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STUDY ARTICLE 44

Your Pikin Go Serve Jehovah When E Grow?

Your Pikin Go Serve Jehovah When E Grow?

Jesus continue de get sense, and e de strong as e de grow and de get favor from God and people.”—LUKE 2:52.

SONG 134 Children Na Gift From God

WETIN WE GO LEARN? *

1. Wetin be the best decision wey anybody fit make?

MANY times, the decision wey papa and mama make de affect their children for long time. If papa and mama decide to do bad thing, e fit cause problem for their children. But if they make good decision, they go help their children to live better life. The truth be say, the children must make good decision by theirself. The best decision wey anybody fit make na to worship Jehovah, our Papa for heaven.—Ps. 73:28.

2. Which better decision Jesus and e papa and mama make?

2 Jesus papa and mama really do their best to help their children serve Jehovah. And the things wey they choose to do really show say na to serve Jehovah be the number one thing for their life. (Luke 2:40, 41, 52) Jesus choose to do things wey help-am do wetin Jehovah want make e do. (Matt. 4:1-10) Jesus grow to be man wey get good heart, love wey no de fail, and strong heart. All papa and mama wey love Jehovah go like to get that kind pikin.

3. Which questions we go answer for this topic?

3 For this topic, we go talk about this questions: Which decision Jehovah make about Jesus? Wetin papa and mama fit learn from the thing wey Joseph and Mary decide to do? And wetin young Christians fit learn from the thing wey Jesus decide to do?

LEARN FROM JEHOVAH

4. Which important decision Jehovah make about e Son Jesus?

4 Jehovah choose better papa and mama for Jesus. (Matt. 1:18-23; Luke 1:26-38) The thing wey Mary talk for Bible show say Mary love Jehovah and e love Bible too. (Luke 1:46-55) And the way Joseph obey the things wey Jehovah talk show say e love Jehovah, and e want do everything wey e fit do to make-am happy.—Matt. 1:24.

5-6. Wetin Jehovah allow e Son to face?

5 You notice say Jehovah no choose papa and mama wey get money make they born Jesus? The sacrifice wey Joseph and Mary do after they born Jesus show say they no get money. (Luke 2:24) E fit be say Joseph get small shop near e house for Nazareth where e de work as carpenter. E fit be say they no get money or plenty property, especially because they come get at least seven children.—Matt. 13:55, 56.

6 Jehovah protect Jesus from some kind trouble, but e no protect-am from all the problem wey e face. (Matt. 2:13-15) For example, Jesus get some family members wey no believe-am. Just think of how Jesus go don feel as some of e family members no first accept-am as the Messiah. (Mark 3:21; John 7:5) Maybe Joseph die when Jesus dey young, and this one go don really pain Jesus. And this kind situation fit don make Jesus wey be the first son to take-over the family business. (Mark 6:3) When Jesus grow, e learn how to take care of e family. Jesus go don really work hard to support them. So Jesus know wetin e mean for person to tire after e don work for the whole day.

Papa and mama, teach your children to always check Bible for advice to prepare them for the problem wey they go face for life (Check paragraph 7) *

7. (a) Which questions go help husband and wife to care for children well? (b) How Proverbs 2:1-6 fit help papa and mama to train their children?

7 If you don marry, and you and your husband or wife go like to get pikin, make wuna ask wunaself say: ‘We be humble people wey love Jehovah and e Word? We be the kind people wey Jehovah fit choose to take care of the life of new baby?’ (Ps. 127:3, 4) If you don already be papa or mama, ask yourself say: ‘I de teach my children say e good to work hard?’ (Eccl. 3:12, 13) ‘I de do my best to protect my children from the wicked things wey they fit face for this world wey Satan de control?’ (Prov. 22:3) You no fit protect your children from all the problem wey they fit face. This one no dey possible. But, if you continue to sofri teach them to always check Bible for advice, you de prepare them for the problem wey they go face for life. (Read Proverbs 2:1-6.) For example, if any of your family member decide to leave Jehovah, help your children to learn from Bible why e dey important to hold Jehovah tight. (Ps. 31:23) Or if person wey you love die, show your children how to use Bible endure the pain and get peace of mind.—2 Cor. 1:3, 4; 2 Tim. 3:16.

