³ Jesus savve staka pipol bae no bilivim hem Messiah. (John 5:39-44) Hem sei lo olketa follower blo John Baptaesa: “Man wea no garem eni reason for daotem mi bae hapi.” (Matt. 11:2, 3, 6) So why nao staka pipol rejectim Jesus?

(1) PIPOL NO TINGHAE LO JESUS

5. Why nao samfala tingse Jesus no datfala Messiah?

⁵ Staka pipol no tinghae lo Jesus. Olketa luksavve Jesus hem gudfala teacher and hem duim olketa mirakol. Bat lo tingting blo olketa hem son blo carpenter nomoa, and hem growap lo Nazareth, wanfala taon wea pipol ting daonem. Bifor Nathanael hem kamap disaepol blo Jesus, hem sei: “Waswe, eni gud samting savve kam from Nazareth tu?” (John 1:46) Wanem Nathanael talem maet showimaot hem ting daonem taon wea Jesus growap lo hem. Or maet hem tingim profesi lo Micah 5:2 wea sei Messiah bae born lo Bethlehem, and no lo Nazareth.

6. Wanem nao pipol lo taem blo Jesus shud duim mekem olketa luksavve hem nao Messiah?

⁶ Wanem nao tru samting abaotem Jesus? Lo wanfala profesi, Isaiah sei olketa wea rejectim Jesus bae no interest for savve lo olketa tru samting abaotem hem. (Isa. 53:8, NW) Staka profesi abaotem Jesus stap lo olketa Scripture. Sapos olketa laek for savve lo tru samting abaotem Jesus, bae olketa faendemaot hao hem born lo Bethlehem and hem kam from laen blo King David. (Luke 2:4-7) Ples wea Jesus born hem stret witim wanem Micah 5:2 profesi abaotem. So why nao olketa ting daonem Jesus? Bikos olketa judgem hem followim ples wea hem growap and bikos dadi blo hem carpenter nomoa. Hem nao why olketa les lo hem.

(2) PIPOL LAEKEM JESUS FOR SHOWIM SAEN FROM GOD

9. Wanem nao pipol duim taem Jesus no showim saen from God?

⁹ Jesus teachim staka gud samting. Nomata olsem, samfala pipol tingse datwan no pruvim hem Messiah, and olketa laekem hem for mas showim “wanfala saen from God.” (Matt. 16:1) Maet olketa expectim Jesus for duim samting wea Daniel 7:13, 14 storyim lo datfala taem, bat hem no taem wea Jehovah markem for datfala profesi kamap tru. Jesus bae duim datwan lo future. Wanem Jesus teachim shud mekem olketa luksavve hem nao datfala Messiah. Bat olketa rejectim Jesus from hem no showim saen from God wea olketa laekem.—Matt. 16:4.

10. Hao nao Jesus mekem profesi blo Isaiah abaotem Messiah for kamap tru?

¹⁰ Wanem nao tru samting abaotem Jesus? Jesus no laekem pipol for mekhae lo hem taem hem duim ministry. Isaiah talem datwan lo wanfala profesi abaotem Messiah. Hem sei: “Bae hemi no singaot bikfala falom olketa rod long taon.” (Isa. 42:1, 2) Jesus no mekhae lo hemseleva. Hem no werem spesol kaleko olsem olketa bigman blo religion, hem no laekem pipol for iusim spesol title for hem, and hem no busy for wakem olketa bigfala temple. And taem King Herod kotem hem, Jesus no duim mirakol wea king laekem. (Luke 23:8-11) Nomata Jesus duim samfala mirakol, main waka blo hem nao for preachim gud nius. Hem sei lo olketa disaepol: “Hem nao wanem mi kam for duim.”—Mark 1:38.