No Letem Eni Samting Spoelem Wei wea Iu Fren Witim Jehovah
“Chusim tuday hu nao bae iufala worshipim.”—JOSH. 24:15.
1-3. (a) Why nao Joshua hem gudfala example for iumi followim? (b) Wanem nao iumi mas rememberim taem iumi mekem eni disison?
OLKETA samting wea iumi chusim long laef hem barava important. From iumi savve chus, iumi savve kontrolem wanem iumi duim long laef bilong iumi. Diswan hem olsem taem man wakabaot followim wanfala road and hem kasem ples wea road hem divaed. Hem mas chusim wanem road nao hem bae followim. Bae hem chusim road wea lead go long ples wea hem laek kasem, no road wea go farawe from datfala ples.
2 Bible story abaotem staka pipol wea mas mekem olketa important disison long laef. Olsem example, Cain mas disaed sapos hem bae kontrolem kros bilong hem or nomoa. (Gen. 4:6, 7) Joshua mas chus sapos hem bae worshipim trufala God or olketa laea god. (Josh. 24:15) Goal bilong Joshua hem for fren gud witim Jehovah, so hem chus for duim samting wea bae helpem hem long datwan. Bat Cain chus for duim samting wea spoelem wei wea hem fren witim Jehovah.
3 Samfala taem iumi tu mas mekem olketa important disison mekem iumi gohed followim stretfala road. Iumi mas remember wanem iumi chusim savve givim glory long Jehovah and helpem iumi for fren witim hem, or hem savve spoelem wei wea iumi fren witim hem. (Readim Hebrew 3:12.) Long disfala study and long next study, bae iumi storyim sevenfala samting wea iumi mas disaed gud long hem mekem iumi gohed followim stretfala road, and no spoelem wei wea iumi fren witim Jehovah.
WAKA FOR SELEN
4. Why nao waka hem important?
4 Olketa Christian mas waka for sapotim olketa seleva and famili bilong olketa. Bible hem sei sapos eniwan no provaedem need bilong famili bilong hem, hem worse winim man wea no biliv. (2 Thess. 3:10; 1 Tim. 5:8.) So waka hem important part long laef. Bat sapos iu no keakea, waka bilong iu savve spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Hao nao olsem?
5. Wanem nao iu mas tingim bifor iu acceptim eni waka?
5 Tingim sapos iu lukaotem waka. Sapos hem no isi for faendem waka long kantri bilong iu, maet iu ting iu mas acceptim eni waka nomoa. Bat waswe sapos datfala waka hem againstim samfala Bible principle? Or waswe sapos waka hia mekem iu no garem inaf taem for spendem witim famili or kongregeson? Waswe, bae iu acceptim kaen waka olsem, bikos iu tingse no eni wei moa hem stap? No forget, samting wea iu chusim savve helpem or spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. (Heb. 2:1) Nomata sapos iu lukaotem waka, or iu ting for changem waka bilong iu, wanem nao bae helpem iu for mekem wise disison?
6, 7. (a) Wanem nao maet tufala reason why man hem waka? (b) Which wan long tufala reason hia nao bae helpem iu fren gud witim Jehovah, and why nao olsem?
6 Samting wea iu chusim bae depend long olketa goal bilong iu. Tingim diswan: ‘Why nao iu waka?’ Sapos main reason iu waka hem for sapotim iu and famili bilong iu mekem iu savve gohed worshipim Jehovah, hem bae blessim iu. (Matt. 6:33) Jehovah savve hao for helpem iu sapos seknomoa iu lay off from waka bilong iu, or taem selen hem hard. (Isa. 59:1) “Hem savve hao for sevem pipol wea faithful long hem” and for “sevem olketa from olketa hard taem.”—2 Pet. 2:9.
7 Waswe sapos main reason iu waka hem for kamap rich? Maet gogo iu kamap rich, bat hem danger samting for waka for kamap rich nomoa. (Readim 1 Timothy 6:9, 10.) Sapos selen and waka bilong iu nao main important samting long laef bilong iu, bae iu spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah.
