Monite Ma‘asi 5,
2018
Ko ‘etau ng ngaue ‘i
he tuí ‘oku tokoni ki he‘etau pau‘iá
(
our works of faith assure us)
Fehu‘i #34
Kapau kuo huhu‘i
kitautolu ‘i he kelesí ‘ata‘atā pē ‘o fou ‘ia Kalaisi tokotaha pē, ‘e kei
fiema‘u ai pe ke tau fai ha ngaue lelei mo tau 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 pea hā sino ‘i he fuá;
pea ‘e lava ‘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 - LIGON DUNCAN
(cont…)
Second,
good works done in faith also serve to assure us. In his first
letter to the Thessalonians, Paul explains that he knows that they are the
chosen of God (1 Thess. 1:3-5). Now that's a striking thing to say. How would
you know people are chosen of God? In verse 3, Paul speaks of the
Thessalonians' works of faith, their labor of love, and their patience of hope.
He's essentially saying, I see the work of the Holy Spirit in your life, and
that lets me know that you are the children of God." And then he explains
how that serves their own assurance (v. 5). We are given assurance in the
Christian life when we see God at work in us to change us, and that's expressed
in our obeying God’s commands.
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