ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Sanuali 14, 2018

Ko e kelesi tō noá  ‘a e ‘Otuá

( the commom grace of God)

Fehu‘i #27

‘Oku mo‘ui ‘a e tokotaha kotoa pe ‘ia Kalaisi, ‘o hangē ko e mate ‘a e tokotaha kotoa pe ‘ia ‘Atamá ?

‘Ikai, ko kinautolu pe kuo fili ‘e he ‘Otuá  mo fakatahataha‘i kia Kalaisi ‘i he tuí. Ka neongo iá, ‘oku fakahaa‘i ‘e he ‘Otuá  ‘ene meesí  ‘aki ‘a ‘ene faka‘atā mai ‘a ‘ene kelesi tō noá (ngaahi tapuaki ta‘efilifilimānako) ke ‘inasi ai ‘a e fa‘ahinga ‘oku ‘ikai ke kau ‘i he filí, ‘aki ‘a hono ta‘ota‘ofi ‘a e ngaahi maumau tupu mei he fai angahalá  pea ne fakaola ‘a e ngaahi ngaue fakafonua ‘a e ngaahi matakalí  ki he lelei ‘a e tu‘u fakalukufua ‘a e fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá.

Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?

No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. Nevertheless God in his mercy demonstrates common grace even to those who are not elect, by restraining the effects of sin and enabling works of culture for human well-being.

LOMA 5:17

He kapau na‘e Hau ‘a Mate ‘i he faihala ‘a e toko taha, pea founga ‘ene Hau ‘i he toko taha ko ia; huanoa ‘enau Hau ‘i he mo‘ui, ‘e kinautolu ‘oku ma‘u hono lahi faufau ‘o e kelesi, mo e me‘a‘ofa ko e fakatonuhia, ko e fou ‘enau Hau ‘i he toko taha ko Sīsū Kalaisi.

ROMANS 5:17

For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free of righteoosness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

Commentary - MARTYN LLOYD-JONES

Common grace is the term applied to those general blessings which God imparts to all men and women indiscriminately as He pleases, not only to His own people, but to all men and women, according to His own will. Or, again, common grace means those general operations of the Holy Spirit in which, without renewing the heart, He exercises a moral influence whereby sin is restrained, order is maintained in social life, and civil righteousness is promoted. That is the general definition.