ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Okatopa 17, 2022 

WHAT KIND OF MAN IS THIS?

KO E TANGATA HA ENI?

MATTHEW 8:27

The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

MATIU 8:27

Pea ofo ‘a e kau tangata ‘o nau pehē, Ko e tangata hā ‘eni! He na‘a mo e matangi mo e tahi, ‘oku na fakaongo kiate ia!

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe    

Soon after the world was created, and from age to age, He has been doing great things, bringing events to pass, accomplishing wonders without number, often overturning the world in order to do it. He has been causing everything in the state of mankind, and all revolutions and changes in the habitable world, from generation to generation, to be subservient to this great design. Surely this must be some great and extraordinary person, and a great work indeed it must needs be, about which He is coming.

We read (Matthew 21:8-10) when Christ was coming into Jerusalem, and multitudes ran before Him, having cut down branches of palm trees, and strewed them in the way; and others spread their garments in the way, crying, "Hosanna to the Son of David," that the whole city was moved, saying, "Who is this?" They wondered who that extraordinary person should be, that there should be such preparation made on occasion of His coming into the city.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

‘i he hili pe ‘a hono fakatupu ‘o mamani´, pea mei he kuonga ki he kuonga, naʻe fakahāhā ai pe ‘e he ‘Otua´ hono ivi lahi´ ‘o fou ‘i he ngaahi fītaʻa fakatalutalu ‘i he ‘univeesi´, ‘o a’u pe ki he’ene liukava ‘a e ngaahi pule’anga ke fakaeʻa ai hono mafi´. Naʻe fuoloa kāliu pe ‘a e fai meʻa fakaofo ‘a e ‘Otua´ ‘i mamani ‘i he ngaahi toʻutangata´ ke fakamahino ‘oku laloʻaoa ‘a e meʻa kotoa kiate Ia. Ko ha toki tokotaha makehe mo fungani eni, pea ko ha ngaue lahi faufau ‘e fiemaʻu ke fakahoko ke teuteu ki heʻene hoko mai.

‘Oku tau lau ‘ia Matiu 21:8-10, ‘i he hū ‘a Kalaisi ki Selusalema´, naʻe ʻaukolo mai ‘a e kakai ‘o nau tutuʻu hifo ‘a e laʻi paame´ ‘o fola ‘i he hala´ pea fola ‘i he niʻihi honau ngaahi pulupulu´ ‘o nau kalanga: “Hosana ki he Hako ‘o Tevita,” pea naʻe feʻekenaki ‘e he fuʻu kakai´, “pe ko hai ‘a e tangata ni?” Naʻa nau fifili pe ko hai ‘a e tokotaha makehe ko eni, ke fai ai ha fuʻu teuteu mo ha talitali pehee fau ki heʻene hoko mai ki he kolo´.