“Lanem Samting From Mi”

“Karem yoke bilong mi and lanem samting from mi, from mi garem kwaet fasin and mi hambol long heart, and iufala bae faendem samting for strongim soul bilong iufala.”—MATTHEW 11:29.

1. Why nao wei for lane from Jesus hem savve naes tumas and mekem man kamap moabeta?

TEACHING, tingting, and samting wea Jesus duim, hem evritaem stret and fitim. Laef bilong hem long earth hem short, bat waka wea hem duim givim hem reward and feeling for satisfae, and hem nating lusim hapi. Hem hipimap olketa disaepol and teachim olketa hao for worshipim God, lovem olketa man, and for winim world. (John 16:33) Hem fulimap heart bilong olketa witim hope and “givim laet long laef and wei for no savve rotten thru long gud nius.” (2 Timothy 1:10) Sapos iu ting long iuseleva olsem wanfala disaepol bilong hem, wanem nao iu ting hem minim for kamap wanfala disaepol? Iumi savve lanem wei for mekem living bilong iumi moabeta taem iumi lukim wei wea Jesus story abaotem olketa disaepol. Diswan minim wei for acceptim tingting wea hem garem and for followim samfala main principle.—Matthew 10:24, 25; Luke 14:26, 27; John 8:31, 32; 13:35; 15:8.

2, 3. (a) Wanem nao wanfala disaepol bilong Jesus? (b) Why nao hem important for iumi askem iumiseleva, ‘Mi kamap disaepol bilong hu?’

² Long olketa Christian Greek Scripture, disfala word wea olketa transleitim “disaepol” hem really minim man wea directim mind bilong hem long samting, or wan wea lane. Wanfala word wea garem sem mining hem insaed theme scripture, Matthew 11:29: “Karem yoke bilong mi and lanem samting from mi, from mi garem kwaet fasin and mi hambol long heart, and iufala bae faendem samting for strongim soul bilong iufala.” Tru nao, wanfala disaepol hem wanfala wea lane. Olketa Gospel planti taem iusim word “disaepol” for olketa klos follower bilong Jesus, wea gogo witim hem taem hem preach and wea lane from hem. Samfala pipol maet acceptim teaching bilong Jesus nomoa, samfala long secret wei. (Luke 6:17; John 19:38) Olketa wea raetem Gospel story tu abaotem “olketa disaepol bilong John [Baptaesa] and olketa disaepol bilong olketa Pharisee.” (Mark 2:18) From Jesus warnim olketa follower bilong hem for “lukaot . . . long teaching bilong olketa Pharisee,” iumi savve askem iumiseleva, ‘Mi kamap disaepol bilong hu?’—Matthew 16:12.

³ Sapos iumi disaepol bilong Jesus, sapos iumi lane finis from hem, then pipol bae feel strong long spiritual wei taem olketa stap witim iumi. Olketa bae luksavve iumi garem kwaet fasin and hambol heart. Sapos iumi garem hae position long waka ples, iumi dadi or mami, or iumi shepherd insaed Christian kongregeson, waswe, olketa wea iumi lukaftarem feelim hao iumi deal witim olketa long sem wei wea Jesus deal witim olketa wea hem lukaftarem?

Hao Jesus Deal Witim Pipol

4, 5. (a) Why nao hem no hard for lanem hao Jesus deal witim pipol wea garem olketa problem? (b) Wanem nao happen long Jesus taem hem kaikai long haos bilong Pharisee?

⁴ Iumi need for savve long wei wea Jesus deal witim pipol, especially olketa wea garem olketa serious problem. Diswan shud no hard samting for lanem; Bible garem staka story abaotem wei wea Jesus deal witim pipol, wea samfala long olketa safa tumas. Iumi bae lukim tu wei wea olketa leader bilong religion, especially olketa Pharisee, deal witim pipol wea garem semkaen problem. Wei for markem Jesus witim olketa Pharisee savve helpem iumi.

