ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Epeleli 17, 2022 

BY FAITH WE APPREHEND

‘OKU FOU ‘I HE TUI, ‘ETAU MA’U ‘A E MAHINO

1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-10

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

1 KOLINITO 2:9-10

Ka na‘e mo‘oni pē ‘a e lau ‘a e Tohi, Ko e ngaahi me‘a kuo ‘ikai mātā ‘e ha mata, pe fanongoa ‘e ha telinga, pe ake ki he loto ‘o ha tangata; ‘io, ‘a e ngaahi fu‘u me‘a kuo teuteu ‘e he ‘Otua ma‘a e kakai ‘oku ‘ofa kiate ia– ka ko e ngaahi me‘a ko ia, kuo faka‘ilo ‘e he ‘Otua kiate kimautolu ‘i hono Laumālie: he ko e Laumālie ‘oku ne hakule ‘a e me‘a kotoa pē, ‘io, ‘a e ngaahi loloto ‘o e ‘Otua.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

It is in vain for any to reason as philosophers on the workmanship of the world, except those who, having been first humbled by the preaching of the Gospel, have learned to submit the whole of their intellectual wisdom (as Paul expresses it) to the foolishness of the cross (1 Corinthians 1:21). Nothing shall we find, I say, above or below, which can raise us up to God, until Christ shall have instructed us in His own school.

Yet this cannot be done, unless we, having emerged out of the lowest depths, are borne up above all heavens, in the chariot of His cross, that there by faith we may apprehend those things which the eye has never seen, the ear never heard, and which far surpass our hearts and minds. For the earth, with its supply of fruits for our daily nourishment, is not there set before us; but Christ offers Himself to us unto life eternal.

JOHN CALVIN

‘Oku ta’e’aonga ha feinga ‘a e kau poto faka-filosefa ‘o mamani ke nau fakamatala’i ‘a e ngaahi me’a fakalaumalie, kae’oua kuo tomu’a fakavaivai’i kinautolu ‘e he Kosipeli, ke nau tulolo ki he ngali vale ‘o e kolosi (1 Kolinito 1:21). ‘E ‘ikai te tau ma’u ha me’a ‘i langi pe ko mamani, kae’oua ke ako’i kitautolu ‘e Kalaisi ‘i hono ako’anga.

‘Oku toki malava pe eni ke hoko, ‘okapau te tau toki hifo ki he takele, pea toki ‘ohake kitautolu ki he ngaahi lahi, ‘i he saliote ‘o e kolosi, pea ‘oku fou ‘i he TUI, ‘a ‘etau toki mahino’i ‘a e ngaahi me’a kuo te’eki mamata ki ai ‘a e mata, pe fanongo ki ai hotau telinga, pea ope atu ‘i hotau loto mo e ‘atamai. Ko e naunau ‘o e mamani ko eni, kuo folahi ‘i hotau ‘ao; pea kuo foaki kakato ‘e Kalaisi Ia ma’a kitautolu ki he mo’ui ta’engata.