Na Ɔl “Kristian dɛn” Na Tru Kristian?
Ɔmɔs Kristian dɛn de? Akɔdin to wan buk we nem Atlas of Global Christianity, dɛn tɔk se insay 2010 na lɛk 2.3 bilyɔn Kristian dɛn de ɔlsay na di wɔl. Bɔt di sem buk tɔk se dɛn Kristian dɛn de de insay pas 41,000 difrɛn Kristian rilijɔn dɛn; dɛn ɔl gɛt dɛn yon dɔktrin dɛn ɛn we aw dɛn fɔ liv. Wi kin si rizin we mek bɔku pipul dɛn kɔnfyus ɛn nɔ no wetin fɔ du we dɛn tink bɔt di bɔku bɔku difrɛn Kristian rilijɔn dɛn we de. Dɛn go de wɔnda, ‘Fɔ se na ɔl di wan dɛn we se dɛn na Kristian dɛn na tru Kristian dɛn?’
Lɛ wi yuz wan ɛgzampul fɔ tɔk bɔt dis. Bɔku tɛm, pɔsin we de travul go nid fɔ sho us kɔntri i kɔmɔt we i rich na bɔda. I go nid fɔ pruv bak se in na udat i tɔk se i bi bay we i sho in paspɔt ɔ in ID kad. Semweso, tru Kristian nɔ fɔ jɔs tɔk se i gɛt fet pan Krays. I nid fɔ du ɔda tin dɛn bak fɔ sho se in na tru Kristian. Wetin na dɛn tin dɛn de?
Di fɔstɛm we dɛn yuz di wɔd “Kristian” na afta di ia 44. Wan pan di man dɛn we rayt di Baybul we na Lyuk bin tɔk se: “Na Antiɔk fɔs Gɔd mek dɛn bigin fɔ kɔl di disaypul dɛn Kristian.” (Akt 11:26) Notis se di wan dɛn we dɛn bin de kɔl Kristian dɛn na bin Krays in disaypul. So wetin de mek dɛn kɔl pɔsin Jizɔs Krays in disaypul? Di New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology ɛksplen se: “Fɔ fala Jizɔs as in disaypul min se pɔsin fɔ sakrifays in wan ol layf . . . ɛn i fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ du dat sote go.” So pɔsin we na tru Kristian fɔ fala ɔl wetin Jizɔs bin de tich, ɛn wetin i bin se wit ɔl in at.
Yu tink se i pɔsibul fɔ fɛn dɛn kayn pipul dɛn de pan di bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn we se dɛn na Kristian dɛn tide? Wetin Jizɔs insɛf bin tɔk bɔt wetin go sho udat dɛn na in tru tru disaypul dɛn? Duya, wi want lɛ yu lan bɔt aw di Baybul ansa dɛn kwɛstyɔn dɛn de. Insay di nɛks atikul dɛn, wi go lan bɔt fayv tin dɛn we Jizɔs bin tɔk we go ɛp yu fɔ no in tru tru disaypul dɛn. Wi go lan aw di fɔstɛm Kristian dɛn bin fit wetin Jizɔs bin tɔk we sho se dɛn na tru Kristian dɛn. Ɛn wi go tray fɔ si udat dɛn pan di bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn we de tɔk se dɛn na Kristian dɛn fit da patan de tide.