ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Fepueli 17, 2018

Ko ha ongo ngaue ‘oku na fehūmalie‘aki

( two works, complimenting and completing)

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 - ABRAHAM BOOTH (cont…)

…Justification & Sanctification;

The former is by a righteousness without us; the latter is by holiness wrought in us. That precedes as a cause; this follows as an effect. Justification is by Christ as a priest, and has regard to the guilt of sin; sanctification is by him as a king, and refers to its dominion. The former deprives of its damning power, the latter of its reigning power. Justification is instantaneous and complete in all its subjects; sanctification is progressive and perfecting by degrees.