ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Fepueli 7, 2018

Kuo u mo‘ui, lolotonga fakamo‘ui pea ‘e fakamo‘ui au

( been saved, being saved and will be saved)

Fehu‘i #30

Ko e hā ‘a e tui kia Sisu Kalaisí ?

Ko e tui kia Sisu Kalaisí  ko ‘ete fakamo‘oni ki he mo‘oni kotoa pe kuo fakahaa‘i ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘i he‘ene Folofolá, falala kiate Ia, tali mo mālōlō kakato ‘iate Ia tokotaha pe ki he fakamo‘uí ‘o fakatatau ki he lau ‘a e koosipelí.

What is faith in Jesus Christ?

Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.

KALETIA 2:20

Kuo tutuki au ki he Kolosi mo Kalaisi: pea ko ‘eku mo‘ui ‘oku fai, ‘oku ‘ikai kei ko au, ka ko e mo‘ui ‘oku fai ‘e Kalaisi ‘iate au: ‘io, ko e mo‘ui ‘oku ou fai ‘eni ‘i he kakano ko e mo‘ui ‘i he tui, ko e tui ki he ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua, ‘a ia na‘a ne ‘ofeina au, mo ne foaki ia ‘e ia ke pekia koe‘uhi ko au.

GALATIANS 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Commentary - JOHN YATES (cont…)

Salvation can come instantaneously, as it did for Zacchaeus when Jesus entered into his house. Jesus said, "Today salvation has come to this house" (Luke 19:9). It can come in a moment of realization and faith. But it is something that is lived out over the course of a lifetime.

There's a story about an old English bishop who was walking down a London street when a sidewalk evangelist said to him, "Sir, have you been saved?" The old man's answer is significant. According to the story, he stopped and thought and then in a very gracious way said, "Yes, I have been saved. I am being saved, and I shall be saved." What did he mean? He meant he could look back on a moment in time when he put faith in Christ and turned to him in faith and hope and he experienced salvation. But he also meant that salvation was something he was living and experiencing more of every day. And salvation was something he was going to enter into more fully when he went to be with the Lord in the next life.