Againstim Satan and Stap Klia Long Olketa Trap Bilong Hem!
“Againstim olketa kleva trik bilong Devil.” —EPH. 6:11.
WANEM NAO ANSA BILONG IU?
Wanem nao savve helpem iumi for stap klia long trap for laek garem staka material samting?
Wanem nao savve helpem Christian wea marit for stap klia long trap for duim adultery?
Wanem gud samting nao bae iumi kasem sapos iumi no foldaon long trap for laek garem staka material samting and wei for durong?
1, 2. (a) Why nao Satan hem heitim olketa anointed Christian and olketa “nara sheepsheep”? (b) Wanem nao tufala trap bilong Satan wea iumi bae storyim long disfala study?
SATAN hem heitim olketa man, especially pipol bilong Jehovah. Hem gohed for faet againstim olketa anointed Christian wea stap yet long earth. (Rev. 12:17) Olketa Christian hia no fraet for leadim waka for preach abaotem Kingdom, and olketa talem pipol Satan nao hem rulim disfala world. Devil hem heitim tu olketa “nara sheepsheep,” wea sapotim olketa anointed Christian and wea garem hope for laef olowe. (John 10:16) Satan hem lusim chance for laef olowe dastawe hem kros fogud. Nomata iumi garem hope for go long heven or for stap long earth, Satan hem enemy bilong iumi. Goal bilong Satan nao hem for spoelem iumi.—1 Pet. 5:8.
2 For kasem goal bilong hem, Satan hem iusim olketa difren kaen trap for kasholem pipol. From Satan hem “blindim mind bilong olketa” wea no biliv, olketa no acceptim gud nius and olketa no luksavve long olketa trap bilong hem. Bat Devil hem kasholem tu samfala wea acceptim finis datfala gud nius abaotem Kingdom. (2 Cor. 4:3, 4) Study bifor diswan hem showimaot wanem iumi savve duim for stap klia long thrifala trap bilong Satan. Thrifala nao: (1) wei for no kontrolem toktok, (2) hevi from narawan and wei for fraet long man, and (3) wei for feel guilty tumas. Long disfala study bae iumi storyim nara tufala trap bilong Satan, and wanem iumi savve duim for stap klia long tufala trap hia. First wan hem wei for laek garem staka material samting, and mek-tu hem temptation for duim adultery.
WEI FOR LAEK GAREM STAKA MATERIAL SAMTING HEM WANFALA TRAP
3, 4. Hao nao “olketa samting long laef wea man savve wari abaotem” maet mekem iumi laek for garem staka material samting?
3 Long wanfala tokpiksa, Jesus storyim seed wea foldaon long ples wea garem nila grass. Hem sei samwan maet herem message abaotem Kingdom, “bat olketa samting long laef wea man savve wari abaotem, and riches wea savve switim man hem satem datfala message, gogo hem no garem eni frut nao.” (Matt. 13:22) Wei for laek garem staka material samting hem wanfala trap wea enemy bilong iumi Satan hem iusim.
4 Jesus storyim tufala samting wea sapos man letem tufala evriwan for affectim hem, datwan savve ‘satem datfala message.’ First wan hem “olketa samting long laef wea man savve wari abaotem.” Long distaem wea “evri samting hem hard tumas,” staka samting savve mekem iumi wari. (2 Tim. 3:1) Maet hem hard for iu kasem wanem iu needim bikos kost bilong evri samting hem hae tumas or bikos iu no garem waka. Maet iu wari abaotem future tu and ting olsem, ‘Waswe, taem mi olo bae mi still fit for kasem olketa samting wea mi needim?’ Samfala pipol trae for kamap rich bikos olketa tingse sapos olketa garem staka selen, bae no enitaem olketa short long eni samting.
5. Long wanem wei nao ‘riches savve switim iumi’?
5 Mek-tu samting wea Jesus story abaotem hem “riches wea savve switim man.” Bible hem sei “selen savve protectim man.” (Eccl. 7:12) Datwan minim selen savve helpem iumi for kasem wanem iumi needim. Bat hem no wise for trae for kamap rich. Staka luksavve taem olketa waka hard for kamap rich, olketa no satisfae bat olketa laek for kasem staka material samting moa. Material samting wea olketa garem hem kamap boss bilong samfala tu. (Matt. 6:24) So man wea letem riches for switim hem, and wea wari tu abaotem olketa samting long laef, hem savve foldaon long trap for laek garem staka material samting.
