ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Fepueli 16, 2018

Ko ha ongo ngaue makehe ‘a e ‘Otuá neongo ‘oku

‘ikai ke na māvahevahe

( inseparable yet distict acts of the grace of God)

Fehu‘i #32

Ko e hā e ‘uhinga ‘o e fakatonuhia‘i mo e fakamā‘oni‘oni‘i?

Ko e fakatonuhia‘í, ko ‘etau mā‘oni‘oni ‘oku ma‘u ‘i he tu‘utu‘uni ‘a e ‘Otuá, fou ‘i he pekia mo e toetu‘u ‘a Kalaisi ma‘a kitautolú. Ko e fakama‘oni‘oni‘í, ‘oku ‘uhinga ia ki he‘etau ma‘oni‘oni ‘oku  ngaue fakautuutu mo tupulaki, fou ‘i he ngaue ‘a e Laumālié ‘iate kitautolú.

What do justification and sanctification mean?

Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made possible by Christ's death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit's work in us.

SIUTASI 3

…ko ‘eku tohi ki he kakai fili ‘a ia ‘oku nau nofo movetevete…ko e fili ‘o fakatatau ki he mu‘aki ‘afio‘i ‘e he ‘Otua ko e Tamai, ‘i homou fakatāpui ‘e he laumālie ke iku ki he talangofua, mo e luluku ‘aki ‘a e ta‘ata‘a ‘o Sīsū Kalaisi. ‘Ofa ke fakalahi kiate kimoutolu ‘a e kelesi mo e fiemālie.

1 PETER 1:1-2

To those who are elect exiles... according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Commentary - ABRAHAM BOOTH

Though justification and sanctification are both blessings of grace, and though they are inseparable, yet they are distinct acts of God; and there is, in various respects, a wide difference between them. The distinction may be thus expressed - justification respects the person in a legal sense, is a single act of grace, and terminates in a relative change; that is, a freedom from punishment, and a right to life; sanctification regards him in a physical sense, is a continual work of grace, and terminates in a real change, as to the quality both of habits and actions.