ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Ma’asi 20, 2022 

FAITH BRINGS HOLINESS

‘OKU ‘OMI ‘E HE TUI ‘A E MA’ONI’ONI

GALATIANS 3:6

just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”

KALETIA 3:6

‘Ā, ‘oku hangē pē ko e folofola, Na‘e tui ‘a ‘Epalahame ki he ‘Otua, pea na‘e lau ia ma‘ane mā‘oni‘oni

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

Bу faith alone can we become righteous, for faith invests us with the sinlessness of Christ. The more fully we believe this, the fuller will be our joy. If you believe that sin, death, and the curse are void, why, they are null, zero. Whenever sin and death make you nervous, write it down as an illusion of the devil. There is no sin now, no curse, no death, no devil, because Christ has done away with them.

In the Apostolic Creed we confess, “I believe in the holy Christian church." But if you want to believe your eyes you will find many shortcomings and offenses in the members of the holy church. You see them succumb to temptation, you see them weak in faith, you see them giving way to anger, envy, and other evil dispositions. "How can the church be holy?" you ask. It is with the Christian church as it is with the individual Christian. If I examine myself, I find enough unholiness to shock me. But when I look at Christ in me, I find that I am altogether holy. And so it is with the church.

MARTIN LUTHER

Ko e tui ‘ata’ata pe ‘oku tau ma’u ai ‘a e ma’oni’oni, he ko e tui pe ‘oku ne ‘omi kiate kitautolu ‘a e haohaoa ‘a Kalaisi. Ko e kakato ange ‘o ‘etau mahino’i e mo’oni ko eni, ko e kakato ange ia ‘o ‘etau fiefia. He kapau ‘oku ke tui kuo fakaka’anga ‘a e angahala, mate mo e mala’ia, pea te nau hoko kotoa ko e me’a noa kiate koe. Ko e taimi kotoa pe ‘oku ke ongo’i tailiili he fakakaukau ki he angahala mo e mate, hiki pe ia ‘i ho’o tohi noa ko e fo’i usu mei he tevolo. ‘Oku ‘ikai ha ivi ‘o e angahala kiate koe he ‘aho ni, pe ko e fakamala’ia, mo mate, mo e tevolo kuo ‘osi fakaka’anga kotoa kinautolu ‘e Kalaisi.

‘I he Tui ‘a e Kau ‘Aposetolo, ‘oku tau lau ai, “ ‘Oku ou tui ki he siasi tapu.” Pea kapau ‘oku ke tui ki he me’a ‘oku sio ki ai, te ke fakatokanga’i ‘a e lahi ‘a e ngaahi tonounou ‘a e kau memipa ‘o e siasi tapu. ‘Oku vakai ‘oku nau fakavaivai ki he ‘ahi’ahi ‘a e fili; ‘oku ke vakai ‘oku vaivai ‘enau tui; ‘oku ke vakai ‘oku ma’u kinautolu ‘e he tuputamaki mo e ngaahi anga fakapo’uli kehekehe. “ Pea te ke pehee, “‘Oku anga fe fe ‘a e ma’oni’oni ‘a e siasi?” ‘Oku tatau pe ‘a e siasi faka-kalisitiane mo e kalisitiane fakafo’ituitui. He kapau te u nofo hifo ke u sivi mo hakule ‘eku mo’ui, ‘oku ‘osi hulu tu’a pe ‘a e ta’ema’oni’oni ‘iate au ke ‘osi ai ‘eku tumu. Ka ‘i he taimi ‘oku ou sio ai kia Kalaisi ‘iate au, ‘oku ou vakai ko e ma’oni’oni au. Pea ‘oku pehee pe mo e siasi faka-kalisitiane.