6, 7. (a) Wanem nao maet happen long ples wea iu waka wea savve mekem iu garem feeling for laek kamap rich? (b) Wanem nao samfala samting wea Christian shud tingim sapos boss askem hem for waka ovataem?
6 Maet iu start for isisi garem feeling for laek kamap rich, nomata iu no luksavve long datwan. Tingim disfala example. Boss bilong iu kam long iu and sei: “Mi laek talem iu wanfala naes nius! Company hem winim wanfala kontrak, and bae iumi garem staka waka. So maet bae iu need for duim staka ovataem insaed long next tu-thri month. Bat bae iu kasem big pei for datwan.” Sapos boss talem datwan long iu, wanem nao bae iu duim? Hem important for iu provaedem wanem famili needim, bat iu garem samfala nara responsibility tu. (1 Tim. 5:8) Bae iu need for tingim samfala samting olsem: Haomas ovataem nao bae mi duim? Waswe, diswan bae mekem hem hard for mi worshipim God, and mekem mi misstim olketa kongregeson meeting, and no savve duim Famili Worship?
7 Tingim tu wanem nao hem barava important long iu. Waswe, selen wea iu bae kasem taem iu waka ovataem nao important, or wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah nao hem important? From iu laek for aftarem moa selen, waswe, bae datwan mekem iu for no tingim Kingdom olsem first samting long laef bilong iu? Waswe, iu luksavve hao wei for laek garem staka material samting savve switim iu sapos iu no lukaftarem spiritual saed bilong iu and famili bilong iu? Sapos datwan hem affectim spiritual saed bilong iu distaem, wanem nao savve helpem iu for no foldaon long trap for laek garem staka material samting?—Readim 1 Timothy 6:9, 10.
8. Wanem nao samfala example long Bible wea savve helpem iumi for lukluk gud long living bilong iumi?
8 Sapos iumi no laek foldaon insaed trap for laek garem staka material samting, iumi shud lukluk gud evritaem long living bilong iumi. Iumi no laek for olsem Esau wea no tinghae long olketa promis bilong Jehovah. (Gen. 25:34; Heb. 12:16) And tu, iumi no laek for olsem datfala rich man wea Jesus askem hem for go salem olketa samting bilong hem, givim selen hia long pipol wea poor, and for hem followim Jesus. Bible sei: “Man hia garem staka samting. So taem hem herem samting wea Jesus talem hem sorre tumas and hem go from hem nao.” (Matt. 19:21, 22) Olketa material samting bilong datfala man kamap olsem wanfala trap wea hem foldaon insaed. Hem garem chance for kamap disaepol bilong Jesus, wea hem nambawan man wea winim evri nara man! Bat hem no acceptim datfala nambawan privilege. Iumi shud keakea nogud iumi tu lusim privilege olsem disaepol bilong Jesus Christ.
9, 10. Bible showimaot iumi shud garem wanem tingting abaotem olketa material samting?
9 Iumi bae no wari tumas abaotem olketa material samting sapos iumi followim disfala kaonsel wea Jesus talem: “So no wari and sei, ‘Wanem nao bae mifala kaikaim?’ or, ‘Wanem nao bae mifala drinkim?’ or, ‘Wanem nao bae mifala werem?’ Pipol long world nao barava tingim and busy for kasem olketa samting olsem. Dadi bilong iufala long heven savve iufala needim olketa samting hia.”—Matt. 6:31, 32; Luke 21:34, 35.
10 Sapos iumi no laekem olketa material samting for switim iumi, iumi mas garem sem tingting olsem Agur. Hem sei: “No letem mi for poor tumas or for rich tumas. Givim mi wanem mi needim nomoa.” (Prov. 30:8, Contemporary English Version) Agur luksavve hem needim selen for laef, bat hem luksavve tu olketa material samting savve switim man. Iumi shud luksavve olketa samting long laef wea man savve wari abaotem, and olketa riches wea savve switim man, tufala samting hia savve spoelem wei wea iumi fren witim Jehovah. Sapos iumi warim tumas olketa material samting, maet iumi no garem taem, strong, and feeling for laek mekem Kingdom first samting long laef bilong iumi. So iumi shud keakea nogud iumi foldaon long trap bilong Satan for laekem tumas olketa material samting!—Readim Hebrew 13:5.
ADULTERY HEM OLSEM WANFALA HOL WEA MAN SAVVE FOLDAON INSAED
11, 12. Wanem nao savve switim wanfala Christian gogo hem foldaon long temptation for duim adultery witim samwan wea hem waka witim?
