Falaite Me 11, 2018

Ko e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí

(the Lord’s Supper)

Fehu‘i #46

Ko e hā ‘a e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí ?

Na‘e fekau‘i ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e Kalisitiane kotoa pe ke nau kai ‘a e maá mo inu ‘a e ipú ko ha fakamanatu ‘ofa kiate Ia mo ‘ene pekiá. Ko e ‘Ohomohe ‘a e ‘Eikí  ko hono katoanga‘i ‘o e tāpanekale ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘i hotau lotolotongá; ‘etau felāve‘i mo e ‘Otuá pea mo hono kakaí; ‘a e fafanga mo e fakamākona hotau laumālié. ‘Oku ne fakalika mai ‘a e ‘aho te tau kai mo inu fakataha ai mo Kalaisi ‘i he Pule‘anga ‘o ‘Ene Tamaí.

What is the Lord's Supper?

Christ commanded all Christians to eat bread and to drink from the cup in thankful remembrance of him and his death. The Lord's Supper is a celebration of the presence of God in our midst; bringing us into communion with God and with one another; feeding and nourishing our souls. It also anticipates the day when we will eat and drink with Christ in his Father's kingdom.

1 KOLINITO 11:23-26

He na‘a ku ma‘u ‘e au mei he ‘Eiki ‘a ia ā ne u tuku atu, ‘o pehē, Ko e ‘Eiki ko Sīsū, ‘i he pō ko ia na‘e fai ai hono lavaki‘i, na‘a ne to‘o ha mā: pea hili ‘ene fakafeta‘ia, na‘a ne pakipaki, ‘o ne me‘a, Ko ho‘oku ‘eni sino, ‘a ia ‘oku ma‘amoutolu: mou fai pehē mōku fakamanatu. Pehē foki ‘ene to‘o ‘a e ipu, hili ‘a e ‘ohomohe, ‘o ne me‘a, Ko e ipu ni, ko e fuakava fo‘ou ia ‘oku fai‘aki hoku toto: ‘ilonga ha‘amou inu ia, fai pehē mōku fakamanatu. Seuke, ‘ilonga ha‘amou kai ‘a e mā ni mo inu ‘i he ipu, ‘oku mou fakahā ‘a e pekia ‘a e ‘Eiki kae‘oua ke ne hoko mai.

1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Tu‘apulelulu Me 10, 2018

Ko e papitaiso afi ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oni

(baptism by fire)

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

And then, at the same time, I was enlightened. I can remember as a boy at a camp going back to my cabin, getting out my Bible, underlining in it, and having the Word come alive to me, as it has continued to come alive in my life. Now when John the Baptist pointedly said, “I baptize you with water, but [Christ] will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire,” he was talking about the superiority of Jesus's baptism. Water can wash only the outside, but the Spirit and fire regenerate and cleanse the inside. And so that is the great abiding reality and joy of being baptized with the Spirit and fire. The Holy Spirit is making all things new and constantly conforming us to the image of Christ.

Prayer

Lamb of God, our baptism is a sign that we are saved not by our own righteousness, but because we have been given the righteousness of Christ. Let us not make baptism the object of our trust, but look instead to the cleansing work of Jesus, beautifully depicted in baptism. Amen.

Pulelulu Me 9, 2018

‘Oku hūfia kitautolu ‘e he Laumālié

(we are prayed over 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

When I was baptized in the Spirit, I was also prayed for. Romans 8:26 says, “Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought.” The Holy Spirit prays with groanings that cannot be uttered because he knows our hearts Rom. 8:26).

LSTulua

Take comfort dear one in the fact that God the Holy Spirit prays over you! What a thought! To think that we take encouragement and even confidence in asking a friend or a pastor to pray for us, all the while, the very God who knows our hearts intercedes for us with deep groanings. Wow! You can certainly “take that to the bank…all day!”

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.

Monite Me 7, 2018

Fanau‘i Fo‘ou ‘i Hono Laumālié

(regenerated by His 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

When I was baptized by the Spirit, I was regenerated, born again. I was born of the Spirit, John 3 says. What a beautiful picture. The metaphor of being born again describes a divine obstetrics because I was taken out of darkness and I was brought into light, and I began to see things.

At the same time I was regenerated, I was indwelled by the Holy Spirit. Jesus says in John 14 that the Spirit “will live with you” and “will be in you.”

Sapate Me 6, 2018

Ko e Papitaiso ‘a e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní

(the baptism of 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

The great classic text that celebrates and announces the believer's baptism into Christ is 1 Corinthians 12:13: “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” That speaks of the Spirit's initiating us into the body of Christ, and that happened to me when I was just twelve years old. I'd never heard of the baptism of the Holy Spirit but I was indeed baptized by the Holy Spirit. And now as the years have gone by, what was an objective fact has become a subjective reality in my life.

Tokonaki Me 5, 2018

Fakama‘a ‘i he ivi ‘o e Laumālié

(the washing by the power of the 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.”

Commentary - JOHN CALVIN

“He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” It is asked, why did not John equally say, that it is Christ alone who washes souls with his blood? The reason is, that this very washing is performed by the power of the Spirit, and John reckoned it enough to express the whole effect of baptism by the single word Spirit. The meaning is clear, that Christ alone bestows all the grace which is figuratively represented by outward baptism, because it is he who "sprinkles the conscience" with his blood. It is he also who mortifies the old man, and bestows the Spirit of regeneration. The word fire is added as an epithet, and is applied to the Spirit, because he takes away our pollutions, as fire purifies gold.