ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Akosi 27, 2022 

THE POWER OF GOD IN CHRIST

KO E IVI ‘O E ‘OTUA ‘IA KALAISI

ROMANS 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

LOMA 10:4

He ko Kalaisi ko e fakangata ia ‘o e lao, kae mā‘oni‘oni ‘a e tangata kotoa pē ‘oku tui.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko e Kalasi pe   

Note this fact carefully, that when you find in the Scriptures the [term] God's justice, it is not to be understood of the self-existing, imminent justice of God, as many of the fathers held, lest you be frightened; but, according to the usage of Holy Writ, it means the revealed grace and mercy of God through Jesus Christ in us by means of which we are considered godly and righteous before Him. Hence it is called God's justice or righteousness effected not by us, but by God through grace, just as God's work, God's wisdom, God's strength, God's Word, and God's mouth signifies what He works and speaks in us.

For therein is revealed a righteousness of God, as it is written in Habakkuk 2:4: "The righteous shall live by his faith." Here you see that he speaks of the righteousness of faith and calls the same the righteousness of God, preached in the Gospel, since the Gospel teaches nothing else but that he who believes has grace and is righteous before God and is saved.

MARTIN LUTHER

Fakatokanga’i fakalelei ange ‘a e me’a ni, ‘i he taimi ‘oku ke vakai ai ‘i he Folofola ki he kaveinga ‘o e faitotonu ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘oku ‘ikai ‘uhinga ia ki hono tu’unga mo’ui pe ‘iate Ia, ‘o hange ko e ma’u ‘a e ni’ihi.  Kae fakatatau ki he lau ‘a e Tohitapu, ‘oku ‘uhinga ia ki he meesi mo e kelesi kuo fakae’a mai ‘ia Sisu Kalaisi kiate kitautolu, ‘o lau kitautolu ko e kau mā’oni’oni ‘i he’ene fofonga mai.  Pea ‘i he’ene pehē, ko e fakamaau totonu ‘a e ‘Otua pe ko ‘ene mā’oni’oni, ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha ngaue ia ‘a kitautolu ka ‘oku ‘a e ‘Otua pe ia fou ‘i he kelesi, hange pe ko e ngaue ‘a e ‘Otua, poto ‘a e ‘Otua, malohi ‘a e ‘Otua, Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua, pea mo e fofonga ‘o e ‘Otua ‘oku ne faka’ilonga’i ‘a ‘ene ngaahi ngaue pea ‘oku ne folofola mai ‘o fou ‘iate kitautolu.

Pea ‘oku fakae’a ‘a e mā’oni’oni ‘a e ‘Otua ‘o fakatatau ki he lau ‘a Hapakuki 2:4: “ko e mā’oni’oni ‘e mo’ui pe ‘i he’ene tui.”  ‘I he potu tohi ko ‘eni ‘oku ne folofola ai fekau’aki mo e tui ‘a e mā’oni’oni pea ne ui pe ia ko e mā’oni’oni ‘a e ‘Otua, pea ‘oku malanga’i ia ‘i he koosipeli, koe’uhi he ko e koosipeli ‘oku ne ako’i pe ‘a e mo’oni ko ‘eni; ko ia ‘oku tui ‘oku ne ma’u ‘a e kelesi pea mo e mā’oni’oni ‘i he fofonga hifo ‘a e ‘Otua pea kuo fakamo’ui ia.