ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Sune 12, 2022

THE POWER LIES IN GRACE

KO E MA’U’ANGA IVI, ‘OKU TU‘U ‘I HE KELESI

LUKE 17:5-6

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” But the Lord said, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you.

LUKE 17:5-6

Pea lea ‘a e kau ‘Aposetolo ki he ‘Eiki, Ke ke fakalahi ‘emau tui. Pea folofola ‘e he ‘Eiki, Ka ne ai ha‘amou tui, ‘o tatau mo e fo‘i tenga‘i mūsita hono lahi, pea ‘i ha‘amou kamata lea ki he fu‘u fiki moli ni, Fei mo mata‘aki koe, pea hiki ‘o tu‘u ‘i tahi, kuo ne fai leva ‘o hangē ko ho‘omou tala.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

Grace is the powerful engine, and faith is the chain by which the carriage of the soul is attached to the great motive power. The peace within the soul is not derived from the contemplation of our own faith; it comes to us from Him who is our Peace, the hem of whose garment faith touches, and virtue comes out of Him into the soul.

See then, dear friend, that the weakness of your faith will not destroy you. A trembling hand may receive a golden gift. The Lord's salvation can come to us though we have only faith as a grain of mustard seed. The power lies in the grace of God, and not in our faith. Great messages can be sent along slender wires, and the peace-giving witness of the Holy Spirit can reach the heart by means of a thread-like faith which seems almost unable to sustain its own weight. Think more of Him to whom you look than of the look itself.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e Kelesi, ko e misini malohi fau, pea ko e Tui, ‘a e seini ‘oku ne ha’i ‘a e saliote ki he misini malohi fau ko ia. Ko e nonga ‘i he laumalie, ‘oku ‘ikai ma’u mei he’ete nofo ‘o fakalaulauloto ki he’ete tui pe ‘a’ata; ka ‘oku ha’u ia kiate kitautolu meiate Ia, he ko e Pilinisi ia ‘o e Melino, ‘a e kapa ‘o e kofu ‘oku ala atu ki ai ‘a e tui, pea tafe mei ai ‘a e koloa ki hotau laumalie. 

Tokanga leva ki ai, si’oku ngaahi kaungame’a, na’a hoko ‘a e vaivai ho’o tui ko ha me’a ke ke mole ai. Ko ha nima ‘oku tetetete, ‘oku ne kei malava pe ke ma’u ha me’a’ofa koula. Ko e fakamo’ui ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku malava ke tau ma’u, neongo ‘oku si’i ‘etau tui hange ha tenga’i musita. Ko ivi mo e mafai ‘oku ‘i he kelesi ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘o ‘IKAI ko ‘etau TUI. ‘Oku malava pe ki ha popoaki lahi ke ‘ave ‘i ha fo’i uaea fo si’i, pea ko e fakamo’oni fakanonga ‘a e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni ‘oku malava ke a’u tonu ki he lotoo ‘i ha tui ‘oku fo si’i hange ha filo, neongo ‘ene ngali feifeiavale.  Tu’u ho’o falala ‘iate IA ‘oku ke sio fakamama’u ki ai, ‘oku ‘ikai ko ho’o siofi pe ho’o sio fakamama’u.