ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Tisema 18, 2022

GOD'S GLORY BRINGS PEACE

‘OKU ‘OMI ‘E HE LANGILANGI ‘O E ‘OTUA ‘A E NONGA

PSALM 7:9

Bring an end to the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.

SAAME 7:9

Fakangatangata ā ‘a e kovi ‘o e kau faikovi; Ka ke fokotu‘u ma‘u ‘a e mā‘oni‘oni: He ko ia ‘oku sivi ‘a e ngaahi loto mo e ngaahi kofuua Ko e ‘Otua Fai totonu ia

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

Just as strife must exist where God's glory is not found, as Solomon says [in] Proverbs 13:10, "By pride cometh only contention," so also where God's glory is there must be peace. Why should they quarrel when they know that nothing is their own, but that all they are, have, and can desire is from God? They leave everything in His hands and are content that they have such a gracious God.

From this it follows that where there are true Christians, there is no strife, contention, or discord; as Isaiah says in Isaiah 2:4, "And they shall beat their swords into plowshears, and their into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift spears sword up against nation, neither shall they learn war any more!" Therefore our Lord Christ is called a King of peace, and is represented by King Solomon, whose name implies rich in peace, that inwardly He may give us peace in our conscience toward God through faith; and outwardly, that we may exercise love to our fellow men, so that through Him there may be everywhere peace on earth.

MARTIN LUTHER