ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Tisema 20, 2017

Na‘e pau ke taha ‘a Sisu mo kitautolu

( Jesus had to be one with us )

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…)

And so in order to be for us a perfect High Priest, in order to be for us a perfect offering, Jesus had to be one with us. He had to take upon himself our nature and in that nature demonstrate what humanity is, what it was meant to be - righteous before God, obedient to God, worshiping God in all things, loving him fully. And he also demonstrates what humanity owes when he pays the penalty on Calvary's cross for our sin. And so to be that High Priest, a perfect High Priest, who also now sympathizes with us, knows our suffering, knows our failures, knows our troubles, and knows them intimately because he experienced them in our flesh, he can look to humanity with sympathy and represent humanity to God with perfection.

And so it was necessary that he be made like us in every way, but

without sin.