⁵ Long year 31 C.E., taem Jesus duim wanfala preaching gogo long Galilee, “wanfala long olketa Pharisee go ahed for askem [Jesus] for kaikai witim hem.” Jesus no hol bak for acceptim invitation hia. “So hem go insaed haos bilong disfala Pharisee and sidaon long tebol. And, lukim! wanfala woman wea pipol long taon savve long hem olsem wanfala sinner herem hem kaikai long haos bilong datfala Pharisee, and hem tekem kam wanfala botol oil wea smel naes tumas, and, bihaen hem go bihaen long leg bilong Jesus, hem krae and wata from eye bilong hem mekem leg bilong Jesus tuwet and hem waepem witim hair bilong hem. And tu, hem kissim leg bilong Jesus and oilim witim oil wea smel naes tumas.”—Luke 7:36-38.

6. Why nao maet woman hia wea hem “wanfala sinner” hem insaed haos bilong datfala Pharisee?

⁶ Waswe, iu savve tingim datwan? Wanfala buk minim diswan olsem: “Datfala woman (v.37) hem mekius long kastom bilong datfala taem wea letem poor pipol for go insaed kaen feast olsem for kasem samfala leftova kaikai.” Diswan maet reason why man wea no kasem invitation savve go insaed. Maet olketa narawan tu stap wea hope for kasem leftova bihaen long feast. Nomata olsem, samting woman hia duim hem difren. Hem no lukluk nomoa and weit for feast hem finis. Hem garem nogud nem, olsem “wanfala sinner” wea staka savve long hem dastawe Jesus sei hem savve long ‘olketa sin bilong hem wea planti.’—Luke 7:47.

7, 8. (a) Sapos sem samting wea Luke 7:36-38 storyim hem kasem iumi, wanem nao maet iumi duim? (b) Hao nao Simon hem feel?

⁷ Tingim sapos iu stap long datfala taem and iu nao Jesus. Wanem nao bae iu duim? Waswe, bae iu feel nogud taem disfala woman kam long iu? Hao nao kaen samting olsem bae affectim iu? (Luke 7:45) Waswe, bae iu feel kros?

⁸ Sapos iu bin wanfala long olketa nara guest, maet iu tu ting olsem Simon datfala Pharisee? “Taem Pharisee wea invaetem hem lukim diswan, hem ting olsem long hemseleva: ‘Disfala man, sapos hem wanfala profet, bae hem savve hu nao disfala woman and fasin bilong hem, hao hem wanfala sinner.’” (Luke 7:39) Long wei wea difren, Jesus hem man wea barava kea long pipol. Hem minim living bilong woman hia and feelim pain bilong hem. Iumi no savve hao nao gogo hem garem laef bilong sin. Sapos hem really wanfala jury woman, luk olsem olketa man long taon, olketa Jew wea strong for worship, nating helpem hem.

9. Wanem nao Jesus duim, and wanem nao maet kamaot from diswan?

⁹ Bat Jesus laek for helpem hem. Hem talem woman hia: “Olketa sin bilong iu kasem forgiveness.” Then hem sei moa: “Faith bilong iu hem sevem iu; go long peace.” (Luke 7:48-50) Story hem end long hia. Samwan maet sei Jesus no mas helpem woman hia. Hem blessim hem and sendem hem awe. Waswe, iu ting woman hia nating changem nogud living bilong hem? Nomata iumi hard for sure long diswan, lukim nextfala toktok bilong Luke. Hem storyim hao Jesus hem gogo “from taon tu taon and from vilij tu vilij, for preach and talemaot gud nius bilong kingdom bilong God.” Luke reportim tu hao “samfala woman” stap witim Jesus and olketa disaepol bilong hem, “wea go ahed for provaed for olketa from samting [olketa woman hia] garem.” Maet disfala woman wea repent and tinghae hem wanfala long olketa hia, wea followim nao living wea mekem God hapi witim klinfala conscience, garem niu purpose long laef, and garem love for God wea barava moa deep.—Luke 8:1-3.

