ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Siulai 1, 2022 

CONTINUAL GRACE

KO E KELESI ‘OKU TAFE TOULIKI

EXODUS 13:22 NKJV

He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

‘EKISOTO 13:22 

Na‘e ‘ikai te ne ‘ave ‘a e pou ‘ao, ‘aho, pe ko e pou afi, po‘uli, mei he ‘ao ‘o e kakai.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe    

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night" (Psalm 121:6) refers not to a single day, but to all ages. The statement of Moses, then, that "He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night" is a blessing which God extends to us, as well as to them, except only the visible symbol, which was temporary on account of the infirmity of the people.

As to his saying that God always appeared to them, that they might march by night as well as by day, he does not mean that they went on continually without any rest, since he had just before mentioned that their first station was in Succoth, from whence they encamped in Etham, but merely informs us that the flow of God's grace was continual: the token of His favor and protection shone forth no less amidst the darkness of the night than at midday itself.

JOHN CALVIN

“‘E ‘ikai taa‘i koe ‘e he la‘ā, ‘aho, Pe ko e māhina ‘i he pō” (Saame 121:6), na’e ‘ikai ‘uhinga ia ki ha fo’i ‘aho pe taha, ka ‘i he kuonga kotoa pe. Ko ia ai, ko e lea ‘a Mosese ‘o pehee, “Na‘e ‘ikai te ne ‘ave ‘a e pou ‘ao, ‘aho, pe ko e pou afi, po‘uli”, ko ha tapuaki ia ‘oku fakaa’u mai ‘e he ‘Otua kiate kitautolu, tukukehe pe ‘a e fakataataa fakamatelie, ko ha me’a fakataimi pe ia koe’uhi ko e tu’unga na’e ‘i ai ‘a e kakai ‘i he taimi ko ia. 

Pea ko e lea na’e pehee, na’e ha ma’u pe ‘a e ‘Otuaa kiate kinautolu, ‘o lava ke nau fononga po’uli mo ‘ahoo, na’e ‘ikai ‘uhinga na’a nau laka atu ‘o ‘ikai toe maloloo, he na’a ne fakamatala ki honau nofo’anga ‘i Sukote; ‘ikai ko ia pe, ka na’a nau kemi ‘i ‘Etani. Na’e ‘uhinga ‘a e fakalea ko eni, ke mahino kiate kitautolu ‘a e tafe touliki ‘a e kelesi ‘a e ‘Otua; ko e fuapau ‘o ‘Ene hoifua mo ‘Ene malu’i, ‘a ia na’e ulo po’uli pea maama ‘i he ho’ata malie foki.