ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sepitema 30, 2022

THE ETERNAL GODHEAD

KO E TOLU-TAHA’I-’OTUA LAU’ITANITI

ROMANS 9:33

just as it is written: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.”

LOMA 9:33

‘O hangē ko ia kuo tohi, Ko eni ‘oku ou ‘ai ‘i Saione ha maka tūkia‘anga, mo ha makatu‘u fakatupu fifisi: pea ko ia ‘oku tui kiate ia ‘e ‘ikai fakamaa‘i.

‘O hange ko ia kuo tohi, Vakai, ‘oku ou ‘ai ‘i Saione ‘a e maka tūkia’anga mo e maka faka’ita: bea ko ia ‘e tui kiate Ia ‘e ‘ikai te ne ma (Paaki ‘a Uesi)

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

Though the apostles spoke of Him after His appearance in the flesh as Mediator, every passage which I adduce will be sufficient to prove His eternal Godhead. And the first thing deserving of special observation is that predictions concerning the eternal God are applied to Christ. Isaiah prophesies that "the Lord of Hosts" shall be "for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence" (Isaiah 8:14). Paul asserts that this prophecy was fulfilled in Christ (Romans 9:33) and, therefore, declares that Christ is that Lord of Hosts.

In like manner, he says in another passage, "We shall all stand before the Judgment-seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." Since in Isaiah God predicts this of Himself (Isaiah 45:23), and Christ exhibits the reality fulfilled in himself, it follows that He is the very God, whose glory cannot be given to another.

JOHN CALVIN