Laef Bilong Iu Mas Showimaot Iu Garem Faith
“Sapos faith no muvim man for duim samting, faith hia hem dae finis.”—JAMES 2:17.
1. Why nao olketa Christian bifor luksavve hao olketa need for garem faith and duim waka wea showimaot datwan?
STAKA Christian long taem bifor showimaot long laef bilong olketa hao olketa garem faith. Disaepol James encouragem evri Christian olsem: “Kamap pipol wea followim datfala word, no pipol wea herem nomoa.” Hem sei moa: “Olsem body wea no garem spirit hem dae finis, faith wea no muvim man for duim samting hem dae finis tu.” (James 1:22; 2:26) Samting olsem 35 year bihaen hem raetem datwan, plande Christian gohed for duim waka wea showimaot olketa garem faith. Bat sorre nao, samfala no duim datwan. Jesus praisem kongregeson long Smyrna; bat hem sei olsem long plande brata long kongregeson long Sardis: “Mi savve long evri samting wea iufala duim and hao iufala garem nem wea showimaot iufala laef, bat iufala dae finis.”—Revelation 2:8-11; 3:1.
2. Olketa Christian shud askem olketa seleva olketa wanem samting saed long faith bilong olketa?
2 From diswan, Jesus encouragem olketa long Sardis—and evriwan wea bae readim toktok bilong hem bihaen—for garem sem love for truth wea olketa garem firstaem and for luksavve long need for gohed fren gud witim God. (Revelation 3:2, 3) Each wan long iumi savve askem iumiseleva olsem: ‘Waswe long waka bilong mi? Waswe, mi duim best bilong mi long evri samting wea mi duim for showimaot mi garem faith, nomata long olketa samting wea no join witim preaching waka or olketa kongregeson meeting?’ (Luke 16:10) Iumi savve storyim plande samting iumi duim long laef wea showimaot iumi garem faith, bat iumi bae storyim wanfala samting nomoa: olketa hipap, wea insaed diswan hem olketa Christian marit feast.
Olketa Hipap wea Smol Nomoa
3. Wanem nao Bible talem abaotem wei for garem olketa hipap?
3 Staka long iumi hapi for kasem invitation for hipap witim olketa hapi Christian. Jehovah hem “datfala hapi God” wea laekem olketa servant bilong hem for hapi. (1 Timothy 1:11) Hem muvim Solomon for raetem disfala tru samting insaed long Bible: “Miseleva encouragem wei for hapi, bikos olketa man no garem eni samting wea moabeta andanit long sun winim wei for kaikai and drink and hapi, and for olketa mas kasem diswan taem olketa duim hard waka long full laef bilong olketa.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4, 13; 8:15) Maet disfala wei for hapi hem long taem wea famili kaikai tugeta or long samfala nara smol hipap witim olketa brata and sista.—Job 1:4, 5, 18; Luke 10:38-42; 14:12-14.
4. Man wea arrangem wanfala hipap shud tingim wanem samting firstaem?
4 Sapos iu arrangem wanfala hipap olsem and garem responsibility for lukaftarem datwan, iu shud ting raonem gud wanem nao iu planim, nomata sapos iu invaetem tu-thri brata and sista nomoa for kaikai witim iu and story tugeta. (Romans 12:13) Iu bae laek for mek sure ‘evri samting followim stretfala wei,’ wea followim “wisdom from antap.” (1 Corinthians 14:40; James 3:17) Aposol Paul hem raet olsem: “Nomata iufala kaikai or drink or duim eni samting, duim evri samting long wei wea givim glory long God. No duim eni samting wea mekem olketa [narawan] stambol.” (1 Corinthians 10:31, 32) Wanem nao samfala samting wea iumi mas tingim? Wei for ting raonem olketa samting hia firstaem savve help for mek sure samting wea iu and olketa narawan wea iu invaetem duim, bae showimaot iu garem faith.—Romans 12:2.
Wanem Nao Bae Gohed Long Datfala Hipap?
