Pulelulu Fepueli
21, 2018
‘Oku tali
kitautolu fou ‘i hono tali ‘o Kalaisi ‘e he Tamaí
(we
are made acceptable in and through Christ)
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…)
So my
exhortation would simply be, please don't get these backward.
The whole world gets it all backward. Other religions get it all backward,
where our works and our efforts to overcome imperfections might make us
pleasing to God. You never can get there that way. God reckons us as
acceptable, makes us his children, counts us as righteous; and because of that
righteousness we then spend a lifetime becoming what we already are.
Prayer
Our
Savior and Lord, you have completed the work of our justification.
You have begun the work of our sanctification, and we trust that you will carry
us through to its completion. Transform us day by day into your likeness,
conforming us to your ways. Amen.
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