LEARN FROM JOSEPH AND MARY

8. Which command dey for Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 wey Joseph and Mary follow?

8 Joseph and Mary fit help Jesus to hold Jehovah tight till e grow because they follow the command wey Jehovah give papa and mama. (Read Deuteronomy 6:6, 7.) Joseph and Mary really love Jehovah, and the number one thing for them na to help their children get that kind love for Jehovah.

9. Which important things Joseph and Mary choose?

9 Joseph and Mary de always worship Jehovah together with their children. Them de go the meeting wey people de do for synagogue every week for Nazareth. They still de go do Passover for Jerusalem every year. (Luke 2:41; 4:16) E fit be say, them de use that time wey them de travel go Jerusalem to teach Jesus and the other children about the things wey happen to Jehovah’s people for past. And maybe as them de go for road, they visit different-different place wey Bible talk about. As Joseph and Mary de get more children, e no go don easy for them to always do things to worship Jehovah. But they enjoy plenty fine things from wetin they do! Because they put the worship of Jehovah first, this one help their family hold Jehovah tight.

10. Which things papa and mama wey de serve Jehovah go fit learn from Joseph and Mary?

10 Wetin papa and mama wey de serve Jehovah fit learn from Joseph and Mary? The number one important thing na say, make you use the things wey you de talk and do to teach your children say your love for Jehovah dey strong. Get-am for mind say, the number one gift wey you fit give them, na to help them love Jehovah. And one important thing wey you fit teach them na how they go always de study Bible, de pray, de go meeting, and de preach. (1 Tim. 6:6) Na true say, you must give your children the things wey they need. (1 Tim. 5:8) But remember say, na the friendship wey your children get with Jehovah go help them survive the end of this wicked world and enter Paradise, no be their money or property. *Ezek. 7:19; 1 Tim. 4:8.

E de really sweet us to see say papa and mama for congregation de choose better thing to help their children dey tight with Jehovah! (Check paragraph 11) *

11. (a) How the advice for 1 Timothy 6:17-19 fit help papa and mama to choose better thing as them de train their children? (b) Which fine things your family fit plan to do, and which blessings wuna fit get? (Check the box “ Which Things You Plan to Do?”)

11 E de really sweet us to see plenty papa and mama for congregation wey de choose better thing to help their children dey tight with Jehovah! Them de always do things together to worship Jehovah. Them de go meeting and convention together. And them de preach the good news. Some family de even go preach for territory wey publishers no too de preach. Other family de visit Bethel or de join do construction work for the organization. Families wey de do this kind things de spend money, and e fit no easy for them. But them de get plenty blessing from Jehovah for this thing wey them de do. (Read 1 Timothy 6:17-19.) Children wey their papa and mama train like this, de continue to do this good things when they don grow, and they no de regret-am! *Prov. 10:22.

LEARN FROM JESUS

12. Wetin Jesus need to do as e grow?

12 Jehovah, wey be Jesus Father for heaven, de always choose the thing wey de bring better result. And Joseph and Mary, wey be Jesus papa and mama when e dey this earth, still choose better thing. But when Jesus don grow, e make e own decision. (Gal. 6:5) Like all of us, e dey free to choose wetin e want do. Jesus for don first de think about wetin e want instead of wetin God want. But e decide to always make e friendship with Jehovah dey tight. (John 8:29) How e example fit help young people today?

Young people, make wuna de do wetin wuna papa and mama say make wuna do (Check paragraph 13) *

13. Which important thing Jesus choose when e still dey young?

13 Jesus still dey young when e choose to obey e papa and mama. E no ever do wetin e papa and mama say make e no do because e de feel say e know pass them. Instead, “e continue de obey them.” (Luke 2:51) Jesus go don try e best to do e work as the first pikin. E work hard to learn the carpenter work from Joseph so that e go fit support e family.

