ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Me 4, 2022

AN INSTRUMENT OF FAITH

KO E ME’ANGAUE ‘O E TUI

JOHN 3:17-18

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

SIONE 3:17-18

He tala‘ehai na‘e fekau ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e ‘Alo ki māmani ke fakamaau? ‘a māmani; ka koe‘uhi ke mo‘ui ‘a māmani ‘iate ia. Ko ia ‘oku tui pīkitai kiate ia ‘oku ‘ikai ke fakamaau? ia; ka ko ia ‘oku ‘ikai ke tui, kuo ‘osi fakamaau? ia; koe‘uhi kuo ‘ikai te ne tui ki he huafa ‘o e ‘Alo tofu-pē-taha-na‘e-fakatupu ‘e he ‘Otua.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

It is necessary therefore that with all this, the good Father, who chose us for His glory, should come to multiply His mercy toward His enemies. In declaring to us that He has given His own only Son so that whosoever takes hold of Him by faith should not perish (John 3:16), He creates also in us this instrument of faith which He requires from us.

Now, the faith of which we speak does not consist only in believing that God is God, and that the contents of His Word are true; for the devils indeed have this faith, and it only makes them tremble (James 2:19). But we call faith a certain knowledge which, by His grace and goodness alone, the Holy Spirit engraves more and more in the hearts of the elect of God (1 Corinthians 2:6-8). By this knowledge, each of them, being assured in his heart of his election, appropriates to himself and applies to himself the promise of his salvation in Jesus Christ.

THEODORE BEZA

Pea ‘i hono fakahoko kotoa ‘o e ngaahi me’a ni, ko e Tamai lelei, ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio na’a ne fili kitautolu ma’a hono langilangi, na’a ne lilingi mai ‘Ene meesi ke ‘inasi ai ‘a hono ngaahi fili. ‘I he’ene fakaha mai kuo ne foaki mai Hono ‘Alo tofu-pe-tahaa, ki ha taha te ne ma’u Ia ‘i he tui, ‘e ‘ikai te ne ‘auha (Sione 3:16), ‘oku ne fakatupu ‘iate kitautolu ha me’angaue ‘o e tui, ‘a ia ‘oku ne fiema’u meiate  kitautolu.

Ko e TUI ‘oku tau talanoa ki ai, ‘oku ‘ikai ko e ‘uhinga pe ki he tui ‘oku ‘Otua ‘a e ‘Otuaa, pea ‘oku mo’oni ‘a e Folofola; he na’a mo e fanga tevolo ‘oku nau ma’u ‘a e tui ko eni pea ‘oku nau tete (Semisi 2:19). Ka ‘oku tau ui ‘a e tui ko eni, ko ha fa’ahinga ‘ilo, ‘oku fou ‘i he ‘Ene kelesi mo e angalelei, ‘oku hanga ‘e he Laumalie Ma’oni’oni ‘o tongi ke tupu fakautuutu ‘i he loto ‘o e kakai fili ‘a e ‘Otua (1 Kolinito 2:6-8). Pea ‘oku fou ‘i he ‘ilo ko eni, ko ‘ene kakai, ‘i he’enau pau’ia ‘i honau loto ‘a honau tu’unga fili, ‘oku nau fakahoko ‘i he’enau mo’ui ‘a e palomesi ‘o e fakamo’ui ‘oku ma’u ‘ia Sisu Kalaisi.