ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu’apulelulu ‘Okatopa 13, 2022 

EQUAL WITH GOD

TU’UNGA TATAU MO E ‘OTUA

HEBREWS 1:3

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

HEPELU 1:3

ko e Toko Taha ‘a ia ko e ulo atu ‘o Hono lāngilangi, mo e ‘īmisi ‘o ko ne ‘Afio mo‘oni, mo ne pou pē ‘a e ‘univeesi ‘aki ‘a e folofola ‘a ‘Ene Māfimafi, pea ‘i he hili ‘ene feia ‘a e fakama‘a angahala, na‘a ne nofo hifo mei he to‘omata‘u ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘i ‘olunga;

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

The divinity of Christ, if judged by the works which are ascribed to Him in Scripture, becomes still more evident. When He said of Himself, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work," the Jews perceived that He was laying claim to divine power. And therefore, as John relates (John 5:18), they sought the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

What, then, will be our stupidity if we do not perceive from the same passage that His divinity is plainly instructed? To govern the world by His power and providence, and regulate all things by an energy inherent in Himself (this an apostle ascribes to Him, Hebrews 1:3), surely belongs to none but the Creator. Nor does He merely share the government of the world with the Father, but also each of the other offices, which cannot be communicated to creatures.

JOHN CALVIN

Ko e tu’unga ‘Otua ‘o Kalaisi, kapau ‘e sivi’aki ‘ene ngaahi ngaue ‘oku hā ‘i he folofola ‘oku hā mahino pe ia.  ‘I he’ene folofola fekau’aki mo ‘ene ngaue, “kuo ngaue ‘a ‘eku tamai ‘o a’u ki he taimi ni, pea ‘oku ou ngaue mo au foki” (Sione 5:17), na’e mahino ki he kau Siu ‘oku ne tala ko e ‘Otua ia.  Pea hiki ‘e Sione (Sione 5:18), na’e ‘āsili feinga ‘e he Ha’a Siu ke tamate’i ia, ‘ikai ngata pe ‘i he’ene maumau’i ‘a e Sapate, ka na’a ne tala ko e ‘Otua ko ‘ene Tamai, ‘o ‘uhinga ko Ia ‘oku tatau mo e ‘Otua.

Ko ia ai ko kitautolu ‘i he’etau lau ‘a e potu tohi ko ‘eni, ‘oku totonu ketau ma’u mo e mahino tatau ko e ‘Otua ‘a Sisu.  ‘Oku ne pule ki mamani ‘aki ‘a e mafai mo hono ivi fakapalovitenisi mo ne fokotu’utu’u ‘a e ‘uuni me’a kotoa pe ‘aki ‘a hono mafi ‘o hangē ko hono hiki ‘i he tohi Hepelu 1:3; ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha ivi fakaetangata eni ka ko e mafai pe ia ‘a e Fakatupu.  ‘Oku ne aoniu ‘i he ‘univeesi fakataha mo ‘ene Tamai, pea ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha lakanga eni ia ‘o ha me’a fakatupu.