ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Tisema 29, 2017

Ko Sīsū ‘a hotau fetongí

( Jesus is our substitute )

Fehu‘i #24

Ko e ha e ‘uhinga na‘e pau ai kia Kalaisi, ‘a e Huhu‘í , ke pekiá?

Koe‘uhí, ko mate ‘a e tautea ‘o e angahalá, na‘e finangalo lelei ‘a Kalaisi ke pekia ko hotau fetongi ke ne fakahaofi kitautolu mei he mafai mo e mo‘ua ‘o e angahalá, pea ke fakafoki kitautolu ki he ‘Otuá. Koe‘uhí ko ‘ene fetongi kitautolu ‘i he‘ene pekiá, ko Ia tokotaha pe ‘oku ne totongi huhu‘i kitautolu mei heli pea ma‘u ai mo hotau fakamolemole‘i mei he angahalá , ma‘oni‘oní pea mo e mo‘ui ta‘engatá.

Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?

Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life.

Kolose 1:21-22

‌Pea ko kimoutolu foki na‘e fakahee‘i mu‘a, pea mou nofo ko e ngaahi fili ‘i loto, ‘o hā ‘i ho‘omou ngaahi ngāue na‘e kovi; ka ‘i he taimi ni kuo ne fakalelei kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e pekia ‘a hono sino kakano, koe‘uhi ke ne ‘atu kimoutolu ‘oku mou mā‘oni‘oni mo ta‘emele mo ta‘elau‘i ‘i he‘ene ‘afio hifo. '

COLOSSIANS 1:21-22

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil

deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.

Commentary - MARK DEVER (cont…)

You see, because God is good, he will punish sin. That wrong thing that you or I have done in secret - God knows about it. God's real. He's not just an idea. He's not just a figment of our imagination. And this God is so thoroughly committed to what is good and right that every sin will be punished. And this is where Jesus comes in. Jesus determined to be our Redeemer. It was the will of his heavenly Father that he give himself as a sacrifice in substitution. That's a word that's often used - as a substitute, in the place of, instead of you and me. Jesus is our substitute if we repent of our sins, turn from them and trust in him.