5. Why nao man wea arrangem wanfala hipap shud tingting gud firstaem sapos hem bae provaedem alcohol and pleim music?
5 Plande pipol wea arrangem olketa hipap mas disaed sapos olketa bae provaedem alcohol. Man no need for provaedem alcohol for mekem evriwan enjoyim datfala hipap. Tingim taem wea Jesus duim mirakol for provaedem bred and fish for wanfala big crowd for kaikaim. Bible no talem hao Jesus hem duim mirakol for provaedem wine long datfala taem, nomata iumi savve hem fit for duim datwan. (Matthew 14:14-21) Sapos iu disaed for provaedem alcohol long wanfala hipap, iusim long balance wei, and mek sure iu provaedem olketa narakaen drink for olketa wea no drinkim alcohol. (1 Timothy 3:2, 3, 8; 5:23; 1 Peter 4:3) Barava stap klia long wei for forcem eniwan for drinkim samting wea maet hem savve baet “olsem wanfala snek.” (Proverbs 23:29-32) Waswe saed long music or singsing? Sapos iu disaed for pleim music long hipap wea iu arrangem, chusim gud olketa song, and tingim olketa word and beat bilong datfala music. (Colossians 3:8; James 1:21) Plande Christian talem hao wei for pleim Kingdom Melodies or for singim olketa song olsem tugeta hem savve mekem naesfala feeling kamap. (Ephesians 5:19, 20) And tu, iu mas evritaem mek sure music hem no laod tumas wea savve mekem hem hard for olketa story or wea disturbim olketa neiba.—Matthew 7:12.
6. Hao nao man wea arrangem hipap savve showimaot hem garem strongfala faith saed long wei for story tugeta or olketa narafala samting?
6 Long wanfala hipap, maet olketa Christian story abaotem olketa difren subject, readim big samfala information, or storyim olketa interesting experience. Sapos olketa start for storyim samting wea no really followim olketa Christian standard, man wea arrangem datfala hipap savve tanem story go difren. And tu, hem shud mek sure no wanfala man nomoa gohed for story. Sapos datwan hem happen, long kaenfala wei hem savve askem samfala kwestin long olketa young wan or storyim wanfala samting wea muvim olketa narawan for talemaot tingting bilong olketa. Olketa young wan and olketa olo bae hapi tumas long diswan. Sapos iu arrangem wanfala hipap and duim diswan long wise and gudfala wei, ‘balance fasin bilong iu bae showaot’ long olketa wea hipap. (Philippians 4:5) Bae olketa luksavve hao iu garem strongfala faith wea affectim evri part long laef bilong iu.
Olketa Marit Ceremony and Marit Feast
7. Why nao man mas garem gudfala tingting taem hem planim wanfala marit and marit feast?
7 Wanfala Christian marit hem spesol taem for hapi. Olketa servant bilong God bifor, and Jesus and olketa disaepol bilong hem, hapi for share insaed kaen samting olsem and olketa feast tu. (Genesis 29:21, 22; John 2:1, 2) Bat distaem, plande samting hem showimaot hao olketa Christian mas waka hard for planim wanfala marit feast, mekem datwan showimaot gudfala tingting and balance. Nomata olsem, olketa marit feast hem normal samting long laef wea savve givim chance for wanfala Christian for showimaot hem garem faith.
8, 9. Hao nao samting wea pipol duim long plande marit showimaot toktok long 1 John 2:16, 17 hem tru?
8 Plande pipol wea no savve or ting strong long olketa Bible principle ting long wanfala marit olsem excuse for duim samting wea ova tumas. Insaed wanfala magasin long Europe, wanfala woman wea just marit talem olsem abaotem nambawan marit bilong hem: ‘Mifala sidaon insaed wanfala wagon wea fofala horse pullim, and nara 12-fala wagon wea olketa horse pullim kam bihaen and narafala wagon garem band insaed wea pleim music. Then mifala garem barava spesol kaikai and nambawan music; hem barava nambawan day. Long datfala day, mi olsem wanfala queen, wea hem nao samting wea mi laekem tumas.’
9 Nomata olketa kastom hem difren long each kantri, samting wea disfala woman talem hem pruvim hao disfala toktok bilong aposol John hem tru: “Evri samting long world—samting wea body wantem and samting wea eye wantem and wei for show-off witim samting wea man garem—hem no kam from Father, bat hem kam from world.” Waswe, iu tingse tufala Christian wea mature bae want for garem kaen marit olsem wea ova tumas? Winim wei for laekem datwan, olketa shud planim marit bilong olketa long wei wea showimaot olketa ting raonem disfala kaonsel: “Man wea duim will bilong God bae stap for olowe.”—1 John 2:16, 17.
10. (a) Why nao man need for plan gud firstaem for garem marit wea balance? (b) Hao nao tufala wea bae marit shud mekem disison abaotem hu nao for invaetem long marit?