Hao Jesus Difren From Olketa Pharisee

10. Why nao hem gud samting for ting raonem story bilong Jesus and datfala woman long haos bilong Simon?

¹⁰ Wanem nao iumi savve lanem from disfala story? Hem muvim feeling bilong iumi, hem tru? Tingim iuseleva insaed haos bilong Simon. Hao nao bae iu feel? Waswe, bae iu duim sem samting Jesus duim, or bae iu feel lelebet olsem man wea invaetem hem, datfala Pharisee? Jesus hem Son bilong God, so iumi kanduit garem feeling and duim samting long barava sem wei olsem hem. Long narasaed, maet iumi les for sei iumi olsem Simon, datfala Pharisee. Staka bae shame for sei olketa olsem Pharisee.

11. Why nao iumi bae no laek for olsem olketa Pharisee?

¹¹ From wanem Bible and olketa savveman talem, iumi lukim hao olketa Pharisee barava tinghae long olketa seleva olsem pipol for protectim pablik living and wei wea kantri stap gud. Olketa no satisfae hao Law bilong God hem klia and isi for pipol minim. Taem olketa tingse Law no klia, olketa trae for talem hao nao for followim, wea mekem no eni need stap for pipol iusim conscience. Olketa leader bilong religion hia trae for mekem law for evrikaen fasin, nomata olketa samting wea no important nomoa.a

12. Hao nao olketa Pharisee ting long olketa seleva?

¹² Datfala man for raetem history long first century, Josephus, hem showimaot klia wei wea olketa Pharisee ting long olketa seleva olsem olketa wea kaen, isi witim pipol, followim justice, and fitim waka wea olketa duim. Iumi sure samfala long olketa olsem. Maet iu tingim Nicodemus. (John 3:1, 2; 7:50, 51) Gogo, samfala long olketa hapi for acceptim Christian wei. (Acts 15:5) Datfala Christian aposol Paul raet olsem abaotem samfala Jew, olsem olketa Pharisee: “Olketa garem strong for God; bat wea no followim stretfala savve.” (Romans 10:2) Bat, olketa Gospel storyim olketa olsem hao pipol lukim olketa—praod, raf, tingse olketa seleva raeteous, lukaotem rong, judgem and daonem pipol.

Hao Jesus Ting Long Olketa

13. Wanem nao Jesus talem abaotem olketa Pharisee?

¹³ Jesus tok stret againstim olketa scribe and Pharisee olsem olketa hypocrite. “Olketa taemapem olketa hevi lod and putim antap shoulder bilong olketa man, bat olketa seleva no willing for muvim witim finger bilong olketa.” Tru nao, lod hem hevi, and yoke wea olketa putim long pipol hem hard tumas. Jesus go ahed for kolem olketa scribe and Pharisee “krangge.” Wanfala krangge man hem wanfala danger long community. Jesus kolem olketa scribe and Pharisee tu olketa “blind guide” and talemaot klia hao olketa “nating tingim olketa moa important samting bilong Law, olsem, justice and mercy and faithful fasin.” Hu nao bae laekem Jesus for ting long hem olsem wanfala Pharisee?—Matthew 23:1-4, 16, 17, 23.

14, 15. (a) Taem wea Jesus kaikai witim Matthew Levi hem showimaot wanem samting abaotem wei bilong olketa Pharisee? (b) Olketa wanem important leson nao iumi lanem from disfala story?

¹⁴ Klosap evriwan wea readim olketa Gospel savve lukim wei wea klosap evri Pharisee savve judge tumas. Bihaen Jesus invaetem Matthew Levi, datfala man for kolektem tax, for kamap disaepol, Levi wakem wanfala big feast for hem. Datfala story sei: “From diswan olketa Pharisee and scribe start for komplen long olketa disaepol bilong hem, and sei: ‘Why nao iufala kaikai and drink witim olketa man for tekem tax and olketa sinner?’ Jesus sei long olketa: ‘. . . Mi kam for kolem, no pipol wea raeteous, bat olketa sinner for repent.’”—Luke 5:27-32.

