Rejectim “Olketa Giaman Story”

8. (a) Hao nao Satan trae for distroem faith bilong iumi distaem? (b) Wanem warning from Paul nao stap long 2 Timothy 4:3, 4?

⁸ Satan hem trae for brekem faithful fasin bilong iumi thru long wei for plantim daot abaotem olketa samting wea iumi lanem finis. Distaem, olsem long first century, olketa apostate and samfala narawan laek for spoelem faith bilong olketa wea honest. (Galatians 2:4; 5:7, 8) Samfala taem olketa iusim nius pipol for spreadim giaman story or for laea stret abaotem wei wea pipol bilong Jehovah duim samting and why. Paul givim warning finis hao olketa bae win for tanem samfala awe from truth. Hem raet: “From wanfala taem bae kam wea olketa bae no acceptim healthy toktok, bat, for fitim wanem olketa laekem, olketa bae hipimap olketa teacher for switim ear bilong olketa; and olketa bae tanem ear bilong olketa awe from truth, and olketa bae lisin long olketa giaman story.”—2 Timothy 4:3, 4.

9. Wanem nao maet Paul tingim taem hem sei “olketa giaman story”?

⁹ Winim wei for hol strong long plan bilong healthy toktok, “olketa giaman story” kasholem interest bilong samfala. Olketa wanem giaman story? Maet Paul tingim olketa kastom story, olsem olketa insaed Tobit,a wanfala buk bilong apocrypha. Olketa giaman story hia maet olketa story wea gogo raon for kasholem interest bilong pipol. For “fitim wanem olketa laekem,” samfala moa maet letem pipol wea no keepim standard bilong God or wea judgem olketa wea lead insaed long kongregeson, for giamanim olketa. (3 John 9, 10; Jude 4) Nomata wanem nao mekem olketa stambol, samfala chus for followim laea winim truth from Word bilong God. Gogo olketa stop for followim samting olketa lanem, and diswan spoelem olketa long spiritual wei.—2 Peter 3:15, 16.

10. Wanem nao samfala giaman story bilong distaem, and hao nao John mekhae long need for careful?

¹⁰ Iumi savve stap klia from wei for tan go long olketa giaman story distaem, thru long wei for lukluk gud and chus gud saed long wanem iumi herem and readim. Olsem example, radio and television hem planti taem mekhae long dirty fasin. Staka pipol mekhae long wei for daotem sapos God hem stap and tu wei for biliv God no stap. Pipol for tokdaonem Bible mekfani long wei wea Bible sei hem kam from God. And olketa apostate distaem go ahed for plantim daot long mind bilong olketa Christian for trae and spoelem faith bilong olketa. Abaotem wanfala danger wea klosap semsem wea kamap from olketa giaman profet long first century, aposol John givim warning: “Olketa wea mi lovem, no bilivim evri toktok from spirit, bat testim evri toktok from spirit for lukim sapos olketa kam from God, bikos planti false profet stap finis long world.” (1 John 4:1) So iumi need for careful.

11. Wanem nao wanfala wei for testim and faendaot sapos iumi insaed long faith?

¹¹ Dastawe, Paul hem raet: “Go ahed for testim sapos iufala insaed long faith.” (2 Corinthians 13:5) Datfala aposol encouragem iumi for go ahed for testim iumiseleva sapos iumi go ahed yet for followim full Christian biliv. Sapos iumi garem wei for laek lisin long pipol wea komplen olowe, iumi need for lukluk long iumiseleva witim prea. (Psalm 139:23, 24) Waswe, iumi garem wei for lukaotem wik point bilong pipol bilong Jehovah? Sapos olsem, why? Waswe, hem from iumi feel nogud long samting samwan talem or duim long iumi? Sapos olsem, waswe, iumi garem yet gudfala balance long wei for tingim olketa samting hia? Eni hard samting iumi feisim distaem hem no for olowe. (2 Corinthians 4:17) Sapos iumi kasem wanfala test insaed kongregeson, why nao iumi shud finis from wei for servem God? Sapos iumi feel nogud from wanfala samting, bae hem moabeta for iumi duim best for stretem and then leavim long hand bilong Jehovah.—Psalm 4:4; Proverbs 3:5, 6; Ephesians 4:26.

12. Wanem gud example nao pipol bilong Beroea showim for iumi?

¹² Winim wei for judgem hard tumas, letem iumi keepim gudfala spiritual wei for tingim information wea iumi kasem from wei for study seleva and from olketa kongregeson meeting. (1 Corinthians 2:14, 15) And winim wei for kwestinim Word bilong God, hem moa wise for garem tingting bilong olketa long Beroea long first century wea olketa lukluk gud long olketa Scripture! (Acts 17:10, 11) Then, letem iumi followim wanem iumi lanem, rejectim olketa giaman story and hol strong long truth.

13. Hao nao maet iumi no min for duim bat iumi talem giaman story?

¹³ Iumi need for gard againstim narakaen giaman story. Staka story for kasholem interest bilong pipol gogo raon, staka taem thru long E-mail. Hem wise for iumi careful witim olketa story olsem, especially sapos iumi no savve wea nao olketa start from. Nomata sapos wanfala Christian wea staka respectim nao sendem datfala experience or story, maet hem no savve long really samting wea happen. Dastawe hem important for iumi careful long wei for talem moa or sendem raon olketa story wea iumi no really sure long hem. For sure, iumi bae no laek for talem moa “kastom story,” or “giaman story wea spoelem holy samting.” (1 Timothy 4:7; New International Version) From iumi garem responsibility for talem tru samting long each other, hem wise for iumi stap klia from eniting wea savve kosim iumi for talem samting wea bihaen showaot olsem hem no tru.—Ephesians 4:25.