ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Novema 2, 2017

Malanga‘i e Laó - Malanga‘i e Koosipelí

( Preach the Law – Preach the Gospel )

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; pea mahino ai ‘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 - CHARLES SIMEON

These poor men think they can preach the Gospel without preaching the Law. I say, they must preach the Law, unless they do not mean to preach the Gospel. The Law entered that the offence might abound: proclaim it, I say, for this purpose among your ungodly congregations; lift up your voices like trumpets, and tell the people, their transgressions, that you may glorify the more your honoured Master, in proclaiming the infinite riches and fulness of His great salvation. Preach the Law to those who believe, as finished, cancelled dead for their salvation: point them to Immanuel as holding it in His bleeding hand, and saying to them, “If ye love me, keep my Commandments.”