“Dɛn Go Prich Dis Gud Nyuz bɔt di Kiŋdɔm”
“Dɛn go prich dis gud nyuz bɔt di Kiŋdɔm na di wan ol wɔl so dat ɔl di neshɔn dɛn go gɛt chans fɔ yɛri, dɔn di ɛnd go kam.”—MATYU 24:14.
Wetin Dis Min? Lyuk we na wan pan di man dɛn we bin rayt di Gɔspɛl bin rayt bɔt Jizɔs se i bin de “go na difrɛn siti dɛn ɛn vilej dɛn fɔ prich di gud nyuz bɔt Gɔd in Kiŋdɔm.” (Lyuk 8:1) Jizɔs insɛf bin tɔk se: “A fɔ prich di gud nyuz bɔt Gɔd in Kiŋdɔm na ɔda siti dɛn bak, bikɔs na dat mek Gɔd sɛn mi.” (Lyuk 4:43) I bin tɛl in disaypul dɛn fɔ prich di gud nyuz na tɔŋ ɛn vilej dɛn ɛn leta i bin tɛl dɛn se: “una go tɔk bɔt mi . . . na di say we fa pas ɔl na di wɔl.”—Akt 1:8; Lyuk 10:1.
Aw di Fɔstɛm Kristian dɛn Bin Du Dis? Jizɔs in disaypul dɛn nɔ bin westɛm fɔ du wetin i bin tɛl dɛn. “Dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ tich ɛn tɔk bɔt di gud nyuz bɔt Krays Jizɔs ɛvride na di tɛmpul ɛn frɔm os to os.” (Akt 5:42) Nɔto jɔs sɔm spɛshal pipul dɛn nɔmɔ bin de prich bɔt ɔlman na di kɔngrigeshɔn bin de prich. Wan man we stɔdi istri we nem Neander bin rayt se: “Celsus we na di fɔs pɔsin fɔ rayt agens Kristian dɛn bin si am fɔni fɔ se na pipul dɛn we de wok wit wul, pipul dɛn we de mek sus, pipul dɛn we de wok wit lɛda, pipul dɛn we nɔ go skul ɛn kɔmɔn pipul dɛn na dɛn bin de prich di gɔspɛl wit zil.” We Jean Bernardi bin de rayt in buk we nem, The Early Centuries of the Church, i bin rayt se: “[Kristian dɛn] fɔ go ɛn prich to ɔlman ɔlsay. Dɛn fɔ prich na strit, na siti dɛn, na pɔblik ples dɛn, ɛn na os dɛn. Dɛn fɔ prich ilɛksɛf dɛn wɛlkɔm dɛn ɔ dɛn nɔ wɛlkɔm dɛn . . . ɛn dɛn fɔ prich na di say we fa pas ɔl na di wɔl.”
Udat dɛn Fit Dis Patan Tide? Devid Watsin we na Anglican prist bin rayt se: “Bikɔs di chɔch nɔ tek di wok fɔ prich ɛn tich as sɔntin we siriɔs, dat na wan rizin we mek bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ gɛt intrɛst fɔ sav Gɔd tide. We José Luis Pérez Guadalupe bin de rayt na in buk we nem Why Are the Catholics Leaving?, i bin rayt bɔt di tin dɛn we di Evangelicals, Adventists, ɛn ɔda rilijɔn dɛn de du. I bin se: “Dɛn nɔ de prich frɔm os to os.” Bɔt we i bin de tɔk bɔt Jiova Witnɛs dɛn, i bin se: “Dɛn ɔganayz fɔ prich frɔm os to os.”
Jonɛtan Tuli bin rayt wan fayn tin we kɔrɛkt insay di Cato Supreme Court Review, 2001-2002. I bin rayt se: “As yu tɔk bɔt Jiova Witnɛs dɛn so, wantɛm wantɛm bɔku pipul dɛn go tink bɔt pipul dɛn we de prich frɔm os to os ɛn dɛn kin kam di tɛm we yu nɔ want dɛn fɔ kam. Jiova Witnɛs dɛn nɔ jɔs de prich frɔm os to os fɔ mek ɔda pipul dɛn no bɔt wetin dɛn biliv bɔt di prichin wok na sɔntin we impɔtant pan wetin dɛn biliv.
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Yu Dɔn Notis Ɛni Kristian Grup We De Du Ɔl dɛn Tin Ya we Wi Dɔn Tɔk Bɔt?
Frɔm di Skripchɔ dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt na dɛn atikul dɛn ya, udat dɛn yu tink se de du tin lɛk tru Kristian dɛn tide? Pan ɔl we bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn de tɔk se dɛn na Kristian dɛn, mɛmba wetin Jizɔs bin tɛl in disaypul dɛn fɔ se: “Nɔto ɔlman we de kɔl mi, ‘Masta, Masta,’ go go insay di Kiŋdɔm we de na ɛvin, bɔt na di wan dɛn nɔmɔ we de du wetin mi Papa we de na ɛvin want go go de.” (Matyu 7:21) We wi sabi di wan dɛn we de du wetin di Papa want ɔ di wan dɛn we na tru Kristian dɛn ɛn wi spɛn tɛm wit dɛn, dat go mek wi ɛnjɔy blɛsin dɛn we go de sote go ɔnda Gɔd in Kiŋdɔm. Duya aks di Jiova Witnɛs we gi yu dis magazin fɔ tɛl yu mɔ bɔt Gɔd in Kiŋdɔm ɛn di blɛsin dɛn we di Kiŋdɔm go mek wi ɛnjɔy.—Lyuk 4:43.