3. (a) ?From wanem “enjel blong [kongregesen] long Sadis” i mas makemgud we Jisas i holem “seven sta” ya? (b) ?Jisas i givim wanem strong advaes long kongregesen blong Sadis?

³ Jisas i talem bakegen long “enjel blong [kongregesen] long Sadis” se Jisas nao i holem “ol seven sta.” Hem i holem ol elda ya blong kongregesen long raethan blong hem, olsem we hem i gat raet mo paoa blong lidim olgeta long wok blong olgeta blong lukaot long ol sipsip. Olgeta oli mas traehad long hat blong olgeta blong ‘save gud ol sipsip blong God.’ (Proveb 27:23) Taswe oli mas lesingud long nekis tok blong Jisas, se: “[Yu] mas wekap bakegen. [Yu] mas mekem smol laef ya we i stap long [yu] yet i kam strong bakegen, from we kolosap [yu yu] ded olgeta. Mi mi no faenem wan gudfala wok yet blong [yu] we [yu yu] finisim, we i stret gud long fes blong God blong mi. Oraet, [yu] mas stap tingbaot toktok we olgeta oli tijim [yu] long hem bifo, we [yu yu] harem finis. [Yu yu] mas holemgud toktok ya, nao [yu] mas tanem tingting blong [yu] from ol sin blong [yu]. Sipos [yu] no wekap bakegen, bambae mi mi kam long [yu] olsem we man blong stil i kam, we bambae [yu] no save long wanem taem bambae mi kamtru long [yu].”—Revelesen 3:2, 3.

5. (a) ?Wanem i hapen long fasin tangkyu blong ol Kristin blong Sadis? (b) ?Sipos ol Kristin blong Sadis oli no harem advaes blong Jisas, bambae wanem i hapen long olgeta?

⁵ Long taem ya, fasin tangkyu mo lav blong trutok we i stap long hat blong olgeta i olsem wan faea we kolosap i ded. Smosmol laet blong faea nomo i stap. Jisas i pulum olgeta blong mekem faea ya i kam bigwan, blong wekemap tingting blong olgeta, blong tanem tingting blong olgeta from ol sin we slak fasin i lidim olgeta blong mekem. Hem i wantem se oli kam wan kongregesen we i laef bakegen long saed blong speret. (Skelem wetem 2 Timote 1:6, 7.) Sipos no, taem Jisas bambae i kamtru olsem wan “man blong stil” blong jajem ol man, kongregesen ya long Sadis bambae oli sek long hem, bambae oli no rere.—Matyu 24:43, 44.

Bambae Hem i Kam Olsem “Man Blong Stil”

6. ?Long 1918, olsem wanem Jisas i kam olsem “man blong stil”? ?Mo hem i faenemaot se ol man we oli stap talem se oli man blong hem, oli talem tru, no no gat?

⁶ Woning blong Jisas se bambae hem i kam olsem “man blong stil,” i stret long yumi tede tu. Hem i gat wan spesel mining long ol Kristin we oli laef i stap taem dei blong Masta i stat. I no longtaem biaen long 1914, profet tok blong Malakae i kamtru, we i se: “ ‘Wantaem nomo, tru Masta we yufala i stap lukaotem hem, Hem bambae i kam long haos blong Hem. Mo man blong karem tok blong kontrak, we yufala i harem gud tumas long hem, hem tu bambae i kamtru. Tru ya, bambae hem i kamtru.’ Jeova blong ol ami i tok olsem.” (Malakae 3:1; Revelesen 1:10) Jisas, we hem i “man blong karem tok blong kontrak,” hem i kam blong jekemap mo jajem olgeta we oli stap talem se oli man blong hem. (1 Pita 4:17) Long taem ya we hem i kamtru, hemia long 1918, ol skul blong Krisendom oli stap mekem fulap blad i ron long Faswan Bigfala Faet Blong Wol. Ol skul ya oli ded olgeta long saed blong speret. Bifo long faet ya, ol trufala Kristin oli wok strong blong prij. Be afta, olgeta tu oli slip long saed blong speret. Sam elda we oli hae, ol man oli sakem olgeta oli go long kalabus. Mo wok blong prij, kolosap i stop olgeta. Long nekis yia blong hem, taem tabu speret blong Jeova i wekemap ol Kristin ya, i no olgeta evriwan we oli rere. Samfala oli olsem ol yang gel long parabol blong Jisas, olgeta oli no waes. Oli no rere long saed blong speret blong mekem wok blong Jeova. Be i gud we fulap long olgeta oli olsem ol waes yang gel long parabol ya. Olgeta oli harem woning blong Jisas se: “Oraet, yufala i mas lukaot gud, from we yufala i no save dei blong samting ya mo haoa blong hem.”—Matyu 25:1-13.

