ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Me 18, 2018

Ko e kai fakalaumālie

(a spiritual nourishment)

Fehu‘i #46

Ko e hā ‘a e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí ?

Na‘e fekau‘i ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e Kalisitiane kotoa pe ke nau kai ‘a e maá mo inu ‘a e ipú ko ha fakamanatu ‘ofa kiate Ia mo ‘ene pekiá. Ko e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí  ko hono katoanga‘i ‘o e tāpanekale ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘i hotau lotolotongá; ‘etau felāve‘i mo e ‘Otuá pea mo hono kakaí; ‘a e fafanga mo e fakamākona hotau laumālié. ‘Oku ne fakalika mai ‘a e ‘aho te tau kai mo inu fakataha ai mo Kalaisi ‘i he Pule‘anga ‘o ‘Ene Tamaí.

What is the Lord's Supper?

Christ commanded all Christians to eat bread and to drink from the cup in thankful remembrance of him and his death. The Lord's Supper is a celebration of the presence of God in our midst; bringing us into communion with God and with one another; feeding and nourshing our souls. It also anticipates the day when we will eat and drink with Christ in his Father's kingdom.

1 KOLINITO 11:23-26

He na‘a ku ma‘u ‘e au mei he ‘Eiki ‘a ia ā ne u tuku atu, ‘o pehē, Ko e ‘Eiki ko Sīsū, ‘i he pō ko ia na‘e fai ai hono lavaki‘i, na‘a ne to‘o ha mā: pea hili ‘ene fakafeta‘ia, na‘a ne pakipaki, ‘o ne me‘a, Ko ho‘oku ‘eni sino, ‘a ia ‘oku ma‘amoutolu: mou fai pehē mōku fakamanatu. Pehē foki ‘ene to‘o ‘a e ipu, hili ‘a e ‘ohomohe, ‘o ne me‘a, Ko e ipu ni, ko e fuakava fo‘ou ia ‘oku fai‘aki hoku toto: ‘ilonga ha‘amou inu ia, fai pehē mōku fakamanatu. Seuke, ‘ilonga ha‘amou kai ‘a e mā ni mo inu ‘i he ipu, ‘oku mou fakahā ‘a e pekia ‘a e ‘Eiki kae‘oua ke ne hoko mai.

1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

LIGON DUNCAN

Finally, the Lord's Supper is spiritual nourishment. It's a means of grace. It's one of God's appointed ways by which he builds us up and nourishes us, confirms our faith, and strengthens us for growth. And the Lord's Supper is an anticipation of the glory to come. Jesus washed his disciples' feet on the night that he was betrayed, and he served them the elements of the Lord's Supper. Interestingly, when Jesus speaks of the marriage supper of the Lamb in consummation (Luke 12:37), in glory, when the great end has come and all have acknowledged him to be King, he says that on that day he will bid us all to recline, just like the disciples reclined on the night of the Lord's Supper, and he will gird himself and serve us.

Yes, in the Lord's Supper, we anticipate the marriage supper of the Lamb, where we will sit down with one another in glory, and our Savior will serve us again everything that we need. What a joy it is to come to the Lord's Table.

O Prayer

Bread of Life, we take the Lord's Supper in reverent obedience. We do not want to receive it unworthily, so we come in repentance and faith. Help us to forgive the sins of those who have sinned against us, especially the believers with whom we share the bread and the cup. May our partaking of this meal proclaim your saving death and our desperate need of it. Amen.