ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Fepueli 1, 2018

Ko “Ia” ‘oku tu‘u ai ‘etau tuí ‘oku tau mo‘ui aí

(It is the object of faith that saves us)

Fehu‘i #29

‘Oku founga fēfē ‘etau ma‘u ‘a e fakamo‘uí ?

‘I he tui ‘ata‘atā pe kia Sisu Kalaisi mo ‘ene pekia ko hotau fetongi ‘i he kolosí, he neongo ‘etau halaia ‘i he‘etau talangata‘a ki he ‘Otuá pea tau kei malele pe ki he ngaahi kovi kotoa pe, ka kuo hanga ‘e he ‘Otuá, ‘o ‘ikai kau ki ai ha‘atau ngaue lelei, ‘i he‘ene kelesi haohaoá, ‘oku ne foaki kiate kitautolu ‘a e ma‘oni‘oni haohaoa ‘a Kalaisí ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau fakatomala ai mo tui falala kiate Ia.

How can we be saved?

Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.

‘EFESO 2:8-9

He ko e kelesi pē kuo mou mo‘ui mei ai, ko e me‘a ‘i ho‘omou tui; ‘io, na‘e ‘ikai meiate kimoutolu ia, ka ko e foaki mei he ‘Otua: na‘e ‘ikai tupu mei ha ngaahi ngāue, koe‘uhi ke ‘oua na‘a ai ha taha ‘e fa‘a pōlepole.

EPHESIANS 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Commentary - KEVIN DEYOUNG (cont…)

Many people will wax on and on about faith and belief and say “I'm a person of faith” or "You've got to have faith." But faith by itself doesn't mean anything. It is the object of faith that saves us. It's not being a person who has strong beliefs, who is sincere, or who has a mystical belief in spiritual things that saves us. It's faith in Jesus Christ. He's the object. It's the object of our faith that saves us. Faith is only an instrument. It's not the one good deed that God sees and says, "Well, you don't have much going for you, but you have faith, and I really like that." No. Faith is what joins us to Christ, and then he saves us. It's the object that matters.