ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sune 21, 2022 

THE SYSTEM OF GRACE

KO E PALANI ‘O E KELESI´ 

LUKE 19:10

The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

LUKE 19:10

He na‘e ha‘u ‘a e Fanautama ‘a Tangata ke kumi mo fakamo‘ui ‘a ia kuo mole.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe    

I say that the Lord of love had just such as you are in His eye when He arranged the system of grace. Suppose a man of generous spirit were to resolve to forgive all those who were indebted to him; it is clear that this can only apply to those really in his debt. Each one has but to have his bill receipted, and the liability is wiped out. But the most generous person cannot forgive the debts of those who do not owe him anything. It is out of the power of omnipotence to forgive where there is no sin.

Pardon, therefore, cannot be for you who have no sin. Pardon must be for the guilty. Forgiveness must be for the sinful. It were absurd to talk of forgiving those who do not need forgiveness-pardoning those who have never offended. Do think you must be lost because you are a sinner? This is the reason why you can be saved. Because you own yourself to be a sinner, I would encourage you to believe that grace is ordained for such as you are.

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘I he lau ‘aʻaku´, ko koe pe ‘a e tokotaha naʻe huʻu ki ai ‘a e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua´ ‘i heʻene fokotuʻutuʻu ‘a e palani ‘o e kelesi´. Tau pehē ‘oku ‘i ai ha tangata angaʻofa te ne tamateʻi kotoa ‘a  e moʻua ‘o ha tokotaha kiate ia; pea ‘i he tuʻunga ko eni´, ‘e toki ‘aonga pe ‘a e foʻi ngaue ko eni´ ki ha tokotaha ‘oku ‘i ai hano moʻua. Ko e haʻu pe ‘a e tokotaha ‘oku moʻua´ mo hono moʻua´ ‘o fakahā, pea ‘e tamateʻi leva ia. Ka neongo pe ‘oku lahi fē fē ha angaʻofa ‘a ha taha, ‘e ‘ikai te ne lava ke tamateʻi ha moʻua, kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ha moʻua ke tamateʻi. Ko e mafai pe taha ‘o e Mafimafi ‘o e ‘Otua´ ‘oku ne malava ‘a e faʻahinga fakamolemole pehe ni´.

Ko ia ai, ko e fakamolemole´, ‘oku ‘ikai ‘atā ia kiate koe kapau ‘oku ‘ikai haʻo angahala. Ko e fakatonuhia´ ‘oku maʻae halaia´. Ko e fakamolemole´ ‘oku maʻae angahala´. ‘Oku taʻeʻuhinga ke fai ha lau ke fakamolemoleʻi ha taha ‘oku ‘ikai te ne fiemaʻu ha fakamolemole – ke fakatonuhiaʻi ha taha naʻe ‘ikai haʻane hia. ‘Oku ke pehē ‘oku ke hē koeʻuhi´ ko e angahala koe? ‘Io, ko e ʻuhinga eni ‘oku malava ai ke maʻu ho fakamoʻui; koeʻuhi´, kuo ke fakamoʻoniʻi ho tuʻunga angahala´, pea ‘oku ou fakaʻaiʻai koe ke ke tui kuo poloʻi ‘a e kelesi´ ‘a e ‘Otua´ maʻau ‘i he tuʻunga pe ‘oku ke ‘i ai´.