ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tu’apulelulu Sepitema 1, 2022 

THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER

KO E SIASI ‘A E HUHU‘I

ISAIAH 28:16

Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be disturbed.

 ‘AISEA 28:16

Ko ia ko eni ‘a e folofola ‘a ‘Ātonai Sihova: Vakai, ko au eni kuo ‘ai ‘i Saione ha maka, ha maka sivi, ha maka tuliki mahu‘inga kuo fungani hono fakatoka: ko ia ‘oku tui ‘e ‘ikai ‘oho.

 Ko ia ‘oku behe ‘e he ‘Eiki ko Jihova, Vakai, ‘oku ou ‘ai ‘i Saione ‘a e maka tu’uga; ‘a e maka kuo ‘ahiahi‘i, ko e fugani maka tuliki, ko e tu’uga ma’u: ko ia ‘oku tui kiate ia ‘e ‘ikai bubutu’u ia (Paaki ‘a Uesi)

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

 The Old Testament church was not wholly without light, but had not the light of the sun directly, only as reflected. Now these prophets were the luminaries that reflected the light of the Sun; and accordingly they spoke abundantly of Jesus Christ, as appears by what we have of their prophecies in writing.

 And they made it very much their business, when they studied in their schools or colleges and elsewhere, to search out the work of redemption; agreeable to what the apostle Peter says of them, 1 Peter 1:10-11: "Of which salvation the prophets have inquired, and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you; searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow." We are told that the church of the Redeemer is built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles, the Redeemer himself being the chief Cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20).

 JONATHAN EDWARDS