ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Me 22, 2018

Fakaloloto mo tupuaki ai ‘etau tuí

(faith deepened and increased)

Fehu‘i #47

‘Oku toe tanaki ‘e he ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí  ha me‘a ki he ngaue na‘e fai ‘e Kalaisí ‘i he huhu‘í ?

‘Ikai, na‘e pekia tā tu‘o taha pe ‘a Kalaisi ma‘a kitautolu. Ko e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí, ko e me‘atokoni kovinānite ke kātoanga‘i e ngaue huhu‘i ‘a Kalaisí; ‘oku tokoni ke fakamālohi‘i ‘etau tuí pea ke tau sio fakamama‘u kiate Ia, pea mo e talateu ‘o e katoanga ‘e fai ‘i langi. Ka ko kinautolu te nau kau ta‘e mālu‘ia ki he ouau ni, te nau kai mo inu ‘a e ha fakamaau kiate kinautolu.

Does the Lord's Supper add anything to Christ's atoning work?

No, Christ died once for all. The Lord's Supper is a covenant meal celebrating Christ's atoning work; as it is also a means of strengthening our faith as we look to him, and a foretaste of the future feast. But those who take part with unrepentant hearts eat and drink judgment unto themselves.

1 PITA 3:18

He ko Kalaisi foki na‘a ne mo‘ua mamahi tu‘o taha koe‘uhi ko e ngaahi angahala, ko e angatonu ma‘a e ta‘eangatonu, koe‘uhi ke ne fakaofiofi ‘a kitautolu ki he ‘Otua . . .

1 PETER 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God...

Commentary - JC RYLE

In eating that bread and drinking that cup, such a man will have his repentance deepened, his faith increased, his knowledge enlarged, his habit of holy living strengthened. He will realise more of the “real presence" of Christ in his heart. Eating that bread by faith, he will feel closer communion with the body of Christ. Drinking that wine by faith, he will feel closer communion with the blood of Christ. He will see more clearly what Christ is to him, and what he is to Christ. He will understand more thoroughly what it is to be "one with Christ, and Christ one with him." He will feel the roots of his soul’s spiritual life watered, and the work of grace in his heart established, built up, and carried forward. All these things may seem and sound like foolishness to a natural man, but to a true Christian these things are light, and health, and life, and peace.