ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Epeleli 4, 2022 

CLING TO CHRIST

PIKITAI KIA KALAISI

ROMANS 1:17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, The righteous shall live by faith.

LOMA 1:17

He ‘oku fakae‘a ‘i ai ha mā‘oni‘oni mei he ‘Otua, ‘oku kamata mei he tui, pea iku ki he tui; ‘o hangē ko e Folofola, Ko e mā‘oni‘oni te ne mo‘ui mei he tui.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

 

Thousands of God's people have no more faith than this: they know enough to cling to Jesus with all their heart and soul, and this suffices for present peace and eternal safety. Jesus Christ is to them a Savior strong and mighty, a Rock immovable and immutable; they cling to Him for dear life, and this clinging saves them.

Reader, cannot you cling? Do so at once. Faith is seen when one man relies upon another from a knowledge of the superiority of the other. This is a higher faith: the faith which knows the reason for its dependence, and acts upon it. I do not think the limpet [aquatic snail] knows much about the rock: but as faith grows it becomes more and more intelligent. A blind man trusts himself with his guide because he knows that his friend can see, and, trusting, he walks where his guide conducts him. If the poor man is born blind he does not know what sight is; but he knows that there is such a thing as sight, and that it is possessed by his friend and therefore he freely puts his hand into the hand of the seeing one, and follows his leadership. “We walk by faith, not by sight."

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘Oku lauiafe ‘a e kakai ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku lahi pehe ni pe ‘enau tui: ko e me’a pe ‘oku nau ‘ilo, ko ‘enau pikitai kia Sisu ‘aki ‘a e kotoa honau loto mo honau laumalie, pea ‘oku fe’unga ‘anoa pe ia ke nau ma’u ‘a e melino ki he mo’ui ko eni mo e hufanga ki ‘itaniti. Ko Sisu Kalaisi ko e Fakamo’ui malohi kaukaua, ko e Maka Tu’u ta’etoeue’ia; ‘oku nau pikitai kiate Ia ke nau mo’ui, pea ‘oku fakamo’ui kinautolu ‘i he’enau falala kiate Ia.

Ko koe ‘oku ke lau ‘a e tohi ni, me’a ni, ‘oku ‘ikai te ke pikitai mo koe? Fai leva ia he taimi ni. Ko e tui, ko e falala ‘a e tokotaha ki he ‘ilo (maama) ‘oku hulu hake ‘i ha tokotaha kehe. Ko e tui eni ia ‘oku toe ma’olunga ange: ko e tui ‘oku ne ‘ilo ‘a e ‘uhinga ‘o ‘ene falala, pea ne fai leva. ‘Oku ‘ikai te u tui ‘oku lahi ‘a e ‘ilo ‘a e limipeti (‘unufe nofo maka) ki he maka: ka ‘i he lahi ‘ene tui, ‘oku tupu ai mo ‘ene ‘ilo. Ko ha tangata kui, ‘oku ne falala ki he tokotaha ‘oku ne tataki ia, he ‘oku ne ‘ilo’i ‘oku sio ‘a hono kaume’a, pea ko ‘ene falala, ‘oku ne fononga ai ‘i he hala ‘oku tataki ai ia. Kapau na’e kui pe ‘a e tangata mei hono fa’ele’i, ‘oku ‘ikai te ne ‘ilo pe ko e me’a fe fe ‘a e mamata; ka ‘oku ne ‘ilo pe ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e me’a pehee he ‘oku ma’u ia ‘e hono kaume’aa. Ko ia ai, ‘oku ne loto lelei ke taki ia ‘e hono kaume’a ‘oku lava ke sio, pea ne muimui ‘i hono taki ia. “ ‘Oku tau laka he tui, ‘o ‘ikai fakamamata.”