ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Okatopa 21, 2022 

THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS

KO E FAKATUPU ‘O E ME’A KOTOA PE

GENESIS 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

SENESI 1:1

‘I he kamata‘anga na‘e fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e ngaahi langi mo māmani

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe    

This is the fountainhead of my religion, to recognize God as the uncreated Creator of all things, who sole and alone has all things in His power and freely giveth us all things. They therefore overthrow this first foundation of faith who attribute to the creature what is the Creator's alone. For we confess in the creed that it is the Creator in whom we believe. It cannot, therefore, be the creature in whom we should put our trust.

Since we know that God is the Source and Creator of all things, it cannot be that we should understand that there is anything either before Him or along with Him that is not from Him. For if there could be anything which was not from Him, He would not be infinite, for He would not extend to where that other was that was outside of Him. Hence, though we see that in the Scriptures God is called Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, these are not different creatures or gods, but these three are one; the persons are three, but they are all and each one and the same God.

ULRICH ZWINGLI

Ko e fauniteni eni ‘o ‘eku lotu, ke u fakamo’oni ko  e ‘Otua ko e tokotaha fakatupu ia (na’e ‘ikai fakatupu ia ‘e ha toe tokotaha kehe), pea ko ia tokotaha pe ‘oku ne fālute ‘a e ‘uuni me’a kotoa ‘i he ‘Univeesi ‘aki hono maafimafi pea ‘oku ne foaki kiate kitautolu ‘a e me’a kotoa pe.  Ko ia ai ‘oku faka’ikai’i ‘e he mo’oni ko eni ha toe tui ‘oku ne lau ki he me’a fakatupu ha mafai, ka ‘oku foaki kotoa ki he Fakatupu tokotaha pe.  ‘Oku tau fakamo’oni ‘i he’etau tefito’i tui, ‘oku makatu’unga ‘etau tui ki he Fakatupu ‘o e ‘univeesi.  Ko ia ai, ‘e ‘ikai te tau tuku ‘etau falala ki he me’a fakatupu.

Pea koe’uhi ko ‘etau ‘ilo ko e ‘Otua ‘a e fauniteni mo e fakatupu ‘o e me’a kotoa pe, ‘e ‘ikai te tau toe tali ha tui ‘oku ne talamai ‘oku toe ‘i ai ha toe tokotaha kehe ‘oku mavahe pe kākunga ki he ‘Otua.  He kapau ‘oku toe ‘i ai ha me’a kehe ‘oku ‘ikai fou meiate ia, ‘e ‘ikai ke lau ia ‘oku ta’efakangatangata, koe’uhi he’ikai ke a’u ia ki he me’a ‘oku mavahe pe ‘ata’ata meiate ia.  Pea neongo ‘oku tau ma’u mei he Folofola, ko e ‘Otua ko e Tamai, ‘Alo mo e Laumālie Mā’oni’oni, ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha toe fakatupu mavahe pe ngaahi ‘otua eni, ka ko e toko tolu ko ‘eni ko e taha pe; ko e pesona ‘e toko tolu, ka ko e ‘Otua pe ‘e taha ‘a kinautolu taautaha.