ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Sanuali 18, 2018

‘Oku ‘i ai pe ‘a e kakai pau ‘oku fakamo‘uí, 

‘oku ‘ikai fakamo‘ui kotoa!

( God saves a definite number, not all)

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…)

Romans 8:28-30 teaches a similar thing. Paul says in verse 30: *Those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified." Notice, it's the same number all through. He doesn't say some of those he called, he justified, as if there were this many called and this many justified. No. All- and only - those he called, he justified. All--and only- those he justified he glorified. It's a definite number. Not all people will be saved.