ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Me 28, 2022

THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF SALVATION

KO E MATAVAI ‘O E FAKAMO’UI

PSALM 103:10-11

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

SAAME 103:10-11

Kuo ‘ikai te ne fai kiate kitautolu ‘o fakatatau mo ‘etau ngaahi angahala, Pe totongi kiate kitautolu ‘o fakatatau mo ‘etau ngaahi hia. He hangē ko e mā‘olunga ‘a e langi ki he fonua, ‘Oku pehē ‘a e lahi ‘o ‘ene ‘alo‘ofa Kiate kinautolu ‘oku ‘apasia kiate ia.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

“By grace are ye saved, through faith" (Ephesians 2:8). I think it well to turn a little to one side that I may ask my reader to observe adoringly the fountainhead of our salvation, which is the grace of God. “By grace are ye saved." Because God is gracious, therefore sinful men are forgiven, converted, purified, and saved. It is not because of anything in them, or that ever can be in them, that they are saved; but because of the boundless love, goodness, pity, compassion, mercy, and grace of God.

Tarry a moment, then, at the wellhead. Behold the pure river of the water of life, as it proceeds out of the throne of God and of the Lamb! What an abyss is the grace of God! Who can measure its breadth? Who can fathom its depth? Like all the rest of the divine attributes, it is infinite.

CHARLES SPURGEON

“He ko e kelesi pē kuo mou mo‘ui mei ai,ko e me‘a ‘i ho‘omou tui” (‘Efeso 2:8). ‘Oku ou tui ‘e lelei ke tau afe si’i heni ‘o vakai ki he fu’u tapuaki ‘o e fauniteni ‘o hotau fakamo’ui, ‘a e kelesi ‘a e ‘Otua. “He ko e kelesi pē kuo mou mo‘ui mei ai.” Koe’uhi ko e anga’ofa ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku malava ai ‘a e tangata angahala ke fakamolemole’i, ke liliu, ke fakama’a mo fakamo’ui. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko ha me’a ‘oku ne ma’u ‘iate ia, pe ko ha me’a te ne ma’u ‘oku makatu’unga ai hono fakamo’ui; ka koe’uhi pe ko e ‘ofa ta’engata, angalelei, mana’ofa, meesi mo e kelesi ‘a e ‘Otua.

Ki’i nofo hifo heni, ‘i he ve’e vai. Faka’uta ange ki he vaitafe haohaoa ‘o e vai mo’ui, ‘a ‘ene tafe hifo mei he taloni ‘o e ‘Otua mo e Lami. Ko ha toki vanu faufaua, ka ko e kelesi ‘a e ‘Otua! Ko hai te ne lava ke fua hono maokupu? Ko hai ‘oku ne ‘ilo’i hono loloto? Hange pe ko e kotoa ‘o e ngaahi kelesi faka-’Otua, ‘oku ta’e fa’alaua!