ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Pulelulu Me 9, 2018

‘Oku hūfia kitautolu ‘e he Laumālié

(we are prayed over by the Holy Spirit)

Fehu‘i #45

‘Oku malava ‘e he papitaiso vaí  ‘o fakama‘a ‘a e angahalá ?

‘Ikai, ko e ta‘ata‘a pe ‘o Kalaisí pea mo e fakafo‘ou ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní  ‘oku malava ke fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá́́.

Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.

LUKE 3:16

pea toe lea ‘a Sione kiate kinautolu kotoa, ‘o pehē, “Ko au ‘oku ou papitaiso kimoutolu ‘aki ‘a e vai: ka ‘oku ha‘u ha toko taha ‘oku mālohi ‘iate au, ko e toko taha ‘oku ‘ikai te u taau ke vete ‘a e nono‘o ‘o hono topuva‘e: te ne papitaiso kimoutolu ‘e ia ‘i he Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni mo e afi.”

LUKE 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

R. KENT HUGHES

When I was baptized in the Spirit, I was also prayed for. Romans 8:26 says, “Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought.” The Holy Spirit prays with groanings that cannot be uttered because he knows our hearts Rom. 8:26).

LSTulua

Take comfort dear one in the fact that God the Holy Spirit prays over you! What a thought! To think that we take encouragement and even confidence in asking a friend or a pastor to pray for us, all the while, the very God who knows our hearts intercedes for us with deep groanings. Wow! You can certainly “take that to the bank…all day!”