ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Ma’asi 12, 2022 

LIBERTY ACCORDING TO THE WORD

TAU’ATAINA ‘O FAKATATAU KI HE FOLOFOLA

JOHN 8:36

If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

SIONE 8:36

Ko ia kapau ‘e fakatau‘atāina kimoutolu ‘e he ‘Alo, te mou toki tau‘atāina mo‘oni.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

We shall appreciate this liberty all the more when we bear in mind that it was Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who purchased it with His own blood. Hence, Christ's liberty is given us not by the Law, or for our own righteousness, but freely for Christ's sake. In the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Saint John, Jesus declares: "If the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." He only stands between us and the evils which trouble and afflict us and which He has overcome for us.

Reason cannot properly evaluate this gift. Who can fully appreciate the blessing of the forgiveness of sins and of everlasting life? Our opponents claim that they also possess this liberty. But they do not. When they are put to the test all their self-confidence slips from them. What else can they expect when they trust in works and not in the Word of God?

MARTIN LUTHER

Te tau toki hounga’ia mo’oni ‘i he tau’ataina ‘oku tau ma’u, kapau te tau manatu ma’u pe, ko Sisu Kalaisi, ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua, na’a ne fakatau ‘aki ia ‘aki hono ta’ata’a. Ko ia ai, ko e tau’ataina ‘oku tau ma’u ‘ia Kalaisi, ‘oku foaki mai ia kiate kitautolu, ‘o ‘ikai makatu’unga ‘i he Lao, pe ko ha’a tau ma’oni’oni, ka koe’uhi, ko e foaki fa’iteliha ‘a pe ia ‘a Kalaisi ‘iate Ia pe. ‘I he vahe valu ‘o e koosipeli ‘i hono hiki ‘e Sione, ‘oku talamai ai ‘e Sisu, “Ko ia kapau ‘e fakatau‘atāina kimoutolu ‘e he ‘Alo, te mou toki tau‘atāina mo‘oni.” ‘Oku ne tu’u vaha’a kiate kitautolu mo e ngaahi fa’ahi kongakau ‘oku nau loki kitautolu mo fakafe’atungia, ka kuo ne ‘osi ikuna’i ma’a kitautolu.

‘Oku ‘ikai lava ‘e he ‘atamai ‘o e tangata ke ne sivi ‘a e mahu’inga ‘o e me’a’ofa ko eni. He ko hai ha taha te ne lava ke ne sivi faka’auliliki ‘a e tapuaki ‘o e fakamolemole angahala pea mo e mo’ui ta’engata? ‘Oku talamai ‘e he kakai ‘o mamani, ‘oku nau toe ma’u pe foki mo e tau’ataina ko eni. Ka ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau sivi’i fakalelei ai, ‘oku holofa kotoa  ‘enau tui fakaetangata ki honau kita. He ko e ha ha ola te nau ma’u kapau ‘oku tu’u pe ‘enau falala ‘i he ‘enau ngaue, ‘o ‘ikai ‘i he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua.