Sapate Ma‘asi 18,
2018
Foaki mai ‘e he ‘Otuá Ia fou ‘i hono Laumālié
(
God gives us Himself through His Holy Spirit)
Fehu‘i #36
Ko e hā ‘etau tui
fekau‘aki mo e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oni ́ ?
Ko e ‘Otua Ia, kaungā tu‘unga lau‘itāniti fakataha mo
e Tamai pea mo e ‘Aló, pea ‘oku foaki kakato Ia ‘e he ‘Otuá kiate kinautolu kotoa pe ‘oku tuí.
What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?
That he is God,
coeternal with the Father and the Son, and that God grants him irrevocably to
all who believe.
SIONE 14:16-17
Pea te u tala ki he Tamai, pea te ne foaki kiate
kimoutolu ha Taukapo ‘e toko taha, koe‘uhi ke ne ‘iate kimoutolu ‘o ta‘engata;
‘io, ko e Laumālie ‘o e Mo‘oni; ‘a ia ‘oku ‘ikai ke fa‘a ma‘u ‘e māmani,
koe‘uhi ‘oku ‘ikai te ne sio kiate ia, pe fai ke ‘ilo ia: ka ‘oku mou fai ke
‘ilo ia ‘e kimoutolu; he ‘oku ne nofo ma‘u mo kimoutolu, pea ‘oku ne ‘i homou
loto.
JOHN 14:16-17
And I will ask the Father, and he will
give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom
the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know
him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Commentary - SAM STORMS (cont…)
As
we prayerfully meditate on the person and work of the Spirit and
give thanks for his powerful presence in our lives, we would do well to
consider the words of Thomas Torrance, who reminds us that "the Spirit is not just something divine or something akin to God emanating
from him, not some sort of action at a distance or some kind of gift detachable
from himself, for in the Holy Spirit God
acts directly upon us himself, and in giving us his Holy Spirit God gives us
nothing less than himself."
Prayer
God
Our Help, we thank you for sending your Spirit to live in us. Thank
you that he chastens and disciplines, strengthens and comforts us. Let us live
the life of faith in his power, not our own. Let us walk the path of obedience,
filled with his joy. Amen.
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