Duim Samting Followim Datfala Lord’s Prea Part I

1. Taem iumi storyim Matthew 6:9-13 wanem nao samfala samting wea iumi savve story abaotem?

STAKA pipol savve gud long datfala Lord’s Prea wea stap long Matthew 6:9-13. Taem iumi duim preaching waka, staka taem iumi savve storyim datfala prea for teachim pipol Kingdom bilong God hem wanfala gavman wea bae mekem earth kamap paradaes. Iumi savve storyim tu datfala toktok “mifala laekem nem bilong iu for holy” for teachim pipol God hem garem nem, and iumi mas showimaot iumi laekem datfala nem for holy.—Matt. 6:9.

2. Hao nao iumi savve Jesus no laekem iumi for repeatim nomoa datfala Lord’s Prea taem iumi prea?

² Waswe, taem iumi prea Jesus laekem iumi for repeatim nomoa datfala Lord’s Prea, olsem staka pipol savve duim? Nomoa. Bifor Jesus talem datfala prea, hem sei: “Taem iu prea, no talem sem samting evritaem.” (Matt. 6:7) Long narafala taem wea Jesus teachim olketa disaepol bilong hem hao for prea, hem talem moa datfala prea bat hem no iusim olketa sem word. (Luke 11:1-4) So Jesus talem datfala Lord’s Prea for teachim iumi wanem kaen samting nao iumi mas prea abaotem.

3. Wanem tufala kwestin nao iumi savve ting raonem taem iumi storyim datfala Lord’s Prea?

³ Long disfala study and long nextfala study, iumi bae story raonem datfala Lord’s Prea. Taem iumi duim diswan, ting raonem tufala kwestin hia: ‘Hao nao datfala Lord’s Prea savve helpem mi for talem olketa gudfala prea? And barava important samting nao, waswe, mi duim samting followim datfala Lord’s Prea?’

“DADI BILONG MIFALA LONG HEVEN”

4. Datfala toktok “Dadi bilong mifala” mekem iumi for tingim wanem samting, and hao nao Jehovah hem Dadi bilong olketa wea bae laef long earth?

⁴ First samting wea Jesus talem long datfala prea hem olsem: “Dadi bilong mifala.” Diswan hem mekem iumi for tingim Jehovah hem Dadi bilong iumi evriwan wea insaed organization bilong hem. (1 Pet. 2:17) Jehovah adoptim olketa anointed Christian olsem olketa son bilong hem for stap long heven, so hem barava fitim for olketa hia kolem Jehovah, “Dadi” bilong olketa. (Rome 8:15-17) Olketa wea garem hope for laef olowe long earth tu savve kolem hem “Dadi.” Jehovah nao givim laef long olketa and provaedem evri samting wea olketa needim. Olketa hia bae kamap “olketa pikinini bilong God” bihaen olketa kamap perfect and showimaot olketa faithful long Jehovah long lastfala test.—Rome 8:21; Rev. 20:7, 8.

5, 6. Wanem nambawan present nao dadi and mami savve givim long pikinini bilong olketa, and wanem nao olketa pikinini mas duim? (Lukim piksa long start bilong study.)

⁵ Taem dadi and mami teachim pikinini bilong olketa for prea and helpem olketa for luksavve Jehovah hem Dadi bilong olketa long heven, datwan hem nambawan present wea olketa givim long pikinini bilong olketa. Wanfala circuit overseer long South Africa sei: “Stretawe bihaen tufala gele bilong mifala born, mi savve prea witim tufala evri naet sapos mi no go long eni ples. Tufala sei tufala no rememberim evri samting wea mi talem long olketa prea bilong mi. Bat tufala tingim yet wei wea hem barava spesol for story witim Dadi bilong iumi Jehovah, and wei wea tufala feel sef and hapi taem mifala prea. Taem tufala fit for prea seleva, mi encouragem tufala for prea big mekem mi savve herem wanem tufala talem long Jehovah. Datwan hem nambawan chance for mi savve wanem nao stap long heart bilong tufala. Then mi savve isisi helpem tufala for storyim samfala samting long datfala Lord’s Prea mekem tufala savve talem olketa gudfala prea.”

⁶ Tufala dota bilong datfala brata gohed gud long spiritual wei. Distaem tufala marit and gohed duim full-taem service witim hasband bilong tufala. Nambawan samting wea dadi and mami savve duim for pikinini hem for teachim olketa Jehovah hem really stap, and for helpem olketa fren gud witim God. Bat olketa pikinini seleva nao mas waka hard for gohed fren gud witim Jehovah.—Ps. 5:11, 12; 91:14.

