ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Me 25, 2022

FAITH THAT SECURES

KO E TUI ‘OKU NE PUKE NIMA’I KITAUTOLU

1 JOHN 3:23-24

And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

1 SIONE 3:23

Pea ko eni ia ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio, ke tau tui ki he huafa ‘o hono ‘Alo ko Sīsū Kalaisi, pea ke tau fe‘ofa‘aki ‘o hangē ko e tu‘utu‘uni na‘a ne tuku mai. Pea ko ia ‘oku ne tauhi ‘ene ngaahi tu‘utu‘uni ‘oku ne nofo ma‘u ‘i he ‘Ene ‘Afio, pea mo ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘iate ia. Pea ko eni ia ‘a e me‘a ‘oku tau ‘ilo ai ‘oku ne nofo‘ia kitautolu, koe‘uhi ko e laumālie kuo ne foaki mai.

 

Sola Fide - Faith Alone - Ko e Tui´ pe    

We ought, my friends, to be extremely careful of our faith - both of its rightness and of its strength, first of all, we consider the position which faith occupied in salvation. Faith is the salvation-grace. We are not saved by love, but we are saved by grace, and we are saved by faith. We are not saved by courage, we are not saved by patience; but we are saved by faith. That is to say, God gives His salvation to faith and not to any other virtue.

It is nowhere written, He that loveth shall be saved. It is nowhere recorded that a patient sinner shall be saved. But it is said, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." Faith is the vital part of salvation. If a man lacks faith he lacks everything. "Without faith it is impossible to please God." If a man has true faith—however little he has of any other virtue—that man is secure.

CHARLES SPURGEON

Si’oku ngaahi kaungame’a, ‘oku mahu’inga ke tau tokanga ‘aupito ki he’etau tui - tatau pe ‘i hono tu’unga ‘oku totonu ke ‘i ai mo hono malohi - ‘o hange pe ko e fuofua taimi ne tau tui ai pea ma’u hotau fakamo’ui. Ko Tui, ‘a e kelesi ‘o e fakamo’ui. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke tau mo’ui ‘i he ‘ofa, ka ‘oku tau mo’ui ‘i he kelesi, ‘io, ‘oku tau mo’ui fou ‘i he tui. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke tau mo’ui ‘i he’etau to’a; ‘oku ‘ikai ke tau mo’ui ‘i he’etau fa’a kataki; ka ‘oku tau mo’ui fou ‘i he tui. ‘I hono toe fakalea ‘e tahaa, ‘oku foaki ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e fakamo’ui ki he Tui, ‘o ‘ikai ki ha toe kelesi ‘e taha.

‘Oku ‘ikai ha potu tohi ‘oku pehee mai ai, “Ko ia ‘oku fai ‘ofa, ‘e fakamo’ui.” ‘Oku ‘ikai hiki ‘i ha potu tohi, ko e tokotaha angahala ‘oku ne ma’u ‘a e fa’a kataki, te ne ma’u ‘a e mo’ui. Ka ‘oku tau ma’u ‘a e lea ko eni, “‘Ilonga ‘a ia te ne tui mo papitaiso te ne mo‘ui” (Ma’ake 16:16). Ko e Tui, ‘a e konga mahu’inga ‘o e fakamo’ui. Ka ‘ikai ma’u ‘e ha taha ‘a e tui, ‘oku ‘ikai te ne ma’u ha me’a. “Ka ‘oka ta‘ekau ‘a e tui, ‘oku ‘ikai momo‘i lava ha‘ate fakahōifua ia” (Hepelu 11:6). Pea ka ma’u ‘e ha tangata ‘a e tui mo’oni - neongo pe ‘oku lahi fe fe - ko e tokotaha ko iaa, kuo ‘osi malu’i ‘i he’ene ‘Afio.