he ‘oku tomu’a kamata ‘a e tui ‘aki ‘a e ‘ilo. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko ha me’a ‘oku fakamahamahalo, he ko e tui ‘oku ‘oku ne tali ‘a e ngaahi mo’oni ‘oku tefito ‘i he ngaahi makatu’unga pau. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko ha me’a ‘oku fai noa pe ko ha fo’i misi, he ‘oku hiki fu’u ‘a e falala ‘a e tui ‘o fakama’u hono kaha’u ki he mo’oni ‘o e ngaahi fakahame’a. Ko e taha ia ‘o e ngaahi fakamatala ‘o e tui. Tuku ke u toe fakalea pehe ni. Ko e tui, ko ‘ete falala ki he ngaahi me’a kuo tala ‘e Kalaisi kau kiate Ia ko e mo’oni kotoa ia, pea te ne fai ‘a e me’a kotoa kuo ne palomesi te ne fakahoko, pea ke tau nofo ‘amanaki te ne fakahoko kotoa ia ‘o fakatatau ki he’ene folofola.