ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Ma’asi 22, 2022

FAITH MAKETH ALIVE

KO TUI ‘OKU NGAOHI KE MO’UI

ROMANS 4:7

Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

LOMA 4:7

Monū‘ia ā ka ko e kakai kuo fakamolemole ‘enau ngaahi talangata‘a, Pea ‘u‘ufi ‘enau ngaahi angahala.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

It is best to hear the testimonies out of the Scriptures. Faith maketh us happy. For to Saint Peter, confessing the Lord Jesus by true faith, it is said: "Happy art thou, Simon, the son of Jonas. Flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my Father which is in heaven." Saint Paul, for the proof of faith, bringeth in that sentence of David: "Happy are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall impute no sin." Faith quickeneth or maketh alive. For "the just liveth by faith.” This doth Paul very often in his writings allege out of the prophets.

The same Paul also saith: "The life which now I live in flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Faith joineth us to the eternal and chief goodness, and so maketh us to enjoy the chief goodness, that God may dwell in us and we in God.

MARTIN LUTHER

‘Oku lelei ma’u ange pe ‘etau fanongo ki he fakamatala ‘a e Folofola. Ko e tui´ ‘oku fakatupu ‘a e loto fiefia ‘iate kitautolu. He ko e tali malie na’e fai ‘e Pita fekau’aki mo hono ‘Eiki ko Sisu ‘aki ‘ene tui mo’oni, pea na’e folofola ai ‘a Sisu, “Ha monū‘ia ā ka ko koe, ‘e Saimone Pāsiona: he ‘oku ‘ikai ko e kakano mo toto na‘e fukefuke kiate koe, ka ko ‘eku Tamai ‘oku ‘i Hēvani” (Matiu 16:17). Na’e ‘omi foki ‘e Paula ‘a e fakamo’oni ki he tui, he’ene to’o mai ‘a e lau ‘a Tevita: “MONŪ‘IA Ā ka ko e toko taha. Kuo fakamolemole ‘ene talangata‘a, Kuo ‘ufi‘ufi ‘ene faihala. Monū‘ia ā ka ko e tangata, ‘Oku ‘ikai lau hia ki ai ‘e Sihova, (Saame 32:1-2). ‘Oku fokotu’u ‘e tui mei he mate - ‘Oku NGAOHI ke MO’UI. ‘Io, “ka ko e mā‘oni‘oni te ne mo‘ui mei he‘ene tui” (Hapakuki 2:4). Ko e mo’oni eni ‘oku toutou ‘omi ‘e Paula mei he kau palofita.

Ko Paula pe foki na’a ne pehee: “‘io, ko e mo‘ui ‘oku ou fai ‘eni ‘i he kakano ko e mo‘ui ‘i he tui, ko e tui ki he ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua, ‘a ia na‘a ne ‘ofeina au, mo ne foaki ia ‘e ia ke pekia koe‘uhi ko au” (Kaletia 2:20). Ko e tui ‘oku ne fakakau kitautolu ki he lelei ma’olunga taha mo lau’itaniti, pea ne ‘ave kitautolu ke tau ‘inasi ‘i he fiefia ‘o e lelei taupotu ko ia, ‘a eni: ‘oku tau nofoma’u ‘i he ‘Otua mo e ‘Otua ‘iate kitautolu.