ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Akosi 29, 2022 

NOTHING APART FROM CHRIST

KA ‘IKAI ‘A KALAISI, ‘OKU HALA KOTOA

JOHN 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

SIONE 15:5

Ko au pē ko e vaine, ko kimoutolu ko e ngaahi va‘a: ko ia ‘oku nofo ma‘u ‘iate au, mo au ‘iate ‘ia, ‘oku fua lahi ‘a e toko taha ko ia: he ka māvae mo au, ‘oku ‘ikai te mou fa‘a fai ha me‘a.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko e Kalasi pe   

Take heed, therefore, take heed, I say, lest you presume to get rid of the smallest of your sins through your own merit before God, and lest you rob Christ, the Lamb of God, of His credit. John indeed demands that we grow better and repent; but he does not mean us to grow better of ourselves and to strip off our sins by our own strength, this he declares powerfully by adding, "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." He means that each one is to know himself and his need of becoming a better man; yet he is not to look for this in himself, but in Jesus Christ alone.

Now may God our Father according to His infinite mercy bestow upon us this knowledge of Christ, and may He send into the world the voice of John, with great numbers of evangelists! Amen.

MARTIN LUTHER

Tokanga, pea ke toe tokanga, ‘oku ou lea kiate koe, na’a faifai kuo ke pehe te ke lava ke tukuange ha meme’i angahala ‘i ho ivi fakaetangata ‘i he fofonga mai ‘a e ‘Otua, he te ke kaiha’asi ai mei a Kalaisi, ko e Lami ‘a e ‘Otua, ‘a hono langilangi.  ‘Oku ui kitautolu ‘e Sione ketau ha’u ki he maama pea ketau fakatomala; ka ‘oku ‘ikai te ne ‘uhinga ketau tupulaki ha ngaahi lelei fakaetangata pea tau hanga ‘o hu’ihu’i ‘etau ngaahi angahala ‘i hotau mafai fakaetangata, pea ‘oku hā ia ‘i he’ene na’ina’i ko ‘eni, “vakai ko eni ‘a e Lami ‘a e ‘Otua ‘oku ne ‘ave ‘a e angahala ‘a mamani.”  Na’e ‘uhinga ‘a Sione ketau taki taha ‘ilo ‘a kitautolu pea mo ‘etau  ngaahi fiema’u, ka na’e ‘ikai ke ‘uhinga ketau sio ai pe ki hotau tu’unga tangata, kā ketau sio kia Kalaisi tokotaha pe.

Ko ia ke hangaifofonga mai ‘a e ‘Otua ko e Tamai fakatatau ki he’ene ngaahi meesi ta’engata ke ne ‘omi kiate kitautolu ketau ‘ilo’i mo’oni ‘a Kalaisi, pea ke ne fekau’i atu ki mamani ‘a e le’o ‘o Sione, ‘o fou ‘i ha kau ‘evangeliō tokolahi.  ‘Emeni.