ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Epeleli 11, 2022

FAITH WORKS BY LOVE

‘OKU NGAUE ‘A E TUI FOU ‘I HE ‘OFA

ROMANS 10:10

for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

LOMA 10:10

He ‘oku fai ‘a e tui ‘aki ‘a e loto ke ma‘u ‘a e fakatonuhia, ka ‘oku fai ‘a e fakahā ‘aki ‘a e ngutu ke ma‘u ‘a e fakamo‘ui.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

When we believe in Christ, and the heart has come into the possession of God, then we are saved from sin and are moved toward repentance, holiness, zeal, prayer consecration, and every other gracious thing. "What oil is to the wheels, what weights are to a clock, what wings are to a bird, what sails are to a ship, that faith is to all holy duties and services." Have faith, and all other graces will follow and continue to hold their course.

Faith, again, has the power of working by love; it influences the affections toward God and draws the heart after the best things. He that believes in God will beyond all question love God. Faith is an act of the understanding, but it also proceeds from the heart. "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness"; and hence God gives salvation to faith because it resides next door to the affections, and is near akin to love; and love is the parent and the nurse of every holy feeling and act. Love to God is obedience, love to God is holiness.

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘I he taimi ‘oku tau tui ai kia Kalaisi, pea ma’u ‘e hotau loto ‘a e ‘Otua, pea ‘oku fakamo’ui leva kitautolu mei he angahala - pea ‘oku ‘unuaki kitautolu ki he fakatomala, ma’oni’oni, mo’ui hohoi, mo’ui lotu fakama’a mo e ngaahi koloa lelei fakalangi kotoa. Hange ha lolo ki he ve’eteka, pe ko ha ngaahi fakamamafa ki ha uasi, kapakau ki he manupuna, la ki he vaka folau, ‘oku pehee tofu pe ‘a e tui ki he ngaahi ngaue mo ouau fakalotu. Ma’u ‘a e tui, pea te ke ma’u ‘a e ngaahi kelesi kotoa pe ‘oku taau ke ma’u ‘e he kalisitiane pea te ke lele ‘i matangi ‘i he pue.

‘Io, ko TUI, ‘oku ne ma’u ‘a e mafai ke ngaue ‘o fou ‘i he ‘OFA; ‘oku he tokonia ‘a e mo’ui hohoi ki he ‘Otua pea ne tohoaki ‘a e loto ki he ngaahi koloa lelei ‘o e mo’ui. Ko e ‘oku tui ki he ‘Otua, ‘oku ne ma’u foki ‘a e ‘ofa ki he ‘Otua. Ko e tui, ko e ngaue ‘o e ‘ilo mo e mahino, ka ‘oku fou mei he loto. “He ‘oku tui ‘a e tangata ‘aki ‘a e loto ki he fakatonuhia”; he ‘oku foaki ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e fakamo’ui ‘i he tui, he ‘oku nofo taha mo e loto hohoi pea ‘oku vaofi mo ‘ofa; pea ko ‘ofa ‘a e tupu’anga mo e tauhi ‘o e mo’ui mo e ngaue ma’oni’oni kotoa. Ko e ‘ofa ‘i he lau ‘a e ‘Otua, ko e talangofua, pea ko e ‘ofa ki he ‘Otua, ko e ma’oni’oni.