ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Akosi 30, 2022

THE GLORY OF THE TRINITY

KO E LANGILANGI ‘O E TOLU-TAHA’I-’OTUA

JOHN 13:31

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him

SIONE 13:31

Pea kuo ne ‘alu atu ki tu‘a, pea folofola ‘a Sīsū, Ko eni kuo fakalāngilangi‘i ‘a e Fanautama ‘a Tangata, pea kuo fakalāngilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otua ‘iate ia:

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko e Kalasi pe   

In all this God designed to accomplish the glory of the blessed Trinity in an eminent degree. God had a design of glorifying Himself from eternity; yea, to glorify each person in the Godhead. The end must be considered as first in order of nature, and then the means; and therefore we must conceive that God having professed this end, had then as it were the means to choose; and the principal mean that He adopted was this great work of redemption. It was His design in this work to glorify his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; and by the Son to glorify the Father: John 13:31-32: "Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him." It was His design that the Son should thus be glorified, and should glorify the Father by what should be accomplished by the Spirit to the glory of the Spirit, that the whole Trinity, conjunctly, and each person singly, might be exceedingly glorified.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

Ko e fokotu’utu’u ‘a e ‘Otua ke ne fakakakato ‘a e langilangi toputapu ‘o e Tolutaha’i ‘Otua ‘i ha founga makehe ‘aupito.  Na’e fokotu’utu’u ‘e he ‘Otua ke ne fakalangilangi’i ‘e ia Ia talu mei ‘Itaniti; pea ke fakalangilangi’i foki mo e pesona ‘o e tolutaha’i ‘Otua.  Ko hono iku’anga na’e taau ke fatu ‘o fakatatau ki he fokotu’utu’u ‘o e natula ‘o e ‘Otua, pea pehē ki hono founga fakahoko; ‘i he’ene pehē, te tau vavalo ‘i he hili hono palani ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a hono fakakato ‘a ‘ene kaveinga, na’e fatu foki mo e founga ke fakahoko ‘aki; pea ko e founga taupotu na’a ne fili ko e ngaue kaafakafa ‘o e huhu’i ‘o e tangata.  Ko ‘ene palani haohaoa ke fakalangilangi’i ‘a hono ‘Alo tofu pe ‘e taha ko Sisu Kalaisi; pea ke fakalangilangi’i ‘e he ‘Alo ‘a e Tamai: Sione 13:31-32: 31Pea kuo ne ‘alu atu ki tu‘a, pea folofola ‘a Sīsū, Ko eni kuo fakalāngilangi‘i ‘a e Fanautama ‘a Tangata, pea kuo fakalāngilangi‘i ‘a e ‘Otua ‘iate ia: 32pea ‘e fakalāngilangi‘i ia ‘e he ‘Otua ‘i he ‘ene ‘Afio, pea ‘e vave ni ‘ene fakalāngilangi‘i ia. Ko ‘ene palani ke fakalangilangi’i ‘a e ‘Alo pea ke fakalangilangi’i foki pea mo e Tamai ‘i hono fakahoko ‘e he Laumālie ki he langilangi ‘o e Laumālie, pea ko e kotoa ‘o e Tolu taha’i ‘Otua, ke nau ma’u ‘a e langilangi taautaha ‘iate kinautolu pe pea toe falute ke nau fakataha ai ‘o fema’uma’utaha ai.