ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Fepueli 19, 2018

Fakama‘onoi‘oni‘i; kuo lava, mo te‘eki ai. . .

( Sanctification; done & not yet . . .)

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 - JOHN PIPER (cont…)

Sanctification is the act of God by which he, through his Spirit and his Word, is conforming you little by little - or in big steps - into the image of his Son. So we are really becoming in our behavior righteous, really overcoming imperfections in our sanctification. 

Now here's the key question: How do these two relate to each other? The key verse is Hebrews 10:14: "By a single offering, [Christ] has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified." Think of what that says. Who has been perfected for all time? Has been. It's done. Has been perfected for all time. Those who are being perfected. Being sanctified. Being made holy. He has made you perfectly holy. Who? The ones who are becoming holy. Which means that the evidence that you stand holy or perfect or just before God is that you are by faith becoming holy. Sounds kind of paradoxical, I know. But it's the key to the Christian life.