ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sanuali 16, 2018

Ko e ngaue ‘a e Laumālié  ‘i he ngaahi naunau ‘o e ‘univeesí

( the effects of the Holy Spirit in culture)

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 (cont…)

Next to that is what is generally described as culture. By that I mean, arts and science, an interest in the things of the mind, literature, architecture, sculpture, painting, and music. Now, there can be no question at all but that cultivation of the arts is good. It is not redemptive, but it improves people, it makes them live better lives. Now, where do all these things come from? How do you explain men like Shakespeare or Michelangelo? The answer from the Scripture is that all these people had their gifts and were able to exercise them as the result of the operation of common grace, this general influence of the Holy Spirit.