ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Siulai 11, 2022 

THE FULLNESS OF HIS GRACE

KO E FONU ‘O ‘ENE KELESI 

JOHN 1:16

Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

SIONE 1:16

He na‘a tau ma‘u kotoa pē mei he‘ene fonu ko ia, ‘io, ‘o taufetongi he kelesi mo ha kelesi.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

We have the greater occasion to take notice of God's all sufficiency when all our sufficiency is thus every way of Him. We have the more occasion to contemplate Him as an infinite good, and as the fountain of all good. Such a dependence on God demonstrates God's all-sufficiency. So much as the dependence of the creature is on God, so much the greater does the creature's emptiness in himself appear to be; and so much the greater the creature's emptiness, so much the greater must the fulness of the Being be who supplies him.

Our having all of God shows the fullness of His power and grace; our having all through Him shows the fullness of His merit and worthiness; and our having all in Him demonstrates His fullness of beauty, love, and happiness. And the redeemed, by reason of the greatness of their dependence on God, haven't only so much the greater occasion but obligation to contemplate and acknowledge the glory and fullness of God.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

‘Oku taau ke lahi ange ‘etau tokanga ki he fe’unga ‘a e ‘Otua, he ‘oku tefito ‘iate Ia ‘a ‘etau ‘inasi ‘i he’ene fe’unga. ‘Oku lahi foki mo ‘etau tokanga ki he ‘Ene lelei ta’engata, he ko Ia ‘a e fauniteni ‘o e lelei kotoa pe. Ko ‘etau falala ki he ‘Otua, ‘oku ne faka’ali’ali ‘a e tu’unga fe’unga mo kakato ‘a e ‘Otua. Pea ko e lahi ange ‘a e falala ‘a e me’a fakatupu ki he ‘Otua, ko e mahino ange kiate ia ‘a ‘ene maha ‘ango’ango; pea ko e lahi ange ‘ene maha ‘ango’ango, ko e ha mahino ai pe ‘a e lahi fau mo e kakato ‘a e Tokotaha ‘oku ne tokonaki ki he’ene fiema’u. 

Ko ‘etau ma’u kotoa ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku ne fakaha mai ‘a e kanokato ‘a hono ivi mo ‘ene kelesi; ko ‘etau ma’u ‘a e me’a kotoa ‘iate Iaa, ‘oku ne fakaha mai ‘a e mafia mo e taau ‘a e ‘Otua; pea ko ‘etau ma’u ‘a e me’a kotoa ‘iate Iaa, ‘oku ne faka’ali’ali mai ‘a Hono masani, ‘a ‘Ene ‘ofa mo e fiefia. Pea ko e kau huhu’i, koe’uhi ko e lahi fau ‘a ‘enau falala ki he ‘Otua, ‘oku nau ma’u ‘a e faingamalie lahi ‘aupito ke nau laulotoa mo fakahaa’i ‘a e langilangi mo e fe’unga ‘a e ‘Otua.