“MIFALA LAEKEM NEM BILONG IU FOR HOLY”

7. Wanem bigfala privilege nao iumi garem, bat wanem nao iumi mas no duim?

⁷ Iumi garem bigfala privilege for savve long nem bilong God and for “garem nem bilong hem.” (Acts 15:14; Isa. 43:10) Taem iumi prea long Dadi bilong iumi long heven, iumi sei: “Mifala laekem nem bilong iu for holy.” Maet iumi askem hem tu for helpem iumi for no duim or talem eni samting wea bae spoelem nem bilong hem. Iumi no laek for olsem samfala long first century wea olketa seleva no duim samting wea olketa teachim for narawan duim. Aposol Paul sei long olketa: “Samting wea iufala duim hem mekem nara pipol barava tok spoelem nem bilong God.”—Rome 2:21-24.

8, 9. Storyim example wea showimaot Jehovah helpem olketa wea laek for mekhae long nem bilong hem.

⁸ Iumi laek for mekhae long nem bilong Jehovah long evri samting wea iumi duim. Taem hasband bilong wanfala sista long Norway hem dae, sista hia mas lukaftarem son bilong hem wea tu year nomoa. Sista sei: “Hem barava no isi for mi long datfala taem. Mi prea long Jehovah klosap evri hour long day, for hem helpem mi for garem gudfala tingting, mekem mi gohed faithful long hem and no duim eni samting wea Satan savve iusim for tok daonem Jehovah. Mi laek for mekhae long nem bilong Jehovah, and mi laekem son bilong mi for lukim moa dadi bilong hem taem hem laef bak long Paradaes.”—Prov. 27:11.

⁹ Waswe, Jehovah ansarem prea bilong sista hia? Yes. Sista hia kasem encouragement taem hem evritaem associate witim olketa brata and sista. Faevfala year bihaen, hem maritim wanfala elder. Son bilong hem, wea 20 year distaem, hem baptaes finis. Sista sei: “Mi hapi tumas hasband bilong mi helpem mi for lukaftarem boy bilong mi.”

10. Wanem nao God bae duim for mekem nem bilong hem holy?

¹⁰ Jehovah bae mekem nem bilong hem holy taem hem finisim evriwan wea spoelem nem bilong hem and no laek for stap anda long rul bilong hem. (Readim Ezekiel 38:22, 23.) Long datfala taem olketa man bae kamap perfect, and evriwan long heven and long earth bae worshipim Jehovah, and mekhae long nem bilong hem. Long datfala taem, Dadi bilong iumi long heven bae “rul ovarem evriwan.”—1 Cor. 15:28.

“MIFALA LAEKEM KINGDOM BILONG IU FOR KAM”

11, 12. Long 1876, Jehovah helpem pipol bilong hem for luksavve long wanem samting?

¹¹ Bifor Jesus go bak long heven, olketa disaepol bilong hem askem hem olsem: “Hao Lord, distaem nao bae iu mekem rul bilong God kamap moa long Israel?” Jesus talem olketa hem no taem yet for olketa savve long taem wea Kingdom bilong God bae start for rul. Hem talem olketa for gohed strong for duim preaching waka. (Readim Acts 1:6-8.) Nomata olsem, Jesus teachim olketa for prea for Kingdom bilong God for kam, and luk forward for datwan. Dastawe iumi gohed prea for datfala Kingdom for kam.

¹² Klosap long taem wea Jesus start for rul long Kingdom long heven, Jehovah helpem pipol bilong hem for luksavve long year wea datwan bae happen. Long 1876, Charles Russell raetem wanfala article wea garem title: “Gentile Times: When Do They End?” Datfala article showimaot datfala “sevenfala taem” wea profesi bilong Daniel story abaotem, and datfala “taem wea olketa kantri rul” wea Jesus story abaotem, hem storyim sem samting. Article hia sei “sevenfala taem” and “taem wea olketa kantri rul” bae finis long 1914.a—Dan. 4:16; Luke 21:24.

13. Wanem nao happen long 1914, and wanem nao olketa samting wea happen start long 1914 hem pruvim?

¹³ Long 1914, war hem start long Europe and no longtaem bihaen, staka kantri long world joinim datfala war. Datfala war mekem staka pipol short long kaikai. And taem datfala war hem finis long 1918, wanfala rabis flu killim dae staka pipol raonem world, winim namba bilong pipol wea dae long datfala war. Olketa nogud samting hia wea happen hem part long datfala “saen” wea Jesus storyim. Datfala saen pruvim Jesus hem kamap King long heven long 1914. (Matt. 24:3-8; Luke 21:10, 11) Long datfala year Jesus “go for winim olketa enemy bilong hem.” (Rev. 6:2) Jesus torowem kam daon Satan and olketa demon bilong hem long disfala earth. Start long datfala taem, profesi hia kamap tru: “Earth and sea bae kasem barava nogud samting bikos Devil hem kam daon long iufala and hem kros fogud from hem savve hem garem lelebet taem nomoa.”—Rev. 12:7-12.

