ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Siulai 18, 2022 

ABOUNDING GRACE

KO E KELESI HULU ATU

1 PETER 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 PETER 1:2

ko e fili ‘o fakatatau ki he mu‘aki ‘afio‘i ‘e he ‘Otua ko e Tamai, ‘i homou fakatāpui ‘e he laumālie ke iku ki he talangofua, mo e luluku ‘aki ‘a e ta‘ata‘a ‘o Sīsū Kalaisi. ‘Ofa ke fakalahi kiate kimoutolu ‘a e kelesi mo e fiemālie.

 

Sola Gratia - Grace Alone - Ko e Kelesi´ pe   

Grace doth "much more abound" because a time shall come when the world shall be all full of grace. There has never been a period in this world's history when it was wholly given up to sin. When Adam and Eve rebelled against God, there was still a display of grace in the world; for in the garden, at the close of the day, God said, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel"; and since that first transgression, there has never been a moment when grace has entirely lost its footing in the earth.

God has always had His servants on earth; at times they have been hidden by fifties in the caves, but they have never been utterly cut off. Grace might be low; the stream might be very shallow, but it has never been wholly dry. There has always been a salt of grace in the world to counteract the power of sin.

CHARLES SPURGEON

“Pea hulu atu noa pē ‘a e kelesi”, koe’uhi ‘e a’u ki ha kuonga ‘e kapu ‘a mamani ‘i he kelesi. Kuo te’eki ke ‘i ai ha taimi ‘i he hisitolia ‘o mamani, kuo tukuange mo’oni ai ‘a e kakai ki he angahala. ‘I he taimi na’e angatu’u ai ‘a ‘Ivi mo ‘Atama ki he ‘Otua, na’e kei ‘i ai pe ‘a e kelesi ‘i mamani; he ko e ngoue tapu, na’e folofola mai ‘a Sihova, “te u ‘ai ke mo fetāufehi‘a‘aki, ‘a koe mo e fefine, pea ko ho hako mo hono hako; ‘e laiki ‘e ia ho ‘ulupea te ke laiki ‘e koe ‘a hono muiva‘e” - pea mei he fuofua angahala ko ia, na’e te’eki ai pe ke ‘i ai ha taimi kuo mole ‘aupito ‘a e kelesi mei mamani. 

Na’e ‘i ai ma’u pe ‘a e kau tamaio’eiki ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i mamani; pea neongo na’a nau fa’a manavahe ‘o toi ‘i he ngaahi ‘anaa, ka na’e ‘ikai pe ke tu’usi kinautolu. Na’e taele ‘a e kelesi; pea mamaha ‘a e tafenga vai, ka na’e ‘ikai pe ke maha ‘aupito. Na’e ‘i ai pe ‘a e kelesi ‘i mamani ke fakafepaki’i ‘a e ivi ‘o e angahala.