For Savve Long “Mind Bilong Christ”
“‘Hu nao savve long mind bilong Jehovah, mekem hem savve teachim hem?’ Bat iumi garem mind bilong Christ.”—1 CORINTHIANS 2:16.
1, 2. Insaed long Bible, Jehovah disaed for showimaot wanem abaotem Jesus?
JESUS hem luk hao? Wanem nao color bilong hair bilong hem? skin bilong hem? eye bilong hem? Hao tol nao hem? Wanem nao hevi bilong hem? Insaed olketa handred year wea go pas, tingting bilong pipol abaotem lukluk bilong Jesus hem difren tumas, samfala fitim lelebet bat samfala tumas nao. Samfala showim hem olsem taf and strong, taem samfala moa showim hem olsem wik.
2 Bible hem no story tumas abaotem lukluk bilong Jesus. Bat, Jehovah lukim samting wea moa important for showimaot: olketa fasin bilong Jesus. Olketa Gospel reportim no samting wea Jesus talem and duim nomoa bat showimaot tu deep bilong feeling and wanem nao muvim tingting bilong hem taem hem toktok and duim samting. Fofala Gospel hia wea God givim hem helpem iumi for luk lelebet insaed wanem aposol Paul kolem olsem “mind bilong Christ.” (1 Corinthians 2:16) Hem important for iumi savve gud long olketa tingting, feeling, and fasin bilong Jesus. Why? Tufala reason givim ansa.
3. For savve gud long mind bilong Christ fit for mekem iumi luksavve long wanem?
3 First wan, mind bilong Christ showim iumi samting abaotem mind bilong Jehovah God. Jesus hem savve gud tumas long Dadi bilong hem dastawe hem savve sei: “No eniwan savve hu nao Son bat Dadi nomoa; and hu nao Dadi, no eniwan savve bat Son nomoa, and man wea Son hem willing for showim long hem.” (Luke 10:22) Hem olsem Jesus hem sei, ‘Sapos iu want for savve long fasin bilong Jehovah, iu luk long mi.’ (John 14:9) Dastawe, taem iumi studyim wanem olketa Gospel talem abaotem hao Jesus ting and feel, hem olsem iumi lanem hao nao Jehovah ting and feel. Savve olsem helpem iumi for kam moa klos long God bilong iumi.—James 4:8.
4. Sapos iumi barava laek for olsem Christ, iumi mas lanem wanem firstaem, and why?
4 Mek-tu, wei for savve long mind bilong Christ hem helpem iumi for “followim gud olketa step bilong hem.” (1 Peter 2:21) For followim Jesus hem no minim nomoa for repeatim toktok bilong hem and followim olketa samting hem duim. From toktok and samting wea iumi duim kamaot from tingting and feeling, for followim Christ minim iumi mas mekem grow semkaen “tingting” wea hem garem. (Philippians 2:5) Hem olsem, sapos iumi barava laek for olsem Christ, iumi mas lane firstaem for tingting and feelim samting olsem hem, wea minim, duim best bilong iumi olsem olketa man wea no perfect. So letem iumi, witim help bilong olketa wea raetem Gospel, luk lelebet insaed long mind bilong Christ. Firstaem iumi bae storyim olketa samting wea affectim tingting and feeling bilong Jesus.
Stap Bilong Hem Long Heven Bifor
5, 6. (a) Hao nao olketa kaban bilong iumi savve affectim iumi? (b) Wanem kaen kaban nao firstborn Son bilong God garem long heven bifor hem kam long earth, and hao nao diswan affectim hem?
