ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Akosi 10, 2022 

NOTHING BUT CHRIST

‘IKAI HA TOE TAHA, KO KALAISI PE

1 CORINTHIANS 2:2

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

1 KOLINITO 2:2

He na‘e ‘ikai te u tu‘utu‘uni mo ha me‘a ke u ‘ilo ki ai ‘i homou lotolotonga, ko Sīsū Kalaisi pē, pea na‘a mo ia ko hono kalusefai pē.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko e Kalasi pe   

From his first sermon to his last, Paul preached Christ, and nothing but Christ. He lifted up the cross and extolled the Son of God who bled thereon. Follow his example in all your personal efforts to spread the glad tidings of salvation, and let "Christ and him crucified" be your ever-recurring theme.

The Christian should be like those lovely spring flowers which, when the sun is shining, open their golden cups, as if saying, "Fill us with Thy beams!" but when the sun is hidden behind a cloud, they close their cups and droop their heads. So should the Christian feel the sweet influence of Jesus; Jesus must be his Sun, and he must be the flower which yields itself to the Sun of Righteousness.

Oh! To speak of Christ alone, this is the subject which is both "seed for the sower, and bread for the eater." This is the live coal for the lip of the speaker, and the master key to the heart of the hearer.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Mei he’ene fuofua malanga ki he’ene malanga faka’osi, na’e malanga’i ‘e Paula ‘a Kalaisi, ‘io, ‘a Kalaisi tokotaha pe. Na’a ne hiki hake ‘a e kolosi ‘o ne fakalangilangi’i ‘a e ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua na’e lilingi hono ta’ata’aa ai. Muimui ‘i he sipinga na’a ne taa, ‘i ho’o taukave ke fakamafola ‘a e ongoongo lelei ‘o e fakamo’ui, pea ke kei hoko ‘a “Kalaisi mo hono kalusefai” ko ho’o kaveinga fisifisimu’a.

Ko e Kalisitiane, ‘oku hange ko e matala’i’aku ‘i hono taimi matala, ‘i he ulo mai ‘a e la’aa, ‘oku mafola atu hono matalaa hangee ha ipu ‘oku ne pehee atu, “fakafonu kimautolu ‘aki ho huelo.” Ka ‘i he taimi ‘oku puli ai ‘a e la’aa, ‘oku nau tapuni kotoa ‘o mapelu ai pe honau ‘ulu. Ke pehee ‘a e mo’ui ‘a e Kalisitiane ‘i he lave mai ‘a e manongi ‘o Sisuu; ko Sisu ‘a hono La’aa, pea ke ne hangee ko e matala’i’akau ‘oku hanga ki he La’aa ‘o e Ma’oni’oni.

‘Oi! Ke tau lea’aki pe ‘a Kalaisi tokotaha pe! Ko e kaveinga eni, ke hoko ko e “tenga ki he tangata tutuu’i pea mo e ma ki he tokotaha fiekaia.” Ko e malala’i afi ki he tangata malanga, pea mo e ki pule ki he loto ‘o e kau fanongoo.