Tokonaki Me 5, 2018
Fakama‘a ‘i he ivi
‘o e Laumālié
(the
washing by the power of the 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.”
Commentary - JOHN CALVIN
“He shall baptize
you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” It is asked, why
did not John equally say, that it is Christ alone who washes souls with his
blood? The reason is, that this very washing is performed by the power of the
Spirit, and John reckoned it enough to express the whole effect of baptism by
the single word Spirit. The meaning is clear, that Christ alone bestows all the
grace which is figuratively represented by outward baptism, because it is he
who "sprinkles the conscience" with his blood. It is he also who
mortifies the old man, and bestows the Spirit of regeneration. The word fire is
added as an epithet, and is applied to the Spirit, because he takes away our
pollutions, as fire purifies gold.
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