3. (a) Hao nao Timothy kamap wanfala Christian, and wanem nao hem duim? (b) Wanem nao thrifala samting wea Paul talem abaotem Timothy?

³ Long samting olsem 47 C.E. aposol Paul visitim Lystra. Maet long datfala taem nao Timothy just lane abaotem olketa teaching bilong Jesus. Nomata maet hem teenager nomoa, hem followim wanem hem lanem and bihaen tufala year, hem start for travel witim Paul. Samting olsem 16-fala year bihaen, Paul raet long Timothy and sei: “Gohed for followim olketa samting wea iu lanem and wea olketa narawan helpem iu for bilivim bikos iu savve trustim olketa wea teachim iu. Start kam from taem iu baby yet, iu savve long olketa Holy Raeting [olketa Hebrew Scripture] wea savve mekem iu wise and wea savve sevem iu bikos iu garem faith long Christ Jesus.” (2 Tim. 3:14, 15) Tingim wanem Paul talem abaotem Timothy, hem sei (1) hem savve long olketa holy raeting, (2) narawan helpem hem for bilivim samting hem lanem, and (3) from hem garem faith long Christ Jesus, datwan mekem hem wise mekem hem sev.

‘OLKETA NARAWAN HELPEM IU FOR BILIV’

5. (a) Long Greek languis, datfala toktok wea Paul iusim hem minim wanem? (b) Wanem nao showimaot Timothy barava bilivim gud nius?

⁵ Hem important for savve long olketa holy raeting, bat hem no inaf for teachim nomoa olketa pikinini abaotem olketa story long Bible. Tingim hao olketa narawan helpem Timothy for mas bilivim samting hem lanem. Long Greek languis, datfala toktok wea Paul iusim, hem minim “for barava sure” or “barava bilivim and sure wanfala samting hem tru.” Timothy savve long olketa Hebrew Scripture ‘start kam from taem hem baby yet.’ Gogo, taem hem kasem pruv hao Jesus nao datfala Messiah, hem barava bilivim datwan. So savve bilong hem abaotem olketa holy raeting hem join witim wei wea hem bilivim samting wea hem lanem. Timothy barava bilivim gud nius dastawe hem baptaes and duim missionary waka witim Paul.

6. Hao nao iu savve helpem pikinini bilong iu for barava bilivim Bible?

⁶ Hao nao iu savve helpem pikinini bilong iu for garem strongfala faith olsem Timothy, mekem hem tu savve barava bilivim samting hem lanem? First samting, hem important for iu patient. Faith hem no samting wea seknomoa man garem. And from iu bilivim samting datwan no minim pikinini bilong iu tu bae bilivim datwan. Pikinini need for lane for “chekim evri samting for mek sure” hem barava bilivim olketa samting long Bible hem tru. (Readim 1 Thessalonica 5:21.) From iu wanfala dadi or mami, iu fit for helpem pikinini for garem strong faith, especially taem hem askem olketa kwestin. Bae iumi lane from example bilong wanfala dadi.

7, 8. (a) Hao nao wanfala dadi showimaot hem patient taem hem teachim dota bilong hem? (b) Wanem taem nao iu bin patient witim pikinini bilong iu?

⁷ Thomas, wea garem smol gele wea 11 year nomoa hem sei, “Gele bilong mi savve askem olketa kwestin olsem: ‘Waswe, maet Jehovah iusim evolution for wakem evri samting long earth?’ or ‘Why nao iumi no joinim community for duim olketa samting for mekem laef kamap moabeta, olsem wei for joinim election?’ Samfala taem, mi mas traem best for kontrolem miseleva for no talem hem ansa nomoa. Bikos wei for barava bilivim samting, hem no kamap from wanfala pruv nomoa, bat hem kamap from staka pruv wea man gohed for lanem.”

⁸ Thomas savve hem need for patient mekem hem savve teachim gele bilong hem. Tru nao, evri Christian mas patient. (Col. 3:12) Thomas luksavve for helpem dota bilong hem garem strong faith hem need for story witim hem staka taem. Hem need for story raonem olketa scripture for mekem gele bilong hem barava bilivim samting hem lanem. Thomas sei: “Taem mi and waef teachim gele bilong mitufala olketa main teaching, mitufala barava laek for savve sapos hem bilivim wanem hem lanem and sapos samting hem lanem mek sense long hem. Hem gud for hem askem olketa kwestin. Really, mi savve wari sapos hem just agree nomoa long evri samting and no askem kwestin.”

9. Hao nao iu savve helpem pikinini bilong iu for bilivim Bible?

⁹ Taem parents patient for teachim pikinini bae hem start for minim “waed, long, hae, and deep bilong truth.” (Eph. 3:18) Iumi savve teachim olketa fitim age and savve wea olketa garem. Taem faith bilong olketa kamap strong, hem bae isi for olketa ansarem eniwan wea askem kwestin abaotem biliv bilong olketa, olsem olketa skul fren. (1 Pet. 3:15) Olsem example, waswe, pikinini bilong iu savve iusim Bible for explainim wanem hem happen long olketa wea dae? Waswe, samting wea Bible talem mek sense long hem?a Tingim hao iufala evriwan savve kasem gud samting sapos iu patient for teachim pikinini for bilivim Bible.—Deut. 6:6, 7.

10. Wanem nao main samting iu shud duim taem iu teach?

¹⁰ Tru nao, for helpem pikinini garem faith, hem barava important for showimaot gudfala example. Stephanie wea garem thrifala dota, hem sei: “From taem olketa pikinini bilong mi smol yet, mi savve askem miseleva, ‘Waswe, mi storyim long olketa why nao mi barava bilivim Jehovah hem stap, hem garem love, and hem evritaem duim stret samting? Waswe, olketa pikinini bilong mi luksavve mi really lovem Jehovah?’ Mi shud no expectim olketa pikinini bilong mi for bilivim truth sapos miseleva no barava bilivim datwan.”