ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Tisema 13, 2022 

FRUIT UNTO HIS GLORY

KO E FUA ‘OKU TOLONGA KI ‘ITANITI

PSALM 29:11

The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.

SAAME 29:11

Ko Sihova te ne foaki ivi ki hono kakai; Ko Sihova te ne ‘atu ki hono kakai ‘a e melino moonau tāpuaki.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

It is probable that on His declaring Himself to be that King under whom the highest blessing of God was to be expected, they had in derision asked Him to produce His insignia. He bids them enter into their consciences, for "the kingdom of God" is "righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" (Romans 14:17). Not being earthly or carnal, and so subject to corruption, but spiritual, [the kingdom] raises us even to eternal life, so that we can patiently live at present under toil, hunger, cold, contempt, disgrace, and other annoyances; contented with this, that our King will never abandon us, but will supply our necessities until our warfare is ended, and we are called to triumph: such being the nature of His kingdom, that He communicates to us whatever He received of his Father.

Since then He arms and equips us by His power, adorns us with splendor and magnificence, [and] enriches us with wealth, we here find the most abundant cause of glorying. We can bravely surmount all the insults of the world, and as He replenishes us liberally with His gifts, so we can in our turn bring forth fruit unto His glory.

JOHN CALVIN