ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Ma’asi 1, 2022 

JUST AS THE BIBLE SAYS

TATAU TOFU PE MO E TALA ‘A E TOHITAPU

LUKE 2:20 KJV

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

LUKE 2:20

Pea foki atu ‘a e kau tauhi sipi, mo nau fakafeta‘i mo fakamālō ki he ‘Otua; koe‘uhi ko e ngaahi me‘a na‘a nau fanongo ki ai, pea mo ia na‘a nau mātā, ‘oku na tuha mo e me‘a na‘e tala mai.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

If you have seen Jesus with the God-giving sight of faith, suffer no cobwebs to linger among the harp strings, but loud to the praise of sovereign grace, awake your psaltery and harp. One point for which (the shepherds) praised God was the agreement between what they had heard and what they had seen. Observe the last sentence-"As it was told unto them." Have you not found the Gospel to be in yourselves just what the Bible said it would be? Jesus said He would give you rest—have you not enjoyed the sweetest peace in Him? He said you should have joy, and comfort, and life through believing in Him-have you not received all these? Are not His ways of pleasantness, and His paths of peace? Surely you can say with the queen of Sheba, "The half has not been told me" (1 King 10:7).

I have found Christ more sweet than His servants ever said He was. I looked upon His likeness as they painted it, but it was a mere daub compared with Himself; for the King in His beauty outshines all imaginable loveliness.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Kapau kuo ke mamata kia Sisu ‘aki ‘a e mata ‘o e tui kuo ‘atu ‘e he ‘Otua, ‘oua te ke nofo mūnoa ai, ka ke kalangaekina le’o lahi ‘a ‘ene kelesi aoniu, fai ha hiva mo ta ha’ape ki ai. Ko e poini mahu’inga na’e tu’unga ai ‘a e fakafeta’i ‘a e kau tauhisipi, ko e tatau ‘a e me’a na’a nau ongona´ mo e me’a na’a nau mamata ki ai; “ ‘oku na tuha mo e me’a na’e tala.” Kuo ke fakamo’oni’i ‘a e  koosipeli ‘o fakatatau ki he lau ‘a e Tohitapu? Talamai ‘e Sisu te ne ‘atu ha malōlō - ‘oku ke ma’u ‘a e mo’ui nonga makehe ‘iate Ia? Na’a ne talamai, te ke ma’u ‘a e fiefia, fiemalie mo e mo’ui ‘i ho’o tui falala kiate Iaa - kuo ke ma’u ‘a e ngaahi me’a ni? ‘Ikai, ‘oku fungani mo lelei ‘a hono ngaahi ‘alunga? ‘Io, te ke lea fakataha mo e Kuini ‘o Sipa, “pea tā ko e vaeua na‘e ‘ikai tala mai” (1 Tu’i 10:7).

‘Oku ‘ikai toe loi ‘a e mahulu hake ‘a e vovo ‘o Kalaisi ‘o hono ongoongo. ‘Oku ou vakai ki hono ‘ata ‘oku ta valivali, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ha kakunga mo hono ‘ata mo’oni; he ko e langilangi mo e naunau ‘o e Tu’i, ‘oku ope atu ‘a hono faka’ofo’ofa ‘i he fakakaukau ‘a e tangata.