ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite ‘Okatopa 11, 2022 

RECONCILED IN CHRIST

FAKALELEI ‘IA KALAISI

ROMANS 3:25

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness because in God’s merciful restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished;

LOMA 3:25

‘a e Toko Taha ko ia na‘e faka‘ali‘ali ‘e he ‘Otua ko e me‘a fakatupu hōifua; ko e hōifua tu‘unga ‘i hono ta‘ata‘a, pea founga ‘i he tui; ko e faka‘ali‘ali ‘e he ‘Otua ma‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio, ke hā ai ‘ene faitotonu, koe‘uhiā na‘e laka ‘i he ngaahi angahala langaimu‘a, ko e me‘a ‘i he fai fakatofutofu ‘a e ‘Otua;

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

God the Father, by His love, prevents and anticipates our reconciliation in Christ. Nay, it is because He first loves us that He afterwards reconciles us to Himself. But because the iniquity, which deserves the indignation of God, remains in us until the death of Christ comes to our aid, and that iniquity is in His sight accursed and condemned, we are not admitted to full and sure communion with God unless, insofar as Christ unites us.

And, therefore, if we would indulge the hope of having God placable and propitious to us, we must fix our eyes and minds on Christ alone, as it is to Him alone it is owing that our sins, which necessarily provoked the wrath of God, are not imputed to us. For this reason Paul says that God "has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world" (Ephesians 1:3-4).

JOHN CALVIN

Ko e ‘Otua ko e tamai, ‘i he’ene ‘ofa, na’a ne toka ‘afio’i ‘a hotau fakalelei ‘ia Kalaisi.  ‘Io, koe’uhi ko ‘ene tomu’a ‘ofa’i kitautolu na’a ne tali ai ke fakalelei’i kitautolu kiate Ia hili ‘ene ‘ofa’i kitautolu.  Ka koe’uhi ko ‘etau hia, pea hu’u ki ai ‘a e houhau ‘a e ‘Otua, pea kei nofoma’u ‘iate kitautolu ‘o a’u ki he pekia ‘a Kalaisi, pea ko e hia ko ia ‘i hono ‘ao na’a ne fakamala’ia’i kitautolu na’e ‘ikai lava ai ketau feohi mo e ‘Otua kae’oua ke fakataha’i kitautolu ‘e Kalaisi.

Ko ia ai kapau ‘oku tau tu’u ‘i he ‘amanaki ‘a e ‘Otua ke ne fai hotau fakalelei, kuo pau ketau fakamama’u hotau mata mo hotau loto ‘ia Kalaisi tokotaha pe, he ko ia tokotaha pe ‘oku ne lava ke to’o ‘etau angahala, ‘a e angahala fakatupu houhau ki he ‘Otua, pea tonu hotau fakamala’ia.  Ko e ‘uhinga ia ‘oku talamai ai ‘e Paula kuo fai ‘e he ‘Otua, “ hotau tapuekina ‘ia Kalaisi, ketau anuanu ‘i he ngaahi tapuaki kehekehe mei he Laumālie ‘i he ngaahi feitu’u ‘o Langi; ‘o fakatatau ki he’ene fili na’a ne fai ma’ana ‘i he te’eki ke tanupou ‘a mamani” (‘Efeso 1:3-4).