8, 9. Olketa wanem kwestin nao olketa dadi and mami shud tingim saed long waka bilong olketa, and why nao olsem?
8 Sapos iu wanfala dadi or mami, tingim hao example bilong iu savve affectim olketa pikinini bilong iu. Long tingting bilong olketa, wanem nao main important samting long laef bilong iu? Waswe, hem waka bilong iu, or wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah? Sapos iu aftarem bignem or laek kamap rich, maet olketa pikinini followim nogud example bilong iu taem olketa big, and maet olketa no respectim iu tu. Wanfala young sista hem sei start from taem hem smol pikinini, waka nao main important samting long dadi bilong hem. Hem sei: “Firstaem, hem luk olsem dadi waka hard bikos hem laekem famili bilong mifala for garem gudfala laef, and hem laek for lukaftarem mifala gud. Bat long olketa year bihaen, datwan hem change.” Hem storyim hao dadi bilong hem waka evritaem and baem olketa expensive samting wea famili no needim nomoa. Hem sei: “Samting wea kamaot from diswan nao, pipol tingim mifala olsem famili wea rich, and no famili wea encouragem olketa narawan for servem Jehovah.” Hem sei bae hem hapi tumas sapos dadi bilong hem waka hard for mekem famili gohed fren gud witim Jehovah, winim wei for waka hard for kasem staka selen.
9 Olketa dadi and mami, iufala mas no letem waka spoelem wei wea iufala fren witim Jehovah. Showimaot gudfala example for olketa pikinini bilong iu. Showimaot long olketa pikinini hao main important samting long laef bilong iu hem for fren witim Jehovah, and no selen or olketa material samting.—Matt. 5:3.
10. Wanem nao wanfala young wan shud tingim bifor hem chusim waka wea hem bae duim?
10 Maet iu wanfala young wan wea mas disaed wanem kaen waka nao iu bae duim taem iu big. Wanem nao savve helpem iu for chus gud? Olsem iumi storyim finis, samting wea iu chusim hem depend long wanem nao goal bilong iu. Sapos iu laek skulim wanfala waka, waswe, bae datfala waka helpem iu for putim worship bilong Jehovah olsem first samting long laef bilong iu? Or waswe, bae datwan spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah? (2 Tim. 4:10) Waswe, iu laek for olsem pipol long world wea hapi taem olketa garem staka selen nomoa? Or waswe, bae iu trust long Jehovah, olsem David? Hem sei: “Distaem mi olo nao, bat no enitaem mi lukim God hem lusim eni man wea raeteous or olketa pikinini bilong hem lukaotem kaikai.” (Ps. 37:25) Taem iu chusim waka, iu mas no forget, wanfala road bae spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah, and narawan bae mekem iu kasem nambawan laef. (Readim Proverbs 10:22; Malachi 3:10.) Wanem road nao bae iu chusim? *
HAPITAEM
11. Wanem nao Bible talem abaotem hapitaem, bat wanem nao iumi mas tingim?
11 Bible no sei hem rong for enjoyim hapitaem, and tu, hem no sei hapitaem hem weistim taem nomoa. Paul talem Timothy exercise hem savve helpem man. (1 Tim. 4:8) Bible sei taem hem stap for man laflaf and jampjamp, and hem sei for iumi mas rest gud tu. (Eccl. 3:4; 4:6) Bat sapos iu no keakea, hapitaem savve spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Hao nao olsem? Sapos iu chusim rong kaen hapitaem, or sapos iu spendem tumas taem long hapitaem, datwan hem danger samting.
