1-3. (a) Why nao iumi garem kaon long Jehovah? (b) Wanem nao loving Wan wea Sevem iumi hem askem iumi for givim bak long hem?

 TINGIM sapos iu insaed wanfala ship wea gogo for sink daon and no eni wei stap for iu go aot. Taem iu ting no eni hope stap nao, wanfala man kam and pullim iu aot and iu sef. Iu bae feel hapi tumas taem man wea sevem iu hem tekem iu go from danger and sei: “Iu sef nao”! Waswe, bae iu feel olsem iu garem big kaon long datfala man? Long wanfala wei, hem olsem iu garem kaon long hem for laef bilong iu.

² Long samfala wei, diswan showimaot samting wea Jehovah duim for iumi. Tru nao iumi garem bigfala kaon long hem. No eni daot stap hao hem givim ransom wea mekem iumi kamap free from sin and dae wea kasholem iumi. Iumi feel sef taem iumi savve dat sapos iumi go ahed for garem faith long datfala sakrifaes, iumi kasem forgiveness for olketa sin bilong iumi, and future bilong iumi for olowe hem sef. (1 John 1:7; 4:9) Olsem iumi lukim long Chapter 14, ransom hem nambawan wei wea Jehovah showimaot love and justice. Diswan shud muvim iumi for duim wanem?

³ Hem fitim for iumi tingim samting wea disfala loving Wan wea Sevem iumi hem askem iumi for givim long hem. Jehovah sei olsem thru long profet bilong hem Micah: “Hem bin talem iu finis O man, samting wea gud. And wanem nao Jehovah laekem iu for duim? Hem nao for [followim justice], for tinghae long wei for loyal, And for hambol taem iu wakabaot witim God bilong iu!” (Micah 6:8) Lukim hao wanfala samting wea Jehovah askem bak from iumi hem for iumi “followim justice.” Hao nao iumi savve duim olsem?

4. Hao nao iumi savve Jehovah expectim iumi for followim olketa raeteous standard bilong hem?

⁴ Jehovah expectim iumi for followim olketa standard bilong  hem saed long samting wea stret and samting wea rong. From olketa standard bilong hem followim justice and raeteous fasin, iumi aftarem justice and raeteous fasin taem iumi followim olketa. Isaiah 1:17 hem sei: “Lane for duim gud samting; followim justice.” Word bilong God encouragem iumi for “lukaotem raeteous fasin.” (Zephaniah 2:3) Hem encouragem iumi tu for ‘werem niufala fasin wea God wakem fitim wanem hem laekem long trufala raeteous fasin.’ (Ephesians 4:24) Trufala raeteous fasin​—trufala justice—​hem no acceptim raf fasin, fasin wea no klin, and dirty fasin, bikos olketa samting hia spoelem samting wea holy.​—Psalm 11:5; Ephesians 5:3-5.

5, 6. (a) Why nao hem no wanfala hevi for iumi followim olketa standard bilong Jehovah? (b) Hao nao Bible showimaot wei for aftarem raeteous fasin hem samting wea man mas go ahed for duim?

⁵ Waswe, hem wanfala hevi for followim olketa raeteous standard bilong Jehovah? Nomoa. Heart wea kam klos long Jehovah bae no les for duim wanem hem askem. From iumi lovem God and evri fasin bilong hem, iumi want for live long wei wea mekem hem hapi. (1 John 5:3) Tingim hao Jehovah “lovem olketa raeteous samting.” (Psalm 11:7) Sapos iumi barava followim justice bilong God, or raeteous fasin, iumi mas lovem samting wea Jehovah lovem and heitim samting wea hem heitim.​—Psalm 97:10.

⁶ Hem no isi for olketa man wea no perfect for aftarem raeteous fasin. Iumi mas aotem oldfala fasin and olketa sin bilong hem and werem niufala fasin. Bible sei datfala niufala fasin hem ‘go ahed for kamap niu’ thru long stretfala savve. (Colossians 3:9, 10) Datfala toktok ‘go ahed for kamap niu’ showimaot hao wei for werem niufala fasin hem samting wea man mas go ahed for duim, wea hem mas waka hard long hem. Nomata iumi traem best for duim samting wea stret, samfala taem sin mekem iumi stambol long tingting, toktok, or fasin.​—Romans 7:14-20; James 3:2.

