ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Okatopa 10, 2022

CHRIST IS ALL-SUFFICIENT

KO KALAISI KO E KAKATO MO E FE‘UNGA

COLOSSIANS 1:19

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,

KOLOSE 1:19

He na‘e finangalo ‘a Kātokatoa ke fale ‘i He‘ene ‘Afio;

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

In Christ's person there is a fullness of divinity, a fullness of office, a fullness of merit and graces. Who, then, can doubt but that the satisfaction which He has made is one of infinite value and efficacy, and therefore of such fullness and all-sufficiency that nothing can be added to it? For though Christ's human nature, which was the instrument in the obedience and sufferings, was finite, yet this does not lessen the value of the satisfaction, because it derives its perfection from the divine person of Christ.

Our view is also established by the oneness of Christ's offering. Why does the apostle Paul assert that Christ has once offered Himself for us (Hebrews 7:9-10), and that by one offering of Himself He hath forever perfected them that are sanctified? Why does he always set before us the obedience of Christ alone as the ground of our justification, unless this obedience is full and complete? An offering's having been but once made necessarily imports its plenitude and the full accomplishment of its object.

FRANCIS TURRETIN

‘I he pesona ‘o Kalaisi ‘oku kakato ‘iate Ia ‘a e tu’unga ‘o e ‘Otua, ‘oku kakato ‘iate Ia ‘a hono lakanga, ‘oku kakato ‘iate Ia ‘a e mafai mo e kelesi.  Pea ko hai ia te ne toe ‘ekea ‘a e kakato ‘o e feilaulau na’a ne fakahoko he na’a ne fai mei he tu’unga kakato ‘i hono pesona ‘o ‘ikai ke toe fiema’u ke tanaki ki ai ha me’a.  He neongo ko e natula tangata ‘o Kalaisi ko e me’angaue na’e fou ai ‘ene talangofua mo ‘ene fakamamahi, ka na’e ‘ikai ke holo ai ‘a e mahu’inga ‘o ‘ene fakafiemalie’i ‘a e finangalo ‘o e ‘Otua, he na’e tafe ‘a ‘ene feilaulau mei he pesona faka’Otua ‘o Kalaisi.

‘Ikai ko ia pe, ka ‘oku makatu’unga ‘etau tui ‘i he tahamātē ‘a e feilaulau ‘a Kalaisi.  Ko e ‘uhinga ia ‘oku fakamo’oni mai ai ‘a Paula ki he feilaulau na’e fai ta tu’o taha ‘e Kalaisi ma’a kitautolu (Hepelu 7:9-10), pea koe feilaulau ko ia na’a ne fai ‘e Ia tokotaha pe, kuo ne fakahaohaoa ai ‘a kinautolu kuo tui.  Ko e ‘uhinga ia ‘oku hiki hake ma’u ai pe ‘a e talangofua ‘a Kalaisi.  Ko e makatu’unga ia hotau fakatonuhia, koe’uhi ko ‘ene talangofua na’e kakato mo haohaoa.  Ko e feilaulau nae fakahoko ‘e Kalaisi na’e kakato pea haohaoa ke fakaola ‘a e taumu’a na’e feia ai.