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Garem Semkaen Faith Olsem Abraham!Wastaoa—2001 | August 15
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10. Wanem nao problem wea kamap midolwan olketa wea lukaftarem olketa animal bilong Abram and Lot, and why nao hem important for stretem diswan kwiktaem?
10 “And Lot, wea gogo witim Abram, hem ownim tu olketa sheep and buluka and tent. So land hem no big fitim olketa for stap tugeta evriwan, bikos kago bilong olketa kamap staka and no fit for evriwan stap tugeta. And wanfala raoa kamap midolwan olketa wea lukaftarem olketa animal bilong Abram and olketa wea lukaftarem olketa animal bilong Lot, and long datfala taem olketa Canaanite and Perizzite stap long datfala land.” (Genesis 13:5-7) Datfala land no garem inaf wata and grass for fitim olketa animal bilong Abram and Lot. Dastawe kros and nogud feeling kamap midolwan olketa wea lukaftarem olketa animal hia. Kaen wei for argue olsem hem no mas gud midolwan olketa wea worshipim tru God. Sapos datwan go ahed, maet big raoa kamap. So hao nao Abram bae deal witim disfala samting? Hem adoptim Lot bihaen dadi bilong Lot hem dae, maet bringim hem ap olsem pikinini bilong hemseleva. From hem nao moa olo, waswe, fitim Abram nao for tekem best samting?
11, 12. Wanem kaenfala samting nao Abram duim long Lot, and why nao Lot no chus long wisefala wei?
11 Bat “Abram talem Lot: ‘Plis, no letem eni raoa go ahed midolwan long iumi tufala and midolwan long olketa wakman bilong iumi tufala, bikos iumi brata. Waswe, full land no stap for iu chusim? Plis, separate from mi. Sapos iu go long left saed, then mi bae go long raet saed; bat sapos iu go long raet saed, then mi bae go long left saed.’” Klosap long Bethel wanfala ples stap wea olketa kolem “wanfala best ples for luk ovarem land bilong Palestine.” Maet from there nao “Lot luk go ap and lukim full Distrik bilong Jordan, hao evriwea garem staka wata bifor Jehovah finisim Sodom and Gomorrah, olsem garden bilong Jehovah, olsem land bilong Egypt go kasem Zoar.”—Genesis 13:8-10.
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Garem Semkaen Faith Olsem Abraham!Wastaoa—2001 | August 15
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13. Hao nao example bilong Abram helpem olketa Christian wea maet insaed raoa saed long selen?
13 Abram showimaot faith long promis bilong Jehovah hao seed bilong hem bae ownim datfala full land; hem no argue for wanfala smol pis bilong datfala land. Hem kaen tumas for followim principle wea stap long 1 Corinthians 10:24: “Letem man go ahed for lukaotem, no gudfala samting for hemseleva, bat for narafala man.” Hem gud for olketa wea garem raoa saed long selen witim narafala brata for tingim diswan. Winim wei for followim kaonsel long Matthew 18:15-17, samfala tekem brata bilong olketa long kot. (1 Corinthians 6:1, 7) Example bilong Abram showimaot hao hem moabeta for lus saed long selen winim wei for mekem nem bilong Jehovah kasem shame or spoelem peace bilong Christian kongregeson.—James 3:18.
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