ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Fepueli 22, 2018

‘Ikai pe tuku e feinga ‘a e tangatá ke lau mai ‘ene ngaué

( man’s defective view of salvation)

Fehu‘i #33

‘Oku totonu nai ke toe kumi ‘e he kau tui kia Kalaisí honau fakamo‘uí mei he‘enau ngaué, pe ko ha toe potu kehe?

‘Ikai, ‘oku ‘ikai totonu ke nau toe fai ha me‘a, he kuo kakato ‘a e me‘a kotoa ki he fakamo‘uí ‘ia Kalaisi. Ka toe fai ha kumi fakamo‘ui mei ha ngaue lelei, pea tā kuo te faka‘ikai‘i ko Kalaisi tokotaha pe ‘a e huhu‘í mo e fakamo‘uí.

Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?

No, they should not, as everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. To seek salvation through good works is a denial that Christ is the only Redeemer and Savior.

KALETIA 2:16

Ka ‘i he‘eta ‘ilo ‘oku ‘ikai fakatonuhia ha tangata mei he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao, kae ngata pē ‘i he tui kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ko ia, ko kitaua foki na‘a ta tui kia Kalaisi Sīsū, koe‘uhi ke ta ma‘u fakatonuhia mei he tui kia Kalaisi, ‘o ‘ikai mei he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao: koe‘uhi ko e me‘a ki he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao, ‘e tu‘u mola ai ‘a e kakano kotoa pē, ‘o ‘ikai hanau fakatonuhia mei ai.

GALATIANS 2:16

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Commentary - JOHN CALVIN

We maintain that of whatever kind a man's work may be, he is regarded as righteous before God simply on the ground of gratuitous mercy; because God, without any respect to works, freely adopts him in Christ, by imputing the righteousness of Christ to him as if it were his own. This we call the righteousness of faith, that is when a man, empty and drained of all confidence in works, feels convinced that the only ground of his acceptance with God is a righteousness which is wanting in himself, and is borrowed from Christ. The point on which the world goes astray (for this error has prevailed in almost every age), is in imagining that man, however partially defective he may be, still in some degree merits the favour of God by works. …