Wanem Nao Datfala Gud Nius?

“Disfala gud nius . . . ”—MATTHEW 24:14.

OLKETA Christian mas preachim “gud nius abaotem kingdom” taem olketa storyim long olketa narawan, and storyim datfala Kingdom hem gavman wea bae rulim earth long stretfala wei. Bat Bible iusim toktok “gud nius” abaotem olketa nara samting tu. Example hem olsem, “gud nius abaotem wei for sev” (Psalm 96:2); “gud nius bilong God” (Romans 15:16); and “gud nius abaotem Jesus Christ.”—Mark 1:1.

Diswan minim, datfala gud nius hem evri tru samting wea Jesus storyim and wea olketa disaepol raet abaotem. Bifor Jesus go ap long heven, hem talem olketa follower bilong hem: “So iufala go and teachim pipol long evri kantri for kamap disaepol bilong mi. Baptaesim olketa hia long nem bilong Dadi and bilong Son and bilong holy spirit. Teachim olketa for followim evri samting wea mi laekem iufala for duim.” (Matthew 28:19, 20) So waka bilong olketa tru Christian hem no just for talem olketa narawan abaotem Kingdom, olketa mas trae tu for helpem pipol kamap disaepol.

Waswe, olketa religion duim diswan? From staka pipol no minim wanem nao datfala Kingdom, olketa no savve teachim narawan tru samting abaotem datwan. Olketa preachim nomoa olketa samting wea mekem pipol feel gud olsem for garem faith long Jesus, and God savve forgivim sin. Olketa trae tu for kasem olketa niu member long church long wei for duim olketa gud samting for pipol, or wakem olketa hospital, skul, and haos for pipol wea poor. Diswan savve mekem staka for joinim olketa, bat olketa no kamap olketa trufala Christian wea laek duim wanem Jesus teachim.

Wanfala savveman sei: “Staka savveman long Bible and bigman long religion savve iumi shud teachim pipol for kamap disaepol bilong Jesus and for duim evri samting wea Jesus talem. . . . Wanem Jesus talem abaotem diswan hem barava klia. Bat iumi no duim wanem hem talem. Iumi no traem best for duim datwan. And hem luk olsem iumi no savve hao for duim datwan.”

And tu, taem olketa duim survey long 250 Catholic long America, 95 percent agree wei for preachim disfala gud nius hem samting wea olketa shud duim for showimaot faith bilong olketa. Nomata olsem, klosap evriwan tingse best wei for duim datwan hem no for tok abaotem gud nius, bat for showimaot gudfala example for olketa narawan followim. Wanfala woman wea olketa interviewim hem sei: “Wei for talemaot Gud Nius hem no for storyim nomoa, bat wei bilong iumi nao bae showimaot datfala Gud Nius.” Datfala U.S. Catholic magasin, wea duim disfala survey, sei staka pipol no willing for talemaot wanem olketa bilivim “bikos olketa shame long samting wea church hem duim. Distaem staka bigman long church spoelem olketa pikinini and narawan saed long sex, and samfala teaching bilong church olketa no savve pruvim and hem savve kosim problem for olketa member bilong hem tu.”

Wanfala bishop bilong Methodist church sorre for talem hao pipol long church bilong hem olketa divaed and konfius. Olketa fraet for duim waka wea olketa shud duim, and wei bilong olketa hem semsem nomoa olsem olketa nara pipol wea no garem sem biliv. From hem feel nogud, hem tok olsem: “Hu nao olketa wea duim gud disfala waka for talemaot Kingdom?”

Bishop hia no talem ansa long datfala kwestin. Bat ansa hem stap. Bae iu faendem ansa long nextfala article.

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Datfala gud nius hem abaotem Kingdom bilong God and for sev long wei for garem faith long Jesus Christ