5 Olketa klos kaban bilong iumi savve affectim iumi, affectim tingting, feeling, and samting wea iumi duim long gudfala or long nogud wei.a (Proverbs 13:20) Tingim olketa wea kaban witim Jesus long heven bifor hem kam long earth. Gospel bilong John mekem iumi savve long taem wea Jesus stap long heven bifor olsem “Word,” or Man For Toktok, bilong God. John hem sei: “Long firstaem Word hem stap, and Word hem stap witim God, and Word hem wanfala god. Dis wan nao stap witim God long firstaem.” (John 1:1, 2) From Jehovah no garem start, wei wea Word stap witim God “long firstaem” mas minim taem God start for creatim samting. (Psalm 90:2) Jesus nao “firstborn bilong evri creation.” So, hem stap bifor God creatim olketa nara spirit man and disfala physical universe.—Colossians 1:15; Revelation 3:14.
6 Samfala scientist tingse disfala physical universe stap winim 12 billion year finis. Sapos olketa tingting hia hem stret, firstborn Son bilong God hem stap witim Dadi bilong hem for barava planti billion year bifor hem creatim Adam. (Markem Micah 5:2.) Dastawe wanfala barava klos and strongfala wei for fren hem kamap midolwan tufala. Taem Bible storyim firstborn Son bilong God long wei wea hem olsem wisdom, hem sei: “Mi nao dat wan wea [Jehovah] laekem tumas evri day, mi hapi for stap front long hem evritaem.” (Proverbs 8:30) Iumi sure hao planti year wea hem stap klos witim dat wan wea hem Source bilong love hem barava affectim Son bilong God! (1 John 4:8) Gogo Son hem savve and showimaot olketa tingting, feeling, and wei bilong Dadi bilong hem winim eni nara man.—Matthew 11:27.
Laef Long Earth and Hao Diswan Affectim Hem
7. Wanem nao wanfala reason why firstborn Son bilong God mas kam long earth?
7 Son bilong God garem moa samting for lanem, from Jehovah plan for mekem Son bilong hem fit for kamap wanfala Hae Priest wea garem feeling, wea savve “feel sorre long olketa wik point bilong iumi.” (Hebrews 4:15) Wanfala reason why Son hem kam long earth nao hem for kasem olketa mark bilong disfala waka. Long hia, olsem wanfala man wea garem flesh and blood, Jesus hem feisim olketa kaen living and hevi wea bifor hem lukim nomoa from heven. Distaem hem fit for kasem seleva olketa feeling bilong man. Samfala taem hem taed, thirsty, and hangre. (Matthew 4:2; John 4:6, 7) Winim datwan, hem kasem evrikaen hevi and safa. So hem “lanem fasin for obey” and kamap barava fit for waka bilong hem olsem Hae Priest.—Hebrews 5:8-10.
8. Wanem nao iumi savve abaotem taem wea Jesus hem young long earth?
8 Waswe long olketa samting wea kasem Jesus taem hem young yet long earth? Story abaotem taem hem pikinini hem short nomoa. For tok stret, Matthew and Luke nomoa storyim olketa samting wea happen taem hem born. Olketa wea raetem Gospel savve hao Jesus hem stap long heven bifor hem kam long earth. Datfala laef bilong hem bifor, winim eni nara samting, hem explainim wanem kaen man nao hem kamap. Nomata olsem, Jesus hem kamap really man. Nomata hem perfect, hem still need for lane taem hem grow from baby olsem pikinini and young man go kasem bigfala man. (Luke 2:51, 52) Bible talemaot samfala samting abaotem young laef bilong Jesus wea maet affectim hem.
9. (a) Wanem nao showimaot hao Jesus hem born long wanfala poor famili? (b) Luk olsem wanem kaen living nao Jesus hem growap insaed?
9 Luk olsem, Jesus hem born long wanfala poor famili. Diswan showaot long offering wea Joseph and Mary tekem kam long temple long samting olsem 40 day bihaen hem born. Tufala no tekem kam wanfala young man sheep olsem burnt offering and wanfala young kurukuru or wanfala young pigeon olsem sin offering, bat tufala tekem kam “tufala kurukuru or tufala young pigeon.” (Luke 2:24) Followim Law Bilong Moses, disfala offering hem bilong olketa wea poor. (Leviticus 12:6-8) Gogo, disfala smol famili hem grow. Joseph and Mary garem nara sixfala pikinini and maet moa wea born bihaen mirakol wei wea Jesus hem born. (Matthew 13:55, 56) So Jesus hem growap insaed long wanfala bigfala famili, maet no witim planti samting.
