ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Ma’asi 21, 2022 

FAITH THE JEWEL

KO E TUI KO E SIUELI

MATTHEW 15:28

Jesus said to her, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed at that moment.

MATIU 15:28

Pea tali ‘e Sīsū ‘o ne pehē kiate ia, Fefine, tā ‘oku lahi ho‘o tui; ‘e fai ma‘au ‘a e me‘a ‘oku ke loto ki ai. Pea na‘e mo‘ui ‘ene ta‘ahine mei he feitu‘ula‘ā ko ia.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

Jesus Christ always puts faith in the seat of honor. When that poor woman came whose daughter was ill, He said, "O woman, great is thy faith!" He might have said, "Woman, great is thy love," for it was great love that made her force her way through the crowd and speak on her daughter's behalf, or "Great is thy patience," for when He called her "dog," she still stuck to Him, and would not depart; or He might have said, “Great is thy courage," for she said, “Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs.” Or He might have said, “Great is thy wisdom," for she was a wise woman to extract sweets out of the bitters, and to say, "Truth, Lord, but the dogs eat of the crumbs.”

But He overlooks all that and says, "Great is thy faith.” Well, if Christ thinks so much of faith, ought we not to esteem it most highly? Is it possible to think too highly of that jewel which Christ reckons to be the most valuable?

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘Oku hiki ma’u pe ‘e Sisu ‘a e tui´ ‘o ‘ave ki he nofo’anga fakalangilangi. ‘I he taimi na’e ha’u ai ‘a e fefine na’e puke ‘ene tama´, na’a ne pehee ange, “Fefine, ta ‘oku lahi ho’o tui!” Na’a ne malava pe ke pehee ange, “Fefine, ta ‘oku lahi ho’o ‘ofa,” he ko ha ‘ofa hulu na’a ne kouna ‘a e fefine´ ke tutui atu he fu’u kakai´ ke fai ha tautapa ma’a hono ‘ofefine; pe, “Ta ‘oku lahi ho’o kataki,” he ko e taimi na’e ui ai ia ko e “kuli” (hufanga he fakatapu), na’a ne kei tuiaki pe ‘o ‘ikai te ne holomui; pe ko ha’a ne pehe ange, “Ta ‘oku lahi ho’o loto lahi,” ko ‘ene tali ange, “ka ‘oku tufi momo pe ‘a e fanga kuli.” Pe, na’a ne mei pehee ange, “Ta ‘oku lahi ho’o poto,” he ko ha fefine poto ia ke ne to’o ‘a e me’a ‘oku melie´ mei he kona´, he’ene pehee, “Ka na‘e fai, ‘Eiki; he ‘oku kai ‘a e fanga kulī foki he ngaahi momo ‘oku ngangana mei he tēpile ‘a honau ‘eiki.”

Ka na’a ne sio fakalaka ‘i he ‘uuni me’a ko ia kotoa ‘o ne pehē ange, “Ta ‘oku lahi ho’o tui.” Ko ia ai, kapau ‘oku pehe ni ‘a e finangalo ‘o Kalaisi fekau’aki mo e tui´, me’a ni, ‘oku totonu ke pehee mo kitautolu, ke tau hiki ‘a e tui ki he tu’unga ma’olunga taha? Te tau lava nai ke toe fakasi’isi’i ‘a ‘etau fakahikihiki’i ‘a e fo’i siueli ko eni, na’e fakahaa’i ‘e Sisu ‘oku ope atu hono mahu’inga?