12. Wanem nao iu mas tingim abaotem hapitaem wea iu chusim?
12 Firstaem, bae iumi storyim wanem kaen hapitaem nao iumi shud chusim. Gudfala hapitaem hem stap. Bat staka hapitaem bilong disfala world hem join witim olketa samting wea God heitim, olsem spiritism, wei for raf, and wei for durong. So iu mas keakea long wanem kaen hapitaem nao iu chusim. Iumi wanwan shud tingim olketa kwestin hia: ‘Hao nao hapitaem wea mi chusim hem affectim mi? Waswe, hem mekem mi duim raf samting, or feel praod long kantri bilong mi? Waswe, hem mekem mi laek for winim narawan evritaem? (Prov. 3:31) Waswe, hem expensive tumas? Waswe, bae olketa narawan stambol sapos olketa savve mi chusim datfala hapitaem? (Rome 14:21) Wanem kaen pipol nao bae mi stap witim long datfala hapitaem? (Prov. 13:20) Waswe, datfala hapitaem mekem mi laek duim rong samting?’—Jas. 1:14, 15.
13, 14. Why nao iu mas ting raonem haomas taem iu spendem long hapitaem?
13 Mek-tu samting for tingim hem haomas taem iu spendem long hapitaem. Iumi wanwan shud tingim disfala kwestin: ‘Waswe, mi spendem tumas taem long hapitaem, gogo mi no garem taem nao for preach or go long olketa meeting?’ Sapos iu hapitaem olowe, bae gogo iu no enjoyim datwan tu. Tru samting nao, olketa wea no spendem tumas taem long hapitaem savve barava enjoyim hapitaem bilong olketa. Why nao olsem? From olketa savve olketa duim olketa important samting firstaem, taem olketa relax olketa no feel guilty.—Readim Philippi 1:10, 11.
14 Maet iu tingse bae hem gud tumas for spendem staka taem long hapitaem, bat datwan savve spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Hem nao samting wea kasem wanfala sista wea nem bilong hem Kim wea hem 20 year. Long bifor, hem savve hapitaem witim olketa fren evri Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hem sei: “Bat distaem mi luksavve samfala samting hem moa important winim hapitaem. Olsem example, mi wanfala pioneer, and mi mas wekap long 6 klok long morning for preaching waka, so hard for mi hapitaem go kasem wan or tu klok long morning. Mi savve hem olraet for hapitaem witim olketa fren samfala taem, bat sapos man hem ova tumas datwan savve mekem hem no duim olketa important samting.” Distaem hem luksavve hem mas keakea for no spendem tumas taem long hapitaem.
15. Wanem nao parents savve duim for helpem famili chusim gudfala hapitaem?
15 Parents garem responsibility for provaedem need bilong famili. Tufala garem responsibility tu for helpem famili fren gud witim Jehovah, and for showim love long olketa pikinini and helpem olketa feel hapi. Sapos iu wanfala mami or dadi, no tingse evri kaen hapitaem hem nogud. Hem tru, samfala hapitaem hem nogud. (1 Cor. 5:6) Bat sapos iu tingting gud firstaem, iu fit for faendem gudfala hapitaem wea famili bilong iu savve enjoyim. * Sapos iu duim olsem, hapitaem wea iu chusim bae no spoelem wei wea famili bilong iu fren witim Jehovah.
FAMILI
16, 17. Wanem sorre samting nao kasem staka parents, and hao nao iumi savve Jehovah hem minim feeling bilong olketa?
16 Hem normal samting for parents lovem pikinini and pikinini lovem parents. Jehovah sei hem lovem pipol bilong hem olsem wanfala mami wea lovem pikinini bilong hem. (Isa. 49:15) Dastawe taem wanfala famili member lusim Jehovah, olketa narawan long famili barava feel sorre. Wanfala sista wea gele bilong hem disfellowship sei: “Datwan mekem mi barava sorre fogud. Mi no savve why nao hem lusim Jehovah. Mi feel guilty, and tingse maet mi nao mi kosim datwan.”