10. Wanem nao showimaot Mary and Joseph fraet long God?
10 Dadi and mami wea fraet long God nao kea for Jesus taem hem grow. Mami bilong hem, Mary, hem wanfala barava spesol woman. Rememberim hao taem hem meetim Mary, angel Gabriel hem sei: “Gud day, wan wea Jehovah hapi tumas long hem, Jehovah hem stap witim iu.” (Luke 1:28) Joseph tu hem strong for worship. Evri year hem faithful for wakabaot 150 kilometer go long Jerusalem for Passover. Mary tu hem go, nomata man nomoa need for duim diswan. (Exodus 23:17; Luke 2:41) Long wanfala taem hia, Joseph and Mary, bihaen tufala lukaot gud evriwea, tufala faendem Jesus wea 12 year long temple midolwan olketa teacher. Jesus sei long dadi and mami bilong hem wea wari tumas: “Waswe, iufala no savve mi mas stap long haos bilong Dadi bilong mi?” (Luke 2:49) “Dadi”—datfala word mas barava garem feeling and strongim youngfala Jesus. Wan samting iumi savve, olketa talem hem finis hao Jehovah nao hem really Dadi bilong hem. And tu, maet Joseph hem wanfala gudfala dadi wea adoptim Jesus. Iumi sure Jehovah bae no chusim wanfala raf and cruel man for lukaftarem Son bilong Hem!
11. Wanem waka nao Jesus hem lanem, and long taem bilong Bible, wanem nao insaed long kaen waka olsem?
11 Taem hem stap long Nazareth, Jesus lanem carpenter waka, luk olsem from dadi wea adoptim hem, Joseph. Jesus barava mastarem datfala waka dastawe olketa kolem hem “datfala carpenter.” (Mark 6:3) Long taem bilong Bible, waka bilong olketa carpenter nao for buildim haos, wakem furniture (olsem tebol, stul, and bench), and for wakem olketa tul for farming. Insaed long Dialogue With Trypho, buk bilong Justin Martyr, bilong mek-tu century C.E., hem raet olsem abaotem Jesus: “Hem planti taem waka olsem wanfala carpenter taem hem stap witim olketa man, wakem olketa plow and yoke.” Kaen waka olsem hem no isi, from olketa carpenter bifor maet no savve go baem timba. Luk olsem, hem mas go aot and chusim wanfala tree, swingim ax bilong hem, and karem timba go bak long haos. So luk olsem Jesus hem savve long olketa hevi bilong wei for waka for living, deal witim olketa customer, and hao for saportim famili bilong hem.
12. Wanem nao showimaot hao luk olsem Joseph hem dae bifor Jesus, and diswan minim Jesus mas duim wanem?
12 Olsem bigfala son bilong Joseph, luk olsem Jesus help for lukaftarem famili, from luk olsem Joseph hem dae bifor Jesus.b Zion’s Watch Tower bilong January 1, 1900, sei: “Kastom showimaot hao Joseph dae taem Jesus hem young yet, and hao Jesus kamap carpenter and saportim datfala famili. Bible record hem saportim diswan long wei wea olketa kolem Jesus wanfala carpenter, and olketa tok abaotem mami and olketa brata bilong hem, bat no abaotem Joseph. (Mark 6:3) . . . Dastawe, maet eitin year long laef bilong Lord bilong iumi, from datfala taem [wea olketa storyim long Luke 2:41-49] go kasem taem hem baptaes, Jesus iusim for duim olketa normal waka insaed laef.” Luk olsem Mary and olketa pikinini bilong hem, Jesus tu, savve long pain wea kamap taem wanfala hasband and dadi wea olketa lovem tumas hem dae.
13. Taem Jesus go ahed long ministry bilong hem, why nao hem duim witim savve, wei for luksavve, and deepfala feeling wea no eni naraman savve garem?
