ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sepitema 9, 2022

CHRIST THE REDEEMER

KO KALAISI KO E HUHU‘I

JOHN 12:27-28

“Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

SIONE 12:27-28

‘Ē, kuo takatu‘u ‘eni ‘eku mo‘ui; pea ko e hā ai ‘eku lea ‘e fai? ‘Alā Tamai, fakahaofi au mei he houa ko eni: ‘Ā, ka ko hono ‘uhinga e na‘a ku hoko mai ai ki he houa ni. ‘Alā Tamai, ke ke fakalāngilangi‘i ho‘ou huafa. Ko ia na‘e hoko ha le‘o mei he langi, ‘o pehē, Kuo u fakalāngilangi‘i ia, pea te u toe fakalāngilangi‘i foki.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

It is manifest from Scripture that God's glory is the last end of that great work of providence, the work of redemption by Jesus Christ. This is manifest from what is just now observed of its being the end ultimately sought Jesus Christ the Redeemer. And if we further consider the texts mentioned in the proof of that and take notice of the context, it will be very evident that it was what Christ sought as His last end, in that great work which He came into the world upon, namely to procure redemption for His people.

It is manifest that Christ professes in John 7:18 that He did not seek His own glory in what He did, but the glory of Him that sent Him. He means, the work of His ministry, the work He performed, and which He came into the world to perform, which is the work of redemption. Christ comforted Himself in the view of the extreme difficulty of His work, in the prospect of the highest, ultimate, and most excellent end of that work, which He set His heart most upon, and delighted most in.

JONATHAN EDWARDS