ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Me 30, 2018

Ko e komiunitī ‘o e kovinānite fo‘ou

(the community of the new covenant)

Fehu‘i #48

Ko e hā ‘a e siasi?

‘Oku vahe‘i mo fakatolonga ‘e he ‘Otuá  ha falukunga kakai ma‘ana, ko ha fa‘ahinga kuo fili ki he mo‘ui ta‘engatá pea fakatahataha‘i ‘i he tui pea ‘oku nau ‘ofa, muimui, ako mo lotu fakataha. ‘Oku fekau‘i atu kinautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá  ke nau malanga‘i ‘a e koosipelí  mo nau fakahaa‘i ‘a e pule‘anga ‘o Kalaisí  ‘i he‘enau to‘onga mo‘uí  mo ‘enau fe‘ofa‘akí.

What is the church?

God chooses and preserves for himself a community elected for eternal life and united by faith, who love, follow, learn from, and worship God together. God sends out this community to proclaim the gospel and prefigure Christ's kingdom by the quality of their life together and their love for one another.

2 TESALONAIKA 2:13

Ka ko kimautolu, ko ‘emau ngāue ke fai, ko e fakafeta‘i ma‘u ai pē ki he ‘Otua koe‘uhi ko kimoutolu, si‘i kāinga ‘ofeina ‘e he ‘Eiki, koe‘uhi ko e fili kimoutolu ‘e he ‘Otua mei he kamata‘anga, ke mou ma‘u ‘a e fakamo‘ui, ‘i he fakamā‘oni‘oni‘i kimoutolu ‘e he Laumālie, pea ‘i ho‘omou tui ki he mo‘oni.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:13

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

JOHN YATES

The church is the family of God. In the New Testament it's called the community of the new covenant. It's the body of which Christ is the Head. It's the bride of Christ. We're called a holy people, a holy nation, a royal priesthood. The church is the people who have been made God's children, adopted by God through Jesus Christ. And the church consists of all cultures, all ethnic groups, people across the ages, all those who have come to know Jesus Christ as Lord.