13 Hem klia, Jesus hem no born long wanfala isi laef. Bat, hem barava feisim laef bilong olketa man nating. Then, long 29 C.E., taem hem kam for Jesus duim waka wea God markem for hem. Klosap long coldfala season long datfala year, hem baptaes long wata and kamap wanfala spiritual Son bilong God. ‘Heven open ap for hem,’ luk olsem diswan minim hem distaem rememberim laef bilong hem long heven bifor, witim evri tingting and feeling wea hem garem. (Luke 3:21, 22) So taem Jesus go ahed long ministry bilong hem, hem duim witim savve, wei for luksavve, and deepfala feeling wea no eni nara man savve garem. Witim gudfala reason, olketa samting insaed ministry bilong Jesus nao main samting wea olketa wea raetem Gospel raet abaotem. Nomata olsem, olketa no fit tu for raetem evriting wea hem talem and duim. (John 21:25) Bat samting wea God muvim olketa for raetem hem helpem iumi for luk lelebet insaed long mind bilong barava nambawan man wea winim evri nara man.
Fasin Bilong Jesus Olsem Man
14. Hao nao olketa Gospel showimaot Jesus olsem wanfala man wea no hard bat kaen and garem deepfala feeling?
14 Olketa Gospel showimaot Jesus olsem man wea no hard bat kaen and garem deepfala feeling. Hem showimaot planti difren kaen feeling: barava feel sorre long man wea garem leprosy (Mark 1:40, 41); pain bilong sorre taem pipol no lisin (Luke 19:41, 42); stretfala wei for kros long olketa greedy man for changem selen. (John 2:13-17). From hem feelim feeling bilong pipol, diswan muvim Jesus for krae tu, and hem nating haedem olketa feeling bilong hem. Taem Jesus lukim Mary, sista bilong Lazarus, krae long dae bilong gudfala fren bilong hem Lazarus, diswan barava affectim Jesus and hem krae tu, and olketa nara man lukim hem.—John 11:32-36.
15. Hao nao kaenfala feeling bilong Jesus hem showaot long wei wea hem lukim and treatim olketa narawan?
15 Olketa kaenfala feeling bilong Jesus barava showaot long wei wea hem lukim and treatim olketa narawan. Hem duim samting for olketa wea poor and sorre, and helpem olketa for ‘faendem samting for strongim olketa.’ (Matthew 11:4, 5, 28-30) Hem garem taem for duim samting for need bilong olketa wea safa, nomata hem wanfala sik woman wea tasim kaleko bilong hem or wanfala barava poor blind man wea no savve stap kwaet. (Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 10:46-52) Jesus lukaotem gud fasin bilong olketa man and hem tokhae long olketa for diswan; bat, hem willing tu for givim kaonsel sapos eniwan needim. (Matthew 16:23; John 1:47; 8:44) Nomata hem taem wea olketa woman no garem planti freedom, Jesus treatim olketa witim bigfala honor and respect. (John 4:9, 27) Dastawe, wanfala grup bilong olketa woman hapi for lukaftarem need bilong hem from samting bilong olketa seleva.—Luke 8:3.
16. Wanem nao showimaot Jesus hem garem balance tingting abaotem laef and material samting?
16 Jesus hem garem balance tingting abaotem laef. Olketa material samting hem no main samting long laef bilong hem. Luk olsem hem no garem planti material samting. Hem sei hem no garem “eni ples for putim hed bilong hem.” (Matthew 8:20) Long semtaem, Jesus hem helpem hapitaem bilong olketa narawan. Taem hem attendim wanfala marit feast—taem bilong music, singsing, and bigfala hapi—hem klia hao hem no kam long there for daonem datfala feast. Tru samting, Jesus hem duim firstfala mirakol bilong hem long there. Taem wine hem finis, hem tanem wata for kamap gudfala wine, wanfala drink wea “mekem heart bilong man hapi.” (Psalm 104:15; John 2:1-11) Dastawe feast savve go ahed, and tufala wea marit no shame nao from wine hem stap yet. Wei wea Jesus hem garem balance tingting hem showaot tu from planti moa taem wea olketa raet abaotem hao Jesus waka hard long ministry bilong hem.—John 4:34.