7. Hao nao iumi shud ting sapos samfala taem iumi fail long wei for aftarem raeteous fasin?

⁷ Hao nao iumi shud ting sapos samfala taem iumi fail long wei for aftarem raeteous fasin? Tru, iumi no want for ting smol long wei wea sin hem serious samting. Long semtaem,  iumi mas nating givap and tingse olketa wik point bilong iumi mekem iumi no fit for servem Jehovah. Kaenfala God bilong iumi hem mekem olketa arrangement for olketa wea really repent for kasem bak wei for fren witim hem. Tingim disfala toktok bilong aposol John wea givim comfort: “Mi raetem kam olketa samting hia long iufala mekem iufala no sin.” Bat then hem sei moa: “Bat sapos eniwan hem sin, [bikos long wei for no perfect wea hem born witim], wanfala man wea raeteous hem stap for helpem iumi, wea hem nao Jesus Christ wea stap witim Dadi long heven.” (1 John 2:1) Tru nao, Jehovah provaedem ransom sakrifaes bilong Jesus mekem iumi savve servem Hem long wei wea hem acceptim nomata iumi sin. Waswe, datwan no muvim iumi for want for duim best bilong iumi for mekem Jehovah hapi?

8, 9. Hao nao wei for talemaot disfala gud nius showimaot justice bilong Jehovah?

⁸ Iumi savve showimaot justice—tru nao, showimaot justice bilong God—taem iumi share evribit for preachim disfala gud nius bilong God long nara pipol. Hao nao justice bilong Jehovah hem join witim gud nius?

⁹ Jehovah bae no distroem disfala wicked system sapos hem no talemaot warning firstaem. Long profesi abaotem samting wea bae happen long taem bilong end, Jesus sei: “Datfala waka for preachim gud nius mas gohed long evri kantri firstaem.” (Mark 13:10; Matthew 24:3) Wei wea hem talem datfala word “firstaem” showimaot olketa nara samting bae happen bihaen preaching waka go ahed. Insaed disfala nara samting hem datfala big trabol, wea minim wicked pipol bae distroe, wea bae hem openem wei for wanfala raeteous niu world. (Matthew 24:14, 21, 22) Tru nao, no eniwan savve fit for sei Jehovah hem no showimaot justice long wicked pipol. From hem mek sure warning hem go aot, hem givim olketa hia planti chance for changem olketa wei bilong olketa mekem olketa no dae.​—Jonah 3:1-10.

10, 11. Hao nao wei wea iumi share for preachim gud nius hem showimaot justice bilong God?

 ¹⁰ Hao nao wei wea iumi preachim disfala gud nius showimaot justice bilong God? First samting, hem stret for iumi duim evriting iumi fit for duim for helpem nara pipol kasem salvation. Tingim moa tokpiksa abaotem wei wea samwan sevem iu from ship wea sink daon. Taem iu stap sef insaed long wanfala laefboat, iu bae want for helpem nara pipol wea still stap insaed long sea. Long sem wei, iumi garem responsibility for olketa wea stragol yet insaed “sea” bilong disfala wicked world. Hem tru, planti rejectim message bilong iumi. Bat taem Jehovah go ahed for patient, iumi garem responsibility for givim chance long olketa for “repent” and kasem salvation.​—2 Peter 3:9.

¹¹ Taem iumi preachim datfala gud nius long evriwan wea iumi meetim, iumi showimaot justice long nara important wei: Iumi showimaot iumi no saed witim eniwan. Remember hao “God hem no favorim eniwan. Long evri kantri long world, sapos man worshipim God and duim samting wea stret, God bae hapi long hem.” (Acts 10:34, 35) Sapos iumi want for followim justice bilong Hem, iumi mas no judgem pipol firstaem. Bat, iumi shud sharem disfala gud nius witim nara pipol nomata wanem kala skin, position, or living olketa garem. Long wei olsem, iumi givim chance long evriwan wea bae lisin for herem and acceptim gud nius.​—Romans 10:11-13.

12, 13. (a) Why nao iumi shud no kwiktaem for judgem pipol? (b) Wanem nao mining bilong kaonsel bilong Jesus for stop for judgem and stop for sei narawan fit for kasem panis? (Lukim footnote tu.)

¹² Iumi savve showimaot justice taem iumi deal witim pipol long sem wei wea Jehovah deal witim iumi. Hem isi tumas for judgem nara pipol, tok againstim wik point bilong olketa and kwestinim wanem nao muvim olketa. Bat hu long iumi nao wantem Jehovah for lukluk strong long wanem nao muvim iumi or olketa wik point bilong iumi long wei wea no showimaot mercy? Datwan hem no hao Jehovah deal witim iumi. Man wea raetem psalm sei olsem: “Sapos olketa mistek nao samting  wea iu lukluk for hem, O Jah, O Jehovah, hu nao bae fit for standap?” (Psalm 130:3) Iumi tinghae tumas long God bilong iumi wea showimaot justice and mercy wea no chus for lukluk long olketa wik point bilong iumi. (Psalm 103:8-10) So hao nao iumi shud deal witim nara pipol?

