ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu’apulelulu Ma’asi 17, 2022

A DOCTRINE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

KO HA TOKATELINE MAHU’INGA FAU

ROMANS 9:30

What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith

LOMA 9:30

Pea ko e hā ai ‘etau lea ‘e fai? ‘A ‘eni, Ko Senitaile ta‘etuli ki he mā‘oni‘oni, kuo nau ma‘u ‘a e mā‘oni‘oni ‘oku mei he tui:

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

The Scripture treats this doctrine as a doctrine of very great importance. That there is a certain doctrine of justification by faith, in opposition to justification by the works of the Law, which the apostle Paul insists upon as of the greatest importance, none will deny; because there is nothing in the Bible more apparent. The apostle, under the infallible conduct of the Spirit of God, thought it worth his most strenuous and zealous disputing about and defending.

He speaks of the contrary doctrine as fatal and ruinous to the souls of men, in the latter end of the ninth chapter of Romans, and beginning of the tenth. He speaks of it as subversive of the Gospel of Christ, and calls it "another gospel," and says concerning it, “Though an angel from heaven preach it, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:6-9). Certainly we must allow the apostles to be good judges of the importance and tendency of doctrines; at least the Holy Ghost in them.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

‘Oku lau ‘e he Folofola ‘a e tokateline ko eni, ko e tokateline mahu’inga ‘aupito. Ko e tokateline ‘o e fakatonuhia (ma’u ‘o e fakamo’ui) ‘o fou pe ‘i he tui, ‘oku tu’u fehangahangai ia mo e fakatonuhia ‘oku ma’u mei he ngaue ‘a e Lao; ko e mo’oni eni ia ‘oku taukave’i malohi ‘aupito ‘e Paula he ‘oku mahu’inga fau pea ‘oku ta’e toe ‘ekea, he ‘oku mahino ngofua mei he Folofola. Na’e fakamo’oni’i ta’e toe veiveiua ‘e he ‘aposetolo ‘a e tokateline ko eni, ‘i hono takiekina ia ‘e he Laumalie ‘o e ‘Otua, pea na’a ne taukave’i ‘aki hono ivi kotoa.

Ko e tokateline ‘oku tu’u fakafepaki ki he mo’oni ko eni, na’a ne tala ‘oku fakatu’utamaki mo fakamala’ia ki he laumalie ‘o e tangata, ‘a ee ‘oku ha ‘i he konga kimui ‘o e vahe hiva ‘o e tohi Loma mo e kamata’anga ‘o e vahe hongofulu. ‘Oku ne pehee ‘oku hanga ‘e he tokateline ko eni ‘o tuku hifo ‘a e Kosipeli ‘o Kalaisi, pea tala ko e “kosipeli kehe” ia. Na’a ne pehee foki, “Ka neongo ko kimautolu, pe ko ha ‘āngelo mei Langi, ka ‘o kapau te ne malanga‘aki ha kōsipeli ‘oku makehe atu mo ia na‘a mau malanga‘aki atu, ke ne hoko ko e mala‘ia” (Kaletia 1:8). ‘Io, tau tuku ‘etau falala kau ‘aposetolo ke nau talamai ‘a e tokateline ‘oku mahu’inga ke tau tokanga ki ai, ‘isa, ‘a e Laumalie Ma’oni’oni ‘oku ‘iate kinautolu.