Tu’apulelulu Sune 30, 2022
DIVINE
GRACE
KO E KELESI ‘A E ‘OTUA
EPHESIANS 2:4-5
Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions is by grace you have been saved.
‘EFESO 2:4-5
Ka ko e ‘Otua, ‘a ia ‘oku ne
mohu ‘alo‘ofa, ko e me‘a ‘i he ‘ofa lahi ‘a ia na‘a ne ‘ofeina ‘aki ‘a
kitautolu, neongo kuo tau mate ‘i he ngaahi talangata‘a, na‘a ne kaungā
fakamo‘ui hake kitautolu mo Kalaisi, (ko e kelesi pē kuo mou mo‘ui mei ai),
Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe
Behold, this divine promise of grace and forgiveness of sin is rightly called "the Gospel." And I say here again that by the Gospel you must by no means understand anything else than the divine promise of God's grace and His forgiveness of sin. For thus it was that Paul's epistles were never understood, nor can they be understood by the papists, because they do not know what the Law and the Gospel really mean. They hold Christ to be a lawmaker, and the Gospel a mere doctrine of a new law. That is nothing else than locking up the Gospel and entirely concealing it.
Now, the word Gospel is of Greek origin and signifies in German Frohliche Botschaft, that is, glad tidings, because it proclaims the blessed doctrine of life eternal by divine promise, and offers grace and forgiveness of sin. Therefore, works do not belong to the Gospel, as it is not a law; only faith belongs to it, as it is altogether a promise and an offer of divine grace.
MARTIN LUTHER