ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Akosi 6, 2022 

A FOUNTAIN AND STREAM

KO E FAUNITENI MO E VAITAFE

JOHN 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

SIONE 4:10

Pea tali ‘e Sīsū ‘o ne me‘a ki ai, Ka ne ke ‘ilo ‘a e me‘a‘ofa ‘a e ‘Otua, pea ka ne ke ‘ilo pe ko hai ia ‘oku ne pehē atu, ‘Omi haku inu; pehē ko koe ne ke fai ‘a e kole kiate ia, pea kuo ne ‘atu ha vai mo‘ui.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

Faith occupies the position of a channel or conduit pipe. Grace is the fountain and the stream; faith is the aqueduct along which the flood of mercy flows down to refresh the thirsty sons of men. It is a great pity when the aqueduct is broken. It is a sad sight to see around Rome the many noble aqueducts which no longer convey water into the city, because the arches are broken and the marvelous structures are in ruins. The aqueduct must be kept entire to convey the current; and, even so, faith must be true and sound, leading right up to God and coming right down to ourselves, that it may become a serviceable channel of mercy to our souls.

Still, I again remind you that faith is only the channel or aqueduct, and not the fountainhead, and we must not look so much to it as to exalt it above the divine Source of all blessing, which lies in the grace of God.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e Tui, ko e senolo pe ia, pe ko ha paipa fakatafe. Ko e KELESI, ko e fauniteni ia mo e vai. KO e tui, ko e fakatafenga vai ia ‘oku tafe hifo ai ‘a e meesi, ke fakaai ‘a e fieinua ‘a e fa’ahinga ‘o e tangata. Pea ko ha toki me’a fakamamahi, ka faifaiange kuo maumau ‘a e ngaahi tafengavai. ‘Oku pehee ‘a Loma ‘i he ngaahi ‘aho ni, na’e talanoa’i ‘a hono ngaahi tafenga vai ‘i ono’aho, ka ‘oku ‘ikai te nau toe fakatafe ha vai ki loto kolo he ‘aho ni, he kuo maumau ‘a e ngaahi langa talaa ko eni. Ko e tafenga vai, kuopau ke tauhi lelei mo tokanga’i ke lava hono fatongia. ‘I he founga tatau, ko ‘etau tui, kuopau ke tau tauhi mo tokanga’i ke mo’oni mo tonunga, ke lava ‘ene ngaue ko e tataki kitautolu ki he taloni ‘o e ‘Otua pea ke toe hifo foki kiate kitautolu; ko e me’angaue ke fakafou ai ‘a e ‘a e meesi ki hotau laumalier.

KO ia ai, ‘oku ou toe fakamanatu atu, ko e Tui, ko e tafenga vai pe ia, ‘o ‘ikai ko e fauniteni ia. ‘E ‘ikai te tau sio ki he tui ‘o hiki hake ia ke ma’olunga ange ‘i he ma’unga’anga ‘o e ngaahi tapuaki kotoa pe, ‘a ia  ko e KELESI pe ‘a e ‘Otua.