ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Me 8, 2018

Kuo faka‘ilonga‘i – sila‘i au ‘e he Laumālié

(I was tagged-sealed 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

I lost my father when I was a little boy and had a sense of being alone in this world. When I became indwelt, a sense of paternity overtook my soul, of being adopted. I didn't know that I'd been tagged by the Holy Spirit or sealed by the Holy Spirit. As it says in Ephesians 1:13-14: “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” That further gave me a sense of protection and reality, that I was tagged for eternity by the Holy Spirit when I was baptized by the Spirit.