ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Ma’asi 27, 2022 

AN INCREASE OF FAITH

KE FAKALAHI MAI HO’O TUI

MATTHEW 8:26

And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

MATIU 8:26

Pea pehē ‘e ia kiate kinautolu, ‘a e kau tui vaivai, ko e hā ‘oku mou lotosi‘i ai? Pea ne toki tu‘u ‘o lolomi ‘a e matangi mo e tahi, pea na‘e hoko ha tofu lahi.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

How can we obtain an increase of faith? This is a very earnest question to many. They say they want to believe, but cannot. A great deal of nonsense is talked upon this subject. Let us be strictly practical in our dealing with it. Common sense is as much needed in religion as anywhere else. "What am I to do in order to believe?" One who was asked the best way to do a certain simple act replied that the best way to do it was to do it at once. We waste time in discussing methods when the action is simple. The shortest way to believe is to believe.

If the Holy Spirit has made you candid, you will believe as soon as truth is set before you. You will believe it because it is true. The Gospel command is clear: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31). The order is plain; let it be obeyed. But still, if you have difficulty, take it before God in prayer. Tell the great Father exactly what it is that puzzles you, and beg Him by His Holy Spirit to solve the question.

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘E lava fē fē ke ke fakatupu ‘etau tui? Ko e fehu’i mahu’inga eni ki he tokolahi. ‘Oku nau talamai ‘oku nau fie tui, ka ‘oku ‘ikai te nau lava. ‘Oku toe lahi pe mo e ngaahi fakamatala noa’ia kau ki he kaveinga ko eni. Tuku ke tau fai ha lau fakamatoato mo mo’oni ki ai. Ko e founga ‘oku mahino ngofua ki he fakakaukau ‘oku fiema’u ke tau ngaue’aki, ‘o tatau pe ‘i he me’a fakalotu mo ha toe mala’e. “Ko e hā ‘eku me‘a ke fai ke u mo‘ui?” (Ngaue 16:29). Na’e fehu’i ange ki ha tokotaha pe ko e ha ‘a e founga lelei taha ki hono fai’aki ‘o ha fo’i ngaue, pea ne tali, ko hono fai leva ‘a e fo’i ngaue ko ia, ‘oua toe tatali. ‘Oku toe fakamole taimi hono talanoa’i ‘a e founga ngaue´, ka ko e ngaue´ ia ‘oku faingofua pe hono fakahoko. Ko e founga nounou taha ki he tui, ko e tui leva.

Kapau kuo faka’ā ‘e he Laumalie´ koe, te ke tui pe ‘i he taimi kuo tuku atu ai ‘a e mo’oni´ kiate koe. Te ke tui ki ai he ‘oku mo’oni. ‘Oku pau mo mahino ‘aupito ‘a e fekau ‘a e Kosipeli: “Tui falala ni ki he ‘Eiki ko Sīsū, pea te ke mo‘ui, ‘a koe mo ho fale” (Ngaue 16:31). Ko e tu’utu’uni ‘oku mahino; talangofua leva ki ai. Ka ‘okapau ‘oku ke kei faingata’aia pe ai, ‘ave ki he ‘Otua´ ‘i he lotu. Tala hangatonu ki he Tamai´ ‘a e me’a ‘oku ke tāla’a ai´, pea ke kole fakamatoato ki Hono Laumalie Ma’oni’oni´ ke ne solova ho’o tāla’aa´.