ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Tisema 11, 2017

Hoko Ia ko hotau fetongi haohaoa

( that He might become our perfect substitute )

Fehu‘i #21

Ko e Huhu‘i fē fē ‘oku fiema‘u ke ne fakafoki kitautolu ki he ‘Otuá ?

( What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?)

Ko ha Tokotaha ‘oku tangata mo‘oni pea toe ‘Otua mo‘oni.

( One who is truly human and also truly God.)

‘Aisea 9:6

He kuo ‘alo‘i mai ha Tama, Kuo tuku mai ha Foha: Pea ‘e ‘i hono uma ‘a e pule‘anga. Pea ko e huafa ‘e ui‘aki Ko Fakaofo - ‘ene-fale‘i, ko e Helo-‘Otua, Ko e Tamai Ta‘engata, ko e ‘Eiki ‘o e Melino.

 ISAIAH 9:6

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And  the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,  Mighty God, Everlasting Father,  Prince of Peace.

Commentary - BRYAN CHAPELL (cont…)

We understand that God can identify with us, but even as he identified with us by having lived a hard life, by having been humiliated, and by having gone through humble circumstances-he did it with perfect obedience, not doubting the love of his Father and not wavering from his Father's path.

That means that not only could Jesus identify with what we experience as humans; he could become the perfect substitute for us. In my sin, I'm separated from God. He's holy; I am not. For God to be just and holy, he cannot identify with my sin. God had to provide a way for my sin to be put on another. He did that by having his Son come in human likeness, human form, but living perfectly so that he could be the substitute for my sin.