ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu ‘Epeleli 20, 2022 

BY FAITH EMBRACE THE PROMISE

PUKE KI HE PALOMESI ‘I HE TUI

GALATIANS 3:24-25

So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

KALETIA 3:24-25

Pea tā ko e Lao ko hota fakale‘o ma‘a Kalaisi, kae fakatonuhia kitaua mei he tui. Ka ‘i he hoko mai ko eni ‘a e tui, pea ‘oku ‘ikai te ta kei fāiekina ki ha fakale‘o.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

The perpetual succession of the church has flowed from this fountain, that the holy fathers, one after another, having by faith embraced the offered promise, were collected together into the family of God in order that they might have a common life in Christ. This we ought carefully to notice, that we may know what is the society of the true church, and what is the communion of faith among the children of God.

Whereas Moses was ordained the teacher of the Israelites, there is no doubt that he had an especial reference to them, in order that they might acknowledge themselves to be a people elected and chosen by God; and that they might seek the certainty of this adoption from the covenant which the Lord had ratified with their fathers, and might know that there was no other God, and no other right faith. But it was also (God's] will to testify to all ages, that whosoever desired to worship God aright, and to be deemed members of the church, must pursue no other course than that which is here prescribed.

JOHN CALVIN

Ko e hohoko ‘o e siasi, ne tafe mei he fauniteni ko eni; ko e kau takimu’a, na’a nau puke ma’u ki he palomesi, fou ‘i he tui, pea fakatahataha’i ai kinautolu ki he famili ‘o e ‘Otua, ke nau ma’u ‘a e mo’ui taha ‘ia Kalaisi. ‘Oku mahu’inga ke tau tokanga ki heni, ke tau ‘ilo ‘a e kautaha ‘o e siasi mo’oni, mo e feohi’anga ‘o e tui ‘i he fanau ‘a e ‘Otua.

Ko Mosese na’e fakanofo ko e faiako ki ha’a ‘Isileli, pea na’e teu’i pe ia ma’a kinautolu, ke nau ‘ilo ko e kakai fili kinautolu ‘a e ‘Otua; pea ke nau hohoi ki he ohi na’e tu’utu’uni ‘i he kovinanite mo e ‘Otua, ‘a ia na’e fai mo ‘enau ngaahi kui, pea ke nau ‘ilo, ‘oku ‘ikai ha toe ‘Otua mo ha lotu ‘oku toe mo’oni ange. Ka na’e toe finangalo pe ‘a e ‘Otua, ke talaki ki he ngaahi to’utangata, ko ia te ne fie lotu ki he ‘Otua mo’oni, mo kau ki he siasi, ‘e ‘ikai toe ‘i ai ha founga ka ia pe kuo ‘osi hiki ‘i he Tohi.