ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Fepueli 15, 2018

Ko e taula ‘o hotau fakamo‘ui

( the anchor of our salvation)

Fehu‘i #31

Ko e hā ‘etau tui fekau‘aki mo e tui ‘oku mo‘oní ?

‘Oku tau tui ki he ngaahi akonaki kotoa ‘oku hā ‘i he koosipelí. ‘Oku fakahaa‘i ‘e he tui ‘a e kau ‘apositoló ‘a e ngaahi mo‘oni ‘o ‘etau tuí ‘o anga pehe ni: ‘Oku mau tui ki he ‘Otua ko e Tamai Mafimafi, Fakatupu ‘o langi mo mamani, pea mo Sisu Kalaisi ko e ‘Alo-tofu-pe-taha ko hotau ‘Eiki, na‘e tu‘itu‘ia ia ‘i he Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oni, fanau‘i ‘e he taupo‘ou ko Mele, na‘e feia ia ‘e Ponitusi Pailato, kalusefai, pekia pea telio. Na‘e hifo ki hetesi. Pea ‘i he ‘aho hono tolú na‘e toetu‘u mei he pekia. Na‘e ha‘ele hake ki langi ‘o ‘afio ‘i he to‘omata‘u ‘o e ‘Otua ko e Tamai Mafimafí. Te ne toe foki mai ke fakamaau‘i ‘a e mo‘uí mo e maté. ‘Oku mau tui ki he Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní pea mo e siasi tapú, feohi ‘a e kau lotú, fakamolemole‘i ‘o e angahalá, toetu‘u ‘o e sinó pea mo e mo‘ui ta‘engatá.

What do we believe by true faith?

Everything taught to us in the gospel. The Apostles' Creed expresses what we believe in these words: We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

SIUTASI 3

Na‘e hā kiate au, kuo pau ke u tohi leva kiate kimoutolu ke enginaki ke mou fefa‘uhi he taukapo‘i ‘a e tokāteline na‘e ‘omi tu‘o taha ki he kakai lotu.

JUDE 3

I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

Commentary - D. A. CARSON (cont…)

So when you gather for public worship on the Lord's Day and recite the creed, remember that behind the mere words on the page are two thousand years of Christian history. The creed serves to link Christians across cultures and languages and space and time as together we say we believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

Prayer

Maker of Heaven and Earth, make the startling claims of our faith come alive to us. Let us not divorce theological truth from the history of your salvation, which occurred in time and space. Let us not waiver in unbelief, but rest our lives upon the truth that you raise the dead. Amen.