ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Fepueli 18, 2018

Fakatonuhia‘i,‘oku tau ma‘oni‘oni ‘i he tu‘utu‘uni! 

( Justification, God “declaring” us righteous)

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

Justification is the act of God by which he declares us to be just or righteous or perfect because by faith alone we have been united to Jesus Christ, who is perfect, who is just, who is righteous. So, justification is a legal standing before God, owing to a spiritual union with Jesus which is owing to faith alone. You don't work yourself into or perform your way into this standing with God. He declares you to be perfect because of your union with Christ, and that happens by faith alone.