LESN 23
Baptizm Bring Lata Blesinz!
Jeezas mi teech dat fi mek sohnbadi bee wahn Kristyan, ih need fi geh baptaiz. (Reed Machyu 28:19, 20.) Bot wat da baptizm? Ahn weh wahn persn need fi du fi reech da goal?
1. Wat da baptizm?
Di werd “baptaiz” kohn fahn wahn Greek werd weh meenz “fi dip” anda waata. Wen Jeezas mi geh baptaiz, dehn mi dip fi hihn hoal badi eena di Jaadn Riva, ahn den hihn “kom op owta di waata.” (Maak 1:9, 10) Saym way soh, wen wahn Kristyan geh baptaiz, dehn dip dehn hoal badi anda di waata.
2. Weh wahn persn shoa wen ih geh baptaiz?
Wen sohnbadi geh baptaiz, dehn shoa dat dehn dedikayt dehnself tu Jehoava Gaad. How sohnbadi dedikayt dehnself tu Gaad? Bifoa dehn geh baptaiz, dehn seh wahn praivit pryaa tu Jehoava ahn tel Ahn dat dehn waahn serv Hihn fareva. Dehn pramis Jehoava dat hihn da di onli wan weh dehn wahn wership ahn dat di moas impoatant ting eena dehn laif wahn bee fi du weh Gaad waahn. Soh dehn chooz fi “disoan [dehnself] ahn . . . kip aan di fala” Jeezas teechinz an egzampl. (Machyu 16:24) Wen sohnbadi dedikayt dehnself tu Jehoava ahn geh baptaiz, dehn ku ga wahn kloas rilayshanship wid Jehoava ahn wid ada peepl weh wership hihn.
3. Weh sohnbadi need fi du bifoa dehn ku geh baptaiz?
If yoo waahn geh baptaiz, ih impoatant fi mek yu laan bowt Jehoava ahn bil op schrang fayt eena ahn. (Reed Heebrooz 11:6.) Di moa yu geh fi noa Jehoava ahn di schranga yu fayt get, di moa yu wahn lov ahn tu. Den fi shoar yu wahn waahn preech bowt ahn an liv akaadn tu fi hihn standadz. (2 Timoti 4:2; 1 Jan 5:3) Wans sohnbadi di liv “di way how peepl weh serv Jehoava fi liv ahn . . . du di tingz weh bring prayz tu hihn,” dehn wahn praabli disaid fi dedikayt dehnself tu Gaad ahn geh baptaiz.—Koloashanz 1:9, 10.a
SAACH FI MOA
Mek wi si weh wi ku laan fahn Jeezas baptizm ahn how wahn persn ku pripyaa fi dis impoatant step.
4. Wi ku laan fahn Jeezas baptizm
Reed Machyu 3:13-17 fi laan moa deetaylz bowt Jeezas baptizm. Den diskos dehnya kweschan:
Jeezas da-mi wahn baybi wen ih mi geh baptaiz?
How dehn mi baptaiz ahn? Dehn mi jos sprinkl ahn wid waata?
Afta Jeezas mi geh baptaiz, ih staat du di werk weh Gaad giv ahn fi du. Reed Look 3:21-23 ahn Jan 6:38, ahn den diskos dis kweschan:
Afta Jeezas mi geh baptaiz, wat da-mi di moas impoatant werk tu hihn?
5. Yoo kud geh baptaiz
Yu mait feel laik ih tu haad fi dedikayt yuself tu Gaad ahn geh baptaiz. Bot, if yu kantinyu laan bowt Jehoava ahn geh fi noa ahn beta, yu wahn bee moa kanfident fi mek da impoatant disizhan. Fi si sohn peepl weh mi du dat, play di VEEDYO.
Reed Jan 17:3 ahn Jaymz 1:5, ahn den diskos dis kweschan:
Weh ku help sohnbadi fi geh redi fi baptizm?
Wi dedikayt wi laif tu Jehoava wen wi tel ahn dat wi waahn serv ahn fareva
Wen wi geh baptaiz, wi shoa evribadi dat wi don dedikayt wi laif tu Gaad
6. Wen wi geh baptaiz, wi geh fi bee paat a Jehoava famili
Wen wi geh baptaiz, wi geh fi bee paat a wahn yoonaitid famili weh deh aal rong di werl. Eevn doa wi kohn fahn difrent plays ahn kolcha, aala wi ga di saym bileef ahn wi liv akaadn tu di saym moaral standadz. Reed Psalm 25:14 ahn 1 Peeta 2:17, ahn den diskos dis kweschan:
How baptizm afek sohnbadi rilayshanship wid Jehoava ahn wid ada peepl weh wership ahn?
WEH YU WUDA SEH IF SOHNBADI AKS YU: “Yoo redi fi geh baptaiz?”
If yoo feel laik yu noh redi fi geh baptaiz now, yu tink yu wuda stil waahn chrai geh baptaiz eena di fyoocha?
WEH WI LAAN?
Jeezas mi teech dat Kristyanz need fi geh baptaiz. Fi reech da goal, wahn persn need fi bil op schrang fayt eena Jehoava, liv akaadn tu fi Hihn standadz, ahn dedikayt ih laif tu Ahn.
Mek Wi Rivyoo:
Wat da baptizm, ahn wai ih impoatant?
Weh wahn persn shoa wen ih geh baptaiz?
Weh wahn persn need fi du bifoa ih dedikayt ih laif tu Jehoava ahn geh baptaiz?
FAIN OWT MOA
Laan di chroot bowt baptizm.
Luk pahn sohn sojeshan weh ku help yu kwalifai fi geh baptaiz.
“Lov fi Jehoava Wahn Mek Yu Waahn Geh Baptaiz” (Di Wachtowa, Maach 2020)
Reed weh mi mek wahn man chooz fi geh baptaiz.
“Dehn Mi Waahn Ah Proov di Chroot tu Miself” (Di Wachtowa, Febiweri 1, 2013)
Si wai ih gud fi geh baptaiz, ahn how yu ku geh redi far it.
“Ai Shuda Geh Baptaiz?” (Kweschanz Weh Yong Peepl Aks—Ansaz Weh Werk, Valyum 2, chapta 37)
a If sohnbadi mi geh baptaiz eena wahn nada rilijan bifoa, dehn wahn need fi geh baptaiz agen. Wai? Bikaaz da rilijan neva teech di chroot fahn di Baibl.—Si Aks 19:1-5 ahn Lesn 13.