ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu’apulelulu Sune 16, 2022 

GRACE OUTDOES SIN

‘OKU ‘AUHI ‘E HE KELESI´ ‘A E ANGAHALA´

ROMANS 5:20

The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more

LOMA 5:20

Pea ko eni, na‘e hū ange ‘a e Lao, koe‘uhi ke lahi ‘a e faihala: ka ko ‘ene lahi leva ‘a e angahala, pea hulu atu noa pē ‘a e kelesi.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

Grace outdoes sin, for it lifts us higher than the place from which we fell. And again, “Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,” because the sentence of the Law may be reversed, but that of grace never can. I stand here and feel condemned, yet perhaps I have a hope that I may be acquitted. There is a dying hope of acquittal still left. But when we are justified, there is no fear of condemnation. I cannot be condemned if I am once justified; fully absolved I am by grace. I defy Satan to lay hands on me, if I am a justified man.

The state of justification is an unvariable one, and is indissolubly united to glory. "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God is elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

CHARLES SPURGEON

‘Oku mahulu hake ‘a e Kelesi ‘i he angahala, he ‘oku hiki hake kitautolu ‘o mavahe hake mei he potu na’a tau to ki ai. Kau toe ‘ai atu, “ko ‘ene lahi leva ‘a e angahala, pea hulu atu noa pē ‘a e kelesi” (Loma 5:20), he ko e tu’utu’uni ‘a e Lao ‘e toe lava pe ia ke liliu, ka ko Kelesi, ‘e ‘ikai ‘aupito!. ‘Oku ou tu’u heni pea u ongo’i ‘e tautea mate au, ka ‘oku ‘i ai pe ‘eku ‘amanaki ‘e fakahaofi au. ‘Oku ‘i ai pe ‘a e taele ‘o e ‘amanaki ‘iate au. Ka, ‘i he taimi ‘oku FAKATONUHIA’I au kitautolu, ‘oku ‘ikai ha mo’ui tailiili pe manavahe ki ha fakamaau matea. ‘E ‘ikai ke tautea’i au kapau kuo ‘osi fakatonuhia’i au. Kuo faka’ataa faka’aufuli au ‘e KELESI. ‘Oku ou pole’i ‘a Setane ke ala mai, kapau kuo u ‘osi malu’i ‘e he fakatonuhia.

Ko e tu’unga ‘o e fakatonuhia, ‘oku ‘ikai toe heke, pea ‘oku ha’iha’i ta’etoeue’ia ki kololia.  “Ko hai te ne talatalaaki ‘i ‘a e kakai kuo fili ‘e he ‘Otua? ‘a e ‘Otua koā, ‘a ia ‘oku ne fakatonuhia‘i kitautolu? Ko hai ‘a e fakahalaia? ‘A Kalaisi koā, ‘a ia na‘a ne pekia ma‘atautolu, kae‘uma‘ā ‘ene toetu‘u; ‘a ia ‘oku ne ‘i he nima to‘omata‘u ‘o e ‘Otua, ‘a ia foki ‘oku ne hufekina kitautolu? Ko hai tū ha taha te ne motuhi kitautolu mei he ‘ofa ‘a Kalaisi?” (Loma 8:33-35).