OLKETA KWESTIN FOR OLKETA WEA LAEK FOR BAPTAES
Part 1: Wat Olketa Christian Bilivim
Taem iu studyim Bible witim Olketa Jehovah’s Witness iu lanem truth. Samting wea iu lanem hem helpem iu for fren gud witim God and hem givim iu hope for laef lo paradaes and kasem staka blessing anda lo rul blo Kingdom blo God. Distaem iu garem strongfala faith lo Bible, and iu kasem staka blessing from wei for associate witim olketa nara Christian lo kongregeson. Iu luksavve lo wat Jehovah duim for lukaftarem pipol blo hem distaem.—Zech. 8:23.
From iu redi for baptaes distaem, iu bae kasem gud samting from wei for reviewim olketa main samting wea olketa Christian bilivim. Iu bae meet witim samfala elder lo kongregeson for duim datwan. (Heb. 6:1-3) Mifala prea for Jehovah blessim wei wea iu gohed traem best for lane abaotem hem, and for hem givim lo iu datfala reward wea hem promisim.—John 17:3.
1. Why nao iu laek for baptaes?
2. Hu nao Jehovah?
• “Jehovah hem datfala tru God lo skae and lo earth. No eniwan moa.”—Deut. 4:39.
• “Iu, wea nem blo iu Jehovah, iu nomoa Barava Haefala God ovarem full earth.”—Ps. 83:18.
3. Why nao hem important for iusim nem blo God?
• “So iufala mas prea long wei olsem: ‘Dadi bilong mifala long heven, mifala laekem nem bilong iu for holy.’”—Matt. 6:9.
• “Eniwan wea prea long Jehovah for helpem hem, bae hem sev.”—Rome 10:13.
4. Wat nao samfala toktok wea Bible iusim for story abaotem Jehovah?
• “Jehovah datfala Creator blo evri samting lo earth, hem God wea stap for olowe.”—Isa. 40:28.
• “Dadi bilong mifala long heven.”—Matt. 6:9.
• “God hem love.”—1 John 4:8.
5. Wat nao iu savve givim lo Jehovah God?
• “Iu mas lovem God bilong iu Jehovah long full heart bilong iu, long full soul bilong iu, long full mind bilong iu, and long full strong bilong iu.”—Mark 12:30.
• “Iu mas baodaon long God bilong iu Jehovah, and iu mas worshipim hem nomoa.”—Luke 4:8.
6. Why nao iu laek for gohed faithful lo Jehovah?
• “Son blo mi, kamap wise, and mekem heart blo mi hapi, Mekem mi savve givim ansa lo man wea tok spoelem mi.”—Prov. 27:11.
7. Hu nao iu prea lo hem, and iu talem prea lo nem blo hu?
• “Mi [Jesus] talem iufala tru samting, Sapos iufala askem Dadi for eni samting long nem bilong mi, bae hem givim long iufala.”—John 16:23.
8. Wat nao samfala samting iu savve prea abaotem?
• “So iufala mas prea long wei olsem: ‘Dadi bilong mifala long heven, mifala laekem nem bilong iu for holy. Mifala laekem Kingdom bilong iu for kam. Duim samting wea iu laek for duim long earth, olsem iu duim long heven. Givim mifala kaikai wea mifala needim for tuday, and forgivim sin bilong mifala, olsem mifala tu forgivim olketa wea sin againstim mifala. Helpem mifala for no foldaon long eni samting wea switim mifala for duim wanem hem no stret, and sevem mifala from Satan.’”—Matt. 6:9-13.
• “Samting wea iumi barava sure long hem, hem olsem: Eni samting wea iumi askem wea followim tingting bilong God, God hem herem iumi.”—1 John 5:14.
9. Wat nao samfala reason why Jehovah maet no lisin lo prea blo samwan?
• “Bae olketa singaot go lo Jehovah for help, Bat hem bae no ansarem olketa. . . . Bikos lo olketa nogud samting wea olketa duim.”—Mic. 3:4.
• “Jehovah hem lukluk long olketa wea raeteous and hem herem prea bilong olketa. Bat Jehovah hem againstim olketa wea duim nogud samting.”—1 Pet. 3:12.
