ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Sepitema 25, 2022

VOLUNTARY SUBJECTION

NA‘E LOTO PE KE FAKAVAIVAI‘I IA

JOHN 10:17-18

For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it back. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. This commandment I received from My Father.”

SIONE 10:17-18

Ko hono ‘uhinga ia ‘o e ‘ofa‘i au ‘e he Tamai, koe‘uhi ‘oku ou ‘atu ‘eku mo‘ui kau toe to‘o ia. Tala‘ehai ko e fa‘ao ia ‘e ha taha meiate au, ka ko ‘eku ‘atu ia ‘e au. ‘Oku ou fa‘iteliha ki hano ‘atu; pea ‘oku ou fa‘iteliha ki hano toe to‘o. Ko ia ia ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni ne u ma‘u mei he‘eku Tamai.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe    

In the Confession of Faith, called the Apostles' Creed, the transition is admirably made from the birth of Christ to His death and resurrection, in which the completion of a perfect salvation consists. Still there is no exclusion of the other part of obedience which He performed in life. Thus Paul comprehends, from the beginning even to the end, His having assumed the form of a servant, humbled himself, and become obedient to death, even the death of the cross (Philippians 2:7).

And indeed, the first step in obedience was His voluntary subjection; for the sacrifice would have been unavailing to justification if not offered spontaneously. Hence our Lord, after testifying, "I lay down my life for the sheep," distinctly adds, "No man taketh it from me" (John 10:15, 18). In the same sense Isaiah says, "Like a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth" (Isaiah 53:7).

JOHN CALVIN