11 Samfala taem man for hunting wea laek for kasholem wanfala strong animal bae hem digim wanfala hol long road bilong datfala animal. Then bae hem haedem datfala hol taem hem kavarem witim olketa stik and graon. Wankaen trap wea Satan iusim wea staka pipol foldaon insaed hem olsem datfala hol. Disfala trap nao hem wei for durong, wea hem bigfala sin. (Prov. 22:14; 23:27) Samfala Christian foldaon insaed long disfala trap for durong bikos olketa no careful for stap klia long olketa samting wea savve switim olketa for duim datwan. Samfala Christian wea marit olketa duim adultery bihaen olketa start for laekem and frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong olketa.
12 Wei for laekem and frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu savve happen long ples wea iu waka. Winim haf long olketa woman and klosap evri man wea duim adultery hem witim samwan wea olketa waka witim. Waswe, long ples wea iu waka olketa man and woman nao iufala waka tugeta? Sapos olsem, waswe, iu markem olketa spialaen and iu barava careful for no laekem and frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu? Olsem example, maet wanfala Christian sista hem story evritaem witim wanfala man wea hem waka witim. Maet gogo sista hia klos long disfala man and trustim hem, and maet hem storyim tu olketa marit problem bilong hem long man hia. Or maet wanfala Christian brata hem kamap gud fren bilong wanfala woman wea hem waka witim. Maet brata hia ting olsem: “Disfala woman hem interest long wanem mi talem. And hem respectim mi. Waef bilong mi hem nating olsem nomoa!” Waswe, iu luksavve hao samting wea olketa Christian hia duim hem savve switim olketa gogo olketa foldaon long temptation for duim adultery?
13. Hao nao wei for laekem and frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu hem savve happen long kongregeson?
13 Wei for laekem and frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu savve happen long kongregeson tu. Tingim disfala tru story. Daniel and waef bilong hem Sarah,a tufala regular pioneer bifor. Daniel sei long datfala taem hem wanfala elder wea acceptim evri assignment wea hem kasem long kongregeson. Hem study witim faevfala young man and gogo thrifala nao baptaes. Thrifala brata hia wea just baptaes needim staka help. From Daniel hem busy tumas for duim olketa waka long kongregeson, staka taem Sarah nao helpem thrifala brata hia. Gogo samting wea happen hem olsem: Taem thrifala brata hia needim help saed long feeling, Sarah nao helpem olketa. Taem Sarah needim samwan for story witim hem, thrifala brata hia nao story witim hem. Disfala samting wea happen hem kamap olsem wanfala trap nao. Daniel sei: ‘For staka month waef bilong mi iusim full strong bilong hem for helpem olketa narawan, so hem needim samwan for sapotim hem long spiritual wei and saed long feeling. Bat mi no givim hem datfala sapot. Gogo evri samting hia mekem wanfala barava nogud samting hem happen. Waef bilong mi duim adultery witim wanfala young brata hia wea mi study witim bifor. From mi busy tumas long olketa privilege bilong mi, mi nating luksavve waef bilong mi kamap wik long spiritual wei.’ Wanem nao savve helpem iu for no kasem kaen nogud samting olsem?
14, 15. Wanem nao savve helpem olketa Christian wea marit for no foldaon long adultery?
14 Sapos iu no laek for foldaon long disfala trap wea hem nao adultery, iu mas tingting gud abaotem wanem nao insaed long wei for faithful long marit partner bilong iu. Jesus sei: “No eni man mas aotem samting wea God joinim finis.” (Matt. 19:6) Iu shud no tingse waka bilong iu long kongregeson hem important winim marit partner bilong iu. Sapos iu busy evritaem for go aot and duim samting wea no important tumas, maet datwan bae mekem marit bilong iu kamap wik, and gogo maet iu or waef bilong iu kasem temptation for duim adultery.
