• “Followim Teaching Bilong Mi”
    Wastaoa—2003 | February 1

    • 16. (a) Wanem kaen pipol nao olsem graon wea garem nila grass? (b) Olsem thrifala Gospel storyim, wanem nao olketa nila grass piksarem?—Lukim footnote.

      16 Wanem kaen pipol nao olsem datfala graon wea garem nila grass? Jesus hem sei: “Olketa nao pipol wea herem, bat, olketa wari, richfala samting and hapitaem bilong laef distaem pullim olketa, and diswan barava skwisim olketa and no eni gud samting kamap.” (Luke 8:14) Long sem wei wea seed and olketa nila grass savve grow long graon long semtaem, hem olsem tu witim olketa man wanwan wea trae for kasem samting from toktok bilong God and long semtaem kasem “olketa hapitaem bilong laef.” Truth wea kam from God hem start for grow insaed heart bilong olketa, bat long semtaem wei for aftarem olketa nara samting tu hem go ahed. Tokpiksa heart bilong olketa hem divaed. (Luke 9:57-62) Diswan stopem olketa for markem inaf taem for prea and wei for ting raonem toktok bilong God. Olketa fail for kasem evribit gudfala samting from toktok bilong God and from datwan olketa short long wei for garem wei for tinghae wea kam from heart wea olketa needim for go ahed strong. Gogo, wei for aftarem olketa physical samting hem winim nao olketa spiritual samting and diswan ‘skwisim olketa evribit.’c Sorre samting nao kasem pipol wea no lovem Jehovah witim full heart!—Matthew 6:24; 22:37.

      17. Wanem nao olketa samting wea iumi mas disaed for duim mekem olketa tokpiksa nila grass insaed parabol bilong Jesus no skwisim iumi?

      17 Taem iumi putim olketa spiritual samting firstaem long olketa material samting, iumi stap klia long wei wea olketa nogud samting and hapitaem bilong disfala world skwisim iumi. (Matthew 6:31-33; Luke 21:34-36) Iumi mas nating lusim wei for duim Bible reading and for ting raonem wanem iumi readim. Sapos iumi mekem living bilong iumi simpol, iumi bae faendem moa taem for ting raonem samting witim wei for prea. (1 Timothy 6:6-8) Olketa servant bilong God wea duim olsem—wea aotem olketa nila grass from graon mekem datfala plant wea garem frut kasem moa kaikai, laet, and spes—olketa kasem blessing bilong Jehovah. Sandra wea hem 26 year sei olsem: “Taem mi ting raonem olketa blessing wea mi kasem insaed long truth, mi luksavve world hem no garem eni samting wea semsem witim diswan!”—Psalm 84:11.