Tusite Me 29, 2018
Ke ke hangē tofu
pe ko Kalaisí ‘i he loto siasí
(Be
like Christ in the church)
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.
Commentary - CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Take heed
that you carry this into the church too.... Be like Christ in the church. How
many there are of you.. seeking pre-eminence? How many are trying to have some
dignity and power over their fellow Christians, instead of remembering that it
is the fundamental rule of all our churches, that there all men are equal-alike
brethren, alike to be received as such. Carry out the spirit of Christ, then,
in your churches, wherever ye are; let your fellow members say of you, "He
has been with Jesus."
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