ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite ‘Epeleli 22, 2022 

PURIFIED BY FAITH

FAKAMA’A ‘I HE TUI

ACTS 15:8-9

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.

ACTS 15:8-9

Pea ko e ‘Otua ‘oku tokaima‘ananga ki ai ‘a e loto, na‘a ne fakamo‘oni ma‘anautolu, he‘ene foaki ki ai ‘a e Laumālie Mā‘oni ‘oni, ‘o hangē ko ‘ene fai kiate kitautolu. Pea na‘e ‘ikai te ne momo‘i faikehekehe kiate kitautolu mo kinautolu, he‘ene fakama‘a honau loto ‘aki ‘enau tui.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

The Spirit testifies, by the mouth of Peter, that hearts are "purified by faith” (Acts 15:9); and seeing that the purity of the holy patriarchs was of the very same kind, the apostle does not in vain infer that the offering of Abel was, by faith, more excellent than that of Cain. Therefore, in the first place we must hold that all works done before faith, whatever splendor of righteousness may appear in them, were nothing but mere sins, being defiled from their roots, and were offensive to the Lord, whom nothing can please without inward purity of heart.

I wish they who imagine that men, by their own motion of free will, are rendered meet to receive the grace of God, would reflect on this. Certainly, no controversy would then remain on the question, whether God justifies men gratuitously, and that by faith. For this must be received as a settled point, that in the judgment of God, no respect is had to works until man is received into favor.

JOHN CALVIN

Na’e lea ‘a e Laumalie ‘o fou mai ‘i he ngutu ‘o Pita, na’e fakama’a honau loto ‘aki ‘enau tui (Ngaue 15:9); pea ‘i he vakai atu, na’e pehe ni pe mo e fakama’a ‘o e kau Peteliake, na’e pehee ai ‘e he ‘aposetolo, na’e lelei hake ‘a e feilaulau ‘a ‘Epeli, he na’e fai ‘i he tui, ‘i he feilaulau ‘a Keini. Ko ia ai, ‘oku tau ma’u mei ai, ‘oku ‘ikai ha ngaue ‘e taau, ka ‘ikai fai ‘i he tui, neongo ‘a hono masani pe fotu ki tu’a, he ‘oku angahala kotoa mei he aka pea fakatupu houhau kia Sihova.

Taau ange ke mahino ki he tangata, ko ‘ene ngaue ‘oku fai ‘iate ia pe, ‘oku ‘ikai tali ‘e he ‘Otua, he ‘oku ‘ikai ha ngaue ‘a e kakano ‘e fakatupu hoifua kiate Ia, ngata pe ‘i he ngaue ‘oku fai ‘i he tui. ‘Oku toki tali pe ‘a e ngaue ‘a e tokotaha, kuo tomu’a hifo ki ai hono finangalo.