Monite Tisema 25,
2017
Ko e ‘Otuá pe te
ne lava ke fakamolemole‘i
‘a e angahala ‘oku
fai kiate Iá
(
Only God can forgive a transgression against himself)
Fehu‘i #23
Ko e ha e ‘uhinga
na‘e pau ai ke hoko hotau Huhu‘í ko ha
‘Otua mo‘oní ?
Koe‘uhí ‘i hono tu‘unga ‘Otuá, ‘e haohaoa mo ‘aonga
lahi ‘a ‘ene talangofuá mo hono fakamamahi‘í; pea ‘ikai ko ia pe, ka ke ne
lava ‘o matu‘uaki ‘a e houhau tapu ‘a e ‘Otuá koe‘uhí ko e angahalá pea ke
ne ikuna‘i foki mo mate.
Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
That because of
his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and
effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of
God against sin and yet overcome death.
Ngaue 2:24 (Uesi)
ʻA ia kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻi he veteange ʻo e
mamahi ʻo e mate: koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito faʻa taʻofi ʻaki ia.
(Molitoni)
Pea ne vete ‘e he ‘Otua hono kafai ‘e mate, ‘o toe
fokotu‘u ia: kae fēfē, he na‘e ‘ikai lava ke mapuke ai ia.
Acts 2:24
God raised him up,
loosing the pangs of death, because it was not
possible for him
to be held by it.
Commentary
- LEO SCHUSTER
(cont…)
So why
is it so important that Jesus as our Redeemer be truly God? Our sin
was committed against God. Only God can forgive a transgression
against himself. This is why some of the religious leaders in Jesus’s day were
horrified when he said he forgave sins. They understood the implications of
what he said. How could a mere man forgive the sin we have against God? A mere
man can’t, but God can.
Jesus
needed to be fully human in order to be our substitute, but he needed to be
fully God in order for his obedience and suffering to be perfect and for God's
justice to be completely and eternally satisfied.
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