ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Sune 11, 2018

Fakae‘ee‘a ‘a e ma‘oni‘oni mo e totonu ‘a Kalaisí

(Christ is vindicated)

Fehu‘i #50

Ko e hā ‘a e ngaue ‘a e toetu‘u ‘a Kalaisí  ma‘a kitautolú ?

Na‘e ikuna‘i ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e angahalá  mo mate ‘i he‘ene toetu‘u ‘i he sinó  mei he pekiá  kae lava ai ki he fa‘ahinga ‘oku nau tui falala kiate Iá  ke nau toetu‘u ki ha mo‘ui fo‘ou ‘i he maama ko ení mo e mo‘ui ta‘engata ‘i he maama kaha‘ú. Hangē pe ko e ‘amanaki ki he‘etau toetu‘ú, ‘e toe fakafo‘ou ‘a e mamani ko ení. Ka ko kinautolu ‘oku ‘ikai ke tu‘u ‘enau falalá  ‘ia Kalaisí, ‘e fokotu‘u kinautolu ki he mate ta‘engata.

What does Christ's resurrection mean for us?

Christ triumphed over sin and death by being physically resurrected so that all who trust in him are raised to new life in this world and to everlasting life in the world to come. Just as we will one day be resurrected, so this world will one day be restored. But those who do not trust in Christ will be raised to everlasting death.  

1 TESALONAIKA 4:13-14

‘Oku ‘ikai te mau loto foki ke mou mūnoa, kāinga, ‘i he me‘a ki he kakai kuo mohe; ke ‘oua te mou mamahi ‘o hangē ko e kakai kehe, ‘a ia ‘oku ‘ikai ha‘anau ‘amanaki. He kapau leva ‘oku tau tui ne pekia ‘a Sīsū, pea toetu‘u, pehē foki ko e kakai na‘e fakamohe ko e me‘a ‘ia Sīsū, ‘e ‘omi kinautolu ‘e he ‘Otua fakataha mo ia.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-14

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

D. A. CARSON

The resurrection of Jesus Christ carries with it many, many wonderful implications. The first is that it vindicates Jesus. In other words some people thought that if Jesus died on the cross, it could only be because he deserved it. He was declared guilty by a Roman court. And the Old Testament itself insists that anyone who hangs on a tree is under the curse of God. But as it turns out, he did not die as a damned man because of his own sin. Rather, he was bearing the sin of others and that sacrifice so pleased God that God raised him from the dead. Thus, his resurrection is a form of vindication. It is proof positive when Jesus said with his dying words, "It is finished," God agreed. His Father agreed. The work of redemption had been accomplished, and the Father vindicates Jesus through the resurrection.