Monday, April 23, 2018


Tusite ‘Epeleli 24, 2018

Faka‘ilonga mo e sila ‘o ‘etau makehé
(signs and seals of our uniqueness)


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 - TIMOTHY KELLER

There are two sacraments or ordinances. There's baptism, which is once for all. And there's the Lord's Supper, which is ongoing and regular. We call both of them ordinances because Jesus Christ commands us to do them. But we call them sacraments because through them God's blessing and grace come to us in unique ways. They are not just personal, individual experiences. We are members of a community, and baptism and the Lord's Supper show that we belong to that community, the covenant community, the people who belong to Jesus. And that's the reason why these are actually like boundary markers. The Westminster Confession says they "put a visible difference between those that belong to the church and the rest of the world."

‘Oku ua ‘a e ongo sakalamenití pe ouaú (tu‘utu‘uni). Ko e papitaisó, ‘a ia ‘oku fai tā tu‘o taha pe. Pea mo e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí, ‘a ia ‘oku toutou fai mo tauhi ma‘u. ‘Oku ui lōua pe kinaua ko e “ouau” pe tu‘utu‘uni he na‘e fekau‘i ‘e Sisu Kalaisi kitautolu ke tau fai. Ka ‘oku tau toe ui ke ‘a e ongo me‘a ni ko e sākalamēniti he ‘oku fakafou mai ‘i he ongo me‘a ni ‘a e tapuaki mo e kelesi mei he ‘Otuá ‘i ha founga ‘oku makehe ange. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko ha me‘a ‘oku ‘inasi pe a‘usia fakafo‘ituitui. Ko e ngaahi kupu kitautolu ‘o ha komiunitī (fakataha‘anga), fakataha faka-kovinānite, ko e kakai ‘oku nau kau kia Sisu. Ko e ‘uhinga ia ‘oku hangē ai ‘a e ongo ouau ko ení, ha faka‘ilonga fakakau‘āá. ‘Oku ‘i ai ‘a e lave ki ai ‘a e tui ‘a e Uesiminisitāá; ‘oku hanga ‘e he ongo ouaú  ni “ ‘o fokotu‘u ha faka‘ilonga fakasino ke ne fakafaikehekehe‘i ‘a e fa‘ahinga ‘oku kau ki he siasí mo e kakai ‘o mamaní .”

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