1-2. Wetin one person write, and wetin we go talk about for this article?

TODAY plenty people de claim say them de follow Jesus, but they no de obey the things wey e teach. (2 Tim. 4:3, 4) True-true, one person be write say: “If another man like Jesus dey among us today and de talk things the way Jesus talk-am . . . , we go reject that man today the way people reject Jesus two thousand years ago? . . . The answer na yes, we go reject the man.”

² When Jesus dey this earth, plenty people hear the things wey e teach and they see the miracles wey e do. But, they no gree put faith for Jesus. Why? For the article before this one, we talk about four reasons why people no gree follow Jesus because of wetin e talk and do. Make we talk about four other reason. We go still see why people today de reject followers of Jesus, and how we fit make sure say nothing go ever block us make we no serve Jehovah.

3. Which thing Jesus do wey make some people no want be e follower?

³ When Jesus dey this earth, e spend time with different-different kind of people. E chop with rich and important people, but e still spend plenty time with poor people and people wey no get who go help them. Apart from that one, Jesus show pity for people wey plenty other people de call “sinners.” Some proud people reject Jesus because of wetin e do. They ask e disciples say: “Why wuna de chop and drink with people wey de collect tax and sinners?” But Jesus answer say: “People wey no de sick no need doctor, but people wey de sick need-am. I no come call righteous people,  instead na sinners I come call make they repent.”—Luke 5:29-32.

4. With wetin prophet Isaiah talk, wetin Jew people suppose expect say go happen to the Messiah?

⁴ Wetin Bible talk? Long time before the Messiah come, prophet Isaiah don already talk say the world no go accept the Messiah. Isaiah talk say: “People hate and reject-am . . . E face just be like wetin hide from us. People hate-am and we no respect-am at all.” (Isa. 53:3) Bible talk say “people” go reject the Messiah. And so Jew people for time of Jesus suppose expect say people no go accept the Messiah.

5. How plenty people today de see followers of Jesus?

⁵ We de see the same problem today? Yes. Plenty leaders for religion de glad to accept members wey dey important, wey rich, and wey people for the world de see as people wey get sense. This leaders for religion de allow this people to be their member, even if this people de do things wey Jehovah hate. Even though say servants of Jehovah de live clean life, this leaders for religion no de see them as anything because people for the world de feel say they no dey important. As Paul talk, God choose people wey “people no see as anything.” (1 Cor. 1:26-29) But to Jehovah, all e faithful servants dey important.

6. As e dey for Matthew 11:25, 26, how we fit get the same mind like Jesus?

⁶ Wetin fit help us make nothing block us? (Read Matthew 11:25, 26.) No allow the way people for the world de see servants of God to affect you. Make you know say Jehovah de use only humble people to do things wey e want. (Ps. 138:6) And think about the plenty things wey Jehovah don do as e de use people wey the world no see as people wey get sense, or people wey sabi book.

7. Why Jesus talk say Pharisee people de pretend, and how this one make them feel?

⁷ For time of Jesus, e use strong heart condemn the leaders for religion because they no de teach the people to worship Jehovah for the correct way. For example, Jesus show say the Pharisee people de pretend. Them de concern theirself more about how to wash their hand, pass how they go care for their papa and mama. (Matt. 15:1-11) The thing wey Jesus talk fit don surprise the disciples. So they ask Jesus say: “You know say the Pharisee people vex when they hear the thing wey you talk?” Jesus answer them say: “Any plant wey my Father for heaven no plant, they go uproot-am. Leave them. Them de show people road but them dey blind. So, if blind person de show blind person road, the two of them go fall for inside pit.” (Matt. 15:12-14) Even though say the leaders for religion de vex for Jesus because of the things wey e talk, Jesus no stop to talk the truth.

8. How Jesus show say no be everything wey religion de teach God de accept?

⁸ Jesus still show say some things wey religion de teach no correct. E no talk say God de accept everything wey them de teach. Instead, e talk say plenty people dey for the road wey go carry people go destroy. But na only small number of people dey for the tight road wey go carry people go everlasting life. (Matt. 7:13, 14) Jesus make-am clear say some people go talk say them de serve God, but they no really de serve God. E give warning say: “Make wuna open wuna eye because lie-lie prophets go come meet wuna like say them be sheep, but inside their heart, they be wicked bush dog. Na the kind things wey them  de do, go make wuna know them.”—Matt. 7:15-20.

