ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Sepitema 19, 2022 

THE GIFT OF GOD

KO E ME‘A‘OFA PE ‘A E ‘OTUA

1 CORINTHIANS 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

1 CORINTHIANS 4:7

Pea ko ho‘o makehe atu na, ko e ngāue ‘a hai? he ‘oku ‘i ai ha‘o me‘a na‘e ‘ikai foaki? Pea kapau leva ko ho‘o ma‘u foaki, ko e hā ‘oku ke pōlepole ai, ‘o hangē ko e toko taha kuo ne ma‘u ‘iate ia pē?

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

Those that are redeemed by Jesus Christ do, in all these respects, very directly and entirely depend on God for their all. First, the redeemed have all their good of God; God is the great Author of it: He is the First Cause of it, and not only so, but He is the only proper cause.

'Tis of God that we have our Redeemer: it is God that has provided a Saviour for us. Jesus Christ is not only of God in His person, as He is the only begotten Son of God, but He is from God, as we are concerned in Him and in His office of Mediator. He is the gift of God to us: God chose and anointed Him, appointed Him His work, and sent Him into the world.

And as it is God that gives, so 'tis God that accepts the Saviour. As it is God that provides and gives the Redeemer to buy salvation for us, so it is of God that salvation is bought: He gives the Purchaser, and He affords the thing purchased.

JONATHAN EDWARDS