ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Akosi 7, 2022

TREASURES OF DIVINE GRACE

KO E KOLOA ‘O E KELESI FAKA-LANGI

PHILIPPIANS 2:9

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

FILIPAI 2:9

Ko hono ō pē ia foki na‘e mātu‘aki hākeaki‘i ai ia ‘e he ‘Otua, mo ne foaki kiate ia ha hingoa ‘oku mā‘olunga ‘i he hingoa kotoa pē:

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

When our minds rise to a confident anticipation of righteousness, salvation, and glory, let us learn to turn them to Christ. We still lie under the power of death, but He, raised from the dead by heavenly power, has the dominion of life. We labor under the bondage of sin and, surrounded by endless vexations, are engaged in a hard warfare (1 Timothy 1:18). But He, sitting at the right hand of the Father, exercises the highest government in heaven and earth, and triumphs gloriously over the enemies whom He has subdued and vanquished. We lie here mean and despised; but to Him has been "given a name" (Philippians 2:9) which angels and men regard with reverence, and devils and wicked men with dread. We are pressed down here by the scantiness of all our comforts, but He has been appointed by the Father to be the sole Dispenser of all blessings.

For these reasons, we shall find our advantage in directing our views to Christ, that in Him, as in a mirror, we may see the glorious treasures of divine grace.

JOHN CALVIN

Ko e taimi ‘oku ake ai ‘i he’etau fakakaukau ‘a e ‘amanaki ki he ma’oni’oni, fakamo’ui mo e langilangi, tuku mu’a ke tataki ‘etau tokanga kia Kalaisi. ‘Oku tau kei nofo ‘i he malumalu ‘o e ivi ‘o mate, ka ko Ia, na’e fokotu’u mei he mate ‘e he mafai mei Langi, ‘oku ne aoniu ‘a e mo’ui. ‘Oku tau ngaue ‘i he ngaahi ha’iha’isia ‘a e angahala pea ‘akiloa kitautolu ‘e hotau ngaahi vaivaia’anga mo tau kau ki he milimilisino fakalaumalie malohi (1 Timote 1:18). Ka ko Ia, ‘oku ne ‘afio ‘i he To’omata’u ‘o e Tamai, ‘oku ne pule ki hevani mo mamani, he kuo ne ikuna’i kafakafa hono ngaahi fili. ‘Oku tau kei ‘i mamani, ko e koto vaivai mo e fehi’anekina; ka ko Ia, ‘e “foaki kiate Ia ha Huafa” (Filipai 2:9) ‘e punou ki ai ‘a e kau ‘angelo mo e tangata pea ‘e teteki ki ai ‘a e fanga tevolo mo e kau fai kovi. ‘Oku fetekeekina kitautolu ‘i heni ko e tulia ‘o e ngaahi me’a fakataimi, ka kuo fakanofo Ia ‘e he Tamai ko e Tokotaha ke ne tufa mai ‘a e ngaahi tapuaki kotoa pe. 

Ko e ‘uhinga ia, ‘oku kau lelei ai kiate kitautolu ke hu’u ‘etau tokanga kia Kalaisi, he ko Ia tokotaha pe, ‘o hange ko ha’atau mamata ki ha sio’ataa, te tau lava ai ke sio ki he naunau ‘o e ngaahi koloa ‘o e kelesi faka-Langi.