17. Why nao iumi no sapraes hao Jesus hem wanfala Masta Teacher, and wanem nao olketa teaching bilong hem showimaot?
17 Jesus hem wanfala Masta Teacher. Planti teaching bilong hem showimaot olketa really samting wea kasem man, wea hem tu barava savve gud long hem. (Matthew 13:33; Luke 15:8) Hao hem teach hem barava gud tumas—evritaem klia, simpol, and givim gudfala samting. Samting wea hem teachim hem gud go moa. Olketa teaching bilong hem showimaot deepfala feeling insaed heart bilong hem for mekem olketa wea lisin long hem for savve gud long olketa tingting, feeling, and olketa wei bilong Jehovah.—John 17:6-8.
18, 19. (a) Witim wanem barava kliafala tokpiksa nao Jesus storyim Dadi bilong hem? (b) Wanem nao bae iumi storyim long next article?
18 Jesus samtaem iusim barava kliafala tokpiksa, wea no isi for forgetim, taem hem storyim Dadi bilong hem. For tok abaotem mercy bilong God hem gud nomoa. Bat winim datwan, Jesus storyim Jehovah olsem wanfala dadi wea laek for forgive, and wea barava showimaot feeling taem hem lukim son bilong hem kam bak moa so hem “ran go and holem hem and kissim hem.” (Luke 15:11-24) Long wei wea rejectim strongfala kastom bilong olketa bigman long church for lukdaonem man nating, Jesus explainim hao Dadi bilong hem laekem prea bilong hambol tax kolekta winim enikaen prea bilong praodfala Pharisee. (Luke 18:9-14) Jesus showimaot Jehovah olsem wanfala God wea kea and wea savve taem wanfala smolfala bird hem foldaon long graon. “No fraet,” Jesus encouragem olketa disaepol bilong hem, “iufala moa important winim planti bird.” (Matthew 10:29, 31) So iumi minim hao pipol sapraes tumas long ‘wei bilong Jesus for teach’ and olketa kam long hem. (Matthew 7:28, 29) Wantaem, ‘wanfala crowd’ stap witim hem for thrifala day, nomata olketa hangre!—Mark 8:1, 2.
19 Iumi thankiu tumas hao Jehovah hem showimaot insaed long Word bilong hem datfala mind bilong Christ! Bat, hao nao iumi savve mekem grow and showimaot mind bilong Christ taem iumi deal witim narawan? Bae iumi storyim diswan long next article.
[Olketa Footnote]
a Revelation 12:3, 4 showimaot hao kaban bilong olketa spirit man savve affectim olketa. Long there, “dragon,” wea piksarem Satan, hem iusim paoa bilong hem for pullim olketa nara “star,” or olketa spirit son, for saed witim hem for bighed.—Markem Job 38:7.
b Lastfala story abaotem Joseph hem taem olketa faendem Jesus wea 12 year, insaed long temple. No eni story sei Joseph hem stap long datfala marit feast long Cana, long start long ministry bilong Jesus. (John 2:1-3) Long 33 C.E., Jesus putim long aposol John waka for kea long Mary. Datwan hem samting wea Jesus maet no duim sapos Joseph hem laef yet.—John 19:26, 27.
Waswe, Iu Remember?
• Why nao hem important for iumi savve gud long “mind bilong Christ”?
• Hu nao Jesus kaban witim taem hem stap long heven bifor?
• Taem hem long earth, olketa wanem kaen living and hevi nao Jesus seleva kasem?
• Wanem nao olketa Gospel talemaot abaotem olketa fasin bilong Jesus?
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Jesus growap insaed long wanfala bigfala famili, maet no witim planti samting
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Olketa teacher barava sapraes tumas long savve and ansa bilong Jesus wea 12 year