¹³ Sapos iumi tinghae long mercy wea showaot thru long justice bilong God, iumi bae no kwiktaem for judgem nara pipol long olketa samting wea no bisnis bilong iumi or wea no important. Long Sermon long Maunten, Jesus givim disfala warning: “[Stop for] judgem narawan mekem God no judgem iufala.” (Matthew 7:1) Long story bilong Luke, Jesus sei tu: “[Stop for] sei narawan fit for kasem panis mekem God no sei iufala nao fit for kasem panis.” a (Luke 6:37) Jesus showimaot hem luksavve long fasin bilong man wea no perfect for kwiktaem for judge. Eniwan wea lisin long man wea garem fasin for judgem pipol long hard wei mas finis for duim datwan.

14. Wanem nao olketa reason why iumi mas “stop for judgem” pipol?

¹⁴ Why nao iumi mas “stop for judgem” pipol? Wan samting nao, paoa bilong iumi garem spialaen. Disaepol James hem sei moa long iumi: “God nomoa hem givim law and hem nomoa Judge.” Dastawe James sei olsem: “Hem no stret for iu judgem narawan.” (James 4:12; Romans 14:1-4) And tu, fasin bilong iumi for sin mekem wei wea iumi judge no fitim justice. Planti tingting and samting wea muvim iumi—olsem wei for daonem nara man, feel nogud bikos samwan no deal witim iumi long gud wei, jealous fasin, and fasin for apim seleva—savve twistim tingting bilong iumi abaotem nara pipol. Iumi garem olketa wik point tu, and wei for ting raonem olketa hia shud mekem iumi hol bak for faendem rong bilong nara pipol. Iumi no savve readim heart bilong pipol; and iumi no fit for savve tu long evri part long living bilong pipol. So waswe, fitim iumi for kwestinim samting wea olketa nara brata duim or tok againstim  hard waka wea olketa duim insaed service bilong God? Hem moabeta for followim Jehovah long wei for luk aotem gudfala wei bilong olketa brata and sista bilong iumi and no long olketa wik point bilong olketa!

15. Wanem kaen toktok and wei for deal witim pipol nao olketa wea worshipim God mas no garem, and why nao olsem?

¹⁵ Waswe long olketa famili member bilong iumi? Sorre for sei, long world distaem wei for ova tumas for judge hem kamap insaed long ples wea peace shud stap—insaed famili. Hem normal samting for herem wei wea hasband, waef, or dadi and mami spoelem olketa famili member bilong olketa long toktok or long body. Bat raf toktok, nogud wei for mekfani, and wei for hitim narawan hem samting wea God no acceptim midolwan olketa wea worshipim hem. (Ephesians 4:29, 31; 5:33; 6:4) Taem iumi stap witim famili, iumi gohed for followim kaonsel bilong  Jesus for “stop for judgem” and “stop for sei narawan fit for kasem panis.” Remember hao wei for iusim justice hem minim for deal witim pipol long sem wei wea Jehovah deal witim iumi. And no enitaem God bilong iumi hem raf taem hem deal witim iumi. Bat, hem evritaem “lovem man” wea lovem hem. (James 5:11) Datwan hem nambawan example for iumi followim!

16, 17. (a) Jehovah expectim olketa elder for duim wanem? (b) Wanem nao olketa elder mas duim taem samwan wea duim rong hem fail for showimaot trufala wei for repent, and why nao olsem?

¹⁶ Iumi evriwan garem responsibility for showimaot justice, bat olketa elder long Christian kongregeson nao barava garem responsibility saed long diswan. Lukim profesi toktok wea Isaiah talem abaotem olketa “prince” or olketa elder: “Lukim! Wanfala king bae rul followim raeteous fasin, and olketa prince bae rul followim justice.” (Isaiah 32:1) Tru nao, Jehovah expectim olketa elder for duim samting followim justice. Hao nao olketa savve duim diswan?

¹⁷ Olketa man hia wea fit long spiritual saed luksavve hao wei for keepim kongregeson klin evribit mas followim justice, or raeteous fasin. Samfala taem, olketa elder garem responsibility for judgem bigfala rong. Taem olketa duim olsem, olketa remember hao justice bilong God hem showimaot mercy long evritaem sapos hem fitim. So olketa trae for leadim man wea sin for repent. Bat waswe sapos man wea sin hem fail for showimaot trufala wei for repent nomata olketa trae for helpem hem? For followim perfect justice, Word bilong Jehovah sei olketa mas strong for duim samting: “Aotem man wea duim rabis samting from kongregeson.” Datwan hem minim datfala man bae no part lo kongregeson. (1 Corinthians 5:11-13; 2 John 9-11) Olketa elder feel sorre taem olketa mas duim samting olsem, bat olketa luksavve olketa mas duim for protectim wei wea kongregeson klin long fasin and spiritual saed. Nomata olsem, olketa hope wanday datwan wea duim rong bae kasem bak gudfala tingting bilong hem and kam bak long kongregeson.​—Luke 15:17, 18.

