ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sune 10, 2022

HE DELIGHTS IN MERCY

‘OKU NE MANAKO KI HE FAI MEESI

MICAH 7:18

Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing, And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

MAIKA 7:18

Ko hai ‘a e ‘Otua ‘oku hangē ko e ‘Afiona, ‘oku fakamolemole ‘a e kovi, mo lakai ‘a e talangata‘a ‘o e toenga ‘o hono tofi‘a? ‘Oku ‘ikai te ne puke ma‘u ai pē ‘ene ‘ita, he ko e taha manako ia ki he fai meesi.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

Only God can justify the ungodly, but He can do it to perfection. He casts our sins behind His back, He blots them out; He says that though they be sought for, they shall not be found. With no other reason for it but His own infinite goodness, He has prepared a glorious way by which He can make scarlet sins as white as snow, and remove our transgressions from us as far as the east is from the west. One of old called out in amazement, "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy" (Micah 7:18).

If you profess to deal with the righteous Lord on law terms, everlasting wrath threatens you, for that is what you deserve. Blessed be His name, He has not dealt with us after our sins; He treats with us on terms of free grace and infinite compassion, and He says, "I will receive you graciously, and love you freely."

CHARLES SPURGEON

Ko e ‘Otua tokotaha pe ‘oku ne fakatonuhia’i ‘a e angahala, pea ‘oku ne fai kotoa pe ‘o kakato mo haohaoa. ‘Oku ne laku kotoa ‘etau angahala kimui; ‘Oku ne tamate’i kotoa. ‘Io, pea neongo ‘e kumi, ka ‘e ‘ikai toe ‘ilo ia. ‘Oku ‘ikai ha toe ‘uhinga, ka ko e lelei ta’engata pe ‘a’ana, kuo ne teuteu founga langilangi’ia ke fakama’a ai ‘a e kula’aho’aho ‘etau hia, ke hange ha sinou, pea ke to’o faka’aufuli ‘etau ngaahi angahala ke hange hono mama’o, ko e hahake mo e hihifo. Na’e kalanga ‘a e palofita, ‘i he’ene ofoofo; “Ko hai ‘a e ‘Otua ‘oku hangē ko e ‘Afiona, ‘oku fakamolemole ‘a e kovi, mo lakai ‘a e talangata‘a ‘o e toenga ‘o hono tofi‘a? ‘Oku ‘ikai te ne puke ma‘u ai pē ‘ene ‘ita, he ko e taha manako ia ki he fai meesi” (Maika 7:18). 

Kapau te ke vilitaki ke fehangahangai mo e ‘Otua ma’oni’oni ‘o fakatatau ki he Lao, ‘e fakamalumalu ma’u pe ‘a ‘Ene houhau kiate koe, he ko ho tuha pe ia. Ke langilangi’ia ma’u pe Hono Huafa, he na’e ‘ikai te ne ‘omi hotau tuhaa ‘o fakatatau ki he’etau angahala; ‘Oku ne ‘afio mai kiate kitautolu ‘o fakatatau ki he’ene kelesi ta’etotongi pea mo ‘Ene fai manava’ofa, he ‘oku folofola mai, “ ‘Oku ou tali koe ‘aki ‘eku kelesi, pea ‘oku lou ‘ofa’i koe ‘aki ha ‘ofa ‘oku ‘ikai ‘eke totongi.”