ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Fepueli 27, 2018

Ko ‘eku ‘amanakí  ‘oku ‘ia Kalaisi tokotaha pe!

( my only hope is in Jesus)

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 - TIMOTHY KELLER (cont…)

The Protestant Reformers made strong biblical arguments that

you cannot mix faith and works, that justification and righteousness and salvation must be through faith alone. I won‘t make any more of those arguments; I'll just say this: Personally, I couldn't live if that wasn't the case. I don't have any hope unless I can get up every day and stand on the bedrock knowledge that

My hope is built on nothing less

than Jesus' blood and righteousness.

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

That's my only hope.