ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Okatopa 7, 2022

THE INFINITE LOVE OF CHRIST

KO E ‘OFA TA’EFAKANGATANGATA ‘A KALAISI

1 JOHN 4:19

We love because he first loved us.

1 SIONE 4:19

‘Oku tau ‘ofa ‘e kitautolu, koe‘uhi na‘e tomu‘a ‘ofa ‘e he ‘Ene ‘Afio kiate kitautolu.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

There is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus Himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, all our love to God must spring. This must ever be a great and certain truth, that we love Him for no other reason than because He first loved us. Our love to Him is the fair offspring of His love to us.

Cold admiration, when studying the works of God, anyone may have, but the warmth of love can only be kindled in the heart by God's Spirit. How great the wonder that such as we should ever have been brought to love Jesus at all! How marvelous that when we had rebelled against Him, He should, by a display of such amazing love, seek to draw us back. No! Never should we have had a grain of love toward God unless it had been sown in us by the sweet seed of His love to us.

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘Oku ‘ikai ha maama ‘i he palanite ka ko ia pe ‘oku ma’u mei he la’aa; pea ‘oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha ‘ofa mo’oni kia Sisu ‘i he loto ‘o e tangata ka ko ia pe ne tomu’a hifo mei a Sisu Kalaisi.  Mei he fauniteni mapunopuna ‘o e ‘ofa ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku ake ‘a e kotoa ‘o e ‘ofa ‘oku tau ma’u mei he ‘Otua mei ai.  Ko e mo’oni lahi mo pau eni, he ‘oku tau ‘ofa kiate Ia ‘o ‘ikai ke makatu’unga ‘i ha me’a ka koe’uhi he na’a ne tomu’a ‘ofa’i kitautolu.  Ko ‘etau ‘ofa kiate Ia ko e ola pe ia ‘o ‘ene ‘ofa’i kitautolu.

Ko e tokanga ‘a ha taha ki he ‘Otua ‘i ha’ane ako ki he ngaahi ngaue ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku malava pe ia ke ma’u ‘e ha taha, ka ko e mafana ‘a e ‘ofa ‘oku toki tafunaki pe ia ‘i loto ‘e he Laumālie ‘o e ‘Otua.  Ko ha toki me’a fakaofo ‘a hono ‘omi kitautolu ketau lava ketau ‘ofa kia Sisu.  Pea ‘ikai fakaofo mo’oni ‘i he taimi na’a tau angatu’u ai kiate Ia, na’a ne fakahaa’i ‘a e lahi faufau ‘o ‘ene ‘ofa, ‘i he’ene kumi ke tohoaki kitautolu kiate Ia.  ‘Ikai ‘aupito.  Na’e ta’emalava ke ‘i ai ha momo’i ‘ofa ‘iate kitautolu ki he ‘Otua ka ne ta’e’oua ‘ene tomu’a tō ‘a e tenga fungani ‘o ‘ene ‘ofa ‘iate kitautolu.