ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Falaite Sune 8, 2018

‘Amanaki mo e mālohi mei potu ‘oku ne ‘afio ai he lolotonga ni

(Where Christ is now, gives hope and courage)

Fehu‘i #49

‘Oku ‘i fē ‘a Kalaisi ‘i he taimi lolotongá ?

Na‘e toetu‘u ‘a Kalaisi ‘i he sinó  mei fa‘itoka ‘i he ‘aho hono tolú, hili ‘ene pekiá  pea ‘oku ne ‘afio ‘i he to‘omata‘u ‘o e Tamaí, ‘o ne pule‘i mei ai hono kakaí  mo hūfia kitautolu kae‘oua ke ne toe foki mai ke fakamaau‘i mo fakafo‘ou ‘a mamani.

Where is Christ now?

Christ rose bodily from the grave on the third day after his death and is seated at the right hand of the Father, ruling his kingdom and interceding for us, until he returns to judge and renew the whole world.

‘EFESO 1:20-21

‘a ia na‘a ne fai ‘ia Kalaisi, he‘ene fokotu‘u ia mei he pekia, mo ne fakanofo ia mei hono to‘omata‘u ‘i he ngaahi feitu‘u ‘o Langi, ‘o mā‘olunga ‘i he fa‘ahinga pule kotoa pē, mo e ma‘u tu‘unga, mo e ma‘u mālohi, mo e tu‘unga ‘eiki, ‘io, ‘i he hingoa kotoa pē ‘oku hingoa ‘aki ‘i he tu‘u ko eni, pea ‘ikai ngata ai, ka ‘i he tu‘u foki ka hoko mai;

EPHESIANS 1:20-21

He raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

DAVID BISGROVE

So where is Jesus now? He's seated at the right hand of God the Father. But what difference does that make to us in our day-to-day lives? First, it reminds us that Jesus rules over all creation. Psalm 110 paints a beautiful picture of God's enemies as a footstool of Jesus as he sits at the Father's right hand. Can you see the comfort of that in your daily life? When you struggle with discouragement or disappointment or bitterness about the way your life is going, or when all the injustice and evil in the world, and like David in Psalm 37 you're tempted to ask why the wicked seem to flourish, consider where Jesus is now. He's at the right Father. See him there. Enemies are his footstool. The One who conquered death is now ruling the world. Ephesians 1 says that Jesus was given all authority and will one day return and make the crooked places straight. So let where Jesus is now give you hope and courage to trust and follow him.