ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Novema 5, 2017

‘Oku fakae‘a ‘e he laó  ‘etau masiva fakalaumālié

( The Law helps us understand our need )

Fehuʻi #15

Kapau ‘oku ‘ikai lava ‘e ha taha ke tauhi ‘a e Laó, ko e hā leva hono ‘aonga?

( Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose? )

Ko e ‘uhí  ke tau ‘ilo ‘a e natula ma‘oni‘oni mo e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otuá, pea mo e natula angahala‘ia mo talangata‘a ‘a hotau lotó; mo ‘etau fiema‘u ha Fakamo‘uí. ‘Oku ako‘i mo faka‘ai‘ai kitautolu ‘e he laó  ke tau fai ‘a e to‘onga mo‘ui ‘oku hoifua ki ai ‘a hotau Fakamo‘uí.

( That we may know the holy nature and will of God, and the sinful nature and disobedience of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior. The law also teaches and exhorts us to live a life worthy of our Savior )

Loma 3:20

Koe‘uhiā ko e me‘a ki he ngaahi ngāue fakalao, ‘e tu‘u mola ai ‘a e kakano kotoa pē ‘i hono ‘ao, ‘o ‘ikai hanau fakatonuhia mei ai: he ko e me‘a ‘oku fou mei he Lao, ko e faka‘ilo angahala pē.

ROMANS 3:20

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Commentary - LIGON DUNCAN (cont…)

That leads to the third thing that the law helps us with. It helps us to understand our need. When we know who God is, and we know that we don't measure up to his morality and character, when we know who we are, and we know the sinful inclinations of our hearts, it presses us to Jesus, because we know that we have need of a Savior And the Savior has fulfilled that law. He's obeyed it perfectly, and he's paid the penalty that is due to us for it. The law presses us to the Savior. It points us to the Savior. It takes us to the Savior.