Followim Conscience Bilong Iu

“Long tingting bilong pipol wea klin, evri samting hem klin. Bat long pipol wea samting spoelem tingting bilong olketa and wea no garem faith, no eni samting hem klin.”—TITUS 1:15.

1. Wanem nao Paul duim for helpem olketa kongregeson long Crete?

BIHAEN long thrifala missionary gogo bilong aposol Paul, olketa arrestim hem and, gogo, olketa sendem hem go long Rome, wea hem prisoner long there for tufala year. Wanem nao hem duim taem olketa letem hem go free? Iumi no savve long wanem taem, bat bihaen hem aot, hem and Titus go long island long Crete. Paul raet olsem long Titus bihaen: “Mi lusim iu long Crete mekem iu savve stretem olketa samting wea no stret and for iu appointim olketa elder.” (Titus 1:5) Disfala assignment bilong Titus minim hem mas deal witim pipol wea conscience bilong olketa no waka gud.

2. Wanem nao problem wea Titus mas deal witim long Crete?

² Paul talem Titus abaotem olketa mark wea olketa elder long kongregeson mas kasem, and then hem talem hao “plande man wea no willing for obey olketa stap, wea story abaotem olketa iusles samting, and wea giamanim pipol.” Olketa hia “spoelem faith bilong olketa famili long wei for teachim olketa samting wea olketa shud no teachim.” Titus mas “gohed for givim strongfala kaonsel long olketa.” (Titus 1:​10-​14; 1 Timothy 4:7) Word wea Paul iusim taem hem sei “samting hem spoelem” conscience bilong olketa, hem mekem iumi tingim wei wea lelebet kala for dyem kaleko hem kapsaet long wanfala white kaleko and spoelem datwan. (Titus 1:​15) Maet samfala long olketa hia hem olketa Jew, bikos olketa “sapotim wei for circumcise.” Olketa man olsem wea sei evriwan mas circumcise no stap distaem for spoelem faith bilong olketa insaed long olketa kongregeson. Nomata olsem, iumi savve lanem staka samting abaotem conscience from disfala kaonsel wea Paul talem long Titus.

Olketa wea Garem Conscience wea Samting Hem Spoelem

3. Wanem nao Paul talem long Titus abaotem conscience?

³ Tingim samting wea Paul talem taem hem story abaotem conscience. Hem sei: “Long tingting bilong pipol wea klin, evri samting hem klin. Bat long pipol wea samting spoelem tingting bilong olketa and wea no garem faith, no eni samting hem klin, and samting hem spoelem tingting and conscience bilong olketa. Olketa talemaot long pablik olketa savve long God, bat samting wea olketa duim showimaot olketa rejectim hem.” Hem klia hao samfala long datfala taem need for changem samfala samting mekem “faith bilong olketa kamap strong.” (Titus 1:​13, 15, 16) Problem bilong olketa nao hem wei wea olketa no fit for luksavve long samting wea klin and samting wea no klin, and diswan hem bikos long conscience bilong olketa.

4, 5. Wanem rong tingting nao samfala insaed long olketa kongregeson garem, and diswan affectim olketa long wanem wei?

⁴ Winim tenfala year bifor diswan, governing body long first century talem hao man no need for circumcise for kamap wanfala tru worshiper, and olketa raet go long olketa kongregeson for talem diswan long evriwan. (Acts 15:​1, 2, 19-​29) Nomata olsem, samfala long Crete ‘sapotim yet wei for circumcise.’ Olketa showimaot olketa no agree witim samting wea governing body talem taem olketa “teach abaotem olketa samting wea olketa shud no teachim.” (Titus 1:​10, 11) From tingting bilong olketa no stret, maet olketa teachim hao evriwan mas obeyim wanem Law hem talem abaotem kaikai and wei for stap klin. Maet wei wea olketa explainim Law hem no stret and olketa extram go moa samting wea Law hem really talem, olsem olketa Jew duim taem Jesus stap long earth. Maet olketa mekhae tu long olketa laea story bilong olketa Jew and olketa komandment bilong olketa man.​—Mark 7:​2, 3, 5, 15; 1 Timothy 4:3.

⁵ Kaen tingting olsem hem spoelem conscience bilong olketa, wea hem nao wei wea olketa ting long samting, and hao olketa disaedem sapos samting hem stret or no stret. Paul hem sei olsem: “Long pipol wea samting spoelem tingting bilong olketa and wea no garem faith, no eni samting hem klin.” Datfala conscience hem barava here difren nao and hem no fit for helpem olketa for duim or disaedem samting wea stret. Nara samting tu, olketa judgem olketa nara Christian long samting wea man seleva fit for disaedem, and wea samting hem disaedem maet difren from wanem narawan disaedem. Saed long olketa samting hia, olketa long Crete ting long samting wea klin olsem samting wea no klin. (Romans 14:17; Colossians 2:​16) Nomata olketa talem olketa savve long God, bat samting wea olketa duim showimaot datwan no tru.​—Titus 1:​16.

“Long Tingting Bilong Pipol wea Klin, Evri Samting Hem Klin”

6. Paul story abaotem tufala wanem kaen pipol?

⁶ Wanem gud samting nao iumi savve kasem from toktok bilong Paul for Titus? Lukim wei wea hem story abaotem tufala difren kaen pipol. Hem sei olsem: “Long tingting bilong pipol wea klin, evri samting hem klin. Bat long pipol wea samting spoelem tingting bilong olketa and wea no garem faith, no eni samting hem klin, and samting hem spoelem tingting and conscience bilong olketa.” (Titus 1:15) Samting wea Paul talem no minim olketa Christian wea garem fasin wea klin ting long evri samting nomoa olsem hem klin and fitim for olketa duim. Iumi savve sure long diswan bikos long narafala leta wea Paul raetem, hem talemaot klia hao man wea duim fornication, worshipim idol, duim spiritism, and kaen samting olsem “bae no kasem kingdom bilong God.” (Galatians 5:​19-​21) So masbi Paul talem wanfala tru samting abaotem tufala difren kaen pipol hia, olketa wea garem fasin wea klin and fren gud witim God and olketa wea no olsem.

Olketa Difren Voice, Olketa Difren Disison

9. Sapos “evri samting hem klin” wanem nao conscience savve duim for helpem iumi?

⁹ Bat wanem nao Paul hem minim taem hem talem hao “long tingting bilong pipol wea klin, evri samting hem klin”? Paul hem story abaotem olketa Christian wea mekem tingting bilong olketa abaotem olketa fasin wea stret for hem semsem witim olketa standard bilong God insaed long Bible. Olketa Christian hia luksavve hao Bible no barava storyim plande samting wea man savve disaedem, so wanem wanfala Christian disaedem savve difren from wanem narawan disaedem abaotem wanfala sem samting. Olketa no judgem narawan bat olketa ting long olketa samting wea God no againstim olsem olketa samting wea “klin.” Olketa no tingse evriwan shud garem sem tingting olsem olketa abaotem samting wea Bible no givim eni direction long hem. Bae iumi storyim samfala example.