ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Sepitema 5, 2022 

CONSOLATION IN HIS MERCY

KO E FAKANONGA ‘OKU MA’U MEI HE’ENE MEESI 

ROMANS 7:19, 25

19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

LOMA 7:19, 25

19 ‘Io, ko e lelei ‘oku ou fie fai ‘oku ‘ikai te u fai; kaekehe, ko e kovi, ‘a ia ‘oku ‘ikai te u fie fai, ko ia ia ‘oku ou feia.

25 Fakafeta‘i ki he ‘Otua, ‘a ia kuo ne fai ‘ia Sīsū Kalaisi ko hotau ‘Eiki!

Pea tā ko au, fakaekita, ‘oku te ngāue ki he lao ‘a e ‘Otua ‘i hoku loto, ka ko e lao ‘a angahala ‘i hoku kakano.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

Learn then from this Gospel what takes place when God begins to make us godly, and what the first step is in becoming godly. There is no other beginning than that your King comes to you and begins to work in you. It is done in this way: the Gospel must be the first; this must be preached and heard. In it you hear and learn how all your works count for nothing before God and that everything is sinful that you work and do. Your King must first be in you and rule you.

Behold, here is the beginning of your salvation: you relinquish your works and despair of yourself, because you hear and see that all you do is sin and amounts to nothing, as the Gospel tells you, and you receive your King in faith, cling to Him, implore His grace, and find consolation in His mercy alone. 

MARTIN LUTHER