ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Ma‘asi 2, 2018

Ko e holi ‘a e fa‘ahinga kuo fakafo‘ou ‘ia Kalaisí

( the desire of those created anew in Christ)

Fehu‘i #34

Kapau kuo huhu‘i kitautolu ‘i he kelesí pē ‘o fou ‘ia Kalaisi tokotaha pē, ‘e kei fiema‘u ai pe ke tau fai ha ngaue lelei mo talangofua ki he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otuá ?

‘Io, he ko hono huhu‘i kitautolu ‘e Kalaisí ‘aki hono ta‘ata‘á, na‘e fakafo‘ou ai kitautolu ‘e hono Laumālié; koe‘uhí ke fakahaa‘i atu mei he‘etau mo‘uí ‘a e ‘ofa mo e hounga‘ia ki he ‘Otuá, pea ke tau pau‘ia ‘i he‘etau tuí  ‘o hā sino ‘i he fuá; pea ‘i he‘etau to‘onga faka-‘Otuá ke ma‘u ai ha ngaahi laumālie ma‘a Kalaisi.

Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God's Word?

Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Spirit; so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God so that we may be assured of our faith by the fruits; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.

1 PITA 2:9-12

‌Ka ko kimoutolu ko e ha‘a fili, ko e tu‘unga taula‘eiki fakatu‘i, ko e kakai tapu, ko e fa‘ahinga ‘oku ma‘ane me‘a tonu, koe‘uhi ā ke mou ongoongoa atu ‘a e ngaahi lelei ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio, ‘a ia na‘a ne ui mai kimoutolu mei he po‘uli ki he maama fakaofo ‘a‘ana: ‘a kimoutolu ‘a ia ko e ‘ata‘i kakai ‘i mu‘a, ka ko eni ko e kakai ‘a e ‘Otua; ko e kakai na‘e ‘ikai fai ha meesi ki ai, ka ko eni kuo ma‘u meesi. Si‘oku ‘ofa‘anga, ‘oku ou enginaki atu, ke mou fai ‘o ngali mo e ‘āunofo mo e muli, ‘o mou faka‘ehi‘ehi mei he ngaahi holi fakakakano; he ko e fa‘ahinga me‘a ia ‘oku fai tau ki he laumālie. ‘O mou ‘ai ke taau ho‘omou fakafeangai ki he Senitaile; koe‘uhi, ‘i he me‘a ‘oku nau lau‘ikovi ai kimoutolu, tokua ko e faikovi, ke nau mamata ki ho‘omou ngaahi ngāue lelei, pea langa‘i ai ‘enau fakahīkihiki‘i ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i he ‘aho ‘o e ‘a‘ahi.

1 PETER 2:9-12

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of  visitation.

Commentary - CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON (cont…)

The desire of men created anew in Christ is to be rid of every sin. We do sin, but we do not love sin. Sin gets power over us sometimes to our sorrow, but it is a kind of death to us to feel that we have gone into sin; yet it shall not have dominion us, for we are not under the law, but under grace, and therefore we shall conquer it, and get the victory.

Ko e hohoi ‘a e fa‘ahinga kuo fakatupu fo‘ou ‘ia Kalaisí  ke fakaka‘anga ‘a e fo‘i angahala kotoa pe. Ka ko hono mo‘oní ‘oku tau kei fai angahala, ka ‘oku ‘ikai ke tau ‘ofa he angahalá. ‘Oku fa‘a matavalea pea ma‘u kitautolu ‘e he angahalá, ka ‘oku hangē hatau tamate‘í ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau tō ai ki he angahalá; ka he‘ikai pe ke fakaehaua kitautolu ‘e angahala, he ‘oku ‘ikai ke tau kei mo‘ulaloa ki he laó, ka ki he kelesí. Pea ko ia ai, kuopau ke tau tau‘i ‘o ikuna‘i.