17 Sapos diswan kasem iu, Jehovah hem minim feeling bilong iu. Hem tu “barava feel sorre” taem first son bilong hem long earth no obeyim hem. Hem sorre tu from klosap evriwan wea laef bifor Flood hem kam, olketa no lisin long Noah. (Gen. 6:5, 6) Olketa wea no kasem diswan maet no minim bigfala sorre wea man kasem taem samwan long famili lusim Jehovah. Nomata olsem, hem no wise for letem nogud samting wea famili member wea disfellowship hem duim for spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Wanem nao savve helpem iu for deal witim bigfala sorre wea iu kasem taem samwan long famili lusim Jehovah?
18. Sapos pikinini lusim Jehovah, why nao parents shud no tingse olketa nao kosim datwan?
18 Sapos samwan long famili bilong iu lusim Jehovah, no tingse iu nao iu kosim datwan. Each famili member wea dedicate and baptaes mas chus seleva sapos hem bae faithful long Jehovah or nomoa. (Gal. 6:5) Jehovah sei man wea sin nao garem blame for wanem hem duim. God bae no blamem iu for datwan. (Ezek. 18:20) And tu, iu shud no blamem narawan. Iumi mas respectim wei wea Jehovah disciplinem pipol bilong hem. No blamem olketa elder wea garem waka for protectim kongregeson. Bat iu mas againstim Devil, and no letem disfala samting wea happen spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah.—1 Pet. 5:8, 9.
19, 20. (a) Wanem nao savve helpem parents for no sorre tumas taem pikinini disfellowship? (b) Wanem hope nao parents olsem savve garem?
19 Wanem nao bae happen sapos iu kros long Jehovah bikos long samting wea happen long pikinini bilong iu? Datwan savve spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Famili member bilong iu wea disfellowship mas luksavve iu lovem Jehovah winim famili bilong iu. Samting wea bae helpem iu for no sorre tumas, hem for waka hard for strongim wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Hipap evritaem witim olketa brata and sista bilong iu long kongregeson. (Prov. 18:1) Prea long Jehovah, and talem hem evri feeling bilong iu. (Ps. 62:7, 8) No lukaotem excuse for brekem komand bilong God abaotem olketa wea disfellowship. Iumi shud no trae for faendem reason for story witim famili member wea disfellowship, nomata for textim or email long hem tu. (1 Cor. 5:11) Gohed busy long olketa spiritual samting. (1 Cor. 15:58) Sista wea iumi storyim long paragraf 16 hem sei: “Mi savve mi mas gohed busy long olketa spiritual samting and mi mas strong long spiritual wei, mekem taem dota bilong mi kam bak long Jehovah mi savve fit for helpem hem.”
20 Bible sei man wea garem love “hem evritaem garem hope.” (1 Cor. 13:4, 7) Hem no rong for iu garem hope bae famili member bilong iu kam bak long Jehovah. Evri year, staka wea disfellowship disaed for repent and kam bak long organization bilong Jehovah. Bihaen olketa repent, Jehovah no gohed kros long olketa bat hem ‘willing for forgivim’ olketa.—Ps. 86:5.
CHUS LONG WISEFALA WEI
21, 22. Iu laek for mekem olketa wanem kaen disison long laef?
21 Jehovah wakem olketa man long wei wea olketa free for chusim samting. (Readim Deuteronomy 30:19, 20.) Nomata olsem, iumi garem responsibility for chus long wisefala wei. Evri Christian shud ting raonem olketa kwestin hia: ‘Wanem road nao mi followim? Waswe, mi letem waka, hapitaem, or famili spoelem wei wea mi fren witim Jehovah?’
22 Love wea Jehovah garem for pipol bilong hem no savve finis. Only samting wea savve spoelem wei wea iumi fren witim Jehovah hem sapos iumi chus for followim road wea no stret. (Rome 8:38, 39) Bat iumi fit for chus long wisefala wei! No letem eni samting spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah. Next study bae storyim nara fofala samting wea iumi mas mekem gudfala disison long hem.
