ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Epeleli 1, 2022 

FAITH IN CHRIST'S PROMISES

KO E TUI ‘OKU TU’U ‘I HE NGAAHI PALOMESI ‘A KALAISI

PSALM 6:9

The Lord has heard my cry for mercy, the LORD accepts my prayer.

SAAME 6:9

Kuo ongo‘i ‘e Sihova ‘eku hū; ‘E tali ‘e Sihova ‘eku lotu.

Kuo fanongo ʻa Sihova ki heʻeku hū tāumaʻu; pea ʻe maʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻeku lotu (Uesi)

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

Faith presupposes the assurance of God's mercy. This assurance takes in the confidence that our sins are forgiven for Christ's sake. Never will the conscience trust in God unless it can be sure of God's mercy and promises in Christ.

Now all the promises of God lead back to the first promise concerning Christ: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Gen 3:15). The faith of the fathers in the Old Testament era, and our faith in the New Testament, are one and the same faith in Christ Jesus, although times and conditions may differ. Peter acknowledged this in the words: "We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved" (Acts 15:11). And Paul writes: "And did all drink the spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ" (1 Corinthians 10:4).

MARTIN LUTHER

Ko e TUI, ‘oku fakatu’amelie ki he pau’ia ‘o e meesi ‘a e ‘Otua. Ko e pau’ia ko ia, ‘oku ne falala, ko e kotoa ‘o ‘etau ngaahi angahala kuo ‘osi fakamolemole’i koe’uhi ko Kalaisi. Pea ‘e ‘ikai ke piki ‘a e konisenisi ‘o e tangata ki he ‘Otua, kapau ‘oku ‘ikai te ne pau’ia ‘i he meesi ‘a e ‘Otua kuo ‘osi palomesi mai ‘ia Kalaisi.

Ko e ngaahi palomesi kotoa ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku foki kotoa ki he fuofua palomesi fekau’aki mo Kalaisi: “te u ‘ai ke mo fetāufehi‘a‘aki, ‘a koe mo e fefine, pea ko ho hako mo hono hako; ‘e laiki ‘e ia ho ‘ulu, pea te ke laiki ‘e koe ‘a hono muiva‘e” (Senesi 3:15).Ko e tui ‘a e kau peteliake ‘o e kuonga ‘o e Fuakava Motu’a, pea mo ‘etau tui ki he Fuakava Fo’ou, ‘oku taha pe pea ‘oku tu’u kotoa ‘ia Kalaisi Sisu, neongo ‘oku kehekehe ‘a e taimi mo e tukunga. ‘Oku lave ki ai ‘a Pita ‘i he’ene pehe: “ ‘Osi, ‘oku tau tui te tau mo‘ui ‘i he kelesi ‘a e ‘Eiki ko Kalaisi, ‘o hangē tofu pē ko kinautolu” (Ngaue 15:11). Pea hiki ‘e Paula: “he na‘a nau inu ai pē mei he Maka mana na‘e tulimui kiate kinautolu: ka ko e Maka ko ia ko Kalaisi pē” (1 Kolinito 10:4).