10 Bible savve helpem olketa Christian wea bae marit for garem fasin for luksavve and balance. Nomata day wea tufala marit hem wanfala important day, olketa luksavve hao datwan hem just start nomoa bilong marit laef bilong tufala Christian wea garem hope for laef olowe. Olketa no need for garem wanfala big marit feast. Sapos olketa chus for garem marit feast, olketa bae need for tingim haomas nao kost bilong datwan and wanem kaen feast nao olketa bae garem. (Luke 14:28) Taem tufala Christian marit, hasband nao bae hed bilong famili. (1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22, 23) So man wea bae marit nao hem main wan wea garem responsibility for lukaftarem marit feast. Hem tru, bae hem story witim gele wea hem bae maritim abaotem hu nao olketa laek for invaetem or haomas pipol nao olketa fit for invaetem long marit feast. Maet olketa no fit for invaetem evri fren or relative bilong olketa; dastawe, olketa need for garem balance tingting taem olketa disaedem samfala samting. Tufala shud feel sure hao sapos tufala no fit for invaetem samfala Christian brata and sista, olketa hia bae minim datwan and no kamap kros.—Ecclesiastes 7:9.
“Man wea Lukaftarem Feast”
11. Wanem waka nao wanfala “man wea lukaftarem feast” duim long marit?
11 Sapos tufala wea bae marit disaed for garem wanfala marit feast, hao nao tufala savve mek sure datwan bae showimaot respect? For plande year, Olketa Jehovah’s Witness luksavve hao hem wise for garem sem samting wea datfala marit feast wea Jesus attendim long Cana hem garem. Olketa garem wanfala “man wea lukaftarem feast,” wea hem nao wanfala Christian brata. (John 2:9, 10) Olsem tu, man wea bae marit wea wise bae chusim wanfala Christian brata wea mature long spiritual wei for duim disfala important waka. Taem brata wea lukaftarem feast savve long evri samting wea man wea bae marit laekem hem for duim, hem savve duim olketa samting hia bifor datfala feast and taem datwan hem gohed.
12. Wanem samting nao man wea bae marit shud tingim saed long wei for provaedem alcohol?
12 Olsem paragraf 5 storyim, samfala wea bae marit disaed for no provaedem alcohol long marit feast, mekem no eni problem kamap wea savve spoelem datfala hapi day. (Romans 13:13; 1 Corinthians 5:11) Bat sapos olketa disaed for provaedem alcohol, man wea marit shud mek sure olketa iusim diswan long balance wei. Olketa provaedem wine long datfala feast wea Jesus attendim long Cana, and Jesus tu provaedem gudfala wine. Interesting samting nao, man wea lukaftarem datfala feast hem sei olsem: “Evri nara man givim gudfala wine firstaem, and taem pipol drunk finis, olketa givim kam wine wea no mas gud. Bat iu keepim gudfala wine hia kam kasem distaem.” (John 2:10) For sure, Jesus no encouragem man for kamap drunk, from hem luksavve hao datwan hem rong. (Luke 12:45, 46) Taem datfala man wea lukaftarem feast talemaot hao hem sapraes long gudfala wine wea Jesus provaedem, hem showimaot klia hao hem lukim finis wei wea samfala pipol kamap drunk long olketa marit feast. (Acts 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:7) Dastawe, man wea just marit and brata wea hem trustim and markem for lukaftarem feast mas mek sure evriwan wea kam long marit feast followim disfala klia komand: “No kamap drunk witim wine wea savve spoelem man.”—Ephesians 5:18; Proverbs 20:1; Hosea 4:11.
13. Wanem nao tufala wea bae marit shud tingim sapos tufala disaed for pleim music long marit feast, and why nao olsem?
13 Olsem long olketa nara hipap, sapos man disaed for pleim music, hem mas mek sure datfala music hem no laod tumas mekem hem isi for pipol story. Wanfala Christian elder talem olsem: “Gogo, taem pipol start for story big or dance, samfala taem music hem start for laod tumas. Music wea kwaet lelebet firstaem maet kamap laod tumas and mekem hem hard for pipol story. Marit feast hem chance for kaban witim olketa brata and sista. Hem sorre samting sapos laod music hem spoelem datwan!” Man wea bae marit and man wea lukaftarem feast mas acceptim tu disfala responsibility saed long music and no letem olketa wea pleim music for disaedem wanem kaen music for pleim or laod bilong hem. Diswan hem tru nomata iumi peim man for pleim music or nomoa. Paul hem raet olsem: “Nomata wanem samting iufala duim saed long toktok or long waka, duim evri samting long nem bilong Lord Jesus.” (Colossians 3:17) Taem olketa wea attendim marit feast go bak long haos bilong olketa, olketa shud tingim hao datfala music hem showimaot tufala wea just marit duim evri samting long nem bilong Jesus.