18. Wanem nao olketa elder mas no forgetim taem olketa offerim kaonsel from Bible long nara pipol?

 ¹⁸ For duim samting followim justice hem minim tu for offerim kaonsel wea kam from Bible taem need hem stap. Bat, olketa elder no lukluk for olketa mistek bilong pipol. And olketa no luk aotem nomoa eni chance for kaonselem man. Bat wanfala brata or sista maet “start for go rong bat hem no luksavve long datwan.” Wei for tingim hao justice bilong God hem no raf and garem feeling, bae muvim olketa elder for “trae for stretem hem” lo kaenfala wei. (Galatians 6:1) So, olketa elder bae no iusim raf toktok or hotem wanfala wea duim rong samting. Bat, kaonsel wea man givim long loving wei bae encouragem man wea kasem datwan. Nomata taem olketa givim kaonsel wea barava fitim—wea talem stret nogud samting wea bae kamaot from samting hem duim wea no wise—olketa elder mas no forgetim hao datfala brata or sista wea duim rong samting hem sheep bilong Jehovah. b (Luke 15:7) Taem love nao muvim man for givim kaonsel and repruv and hem givim witim love, kaonsel hia garem moa chance for stretem datwan wea duim rong samting.

19. Wanem samting nao olketa elder mas disaedem, and disison bilong olketa mas garem faondeson long wanem?

¹⁹ Planti taem olketa elder mas disaedem samting wea affectim olketa insaed long kongregeson. Olsem example, olketa elder savve meet for lukluk sapos samfala brata insaed long kongregeson fit for kamap elder or ministerial servant. Olketa elder savve hem important tumas for no teksaed. For olketa appointment hia, olketa letem olketa mark bilong God for leadim olketa taem olketa disaedem samting and no depend long feeling bilong olketa seleva. So, olketa duim samting long wei for “lukluk gud long evri samting and no favorim eniwan.”​—1 Timothy 5:21.

20, 21. (a) Olketa elder traem best for kamap wanem, and why nao olsem? (b) Wanem nao olketa elder savve duim for helpem “olketa wea sorre”?

 ²⁰ Olketa elder iusim justice bilong God long olketa nara wei tu. Bihaen hem talem profesi hao olketa elder bae serve “for justice,” Isaiah go ahed for sei: “Each wan bae hem olsem wanfala ples for haed from wind, wanfala ples for haed from bigfala rain, olsem olketa stream bilong wata long land wea no garem wata, olsem shadow bilong bigfala ston long land wea drae fogud.” (Isaiah 32:1, 2) So, olketa elder traem best for givim comfort and strongim olketa brata and sista.

²¹ Bikos long evri problem wea savve mekem man wiki distaem, planti needim encouragement. Olketa elder, wanem nao iu savve duim for helpem “olketa wea sorre”? (1 Thessalonians 5:14) Tingim feeling bilong olketa taem iu lisin long olketa. (James 1:19) Maet olketa need for storyim “wari” wea stap insaed heart bilong olketa witim samwan wea olketa trustim.  (Proverbs 12:25) Helpem olketa for feel sure Jehovah, and tu olketa brata and sista needim olketa, tinghae and lovem olketa. (1 Peter 1:22; 5:6, 7) And tu, iu savve prea witim olketa and for olketa. Wei for herem wanfala elder talem prea from heart for olketa savve givim bigfala comfort. (James 5:14, 15) God bilong justice bae lukim loving help wea iu givim for olketa wea feel sorre.

22. Wanem nao olketa wei wea iumi savve followim justice bilong Jehovah, and wanem nao kamaot from datwan?

²² Tru nao, iumi kam moa klos long Jehovah taem iumi followim justice bilong hem! Taem iumi saportim olketa raeteous standard bilong hem, taem iumi sharem gud nius wea sevem laef witim nara pipol, and taem iumi chus for lukluk long gud saed bilong pipol and no long mistek bilong olketa, iumi showimaot justice bilong God. Olketa elder, taem iu protectim wei wea kongregeson hem klin, taem iu offerim Bible kaonsel wea buildimap man, wei wea iu no teksaed taem iu disaedem samting, and taem iu encouragem olketa wea feel wikdaon, iu showimaot justice bilong God. Heart bilong Jehovah hapi tumas taem hem luk daon from heven and lukim pipol bilong hem traem best bilong olketa for “showimaot justice” taem olketa wakabaot witim God bilong olketa!