ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Me 11, 2022

HEIRS OF THE PROMISE

‘EA KI HE PALOMESI

GALATIANS 3:28-29

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

KALETIA 3:28-29

‘Oku ‘ikai ai ha Siu pe ha Kalisi, ‘oku ‘ikai ai ha pōpula pe ha tau‘atāina, ‘oku ‘ikai ai ke tangata mo fefine: he ko kimoutolu kātokatoa ko e toko taha tofu pē ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū. Pea kapau ko e konga ‘o Kalaisi ‘a kimoutolu, pea tā ko e hako ‘o ‘Epalahame ‘a kimoutolu, ko e ngaahi ‘ea ‘o fakatatau ki he Tala‘ofa.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

We, brethren, are children of the promise, born not after the flesh, nor according to the energy of nature, but by the power of God. We trace our new birth not to blood, nor to the will of the flesh, nor to the will of man, but to God alone. We owe our conversion neither to the reasoning of the logician nor to the eloquence of the orator, neither to our natural betterness nor to our personal efforts; we are, as Isaac was, the children of God's power according to the promise.

Now, to us the covenant belongs, for it has been decided - and the apostle has declared the decision in the name of God - that “to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ. ... And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise”(Galatians 3:16, 29). We are altogether saved by faith.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko kitautolu, si’oku kaunga fononga, ko e fanau kitautolu ‘o e palomesi, na’e ‘ikai fanau’i ‘o fakatatau ki he kakano, pe ivi ‘o natula, ka ‘i he ivi ‘o e ‘Otua. ‘Oku tau fakatotolo hotau fanau’ifo’ou, ‘o ‘ikai ko e toto, pe ko e loto ‘o e kakano, pe ko ha fili ‘a e tangata, ko e ‘Otua tokotaha pe. Na’e ‘ikai tefito ‘i he ‘atamai ‘o e kau poto, pe faiva lea ‘a ha punake, pe ko ha’atau lelei fakafo’ituitui; he ‘oku tau hange pe ko ‘Aisake, ko e fanau ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o fakatatau ki he Palomesi.

‘Oku ‘atautolu ‘a e kovinanite, he na’e toka tala, pea fakaha ‘e he kau ‘aposetolo ‘i he huafa ‘o e ‘Otua - Pea ko eni, na‘e fai ‘a e ngaahi tala‘ofa ma‘a ‘Epalahame mo hono hako. ‘Oku ‘ikai te ne pehē, Pea mo ho ngaahi hako, ‘o hangē ko ha‘ane lau ki ha tokolahi; ka hangē ko ‘ene lau ki ha toko taha pē, ‘o pehē, Pea mo ho hako: ‘a ia ko Kalaisi…Pea kapau ko e konga ‘o Kalaisi ‘a kimoutolu, pea tā ko e hako ‘o ‘Epalahame ‘a kimoutolu, ko e ngaahi ‘ea ‘o fakatatau ki he Tala‘ofa (Kaletia 3:16, 29). ‘Oku fai kotoa hotau fakamo’ui ‘i he TUI.