ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Fepueli 23, 2018

Fakalelei‘i kitautolu kiate Ia ‘i he lahi ‘ene meesi

( reconciled us to Himself out of great mercy)

Fehu‘i #33

‘Oku totonu nai ke toe kumi ‘e he kau tui kia Kalaisí honau fakamo‘uí mei he‘enau ngaué, pe ko ha toe potu kehe?

‘Ikai, ‘oku ‘ikai totonu ke nau toe fai ha me‘a, he kuo kakato ‘a e me‘a kotoa ki he fakamo‘uí ‘ia Kalaisi. Ka toe fai ha kumi fakamo‘ui mei ha ngaue lelei, pea tā kuo te faka‘ikai‘i ko Kalaisi tokotaha pe ‘a e huhu‘í mo e fakamo‘uí.

Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?

No, they should not, as everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. To seek salvation through good works is a denial that Christ is the only Redeemer and Savior.

KALETIA 2:16

Ka ‘i he‘eta ‘ilo ‘oku ‘ikai fakatonuhia ha tangata mei he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao, kae ngata pē ‘i he tui kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ko ia, ko kitaua foki na‘a ta tui kia Kalaisi Sīsū, koe‘uhi ke ta ma‘u fakatonuhia mei he tui kia Kalaisi, ‘o ‘ikai mei he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao: koe‘uhi ko e me‘a ki he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao, ‘e tu‘u mola ai ‘a e kakano kotoa pē, ‘o ‘ikai hanau fakatonuhia mei ai.

GALATIANS 2:16

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Commentary - JOHN CALVIN (cont…)

God reconciles us to himself, from regard not to our works but to Christ alone, and by gratuitous adoption makes us his own children instead of children of wrath. So long as God regards our works, he finds no reason why he ought to love us. Wherefore it is necessary that he should bury our sins, impute to us the obedience of Christ which alone can stand his scrutiny, and adopt us as righteous through his merits. This is the clear and uniform doctrine of Scripture, "witnessed," as Paul says, "by the law and the prophets" (Rom. 3.21).