9. Wetin be some things wey religion de teach wey Jesus condemn?

⁹ Wetin Bible talk? Bible don talk before say, the strong love wey the Messiah get for the house of Jehovah go de burn inside e heart. (Ps. 69:9; John 2:14-17) That strong love wey Jesus get make Jesus to condemn the lie-lie things wey religion de teach and de do. For example, Pharisee people believe say the soul no de die. But Jesus teach say person wey don die de sleep. (John 11:11) Sadducee people no believe say people wey don die go come back to life. But Jesus bring e friend Lazarus back to life. (John 11:43, 44; Acts 23:8) Pharisee people teach say na God or power wey we no fit see de decide everything wey go happen to person, or everything wey the person go do. But Jesus teach say people fit choose whether they go serve God or they no go serve God.—Matt. 11:28.

10. Why the things wey we de teach de make plenty people reject us today?

¹⁰ We de see the same problem today? Yes. Plenty people de reject us because we de use Bible de show people say some things wey religion de teach no dey correct. Leaders for religion de teach their members say God de punish wicked people for hell. Them de teach that lie so that they go continue to control their members. As servants of Jehovah wey de serve the God of love, we de help people to see say, this things wey leaders for religion de teach no correct. Leaders for religion still de teach say soul no de die. If that one correct, this one mean say no need for resurrection. So, we de show say this things wey them de teach no dey Bible. Plenty religion de teach say, God or power wey we no fit see don already decide everything wey we de do. But, we de teach say people fit decide to do anything wey they want do with their life, and they fit choose to serve God. How this one de make leaders for religion de feel? Plenty times, them de provoke!

11. As Jesus talk for John 8:45-47, wetin God want from e people?

¹¹ Wetin fit help us make nothing block us?  If we love the truth, we must accept the things wey God de talk. (Read John 8:45-47.) We no go ever reject the truth like Satan the Devil. We no de ever do anything wey no agree with wetin Bible talk. (John 8:44) God want make e people “hate bad thing” and “hold good thing tight,” just like Jesus.—Rom. 12:9; Heb. 1:9.

12. Why the way Jesus die make plenty Jew people reject Jesus?

¹² Wetin be another reason why some Jew people reject Jesus for e time? Paul talk say Christians preach about Jesus wey die ontop pole, but this one make Jew people begin get doubt. (1 Cor. 1:23) Why plenty Jew people reject Jesus because of the way e die? For this people, the way Jesus die ontop pole make Jesus be like thief and sinner, instead of the Messiah.—Deut. 21:22, 23.

13. Wetin the people wey reject Jesus no want believe?

¹³ The Jew people wey reject Jesus no want know say Jesus dey innocent, say they lie against Jesus, and say they no treat Jesus for the right way. The people wey judge Jesus no care about how they judge the matter, whether they judge-am for the correct way or they no judge-am for the correct way. The judge them for the high court of Jew people come together quick-quick to judge Jesus. And they no follow the laws about how to judge person. (Luke 22:54; John 18:24) The judge them do partial when they hear the things wey people talk against Jesus. And they still try to find “people wey go lie about Jesus so that they go fit kill [Jesus].” When that one no work, the high priest try to make Jesus talk something wey no correct so that they go fit talk say e do bad. The law no support this kind thing at all. (Matt. 26:59; Mark 14:55-64) After God bring Jesus back to life, this bad judge them pay “plenty money” to the Roman soldiers wey de protect the grave. They do this one so that this soldiers go spread lie-lie story to explain why the grave dey empty.—Matt. 28:11-15.

14. Wetin Bible talk about how the Messiah go die?

 ¹⁴ Wetin Bible talk? Na true say plenty Jew people for time of Jesus no expect say the Messiah go need to die. But notice wetin the prophecy for Bible talk, e say: “E surrender e life to die and they count-am join people wey de sin. E carry the sin of plenty people, and e beg for sinners.” (Isa. 53:12) So as they kill Jesus as sinner, Jew people no get any reason to reject Jesus.

