ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Me 3, 2022

PRESERVING OUR LIBERTY

TAUKAPO’I ‘ETAU TAU’ATAINA

GALATIANS 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

 KALETIA 5:1

KO E tau‘atāina koā na‘e fakatau‘atāina kitaua ki ai ‘e Kalaisi? Pe‘i mou tu‘u ma‘u ai, pea ‘oua te mou toe mo‘ua ‘i he ‘ioke fakapōpula.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

On the question of justification we must remain adamant, or else we shall lose the truth of the Gospel. It is a matter of life and death. It involves the death of the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world. If we surrender faith in Christ as the only thing that can justify us, the death and resurrection of Jesus are without meaning; that Christ is the Savior of the world would be a myth. God would be a liar, because He would not have fulfilled His promises.

Our stubbornness is right, because we want to preserve the liberty which we have in Christ. Only by preserving our liberty shall we be able to retain the truth of the Gospel inviolate. Some will object that the Law is divine and holy. Let it be divine and holy. The Law has no right to tell me that I must be justified by it.

MARTIN LUTHER

Fekau’aki mo e kaveinga ‘o e fakatonuhia, kuopau ke tau piki ma’u ki ai, ka ‘ikai ‘e mole meiate kitautolu ‘a e mo’oni ‘o e Kosipeli. ‘Oku makatu’unga mei heni ‘etau mo’ui mo e mate. ‘Oku felave’i eni mo e pekia ‘a e ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua ma’ae angahala ‘a mamani. Kapau te tau li’aki ‘a Kalaisi, ko e founga pe ia ‘e taha ‘oku ne fai hotau fakatonuhia, pea ‘e hoko pe ‘a e pekia mo e toetu’u ‘a Sisu, ko e me’a noa. Pea ‘e hoko pe ‘a e lau ko Kalaisi ‘a e Fakamo’ui, ko ha talanoa tupu’a pe. ‘E hoko ‘a e ‘Otua ko e loi (tapu mo Ia), he ‘e taku ‘oku ‘ikai te ne fakaai ‘ene ngaahi palomesi.

Ko ‘etau piki mate he mo’oni ko eni, koe’uhi ko ‘etau feinga ke taukapo’i ‘a e tau’ataina ‘oku tau ma’u ‘ia Kalaisi. ‘Oku toki hoko ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau taukapo’i (fakatolonga) ai ‘etau tau’ataina, ‘a ‘etau ma’u ‘a e mo’ui ‘o e Kosipeli mo’oni. ‘E talamai ‘e he ni’ihi, ‘oku lelei ange ‘a e Lao he ‘oku faka-langi. Pea sai pe ia, ke hoko ‘a e Lao ko ha me’a faka-langi mo fakatupu ma’oni’oni. Ka ‘oku ‘ikai ha totonu ‘a e Lao ke ne fai hoku fakatonuhia’i.