ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Tisema 9, 2022

SON OF GOD

‘ALO ‘O E ‘OTUA

JOHN 1:14

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

SIONE 1:14

Pea na‘e hoko ‘a Folofola ko e kakano; ‘o ne fokotu‘u hono tāpanekale ‘i hotau lotolotonga, pea na‘a tau mamata ki hono Sikaina (ko ha lāngilangi na‘e taau mo ha ‘alo-tofu-pē-taha kuo ha‘u mei he‘ene tamai)–ta ‘oku ne fonu ‘i he kelesi mo e mo‘oni.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

Here [John] expresses who the Word is, namely, the only begotten Son of God, who has all the glory of the Father. He calls Him the only begotten so as to distinguish Him from all the children of God, who are not natural children as this one is. With these words is shown His true divinity; for if He were not God, He could not in preference to others be called the only begotten Son, which is to say that He and no other is the Son of God.

This cannot be said of angels and pious men. For not one of them is the Son of God, but are all brethren and creatures of a like creation, children elected by grace, and not children born out of God's nature. But the expression "We beheld his glory" does not refer only to bodily sight; for the Jews also saw His glory, but did not regard it as the glory of the only begotten Son of God: it refers to the sight of the faithful, who believe it in their hearts.

MARTIN LUTHER