¹⁵ Levi hem minim nara samting Jesus talem long datfala taem: “So, go, and lanem mining bilong diswan, ‘Mi wantem mercy, and no sakrifaes.’” (Matthew 9:13) Nomata olketa Pharisee sei olketa biliv long olketa raeting bilong olketa Hebrew profet, olketa nating acceptim toktok hia wea kam from Hosea 6:6. Sapos olketa bae fail long samfala fasin, olketa mek sure hem from olketa barava strong for obeyim kastom. Each wan long iumi savve askem seleva, ‘Waswe, pipol savve long mi olsem wan wea strong tumas long samfala rul, wea kam from tingting bilong miseleva or wea hem wei bilong pipol raonem mi? Or waswe, pipol ting long mi olsem man wea showaot mercy and kaenfala fasin?’

16. Wanem nao wei bilong olketa Pharisee, and hao nao iumi savve no olsem olketa?

¹⁶ Tokdaonem, tokdaonem, tokdaonem. Hem nao wei bilong olketa Pharisee. Olketa Pharisee lukaotem evri mistek—tru wan or wan wea olketa tingse nomoa. Olketa mekem pipol feel olsem olketa shud defendim olketa seleva and olketa evritaem talem wei wea olketa rong. Olketa Pharisee praod long wei wea olketa savve givim mek-ten part bilong olketa barava smol herb olsem mint, dill, and cumin. Olketa show-off witim wei for holy thru long kaleko and trae for leadim datfala nation. Tru nao, sapos iumi laekem samting iumi duim for olsem example bilong Jesus, iumi mas stap klia from wei for evritaem lukaotem and mekhae long mistek bilong nara pipol.

Long Wanem Wei Nao Jesus Stretem Olketa Problem?

17-19. (a) Explainim hao Jesus hem stretem wanfala problem wea savve kamap serious tumas. (b) Wanem samting abaotem disfala problem nao hem putim bigfala hevi long woman hia? (c) Sapos iu stap long datfala taem wea woman hia kam long Jesus, wanem nao bae iu duim?

¹⁷ Wei bilong Jesus for stretem olketa problem hem difren tumas from wei bilong olketa Pharisee. Tingim hao Jesus stretem wanfala problem wea savve kamap serious tumas. Hem abaotem wanfala woman wea blood kamaot from hem for 12 year. Iu savve readim disfala story long Luke 8:42-48.

¹⁸ Story bilong Mark sei disfala woman hem “fraet and seksek.” (Mark 5:33) Why? Iumi sure diswan hem bikos hem savve hem brekem Law bilong God. Olsem Leviticus 15:25-28 talem, woman wea blood kamaot from hem, hem no klin, nomata hao long diswan. Evriting hem tasim and evri pipol wea tasim hem bae kamap dirty. For kam long Jesus, disfala woman mas stragol thru long datfala crowd. Taem iumi readim disfala story 2,000 year bihaen, problem bilong woman hia hem muvim heart bilong iumi.

¹⁹ Sapos iu stap long datfala day, hao nao bae iu ting long diswan? Wanem nao iu bae talem? Lukim hao Jesus deal witim woman hia long kaen, loving wei, hem tingim feeling bilong woman, nating talem eniting abaotem eni problem woman hia maet kosim.—Mark 5:34.

20. Sapos Leviticus 15:25-28 hem wanfala law for distaem, wanem challenge nao maet iumi feisim?

²⁰ Waswe, iumi savve lanem samting from story hia? Tingim sapos iu wanfala elder insaed Christian kongregeson distaem. And tu, hao sapos Leviticus 15:25-28 hem wanfala law for olketa Christian followim and wanfala Christian woman hem brekem disfala law, and hem feel fraet tumas. Wanem nao bae iu duim? Waswe, iu bae mekem hem shame long wei for givim hem strong kaonsel front long pipol? “Bae mi nating duim datwan!” iu sei strong olsem. “For followim example bilong Jesus, mi bae trae evribit for showaot kaen fasin, love, tingim feeling and need bilong narawan.” Gud tumas! Bat, challenge nao hem for duim, for followim example bilong Jesus.

