Monite Tisema 18,
2017
Totongi kakato ‘e
Sisu hotau mo‘ua ki he ‘Otuá
(
Jesus, the 2nd Adam, offers to God everything that we owe )
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 - THABITI ANYABWILE (cont…)
What we
see in Jesus is true humanity. What we see in his incarnation,
his earthly life and ministry, is what humanity was meant to be, what
Adam was created to be but ruined in his sin and his fall. So, as
Romans 5 teaches, the first man Adam sins, and through his sin death
enters the world. But here comes a second Adam, a true Adam, Christ,
who is truly man. What Christ does in his humanity is nothing
short of remarkable. In his humanity, he offers to God everything that we
owe God. In his humanity, in his perfect obedience to God's commands,
he offers to God the obedience that we refuse to give him (and could not give
him) because of our fallen, sinful nature.
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