14. Wanem samting nao olketa Christian shud rememberim saed long wanfala marit?
14 Tru nao, pipol savve rememberim wanfala marit wea barava organize gud. Adam and Edyta wea marit for 30 year finis talem olsem abaotem wanfala marit: “Iu savve barava luksavve hem wanfala Christian hipap. Olketa pleim olketa song for praisem Jehovah, and tu, olketa duim samfala nara samting wea naes tumas. Wei for dance and pleim music hem no main samting long datfala marit. Datfala marit hem naes tumas and encouragem evriwan, and evri samting followim olketa Bible principle.” Tru nao, tufala wea bae marit savve duim plande samting for showimaot hao tufala garem faith.
Olketa Present for Olketa wea Marit
15. Iumi savve followim wanem kaonsel from Bible saed long olketa present for olketa wea marit?
15 Long plande kantri olketa fren and relative givim present long olketa wea bae marit. Sapos iu disaed for duim olsem, wanem nao maet iu tingim firstaem? Tingim toktok bilong aposol John abaotem “wei for show-off witim samting wea man garem.” Hem joinim wei for show-off witim ‘world wea gogo for finis,’ no witim olketa Christian wea showimaot olketa garem strongfala faith. (1 John 2:16, 17) Taem iumi tingim samting wea John talem, waswe, tufala wea just marit shud talemaot front long evriwan nem bilong each wan wea givim olketa present? Olketa Christian from Macedonia and Achaia givim olketa contribution for olketa brata long Jerusalem, bat no eni samting showimaot hao olketa talemaot long pablik nem bilong each wan wea givim datwan. (Romans 15:26) Winim wei for mekem nara pipol tinghae long olketa, plande Christian wea givim present for olketa wea marit no laekem olketa narawan for savve long diswan. Lukluk moa long kaonsel bilong Jesus abaotem diswan long Matthew 6:1-4.
16. Hao nao olketa wea just marit savve stap klia long wei for mekem narawan feel shame?
16 Wei for talemaot hu nao givim olketa present savve mekem pipol “trae for winim narawan,” long wei for tingim wanem present nao hem moabeta or wea kostim staka selen. Dastawe, olketa Christian wea just marit bae no talemaot front long evriwan nem bilong each wan wea givim present wea maet mekem olketa narawan wea no fit for peim wanfala present for feel shame. (Galatians 5:26; 6:10) Tru nao, hem no rong for tufala wea just marit for savve hu nao givim olketa present. Olketa savve faendemaot diswan sapos olketa kasem wanfala card witim datfala present wea olketa seleva savve readim. Taem iumi peim, or givim olketa present for olketa wea marit, or sapos iumi kasem datwan, iumi evriwan garem chance for showimaot iumi garem strongfala faith.a
17. Wanem goal nao olketa Christian shud garem saed long faith bilong olketa and samting wea olketa duim?
17 For showimaot iumi garem faith, iumi need for duim moa samting winim wei for garem klinfala fasin, attendim olketa Christian meeting, and share long preaching waka. Iumi evriwan mas garem strongfala faith wea affectim evri samting wea iumi duim. Tru nao, iumi savve showimaot iumi garem faith long wei wea iumi duim waka bilong iumi “evribit,” wea insaed diswan hem olketa samting long laef wea iumi storyim finis.—Revelation 3:2.
18. Hao nao iumi savve followim toktok long John 13:17 saed long olketa Christian marit and olketa hipap?
18 Bihaen Jesus showimaot gudfala example bilong hambol fasin taem hem wasim leg bilong olketa faithful aposol bilong hem, hem sei olsem: “Sapos iufala savve long olketa samting hia, bae iufala hapi sapos iufala duim olketa.” (John 13:4-17) Long ples wea iumi stap distaem, maet hem no wei bilong pipol for wasim leg bilong samwan wea iumi invaetem for kam long haos bilong iumi. Bat olsem iumi storyim long disfala article, iumi savve showimaot faith bilong iumi taem iumi duim samting wea showimaot iumi lovem and tingim nara pipol long olketa nara samting long laef, wea insaed diswan hem olketa hipap and olketa Christian marit. Iumi savve showimaot diswan sapos iumi bae marit or iumi kasem invitation for go long wanfala marit wea olketa hapi Christian hipap wea laekem tumas for showimaot faith thru long samting olketa duim.
[Footnotes]
a For moa information abaotem olketa marit and marit feast, lukim datfala article “Increase the Joy and Dignity of Your Wedding Day,” insaed The Watchtower bilong October 15, 2006, page 28.
Hao Nao Bae Iu Ansa?
Hao nao iu savve showimaot iu garem faith:
• taem iu arrangem wanfala hipap?
• taem iu arrangem wanfala marit or marit feast?
• taem iu givim olketa present for olketa wea marit or sapos iu kasem datwan?
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Nomata iumi invaetem tu-thri pipol nomoa, followim “wisdom from antap”