ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sepitema 27, 2022 

WEAK LAW, POWERFUL GOD

LAO VAIVAI, ‘OTUA MAFIMAFI

ROMANS 8:3

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh

LOMA 8:3

He ko e me‘a na‘e ‘ikai lava ‘e he Lao, ko ‘ene vaivai koe‘uhi ko e kakano, ne lava ‘e he ‘Otua; he‘ene fekau mai hono ‘Alo ‘o‘ona ‘i he tatau ‘o e kakano angahala‘ia, pea mo‘o feilaulau he angahala, ‘o ne hifo ai ‘a angahala mei he‘ene pule ‘i he kakano:

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

It behooved Christ to be made in the likeness of sinful flesh, that He might supply what the Law could not do, in that it was weak, and fulfill the claims of the Law in us (Romans 8:3-4). This weakness of the Law is not to be understood subjectively, as if it were in the Law, but objectively, in the sinner in relation to the Law, on account of his inability to perform any one of the duties which it commands. This Law is said to be weak, not in relation to the infliction of punishment, but as to the observation of its precepts.

Christ, therefore, by supplying what the Law could not do in us, must fulfill all the Law demanded of us and work out what the apostle calls "righteousness" or the rights of the Law, without doubt a right to life obtained by doing what the Law commands. This required not only a passive but also an active obedience.

FRANCIS TURRETIN