ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Epeleli 25, 2022

FAITH THAT RECONCILES

KO E TUI ‘OKU NE FAI ‘A E FAKALELEI

GALATIANS 2:15-16

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

KALETIA 2:16

Neongo ko e tupu Siu kitaua, ‘o ‘ikai ko e ongo angahala mei he Senitaile, ka ‘i he‘eta ‘ilo ‘oku ‘ikai fakatonuhia ha tangata mei he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao, kae ngata pē ‘i he tui kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ko ia, ko kitaua foki na‘a ta tui kia Kalaisi Sīsū, koe‘uhi ke ta ma‘u fakatonuhia mei he tui kia Kalaisi, ‘o ‘ikai mei he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao: koe‘uhi ko e me‘a ki he ngaahi ngāue faka-Lao, ‘e tu‘u mola ai ‘a e kakano kotoa pē, ‘o ‘ikai hanau fakatonuhia mei ai.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

He who has God for his inheritance does not exult in fading joy, but, as one already elevated toward heaven, enjoys the solid happiness of eternal life. It is, indeed, to be maintained as an axiom, that all the promises of God made to the faithful flow from the free mercy of God, and are evidences of that paternal love, and of that gratuitous adoption, on which their salvation is founded.

Therefore, we do not say that Abram was justified because he laid hold on a single word, respecting the offspring to be brought forth, but because he embraced God as his Father. And truly faith does not justify us for any other reason than that it reconciles us unto God, and that it does so not by its own merit, but because we receive the grace offered to us in the promises and have no doubt of eternal life, being fully persuaded that we are loved by God as sons.

JOHN CALVIN