10. Hu nao Jesus Christ?
• “Simon Peter hem sei: ‘Iu nao datfala Christ, wea hem Son bilong datfala God wea laef.’”—Matt. 16:16.
11. Why nao Jesus kam lo earth?
• “Son bilong man . . . no kam for olketa narawan mas waka for helpem hem. Hem kam for hem savve waka for helpem olketa, and for givim laef bilong hem, wea datwan hem price for baem bak staka pipol.”—Matt. 20:28.
• “Mi [Jesus] mas talemaot gud nius abaotem Kingdom bilong God long olketa nara taon tu, bikos hem nao why God sendem mi kam.”—Luke 4:43.
12. Wat nao iu savve duim for showim iu tinghae lo sakrifaes blo Jesus?
• “Hem dae for evriwan and hem laef bak, mekem olketa wea laef no duim nomoa wanem olketa seleva laekem, bat for olketa mas duim wanem hem laekem.”—2 Cor. 5:15.
13. Wanem paoa nao Jesus garem?
• “God givim paoa long mi ovarem evri samting long heven and earth.”—Matt. 28:18.
• “God givim hem position wea hae winim position bilong hem bifor. From God hem kaen tumas, hem givim hem nem wea winim evri nara nem.”—Phil. 2:9.
14. Hao, iu bilivim Governing Body blo Olketa Jehovah’s Witness nao hem “datfala wakaman wea faithful and wise” wea Jesus markem?
• “Hu nao datfala wakaman wea faithful and wise wea Boss markem hem for lukaftarem olketa nara wakaman and for givim kaikai long olketa long barava taem?”—Matt. 24:45.
15. Wat nao holy spirit?
• “Angel sei olsem long hem: ‘Holy spirit bae kam long iu and paoa bilong Barava Haefala God bae protectim iu. Dastawe datfala pikinini wea born bae hem holy and olketa bae kolem hem Son bilong God.’”—Luke 1:35.
• “Iufala olketa man wea sin bat iufala givim olketa gudfala samting long olketa pikinini bilong iufala, iaman? Sapos olsem, Dadi bilong iufala long heven bae barava givim holy spirit long olketa wea askem hem tu!”—Luke 11:13.
16. Wat nao samfala wei wea Jehovah iusim holy spirit blo hem?
• “From toktok blo Jehovah, olketa samting lo skae kamap. And bikos lo brith from mouth blo hem, evri samting wea stap lo skae olketa kamap.”—Ps. 33:6.
• “Taem iufala kasem holy spirit datwan bae strongim iufala, and iufala bae talem pipol abaotem mi . . . long evri farawe ples long earth.”—Acts 1:8.
• “No eni profesi long olketa Holy Raeting hem kam from tingting bilong olketa man. No eni profesi wea man talem hem followim tingting bilong hemseleva, bat holy spirit nao leadim olketa man for talemaot toktok wea kam from God.”—2 Pet. 1:20, 21.
17. Wat nao Kingdom blo God?
• “God wea rul lo heven bae startim wanfala kingdom wea no enitaem bae hem distroe. And disfala kingdom bae no go lo hand blo eni nara pipol. Hem bae pisisim and finisim evri kingdom hia, and hemseleva nao bae rul for olowe.”—Dan. 2:44
18. Wat nao samfala gud samting wea Kingdom blo God bae duim for iu?
• “Hem bae draem evri tias long eye bilong olketa. No eniwan bae dae and no enitaem bae pipol sorre or krae or feelim pain tu. Olketa samting wea happen bifor hem nomoa nao.”—Rev. 21:4.
19. Why nao iu sure olketa Kingdom blessing klosap for kam?
• “Olketa disaepol kam long hem and sei: ‘Mifala laek savve, Wanem taem nao olketa samting hia bae happen and wanem nao saen wea bae showimaot iu stap and world hem gogo for finis?’ So Jesus hem sei long olketa: ‘. . . Bae pipol long wanfala ples faetem pipol long nara ples and pipol long wanfala kantri faetem pipol long nara kantri. Olketa taem bilong bigfala hangre bae kasem plande pipol, and olketa earthquake bae sekem staka ples. Olketa disaepol bilong mi bae talemaot disfala gud nius abaotem Kingdom long evri ples long world mekem pipol long evri kantri mas herem. Bihaen datwan nao, world bae finis.’”—Matt. 24:3, 4, 7, 14.
