ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Sanuali 10, 2018

Ko ‘ene ngaahi ‘alo‘ofá  pe kuo tau hao aí

( God’s gracious act freed man and creation)

Fehu‘i #26

Ko e hā ha toe me‘a na‘e huhu‘i ‘i he pekia ‘a Kalaisí ?

Ko e pekia ‘a Kalaisí  ko e kamata‘anga ia ‘o hono huhu‘i mo hono fakafo‘ou ‘o e me‘a kotoa pe ne uesia ‘i he tō ‘a e tangatá, pea ‘oku ne fakafoki ‘a e me‘a kotoa pe ‘aki ‘a hono mafí  ‘o fakatatau ki hono finangaló  pea mo e lelei ‘a e fakatupú. 

What else does Christ's death redeem?

 Christ's death is the beginning of the redemption and renewal of every part of fallen creation, as he powerfully directs all things for his own glory and creation's good.

KOLOSE 1:19-20

He na‘e finangalo ‘a Kātokatoa ke fale ‘i He‘ene ‘Afio; pea ko e me‘a ‘iate ia ke toe fakalelei ‘a e me‘a kotoa pē ki He‘ene ‘Afio; ‘io, hili ‘ene fai ‘a e fakamelino ‘aki ‘a e ta‘ata‘a ‘i he Kolosi ‘o‘ona, pea ke fakalelei ‘iate ia ‘a e ngaahi me‘a kotoa pē, pe ‘oku ‘i Māmani pe ‘oku ‘i Langi.

COLOSSIANS 1:19-20

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Commentary - VERMON PIERRE (cont…)

How is this possible? Through "his blood, shed on the cross” (Col. 120). Creation was in bondage due to the fall of man, locked behind the gates of hell. But then God moves toward us and, using the cross of Jesus Christ, smashes down those gates! Through God's gracious efforts, a people and indeed a whole creation are freed. They are now in the kingdom of the Son, a place of complete redemption and total renewal.

All of this does two things for us.

1. It gives us hope about the future. All around us we see evidence of the fall in things like unjust social systems and moral cultural decline and terrible suffering and death. The gospel message in its fullest form tells us not to despair but to have a sure and certain hope that one day all such things will be wiped away and replaced with peace and harmony, with the “healing of the nations”

(Rev. 22:2).