ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Tisema 17, 2017

‘Ai ‘e Sisu hotau tu‘unga tangatá, ka na‘e ‘ikai aafe ‘i he to‘oga hala ‘a e tangata

( Jesus took on our humanity but did not err as a human)

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

We human people are so fallen, and we've been so fallen for so long that we actually think that we are the measure of what it means to be human. It's striking. We say things like “to err is human." And we unwittingly then begin to define humanity in terms of that fallenness, in terms of its brokenness, in terms of its incompleteness. But if you define humanity like that, what do you do with Jesus? What do you do with Jesus who takes upon himself our humanity, yet, as the Bible tells us, is without sin, who does not err?