ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Sapate Tisema 11, 2022

GOD'S POWER AND WISDOM

IVI MO E POTO ‘O E ‘OTUA

1 CORINTHIANS 3:19

The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight.

1 CORINTHIANS 3:19

He ko e poto ‘o e maama ko eni, ko e koto vale ia ‘i he vakai ‘a e ‘Otua. He kuo tohi, ‘Oku ne pō ‘a e kau poto ‘i he fai olopoto ‘anautolu.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

It is indeed true that the brightest manifestation of divine glory finds not one genuine spectator among a hundred. Still, neither His power nor His wisdom is shrouded in darkness. His power is strikingly displayed when the rage of the wicked, to all appearance irresistible, is crushed in a single moment; their arrogance subdued, their. strongest bulwarks overthrown, their armour dashed to pieces, their strength broken, their schemes defeated without an effort, and audacity which set itself above the heavens is precipitated to the lowest depths of the earth.

On the other hand, the poor are raised up out of the dust, and the needy lifted out of the dung hill (Psalm 113:7), the oppressed and afflicted are rescued in extremity, the despairing animated with hope, the unarmed defeat the armed, the few the many, the weak the strong. The excellence of the divine wisdom is manifested in distributing everything in due season, confounding the wisdom of the world, and taking the wise in their own craftiness (1 Corinthians 3:19); in short, conducting all things in perfect accordance with reason.

JOHN CALVIN