• “Long olketa last day bae hem barava difren and bae evri samting hem hard tumas. Pipol bae tingim olketa seleva nomoa, laekem tumas selen, tok praod, mekhae long olketa seleva, tok spoelem God and man, and no obeyim dadi and mami. Olketa bae no savve tinghae, bae no faithful, no garem love insaed long famili, and no willing for agree. Olketa bae laea for spoelem narawan, no savve kontrolem seleva, raf, and no laekem gud samting. Olketa bae spoelem fren bilong olketa, bighed, and praod tumas. Olketa bae no lovem God, bat bae interest nomoa for enjoyim seleva. Hem bae luk olsem olketa worshipim God bat samting wea olketa duim showimaot olketa nating worshipim hem nomoa.”—2 Tim. 3:1-5.
20. Wat nao iu savve duim for showim Kingdom hem barava important lo iu?
• “So evritaem Kingdom and olketa samting wea God sei hem stret mas first samting long laef bilong iufala.”—Matt. 6:33.
• “Jesus sei long olketa disaepol bilong hem: ‘Sapos eniwan laek followim mi, hem mas givim laef bilong hem for God and hem mas karem post wea mi karem, and gohed followim mi olowe.’”—Matt. 16:24.
21. Hu nao Satan and olketa demon?
• “Devil nao dadi bilong iufala . . . Start from taem wea hem laea abaotem God, hem man for killim man dae.”—John 8:44.
• “Olketa torowem go daon long earth datfala big snek witim olketa angel bilong hem. Hem nao datfala snek bilong bifor kam wea nem bilong hem Devil and Satan, wea hem laea long evriwan long earth.”—Rev. 12:9.
22. Wat nao Satan talem for accusim lo Jehovah and olketa wea worshipim Hem?
• “Then woman hia sei lo datfala snek: “Mitufala savve kaikaim frut blo olketa tree lo garden. Bat God tok olsem abaotem frut blo tree wea stap midol lo garden: ‘Iutufala mas no kaikaim frut blo hem, and iutufala mas no tasim. Sapos iutufala duim datwan, bae iutufala dae.”’ So datfala snek sei lo woman hia: “Iutufala bae no dae. God savve lo day wea iutufala kaikaim datwan, eye blo iutufala bae open and iutufala bae olsem God, and iutufala bae savve lo gud samting and nogud samting.’”—Gen. 3:2-5.
• “Bat Satan sei lo Jehovah: ‘Skin for skin. Man bae givim evriting wea hem garem for sevem laef blo hem.’”—Job 2:4.
23. Wat nao iu savve duim for showim samting wea Satan accusim hem no tru?
• “Worshipim [God] witim full heart.”—1 Chron. 28:9.
• “Go kasem taem wea mi dae, mi bae no letem eni samting for mekem mi no faithful!”—Job 27:5.
24. Why nao pipol savve dae?
• “Sin hem kasem evriwan long world bikos long wanfala man nomoa. From olketa sin, olketa dae, dastawe evriwan dae bikos evriwan sin.”—Rome 5:12.
25. Wat nao happen lo man taem hem dae?
• “Olketa wea laef savve dat olketa bae dae, bat olketa wea dae no savve lo eni samting.”—Eccl. 9:5.
26. Wanem hope nao stap for olketa wea dae?
• “God bae mekem pipol wea raeteous and pipol wea no raeteous for laef bak.”—Acts 24:15.
27. Hao many pipol nao bae go lo heven for rul witim Jesus?
• “Mi lukim datfala Pikinini Sheepsheep hem standap antap long Maunt Zion. Olketa narawan tu standap witim hem. Namba bilong olketa hem 144,000 and olketa garem nem bilong hem and nem bilong Dadi bilong hem long forhed bilong olketa.”—Rev. 14:1.