15 Nomata olsem, sapos iu wanfala elder iu garem responsibility for lukaftarem kongregeson. Aposol Peter sei: “Lukaftarem olketa sheepsheep bilong God wea hem nao markem iufala for lukaftarem. Iufala mas no duim diswan from eniwan forcem iufala, bat duim bikos iufala willing. Iufala mas no duim diswan from iufala laek for kasem samting for iufala seleva, bat from iufala laek for helpem narawan.” (1 Pet. 5:2) Hem important for iu lukaftarem olketa long kongregeson. Bat waka wea iu duim olsem wanfala elder shud no spoelem wei wea iu wanfala gud hasband. Hem no mek sense for iu lukaftarem gud olketa brata and sista long kongregeson bat iu no lukaftarem gud waef bilong iu. Datwan bae mekem marit bilong iu stap long danger. Daniel, wea iumi storyim long paragraf 13, hem sei: ‘Iu shud no busy tumas for lukaftarem olketa responsibility bilong iu gogo datwan mekem iu no lukaftarem famili bilong iu.’
16, 17. (a) Wanem nao olketa Christian wea marit savve duim long waka ples for showimaot olketa no laek for frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong olketa? (b) Storyim wanfala article insaed olketa magasin bilong iumi wea savve helpem olketa Christian for stap klia long adultery?
16 Olketa Wastaoa and Awake! magasin garem staka article wea storyim gudfala advaes for helpem olketa Christian wea marit finis for stap klia long adultery. Wastaoa bilong October 1, 2006 talem warning abaotem olketa samting wea savve happen long waka ples and olketa nara ples wea maet mekem iu laekem or frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu. Hem sei ‘wanfala example bilong diswan nao, sapos iu ovataem witim wanfala man or woman long waka ples, maet iu kasem temptation for laekem and frenim hem. Sapos iu marit finis, toktok and wei bilong iu shud showimaot klia iu no laek for frenim eniwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu. Iu mas no plei raon witim feeling bilong narawan. Iu mas keakea nogud kaleko and lukluk bilong iu switim feeling bilong narawan. Wei for putim olketa piksa bilong marit partner and pikinini bilong iu long waka ples bae remindim iu and olketa narawan iu barava tinghae long famili bilong iu. Taem samwan trae for switim iu, no duim eni samting wea showimaot iu laekem wanem hem duim, bat iu mas rejectim datwan.’
17 Article insaed Awake! bilong April 2009, wea garem title “Marital Fidelity—What Does It Really Mean?” hem givim warning for mas no tingting abaotem wei for duim sex witim samwan wea hem no hasband or waef bilong iu. Article hia sei tu, sapos iu garem kaen tingting olsem datwan savve mekem iu laek for duim adultery. (Jas. 1:14, 15) Sapos iu marit finis, wise samting for duim hem for iu and hasband or waef bilong iu for readim samfala article wea storyim disfala subject. Jehovah nao startim marit, and marit hem samting wea holy. Wei wea iutufala markem taem for story abaotem marit bilong iutufala hem showimaot iufala tinghae long olketa samting wea holy.—Gen. 2:21-24.
18, 19. (a) Wanem nogud samting nao savve kamaot from wei for duim adultery? (b) Wanem gudfala samting nao iu savve kasem sapos iu faithful long marit partner bilong iu?
18 Sapos iu kasem temptation for laekem and frenim samwan wea hem no marit partner bilong iu, tingim olketa nogud samting wea bae kamaot from wei for durong and for duim adultery. (Prov. 7:22, 23; Gal. 6:7) Jehovah no hapi long pipol wea durong. Olketa spoelem olketa seleva and marit partner bilong olketa tu. (Readim Malachi 2:13, 14.) Hem gud for tingim tu olketa gudfala samting wea iu bae kasem sapos iu keepim wei bilong iu klin. Iu bae garem hope for laef olowe, and iu bae garem gudfala laef distaem and klinfala konsens.—Readim Proverbs 3:1, 2.
19 Man wea raetem psalm hem sei pipol wea lovem and obeyim olketa law bilong God bae garem bigfala peace and no foldaon long eni trap. (Ps. 119:165) So iu mas lovem tru samting, and ‘lukluk gud long samting wea iu duim, mekem iu wise and no olsem pipol wea no wise’ long olketa last day distaem. (Eph. 5:15, 16) Distaem Satan iusim staka difren kaen trap for trae for mekem pipol bilong God foldaon. Bat Jehovah givim iumi evri samting wea iumi needim for againstim Satan and protectim iumiseleva mekem iumi no foldaon long olketa trap bilong Satan.—Eph. 6:11, 16.
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a Mifala changem olketa nem.
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Wei for laek garem staka material samting savve mekem iu wari and spoelem wei wea iu fren witim Jehovah
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Wei for plei raon witim feeling bilong narawan, or letem narawan switim iu, savve lead go long wei for duim adultery