Friday February 17, 2017
“Point us back to Christ”
remember that you were at that time separated
from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the
covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. – Ephesians 2:12
(ESV)
Conviction of Sin (ongo‘i tautea ‘i he angahala)
A. The
author of conviction (tokotaha ‘oku lea
o‘o)
Conviction of
sin is produced because men do
not believe in Christ (John 16:9). This does not mean that men are
sinners because they do not believe. It is sometimes mistakenly said that since
Christ coming, the only sin is that of unbelief and faithlessness will be the
only ground of condemnation. But this is not at all what our Lord means. His
teaching is that men do not believe because they are sinners. The apex
of their sin, is, unbelief in the face of the full light of divine revelation. What
therefore takes place when the Spirit of God comes upon a man’s life, awakening
him, is the realization of his guilt before God, the fact that he has no
resources to meet God’s charge and no Savior in whom to hide from God’s wrath
(for he does not believe in Christ). He is Christ-less and hope-less (Ephesians
2:12).
Challenge:
Beware of
your “unbelief.”
This Day in Christian History:
Memory Verse:
But of Him
you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness
and sanctification and redemption— 1
Corinthians 1:30
He ‘oku mei
He‘ene ‘Afio ho‘omou tu‘u ni pea ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū: ‘a ia kuo fokotu‘u mei he
‘Otua, ko hotau poto‘anga, ko hotau fakatonuhia mo fakamā‘oni‘oni‘anga, pea mo
hotau huhu‘i – 1 Kolinito 1:30
Bible Reading Plan: (52 weeks; 5 days a week)
Week
7 – Exo 32-40; Lev 1-7; Ps 26-27; Phi 3-4; Heb 1-3
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