ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Ma’asi 29, 2022 

GRASPING FAITH

PUKE NIMA ‘A E TUI

ISAIAH 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’'

‘AISEA 41:10

‘Oua ‘e manavahē, he ‘oku ou ‘iate koe ‘e au; ‘oua ‘e kilokilo holo, he ko ho ‘Otua au: te u poupou koe ‘e au; ‘io, te u tokoni kiate koe; ‘io, te u pukepuke koe ‘aki ‘a e to‘omata‘u ‘o ‘eku faitotonu.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

The faith which saves has its analogies in the human frame. It is the eye which looks. By the eye we bring into the mind that which is far away; we can bring the sun and the far-off stars into the mind by a glance of the eye. So by trust we bring the Lord Jesus near to us; and though He be far away in heaven, He enters into our heart. Only look to Jesus; for the hymn is strictly true: “There is life in a look at the Crucified One, there is life at this moment for thee."

Faith is the hand which grasps. When our hand takes hold of anything for itself, it does precisely what faith does when it appropriates Christ and the blessings of His redemption. Faith says, “Jesus is mine." Faith hears of the pardoning blood and cries, "I accept it to pardon me." Faith calls the legacies of the dying Jesus her own; and they are her own, for faith is Christ's heir; He has given Himself and all that He has to faith.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e tui ‘oku fakamo’ui´ ‘oku ma’u hono fakatātāa´ ‘i he sino ‘o e tangata. Ko e mata´ ‘oku malava ai ‘a e sio´. ‘Oku ‘omi ‘e he mata´ ki he ‘atamai´ ‘a e me’a ‘oku mama’o ‘aupito; ‘oku malava ke tau fusi mai ‘a e la’aa´ mo e ngaahi fetu’u mama’o fau´ ki hotau ‘atamai, ‘aki ‘etau fo’i hanga hake pe ki ai´. Ko ia ai, ko e ‘etau falala´, ‘oku ne ‘omi ‘a e ‘Eiki ko Sisuu´ ke ofi kiate kitautolu; pea neongo ‘oku ne mama’o meiate kitautolu ‘i hevani, ka ‘oku ne hufia hotau loto. Hanga hake pe kia Sisu; he ‘oku mo’oni ‘a e himi:  “‘Oku ‘i ai ‘a e mo’ui ‘i he’ete hanga hake kiate Ia na’e kalusefai, ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e mo’ui he momeniti ni ma’au.”

Ko e tui´, ko e nima ‘oku ne ala atu ke ma’u mai. Ko e taimi ‘oku ala ai hotau nima ke to’o mai ha me’a, ko e ngaue ia ‘oku fai ‘e he tui, ‘i he taimi ‘oku ne ala atu ai kia Kalaisi mo e ngaahi tapuaki ‘o e ‘Ene huhu’i. ‘Oku pehe mai ‘e he tui, “ ‘Oku ‘a’aku ‘a Sisu.” ‘Oku fanongo ‘a Tui ki he fakamolemole ‘o e ta’ata’a, pea ne kalanga, “ ‘Oku ou tali ia ke fakamolemole’i au.” ‘Oku lau ‘e tui ‘a e ngaahi mamahi ‘o e pekia ‘a Sisu, ko hono fakakoloa; pea ‘oku ‘a’ana ia, ko e ‘ea ia ‘o Kalaisi; Kuo ne foaki ‘e ia Ia mo e koloa ‘oku ‘A’ana ma’ae tui.