ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki Ma‘asi 17, 2018

Ko e laumālie ‘o Kalaisi

( the Spirit of Christ)

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…)

Above all else, though, the Holy Spirit is the "Spirit of Christ" (Rom. 8.9). His primary role in us, the temple of God in whom he dwells Eph. 2:21-22), is other-directed or other-oriented as he ministers to direct our attention to the person of Christ and to awaken in us heartfelt affection for and devotion to the Savior (John 14:26; 16:12-15). The Holy Spirit delights above all else in serving as a spotlight, standing behind us (although certainly dwelling within us) to focus our thoughts and meditation on the beauty of Christ and all that God is for us in and through him.