7. ?From wanem ol Kristin tede oli mas wekapgud?

⁷ I no long stat blong dei blong Masta nomo we ol Kristin oli mas wekapgud mo stap rere. Long bigfala profet tok we hem i givim long saed blong “saen we bambae i soemaot we i stret taem blong ol samting ya,” Jisas i givim strong woning ya, se: “Be dei blong samting ya, mo taem blong hem, i no gat man naoia we i save. . . . Yufala i mas lukaot gud, oltaem yufala i mas rere, from we yufala i no save taem ya we olgeta samting ya bambae oli kam. Be tok ya we mi talem long yufala, mi stap talem long olgeta man, se ‘Yufala i mas lukaot gud.’ ” (Mak 13:4, 32, 33, 37) Yes, kam kasem naoia, yumi evriwan, nating we yumi blong smol kampani no bigfala kampani, be oltaem yumi mas rere, yumi mas wekapgud blong yumi no slak long saed blong speret gogo yumi slip olgeta. Taem dei blong Jeova i kamtru “olsem wan man blong stil, we i kamtru long naet,” yumi mas stap wekapgud blong yumi save kasem pei blong yumi.—1 Tesalonaeka 5:2, 3; Luk 21:34-36; Revelesen 7:9.

8. ?Tede olsem wanem grup we i olsem Jon bifo oli wekemap ol man blong God blong oli stap strong long saed blong speret?

⁸ Tede, grup we i olsem Jon bifo oli wekapgud. Oli luksave nid blong wekemap ol man blong God blong oli stap strong long saed blong speret. Blong mekem olsemia, evri yia oli ogenaesem ol spesel asembli long olgeta ples long wol. I no longtaem, long wan yia nomo, long 1,297 distrik asembli, i gat 7,020,459 man i kam. Mo 136,103 man oli tekem baptaes. Bitim wan handred yia we i pas, grup ya we i olsem Jon bifo oli yusum Wajtaoa magasin blong talemaot nem blong Jeova mo plan blong hem. Long tu bigfala faet blong wol, ol Wetnes blong Jeova oli kasem bigfala trabol. Be Wajtaoa i wekemap tingting blong olgeta blong wok strong bakegen. Sam magasin oli karem store olsem: “Olgeta We Oli No Fraet Bambae Oli Kasem Blesing” (1919), “Mifala i Singaot Yufala Blong Girap Mo Wok Strong” (1925), mo “Winim Ol Trabol” (1942).

9. (a) ?Olgeta Kristin oli mas tingbaot wanem kwestin? (b) ?Olsem wanem Wajtaoa i leftemap tingting blong yumi?

⁹ Sem mak long Sadis, i impoten we ol Kristin long ol kongregesen tede tu oli stap skelem fasin blong olgeta. Oltaem yumi wanwan i mas tingbaot sam kwestin olsem: ?Mi mi ‘finisim ol gudfala wok we i stretgud long fes blong God’? ?Mi stap jajem narafala, no mi wan mi rere blong livim sam samting we mi mi wantem mo traehad blong mekem wok blong God long olgeta laef blong mi? Long saed ya, Wajtaoa magasin i karem sam gudfala store blong pulum yumi, olsem: “?Yu Yu Stap Mekem Ol Samting We Yu Nomo Yu Wantem, No Yu Yu Rere Blong Livim Sam Samting Olsem?” mo “Yufala i Mas Faet Strong.”a Yumi save yusum ol advaes ya we i kamaot long Baebol blong skelem ol dip tingting blong yumi. Semtaem, yumi mas prea mo holem tingting daon blong fasgud oltaem long Jeova.—Ol Sam 26:1-3; 139:23, 24.