ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Okatopa 1, 2022

CHRIST GOVERNS ALL THINGS

‘OKU PULE ‘A KALAISI ‘I HE ME‘A KOTOA PE

ISAIAH 9:6

For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

‘AISEA 9:6

He kuo ‘alo‘i mai ha Tama, Kuo tuku mai ha Foha: Pea ‘e ‘i hono uma ‘a e pule‘anga. Pea ko e huafa ‘e ui‘aki Ko Fakaofo - ‘ene-fale‘i, ko e Helo-‘Otua, Ko e Tamai Ta‘engata, ko e ‘Eiki ‘o e Melino.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

Ye have heard, then, that our Lord Christ, after His crucifixion and death, arose from the dead, and ascended on high, and was translated into an immortal state - not that He sits idly in heaven above in self-sufficient happiness; rather He takes the kingdom in His hands, governs it, and is a King of whom all the prophets and the whole Scriptures testify.

Wherefore, let us believe that He is continually with us, and sitting in judgment; and let us not imagine that He sits idly on high, but that He, from above, observes and governs all things, as Paul saith to the Ephesians, and especially the things of His kingdom, which is the Christian faith. Wherefore, the kingdom of Christ must go on here among us upon earth. Concerning this kingdom, we have said that it is so appointed that we all must increase and become purer from day to day, and that it is not administered by force but by the preaching of the mouth, that is, by the Gospel.

MARTIN LUTHER

Kuo mou fanongo, ko hotau ‘Eiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, hili hono kalusefai mo hono telio, na’e toetu’u mei he pekia, pea ne ha’ele hake ki ‘olunga pea na’e liliu ia ki he ta’e’auha - pea ‘oku ‘ikai te ne nofo noa pe ‘i langi (tapu mo Ia) ‘i he fiemalie mo nonga; ka ‘oku Ne pukepuke ‘a e Pule’anga ‘i Hono to’ukupu, ‘o pule’i, he ko e Tu’i Ia ‘o e kotoa ‘o e kau palofita pea ‘oku fakamo’oni mai ki ai ‘a e Folofola.

Ko ia, ke tau tui ‘oku Ne kau mo kitautolu pea ‘oku Ne nofo ko e fakamaau; pea ‘oua te tau fakakaukau ‘oku ne ta’etokanga’i mai kitautolu, he ‘oku Ne tokaima’anga mo ne pule ki he me’a kotoa, ‘o hange ko e lau ‘a Paula ‘i he tohi ki ‘Efeso, felave’i mo tala ki Hono Pule’anga, ‘a ia ko e tui ia ‘a e Kalisitiane. ‘Io, ko e pule’anga ‘o Kalaisi ‘oku lolotonga ‘i mamani ‘o fe’ao mo kitautolu. ‘Ikai ko ia pe, ka kuo tu’utu’uni ke tau tupulaki ‘i he mo’ui ‘oku fakafo’ou faka’aho, pea ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha me’a ‘oku fai fakamalohi, ka ‘oku fou ‘i he fakamo’oni ‘a hotau loungutu, ‘io, ‘i hono malanga’i ‘o e Kosipeli.