15. Which lies people don talk about Jehovah Witness people wey make some people reject them?

¹⁵ We de see the same problem today? Yes! They lie against Jesus and they talk say e hand no clean. Today, people don do the same thing to Jehovah Witness people. See some examples. For America, between 1930 and 1950, we go court plenty times to defend our right to worship God. E clear say some judge them that time, no want judge us well. For one place wey them de call Quebec, for Canada, leaders for religion and government work together to stop our work. They put plenty of our brothers and sisters for prison because them de preach to their neighbors about the Kingdom of God. For Germany, Nazi government kill plenty young brothers wey dey faithful. And for some years now, they don judge plenty of our brothers for Russia as bad people, and they put them for prison because them de talk about Bible. And the government people talk say, na people wey dey against the country de do this kind thing. They ban even the New World Translation Bible for Russian language. They say this Bible dey against the laws of the country because the name Jehovah dey inside.

16. As e dey for 1 John 4:1, why we no suppose allow the lie-lie story wey people de talk about us to deceive us?

¹⁶ Wetin fit help us make nothing block us? Learn the truth about the matter. For the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warn the people wey de listen to wetin e de talk say, some people go “lie and talk different kind of wicked things about” them. (Matt. 5:11) Na Satan this lies de come from. E de make enemies of the good news to spread wicked lies about people wey love the truth. (Rev. 12:9, 10) We must reject the lies from people wey dey against us. Make we no ever allow this kind lies to make us fear or make our faith weak.—Read 1 John 4:1.

17. How some things wey happen before Jesus die fit don make some people reject Jesus?

¹⁷ Just before Jesus die, one of e 12 apostles wey e name na Judas, help the enemies to arrest Jesus. Another apostle deny Jesus three times, and all the apostles abandon Jesus for the evening before e die. (Matt. 26:14-16, 47, 56, 75) This one no surprise Jesus. E don even talk-am before say this kind thing go happen. (John 6:64; 13:21, 26, 38; 16:32) When this things happen, some people fit don decide say they no go want be e disciples. They fit even don talk say, ‘If na so the apostles of Jesus de behave, then I no want be one of them!’

18. Which things happen to Jesus just before e die wey Bible talk about?

¹⁸ Wetin Bible talk? Many years before Jesus come this earth, Jehovah don talk for Bible say person go help the enemies arrest the Messiah for 30 pieces of silver. (Zech. 11:12, 13) This person go be one of Jesus tight friends. (Ps. 41:9) Prophet Zechariah still write say: “Hit the shepherd, and the sheep them go scatter.” (Zech. 13:7) People wey love God no suppose reject Jesus because of this things  wey happen. Instead, their faith suppose strong more-more when they see say Jesus de make this things wey Bible talk de happen.

19. Wetin people wey love Jehovah know?

¹⁹ We de see the same problem today? Yes. For our time, some people wey dey popular for Jehovah’s organization don leave the truth, they don de talk wicked lies about the organization, and them de try to make other people leave the truth. Them de talk bad things about us, them de paint lie-lie story make e be like truth, and them de talk direct lies about us for newspaper, radio, television, and Internet. But they no fit deceive people wey love Jehovah. Instead, people wey love Jehovah know say Bible don already talk say this kind things go happen.—Matt. 24:24; 2 Pet. 2:18-22.

20. Wetin fit help us make people wey don leave the truth no deceive us? (2 Timothy 4:4, 5)

²⁰ Wetin fit help us make nothing block us? We need to make our faith strong. This one fit happen when we de always study, de always pray, and continue to dey busy for the work wey Jehovah don give us make we do. (Read 2 Timothy 4:4, 5.) If we get faith, we no go fear when we hear people de talk bad things about Jehovah Witness people. (Isa. 28:16) When we love Jehovah, e Word, and our brothers, this one go help us so that people wey don leave the truth no go fit deceive us.

21. Even though say plenty people today no de accept our message, wetin we fit dey sure of?

²¹ Plenty people reject Jesus for e time. Even with that one, plenty other people still accept Jesus. Part of this people na at least one member from the high court of Jew people and even “plenty of the priests.” (Acts 6:7; Matt. 27:57-60; Mark 15:43) For the same way, millions of people today don decide to follow Jesus. Why? Because they know and love the truth for Bible. Bible talk say: “People wey love your law go get plenty peace; nothing go fit make them fall.”—Ps. 119:165.