ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Epeleli 23, 2018

Tali ‘a e ngaahi sakalamenití ‘i hono anga totonú

(observe the ordinances properly )

Fehu‘i #43

Ko e hā ‘a e ngaahi sakalamēniti pe ngaahi ouau fakalotu?

Ko e ngaahi sakalamenití pe ngaahi ouaú, kuo tuku mai ‘e he ‘Otuá  pea fakahoko ‘e Kalaisí, ‘a ia ko e papitaisó mo e kai ‘o e ‘ohomohé, ko ha ngaahi faka‘ilonga hāmai pea mo e sila ke fakamahino kuo ha‘i fakataha kitautolu ko ha fakataha‘anga (komiunitī) ‘o e kau tui, ‘aki ‘a e pekiá mo e toetu‘ú. Pea ‘i he‘etau faka‘aonga‘i mo fakahokó, ‘oku ngaue‘aki leva ia ‘e he Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní ke fakahā kakato mo sila‘i ‘a e ngaahi palomesi ‘a e koosipelí kiate kitautolu.

What are the sacraments or ordinances?

The sacraments or ordinances given by God and instituted by Christ, namely baptism and the Lord's Supper, are visible signs and seals that we are bound together as a community of faith by his death and resurrection. By our use of them the Holy Spirit more fully declares and seals the promises of the gospel to us.

LOMA 6:4

Pea ko e me‘a ‘i hotau papitaiso ki he‘ene pekia, pea tā na‘a tau kaungā telio mo ia; koe‘uhi, hangē na‘e fokotu‘u ‘a Kalaisi mei he pekia ‘e he ‘Afio ‘a e Tamai, pehē ke fai‘aki ‘e kitautolu foki ha mo‘ui ‘oku fo‘ou hono anga.

LUKE 22:19-20

Na‘a ne to‘o foki ha fo‘i mā, ‘o ne fakafeta‘i, mo ne pakipaki ‘o ‘ange kiate kinautolu, ‘o ne pehē, Ko hoku sino ‘eni, ‘a ia ‘oku foaki koe‘uhi ko kimoutolu: mou fai ‘eni mōku fakamanatu. Na‘a ne to‘o pehē foki ‘a e ipu, hili ‘a e ‘ohomohe, ‘o ne pehē, Ko e ipu ni ko e fuakava fo‘ou ia ‘oku fai‘aki hoku toto, ‘a ia ‘oku lilingi koe‘uhi ko kimoutolu.

ROMANS 6:4

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order

that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

LUKE 22:19-20

And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”

Commentary - CHARLES SIMEON

So say I of baptism and of the Lord's Supper: "In their proper and appointed use they cannot be too highly valued: but, if abused to purposes for which they were not given, and looked to as contain ing in themselves, and conveying of themselves, salvation to man they are desecrated."... Let us learn, then, from hence, how to use God's ordinances -We should be thankful for them: we should honour them: we should look to God in them, and expect from God through them the communications of his grace and peace. They are to be reverenced, but not idolized; to be used as means, but not rested in as an end. No one is to imagine himself the better, merely because he has attended on any ordinances."