ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Me 14, 2022

FAITH BEHOLDS RIGHTEOUSNESS

KO E TUI´ ‘OKU TAU MA’U AI ‘A E MA’ONI’ONI

GALATIANS 5:5-6

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

KALETIA 5:5-6

He ko kimautolu, ko e me‘a ‘i he Laumālie, pea koe‘uhi ko ‘emau tui, ‘oku mau talitali ‘aki ‘a e ‘amanaki ki he fakatonuhia. He ‘i he tu‘u ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū, ‘oku ‘ikai mamafa ha‘ate kamu pe ta‘ekamu, ka ko ha tui pē ‘oku ngāue fou ‘i he ofa.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe   

The brightest day that ever dawned upon us was the day in which we first “looked unto Him, and were lightened" (Psalm 34:5). It was all dark till faith beheld the Sun of Righteousness. The dawn of faith was to us the morning of life; by faith only we began to live. We have since then walked by faith. Whenever we have been tempted to step aside from the path of faith, we have been like the foolish Galatians, and we have smarted for our folly. I trust we have not "suffered so many things in vain" (Galatians 3:4).

We began in the Spirit, and if we have sought to be made perfect in the flesh, we have soon discovered ourselves to be sailing upon the wrong tack, and nearing sunken rocks. "The just shall live by faith" is a truth which has worked itself out in our experience, for often and often have we felt that, in any other course, death stares us in the face; and therefore "we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith" (Galatians 5:5).

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e ‘aho maama taha ‘o ‘etau mo’ui, ‘a e ‘aho na’a tau fuofua “hanga kiate Ia, pea maama leva…”(Saame 34:5). Na’e po’uli fau, talunga mo e hanga hake ‘a tui ‘o ma’u ‘a e Maama ‘o e Ma’oni’oni. Ko e hopo hake ‘a e la’aa ‘o e tui, ko e pongipongi ia ‘o e mo’ui; na’e toki hoko mai ‘a TUI ‘o fofoa ‘a e mo’ui ‘iate kitautolu. Pea talu mei ai ‘etau ‘a’eva ‘i he tui. Pea ‘i he taimi kotoa pe ‘oku ‘ahi’ahi’i ai kitautolu ke tau afe mei he ‘alunga ‘o e tui, ‘oku tau hange leva ko e kau Kaletia vale (‘i he lau ‘a Paula) - ka kuo tau ako mei ai. ‘Oku tau faka’amu ke ‘oua na’a ta’e’aonga ‘a e fakapuepue ‘oku tau fai (Kaletia 3:4).

Na’a tau kamata ‘i he Laumalie, pea kapau ‘oku tau feinga ke fakakakato mei he kakano, te tau toki ofo hake, kuo hala ‘a e siate folau, he kuo tau fakaofi atu ki ha hakau. “Ko e ma’oni’oni ‘e mo’ui pe ‘i he’ene tui” ko ha mo’oni ia kuo tau ‘inasi ai ‘i he a’usia. He ‘oku tau ‘ilo leva ‘oku, ‘o tatau ai pe ha me’a, ‘oku tau fehangahangai pe mo mate;  “He ko kimautolu, ko e me‘a ‘i he Laumālie, pea koe‘uhi ko ‘emau tui, ‘oku mau talitali ‘aki ‘a e ‘amanaki ki he fakatonuhia” (Kaletia 5:5).