ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tu‘apulelulu Ma‘asi 15, 2018

Ko e Laumālié  ko e ‘Otua ‘o e ngaahi ‘Otua

( the Holy Spirit is God through and through)

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…)

How different this is from what we actually read in Scripture. There we see that the Spirit is not third in rank in the Godhead but is coequal and co-eternal with the Father and Son, sharing with them all the glory and honor due unto our triune God. The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal power or an ethereal, abstract energy. The Spirit is personal in every sense of the term. He has a mind and thinks (Isa.11:2; Rom. 8:27). He is capable of experiencing deep affections and feelings (Rom. 8:26; 15:30). The Spirit has a will and makes choices regarding what is best for God's people and what will most glorify the Son (Acts 16:7; 1 Cor. 2:11).

‘Oku tau ma‘u mei he Folofolá  ha fakamatala mahino fekau‘aki mo e Laumalie Ma‘oni‘oní. Ko e Laumālié ‘oku ‘ikai ke fika tolu hono mahu‘ingá ‘i he tolu-taha‘i-‘Otuá, ka ‘oku tu‘unga tatau mo e Tamaí  pea mo e ‘Aló  pea ‘oku nau lau‘itāniti. Ko e Laumālié  ‘oku ‘ikai ko ha fu‘u ivi pē ‘oku tētē noa ‘i he ‘univeesí. Ko e Laumālié  ko e tokotaha (person). ‘Oku ‘i ai hono ‘atamai pea ‘oku ne vavanga mo sivi ha ‘uuni me‘a (‘Ais 11:2; Lom 8:27). ‘Oku malava ke ne ongo‘i ha ngaahi ongo ‘oku loloto mo mo‘oni (Lom 8:26; 15:30). ‘Oku ‘i ai hono loto pea ‘oku malava ke ne sivi mo fili ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku kau ki he lelei ‘a e kakai ‘a e ‘Otuá mo e me‘a ‘e fakahoifua ki he ‘Aló (Ng 16:7; 1 Kol 2:11).