ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate ‘Okatopa 16, 2022

REVIVED TO LIFE

FOKOTU‘U KI HE MO’UI FO’OU

1 PETER 1:21

who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 PITA 1:21

‘a kimoutolu ‘oku nofo ko e kau tui pīkitai ki he ‘Otua ‘iate ia, ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio na‘a ne fokotu‘u ia mei he pekia, mo ne ‘ange kiate ia ke lāngilangi‘ia: ko ia ‘oku sio ki he ‘Otua ‘a ho‘omou tui mo ho‘omou ‘amanaki foki.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

Our salvation may be thus divided between the death and the resurrection of Christ: by the former sin was abolished and death annihilated; by the latter righteousness was restored and life revived, the power and efficacy of the former being still bestowed upon us by means of the latter. Paul accordingly affirms that He was declared to be the Son of God by His resurrection (Romans 1:4), because He then fully displayed that heavenly power which is both a bright mirror of His divinity, and a sure support of our faith; as he also elsewhere teaches that "though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God" (2 Corinthians 13:4).

In perfect accordance with this is the passage in Peter, that God "raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God" (1 Peter 1:21). Not that faith founded merely on His death is vacillating, but that the divine power by which He maintains our faith is most conspicuous in His resurrection.

JOHN CALVIN

Ko hotau fakamoʻui´ ‘oku vahe ua ‘i he pekia mo e toetuʻu ‘a Kalaisi: ‘i he pekia´, naʻe fakangata ai mo fakaʻauha ‘a e angahala´ mo mate; pea ‘i he konga hono ua´ (toetuʻu´), naʻe fakafoki mai ‘a e maʻoniʻoni´ pea fakaake ‘a e moʻui´, neongo ‘oku kei ngaue mai pe ‘a e nunuʻa ‘o e muʻaki meʻa´ (angahala). ‘Oku fakamoʻoni mai ‘a Paula, “...‘na‘e mātu‘aki fakae‘a [‘a Sisu] ko e ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otua´... he‘ene toetu‘u mei he pekia” (Loma 1:4), he naʻa ne fakahā ‘a hono mafai faka-‘Otua´, ‘a ia ko e sioʻata ‘o langi pea mo e fakahāʻanga ‘o ‘etau tui´; pea ‘oku ne toe talamai, neongo “...‘oku mo‘oni na‘e kalusefai ia ko ‘ene vaivai, ka ‘oku ne mo‘ui ko ‘ene mālohi mei he ‘Otua” (2 Kolinito 13:4).

‘Oku fehūmalieʻaki eni mo e fakamatala ‘a Pita, heʻene pehee, “...’a ‘Ene ‘Afio na‘a ne fokotu‘u ia mei he pekia, mo ne ‘ange kiate ia ke lāngilangi‘ia: ko ia ‘oku sio ki he ‘Otua ‘a ho‘omou tui mo ho‘omou ‘amanaki foki" (1 Pita 1:21). ‘Oku ‘ikai ‘uhinga eni ‘o pehee ko e tui ‘oku tau maʻu ‘i he pekia´ ‘oku fetōʻaki, ka ‘oku ‘uhinga, ko e ivi faka-ʻOtua ‘oku pukepukeʻaki ‘etau tui´ ‘oku fakaeʻaeʻa ‘i heʻene toetuʻu´.