14. How we manage know say Jesus study Bible well?

14 Joseph and Mary go don tell Jesus about how they born-am and wetin the messengers from God talk about-am. (Luke 2:8-19, 25-38) But Jesus no end for there. E go don study more things for Bible by e self. How we manage know say Jesus study Bible well? Because when e still be young boy, the teachers for Jerusalem “de always surprise for the way e de understand and de answer question.” (Luke 2:46, 47) And na only 12 years Jesus dey, when e don already make e self believe say na Jehovah be e Father.—Luke 2:42, 43, 49.

15. Wetin Jesus do to show say e don choose to do wetin Jehovah want?

15 When Jesus know about the work wey Jehovah want make e do, e choose to do-am. (John 6:38) Jesus know say plenty people go hate-am, and this one go don make-am dey sad when e de think about-am. Even with that one, e decide to do wetin Jehovah want. When Jesus baptize for 29 C.E., the main thing for e life na to do the thing wey Jehovah want make e do. (Heb. 10:5-7) Even when Jesus de die ontop the pole, e no stop to do wetin e Father want.—John 19:30.

16. Wetin be one thing wey children go fit learn from Jesus?

16 Obey your papa and mama. Like Joseph and Mary, your papa and mama de make mistake. But, Jehovah don tell your papa and mama make them de protect you, de train you, and guide you. If you listen to them, things “go go well with you.”—Eph. 6:1-4.

17. With wetin dey for Joshua 24:15, which decision young people go make for theirself?

17 Decide who you go serve. You need to make yourself dey sure about the kind person wey Jehovah be, the thing wey e get for mind, and how you fit do the things wey e want. (Rom. 12:2) This one go help you make the decision wey dey important pass for your life, and this decision na to serve Jehovah. (Read Joshua 24:15; Eccl. 12:1) If you get time wey you de use to always read and study Bible, you go continue to love Jehovah more, and your faith for Jehovah go de strong more-more.

18. Which thing young people go need to choose, and wetin go be the result?

18 Choose to do the things wey Jehovah want first for your life. This world wey Satan de control de promise say, if person use wetin e sabi do favor only e self, the person go dey happy. But the truth be say, people wey de use their life de gather money and property de “cause plenty pain for theirself.” (1 Tim. 6:9, 10) But if you listen to Jehovah and decide to do the things wey e want first for your life, your life go better and “you go do things with sense.”—Josh. 1:8.

WETIN YOU GO CHOOSE TO DO?

19. Wetin papa and mama go remember?

19 Papa and mama, make wuna do wuna best to help wuna children serve Jehovah. Trust Jehovah, and e go help you choose better thing. (Prov. 3:5, 6) Remember say, na the things wey you de do go help your children pass the things wey you de talk. So make you choose things wey go help your children do wetin go make Jehovah dey happy with them.

20. Which blessings young people go get if they choose to serve Jehovah?

20 Young people, wuna papa and mama go fit help wuna choose better things for life. But, na wuna go choose this good things by wunaself so that wuna go fit make Jehovah de glad. So make wuna do like Jesus and choose to serve Jehovah, wey be wuna Papa for heaven. If wuna do like that, wuna go get plenty things to do for Jehovah, wuna life go better now, and wuna go enjoy-am. (1 Tim. 4:16) And for future, wuna go enjoy the life wey better pass!

SONG 133 Worship Jehovah as You Still Young

^ par. 5 Papa and mama wey de serve Jehovah want make their children dey happy and de serve Jehovah when they grow. Wetin papa and mama fit do wey go help their children when they grow? Which decision young Christians need to take wey go help them live better life as servants of Jehovah? We go talk about this question for this topic.

^ par. 11 Check the box wey the topic na “I Couldn’t Imagine Having Better Parents” for October 2011 Awake!, page 20, and the topic wey be “A Special Letter to Their Parents” for March 8, 1999 Awake!, page 25.

^ par. 66 OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE PICTURE: Mary go don teach Jesus to get strong love for Jehovah when e dey young. Today, mama them fit still teach their pikin to love Jehovah.

^ par. 68 OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE PICTURE: Joseph go don see-am as important thing to go synagogue with e family. Today too, make papa them see-am as important thing to go meeting with their family.

^ par. 70 OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE PICTURE: Jesus learn hand work from e papa. Today too, young people fit learn hand work from their papa.