ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Sapate Me 13, 2018

Kaungā ‘inasi ‘i he sino ‘o Kalaisi

(communion with the body of Christ)

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 nourishing 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.

RICHARD BAXTER

Here we have communion with the body of Christ, his sanctified people, the heirs of life. When the minister of Christ by his commission representeth a crucified Christ to our eyes, by the bread and wine appointed to this use, we see Christ crucified as it were before us, and our faith layeth hold on him, and we perceive the truth of the remedy; and build our souls upon this rock. When the same minister by Christ's commission doth offer us his body, and blood, and benefits, it is as firm and to us, as if the mouth of Christ himself had offered them. And when our souls receive him, by that faith which the Holy Ghost exciteth in us, the participation is as true as that of our bodies receiving the bread and wine which represent him.