ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Sanuali 20, 2018

Ko ‘Ene fili‘i kitautolú  ko e misiteli

( striking a balance view of His election)

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 - TIMOTHY KELLER (cont…)

We must see that God is helping us and helping in the world through many people who do not believe. We need to appreciate those. We must be grateful for them, and we must respect them. That's the balance that we must strike.

Prayer

Sovereign Savior, there is salvation in no one but you, and you save everyone who calls upon your name. We would never have called upon you if you had not brought us from death to life. We do not fully understand your electing love, but we confess that neither we nor anyone else deserves it. Amen.