Tokonaki Sune 2,
2018
Ko hono kakai, ko
hono hoa, fakatau ‘aki hono ta‘ata‘a
(a
people, a bride, paid for by His own blood)
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.
JOHN
YATES
The
church is summed up in this wonderful old hymn by Samuel J Stone:
The
church's one foundation
is
Jesus Christ her Lord;
she
is his new creation
by
water and the word.
From
heaven he came and sought her
to
be his holy bride
with
his own blood he bought her,
and
for her life he died.
Elect
from every nation,
yet
one o'er all the earth;
her
charter of salvation,
one
Lord, one faith, one birth;
one
holy name she blesses
partakes
one holy food,
and
to one hope she presses,
with
every grace endued.
Prayer
King
Over All, you have brought us together as the family of God. Keep
us faithful to worship together, to love one another, and to provide for each
other's needs. Let our fellowship be genuine, and help us to spur one another
on in the faith. Amen
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