14. (a) Why nao iumi gohed prea for Kingdom bilong God for kam? (b) Wanem important waka nao iumi mas gohed for duim?

¹⁴ Datfala profesi long Revelation 12:7-12 helpem iumi for luksavve why nao olketa nogud samting start for happen long earth long semtaem wea Jesus kamap King long Kingdom bilong God. Nomata Jesus hem rul distaem long heven, Satan hem kontrolem yet disfala earth. Bat klosap nao Jesus bae “winim olketa enemy bilong hem” and finisim wicked pipol. Go kasem datfala taem, iumi bae gohed for prea for Kingdom bilong God for kam, and iumi bae gohed busy for preach abaotem datfala Kingdom. Preaching waka wea iumi duim hem mekem disfala profesi bilong Jesus kamap tru, wea sei: “Olketa disaepol bilong mi bae talemaot disfala gud nius abaotem Kingdom long evri ples long world mekem pipol long evri kantri mas herem. Bihaen datwan nao, world bae finis.”—Matt. 24:14.

“DUIM SAMTING WEA IU LAEK FOR DUIM LONG EARTH”

15, 16. Hao nao iumi savve showimaot iumi laekem God for duim wanem hem laekem long earth?

¹⁵ Samting olsem 6,000 year go finis, plan bilong God for disfala earth hem gohed. Dastawe Jehovah sei evri samting long datfala taem “hem barava gud tumas!” (Gen. 1:31) Then Satan hem againstim God, and start long datfala taem, staka pipol no duim nao wanem God laekem. Bat distaem, samting olsem eit million pipol nao worshipim Jehovah. Olketa hia prea long God and askem hem for duim samting wea hem laek for duim long earth, and olketa duim tu wanem God laekem. Olketa followim long laef bilong olketa wanem God talem olketa for duim, and olketa strong for teachim nara pipol abaotem Kingdom.

¹⁶ Olsem example, wanfala missionary sista long Africa, wea 80 year and wea baptaes long 1948, hem sei: “Staka taem mi savve prea and askem Jehovah for evriwan wea olsem sheepsheep herem truth and for Jehovah helpem olketa savve long hem bifor end hem kam. And tu, bifor mi preach long eniwan, mi prea long God for helpem mi kasem heart bilong olketa. And mi prea for Jehovah blessim waka bilong iumi for helpem olketa wea olsem sheepsheep wea herem truth finis.” Disfala sista hem helpem staka pipol for lane abaotem Jehovah. Maet iu tu tingim samfala olo brata and sista wea strong for duim wanem Jehovah laekem.—Readim Philippi 2:17.

17. Wanem nao tingting bilong iu abaotem samting Jehovah bae duim long future for iumi olketa man and long disfala earth?

¹⁷ Iumi bae gohed prea long Jehovah for duim wanem hem laek for duim long earth, go kasem taem wea hem bae finisim evri enemy bilong hem. Then earth bae kamap paradaes and staka billion pipol bae laef bak. Jesus sei: “Taem bae kam wea evriwan wea stap insaed long grev bae herem toktok bilong hem and laef bak.” (John 5:28, 29) Iumi bae hapi tumas for welkamim bak olketa wea iumi lovem wea dae finis! God “bae draem evri tias long eye” bilong iumi. (Rev. 21:4) Staka long olketa wea bae laef bak hem “pipol wea no raeteous” wea no savve long Jehovah and Jesus bifor olketa dae. Iumi bae hapi tumas for teachim olketa abaotem wanem God laekem mekem olketa tu savve kasem “laef olowe.”—Acts 24:15; John 17:3.

18. Wanem nao olketa man barava needim?

¹⁸ Taem Kingdom bilong God hem kam, hem bae mekhae long nem bilong God, and evriwan long heven and long earth bae wan mind for worshipim Jehovah. Tru nao, olketa man bae kasem wanem olketa barava needim taem God ansarem thrifala first samting wea Lord’s Prea storyim. Long nextfala study, iumi bae storyim olketa nara important samting wea iumi mas prea abaotem wea Lord’s Prea storyim.