Sapate ‘Epeleli 29,
2018
He na‘e fai pehē
‘a Sisu…
(…because
Jesus did so)
Fehu‘i #44
Ko e hā ‘a e papitaiso?
Ko e papitaisó ko hotau fakama‘a ‘i he vaí ‘o fou ‘i he huafa ‘o e Tamaí, mo e
‘Aló, pea mo e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní;
‘oku faka‘ilonga‘i mo sila‘i ai ‘a hono ohi kitautolu kia Kalaisí, mo fakama‘a
kitautolu mei he angahalá, pea mo ‘etau tukupā ‘o ‘etau kau ki he ‘Eikí mo hono siasí.
What is baptism?
Baptism is the
washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; it
signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our
commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church.
MATIU 28:19
Ko ia, ke mou ō,
‘o ngaohi ‘a e ngaahi kakai kotoa pē ko ‘eku kau ako, ‘i he papitaiso kinautolu
ki he Huafa ‘o e Tamai mo e ‘Alo mo e Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni:
MATTHEW
28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit...
Collin Hansen
When
I told my pastor I wanted to become a church member, he offered
a simple explanation for why I should then seek baptism: because
Jesus did so. Why, though, did Jesus wade into the Jordan
and
ask his cousin John to lower him beneath the waters? After all, he
had no sin to confess, no need to repent.
I've
always sympathized with John's incredulous response to Jesus's request. “I need
to be baptized by you,” said John, who prepared the way for the Christ, “and do
you come to me” (Matt 3:14).
Yes,
Jesus responded, “for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness” (Matt.
3:15).
Liliu faka-Tonga
‘I
he taimi na‘a ku talaange ai ki he‘eku faifekaú, te u fie hoko ko ha mēmipa ‘o
e siasí, na‘a ne ‘omi ha tali mahino mo nounou ki he mahu‘inga ke u papitaisó;
he fai pehē ‘a Sisu. Ka ko e hā nai ‘a
e ‘uhinga na‘e hifo ai ‘a Sisu ki he vai Soataní, pea ne kole kia Sione, ko
hono tokoua, ke ne fakameleuku ia ‘i he vai? He ko hono mo‘oní, na‘e ‘ikai ha‘a
ne angahala ke vete, pe fiema‘u ke fakatomala.
‘Oku
ou mālie‘ia mo ongo‘i ma‘u pe ‘a e tali ‘a Sione ki he kole ‘a Sisuú, “…Na‘e totonu mu‘a ke u papitaiso ‘iate koe,
pea ‘oku ke ha‘u koā kiate au?” (Matiu 3:14). Ko e lea ia ‘a Sione na‘a ne
teuteu e hala ki he Misaiá.
“Pea tali ‘e Sīsū
‘o ne pehē kiate ia, Tukuange pē ‘i he taimi ni: he ‘oku taau pehē mo kitaua ke
fakakakato ‘a e tu‘utu‘uni kotoa pē” (Matiu 3:15).
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