ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Tisema 15, 2017

Ko e founga pe eni na‘e lava ai

( the only way that we might be saved )

Fehu‘i #22

Ko e ha e ‘uhinga ‘oku pau ai ke hoko hotau Huhu‘í  ko ha tangata mo‘oní ?

( Why must the Redeemer be truly human?)

Koe‘uhí, ke ne fakakakato ma‘a kitautolu, ‘i hotau tu‘unga tangatá ‘a e talangofua haohaoa ki he laó pea ke ne fua ‘a e tautea ‘o e angahala ‘a e tangatá, pea ke ne kaungā ongo‘i hotau tu‘unga vaivaí.

(That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the

whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin, and also that he

might sympathize with our weaknesses)

Hepelu 2:7

Ko ia ai, na‘e pau ke fakatatau ai ia mo hono ngaahi tokoua ‘i he me‘a kotoa pē, koe‘uhi ke ne hoko ko ha Taula‘eiki Lahi ‘oku ‘ofangofua mo lototō, ke ne tokanga ki he‘enau ngaahi me‘a mo e ‘Otua, koe‘uhi ke ne fai ‘a e fakalelei ‘i he angahala ‘a e kakai.

HEBREWS 2:17

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Commentary - ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA

For the Word, perceiving that no otherwise could the corruption of men be undone save by death as a necessary condition, while it was impossible for the Word to suffer death, being immortal, and Son of the Father; to this end He takes to Himself a body capable of death, that it, by partaking of the Word Who is above all, might be worthy to die in the stead of all, and might, because of the Word which was come to dwell in it, remain incorruptible, and that thenceforth corruption might be stayed from all by the Grace of the Resurrection.