ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sanuali 30, 2018

Ko e fehu‘i mahu‘inga tahá

( the most important question of all)

Fehu‘i #29

‘Oku founga fēfē ‘etau ma‘u ‘a e fakamo‘uí ?

‘I he tui ‘ata‘atā pe kia Sisu Kalaisi mo ‘ene pekia ko hotau fetongi ‘i he kolosí, he neongo ‘etau halaia ‘i he‘etau talangata‘a ki he ‘Otuá pea tau kei malele pe ki he ngaahi kovi kotoa pe, ka kuo hanga ‘e he ‘Otuá, ‘o ‘ikai kau ki ai ha‘atau ngaue lelei, ‘i he‘ene kelesi haohaoá, ‘oku ne foaki kiate kitautolu ‘a e ma‘oni‘oni haohaoa ‘a Kalaisí ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau fakatomala ai mo tui falala kiate Ia.

How can we be saved?

Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.

‘EFESO 2:8-9

He ko e kelesi pē kuo mou mo‘ui mei ai, ko e me‘a ‘i ho‘omou tui; ‘io, na‘e ‘ikai meiate kimoutolu ia, ka ko e foaki mei he ‘Otua: na‘e ‘ikai tupu mei ha ngaahi ngāue, koe‘uhi ke ‘oua na‘a ai ha taha ‘e fa‘a pōlepole.

EPHESIANS 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Commentary - KEVIN DEYOUNG

In Acts 16, Paul and Silas are in prison when a violent earthquake occurs. Prisoners are escaping, and the jailer wakes up and is absolutely dismayed that everyone is running off. The jailer is about to kill himself, and Paul stops him. And the jailer asks this very famous question: "Sirs, what must I do to be saved ( 30) Paul gives him the short, biblical, absolutely beautiful: “Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household” (v.31).