21. Wanem nao Jesus teachim pipol abaotem datfala Law?

²¹ Main point hia hem hao Jesus mekem pipol kasem moa strong and moa hapi. Taem Law bilong God tok stret, mining bilong hem barava klia. Sapos hem luk olsem man seleva mas disaed hao for followim, pipol mas iusim conscience bilong olketa and savve showim love for God thru long wanem olketa disaedem. Law letem olketa for disaed seleva. (Mark 2:27, 28) God lovem pipol bilong hem, evritaem duim samting for helpem olketa, and hem showim mercy taem olketa mistek. Jesus tu olsem.—John 14:9.

Samting wea Kamaot From Teaching Bilong Jesus

22. Hao nao feeling bilong olketa disaepol bilong Jesus taem olketa lane from hem?

²² Olketa wea lisin long Jesus and kamap disaepol bilong hem barava thankiu for lukim really mining bilong toktok hia: “Yoke bilong mi hem kaenfala and lod bilong mi hem no hevi.” (Matthew 11:30) Olketa nating feel hevi, feel olsem Jesus forcem olketa, or tokdaonem olketa. Olketa kamap moa free, moa hapi, and moa sure abaotem wei wea olketa fren witim God and witim each other. (Matthew 7:1-5; Luke 9:49, 50) From hem olketa lanem hao wei for lead long spiritual wei needim man for strongim pipol, for showimaot hambol mind and heart.—1 Corinthians 16:17, 18; Philippians 2:3.

23. Wei for kaban witim Jesus teachim olketa disaepol wanem important leson, and hem helpem olketa for kasem wanem tingting?

²³ Staka barava tinghae long wei wea hem important for wan mind witim Christ and for garem sem wei for ting long samting olsem hem. Hem talem olketa disaepol bilong hem: “Olsem Father hem lovem mi and mi lovem iufala, go ahed for stap insaed long love bilong mi. Sapos iufala obeyim olketa komandment bilong mi, iufala bae stap insaed long love bilong mi, olsem mi tu obeyim olketa komandment bilong Father and stap insaed long love bilong hem.” (John 15:9, 10) For olketa win olsem olketa minister and servant bilong God, olketa mas strong for followim wanem olketa lanem from Jesus, long pablik preaching and teaching bilong nambawan gud nius bilong God and tu, long wei for deal witim olketa famili member and fren. Taem olketa grow and startim olketa kongregeson, olketa bae need for evritaem remindim olketa seleva hao wei bilong Jesus nao hem stretfala wei. Samting hem teachim hem truth, and laef bilong hem wea olketa bin lukim, hem nao kaen laef wea olketa mas live followim.—John 14:6; Ephesians 4:20, 21.

24. Wanem nao olketa samting iumi shud followim from example bilong Jesus?

²⁴ Taem iu ting raonem olketa samting hia wea iumi storyim, waswe, iu lukim olketa wei wea iu savve kamap moabeta? Waswe, iu agree hao Jesus hem evritaem tingim, teachim, and deal witim samting long wei wea fitim? Then, no givap. Hem encouragem iumi olsem: “Sapos iufala savve long olketa samting hia, bae iufala hapi sapos iufala duim olketa.”—John 13:17.

[Footnote]

Hao Nao Bae Iu Ansa?

• Wanem nao wei for kamap disaepol bilong Jesus hem minim long iu?

• Hao nao Jesus deal witim pipol?

• Wanem nao iumi savve lanem from wei wea Jesus hem teach?

• Hao nao olketa Pharisee difren from Jesus?

[Olketa Piksa long page 18, 19]

Wei wea Jesus ting long pipol hem barava difren from olketa Pharisee!