ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Me 18, 2022 

ONE IN CHRIST

TAHA ‘IA KALAISI

GALATIANS 4:18-19

It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you, my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!

KALETIA 4:18-19

Ka ko e me‘a lelei ke mamahi‘i ai pē kimoutolu ‘e ha ni‘ihi, ‘i ha me‘a ‘oku lelei, ‘o ‘ikai ngata pē ‘i he‘eta feangai mo au. Si‘eku fānau valevale, ‘a kimoutolu ‘oku ou toe langā ‘eni ‘i homou fā‘ele‘i, kae‘oua ke kakato ‘a Kalaisi ‘iate kimoutolu,

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

With Christ domiciling in me, the old Adam has to stay outside and remain subject to the Law. Think what grace, righteousness, life, peace, and salvation there is in me, thanks to that inseparable conjunction between Christ and me through faith! Paul has a peculiar style, a celestial way of speaking. "I live," he says, "I live not; I am dead, I am not dead; I am a sinner, I am not a sinner; I have the Law, I have no Law." When we look at ourselves we find plenty of sin. But when we look at Christ, we have no sin. Whenever we separate the person of Christ from our own person, we live under the Law and not in Christ; we are condemned by the Law, dead before God.

Faith connects you so intimately with Christ, that He and you become as it were one person. As such you may boldly say: "I am now one with Christ. Therefore Christ's righteousness, victory, and life are mine."

MARTIN LUTHER

‘I he tapanekale ‘a Kalaisi ‘iate kitautolu, ‘oku taka tu’a leva ‘a e ‘Atama motu’a he ‘oku lalo’aoa ia ki he Lao. Faka’uta ki he kelesi, ma’oni’oni, mo’ui, melino mo e fakamo’ui ‘oku ou ma’u, koe’uhi ko e pikitai ‘o ‘eku taha mo Kalaisi ‘i he tui. ‘Oku malie ‘aupito ‘a e ngaahi fakalea ‘a Paula fekau’aki mo e va ko eni: “ ‘Oku ou mo’ui. ‘Oku ‘ikai te u mo’ui. ‘Oku ou mate. ‘Oku ‘ikai te u mate. Ko e angahala au. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko e angahala au. ‘Oku ou ma’u ‘a e Lao. ‘Oku ‘ikai te u ma’u ‘a e Lao.” ‘I he taimi ‘oku tau sio hifo ai kiate kitautolu, ‘oku hulu ‘a e angahala. Ka ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau hanga ai kia Kalaisi, ‘oku ‘ikai ha’atau angahala. ‘I he taimi pe ‘oku tau fakamavahe’i ai ‘a e pesona ‘o Kalaisi meiate kitautolu, ‘oku tau lalo’aoa ki he Lao, ‘o ‘ikai ko Kalaisi. ‘Oku fakahalaia’i kitautolu ‘e he Lao pea ‘oku tau mate ‘i he fofonga mai ‘a e ‘Otua.

‘Oku ma’u ‘aupito hotau fakafetu’utaki kia Kalaisi, pea ko Ia mo kitautolu ‘oku tau taha pe. Pea ko ia ai, te tau pehee: “ ‘Oku ou taha mo’oni mo Kalaisi. Pea ko e ma’oni’oni ‘a Kalaisi, mo ‘ene ikuna mo ‘ene mo’ui, ‘oku ‘a’aku ia.