ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Ma’asi 19, 2022

DEPENDENT ON GOD'S POWER

‘OKU FAKAFALALA ‘I HE IVI ‘O E ‘OTUA

EPHESIANS 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God

‘EFESO 2:8

He ko e kelesi pē kuo mou mo‘ui mei ai, ko e me‘a ‘i ho‘omou tui; ‘io, na‘e ‘ikai meiate kimoutolu ia, ka ko e foaki mei he ‘Otua

He ‘oku mou moui ‘i he ‘ofa´ pe, ‘i he tui; pea ‘oku ‘ikai meiate kimoutolu ia: ka koe foaki ‘a e ‘Otua (paaki ‘a Uesi)

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption. We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ, and the new nature. 'Tis a work of creation; “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature” (2 Corinthians 5:17). "We are created in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:10). The fallen creature cannot attain to true holiness, but by being created again, Ephesians 4:24: “And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” It is a raising for the dead, Collossians 2:12-13: “Wherein ye also are risen with Him, through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”

Yea, it is a more glorious work of power than mere creation, or raising a dead body to life in that the effect attained greater and more excellent. That holy and happy being and spiritual life which is reached in the work of conversion is a far greater and more glorious effect than mere being and life.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

‘Oku tau matu’aki fakafalala ki he ivi ‘o e ‘Otua ki he sitepu kotoa ‘o hotau huhu’i. ‘Oku tau fakafalala ki he ivi ‘o e ‘Otua ke liliu kitautolu mo ‘omi ‘a e mafai ke tau tui kia Sisu Kalaisi pehee ki he’etau ma’u ‘a hotau natula fo’ou. Ko e ngaue ia ‘o e fakatupu fo’ou; “Ko ia foki, kapau ‘oku ‘ia Kalaisi ha taha, ko e mātu‘aki fakatupu fo‘ou ia: kuo mole ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘o ono‘aho, uē kuo nau hoko ‘o fo‘ou” (2 Kolinito 5:17). “He ko ‘ene ngaohi ‘a kitautolu, kuo fakatupu ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū ke fai ‘a e ngaahi ngāue lelei, ‘a ia na‘e toka teuteu ‘e he ‘Otua ke tau fou ai” (‘Efeso 2:10). Ko e me’a fakatupu kuo hinga, ‘oku ‘ikai te ne lava ke ma’u ‘a e haohaoa mo’oni, ka ‘oku toki ma’u pe ia ‘i he fakatupu fo’ou, ‘Efeso 4:24; “pea ke mou kofu ‘aki ‘a e tangata fo‘ou, ‘a ia na‘e ngaohi ke hoko ki he ‘Otua ‘i he angatonu mo e mā‘oni‘oni ‘a Mo‘oni.” Ko ha fokotu’u eni ia mei he mate, Kolose 2:12-13; “... ‘a ē ko ho‘omou kei kakano‘ia, na‘a ne kaungā fokotu‘u hake kimoutolu mo Ia, hili ‘ene fakamolemole ‘etau ngaahi faihala kotoa pē.”

‘Io, ko e ngaue ‘oku mahulu hake hono langilangi ‘i he fakatupu ‘o mamani, na’a mo e fokotu’u ‘o e mate, he ‘oku ope atu hono ‘aonga pea lahi fau. Ko e fo’i mo’ui fakatapui, fiefia mo fakalaumalie ne fakahoko ‘i he liliu mo’ui ko eni, ‘oku mahulu hake pea mohu langilangi ange ia ‘i he tu’unga ‘o e mo’ui lolotonga.