5, 6. (a) Wanem nao tufala short tokpiksa wea Jesus storyim? (b) Wanem nao olketa tokpiksa hia showimaot abaotem Jehovah?

⁵ For teachim olketa wea lisin long hem abaotem tingting bilong Jehovah long olketa wea lus, Jesus storyim tufala short tokpiksa. Wanfala hem abaotem wanfala shepherd. Jesus sei: “Hu long iufala wea garem wan handred sheep, wea taem wanfala hem lus, bae no leavim naenti-naen long wilderness and go luk aotem datwan wea lus go kasem taem wea hem faendem? And taem hem faendem finis hem karem long shoulder bilong hem and hapi. And taem hem kasem haos hem kolem tugeta olketa fren and neiba and sei long olketa, ‘Hapi witim mi, bikos mi faendem sheep bilong mi wea lus.’ Mi talem iufala, long sem wei tu moa hapi bae kamap long heven taem wanfala sinner hem repent winim naenti-naen raeteous wan wea no need for repent.”—Luke 15:4-7.

Lus bat Garem Hae Price

8. (a) Hao nao datfala shepherd and datfala woman feel taem tufala lusim samting? (b) Hao nao samting wea tufala duim showimaot tingting bilong tufala abaotem samting wea lus?

⁸ Long tufala tokpiksa hia samting hem lus, bat lukim feeling bilong tufala wea ownim. Datfala shepherd no sei: ‘Wanfala sheep hem no important from mi still garem 99 narawan. Mi no needim datwan wea lus.’ Datfala woman no sei: ‘Mi no warim coin hia. Mi satisfae witim naenfala wea mi garem yet.’ Datfala shepherd luk aotem sheep bilong hem wea lus olsem datfala sheep nomoa only wan wea hem garem. And datfala woman ting long coin bilong hem olsem no eni nara coin moa stap. Long tufala taem hia, samting wea lus hem spesol long mind bilong datwan wea ownim. Wanem nao diswan showimaot?

9. Feeling bilong datfala shepherd and datfala woman piksarem wanem samting?

⁹ Tingim conclusion bilong Jesus long tufala story hia: “Long sem wei tu moa hapi bae kamap long heven taem wanfala sinner hem repent” and “dastawe, mi talem iufala, olketa angel bilong God hapi taem wanfala sinner hem repent.” Feeling bilong datfala shepherd and datfala woman piksarem long lelebet wei feeling bilong Jehovah and olketa angel long heven. Long sem wei samting wea lus hem spesol long eye bilong datfala shepherd and datfala woman, olketa wea isisi lus and no hipap moa witim pipol bilong God still spesol long eye bilong Jehovah. (Jeremiah 31:3) Olketa hia maet wik long spiritual wei, bat maet datwan no minim olketa bighed. Nomata olketa wik, long samfala wei olketa maet still followim olketa mark bilong Jehovah. (Psalm 119:176; Acts 15:29) So, olsem long bifor, Jehovah no “torowem olketa from front long feis bilong hem.”—2 Kings 13:23.

10, 11. (a) Hao nao iumi want for ting long olketa wea no kaban witim kongregeson distaem? (b) Olsem tufala tokpiksa bilong Jesus showim, hao nao iumi savve showimaot iumi tingim olketa?

¹⁰ Olsem Jehovah and Jesus, iumi tu wari long olketa wea wik and no stap long Christian kongregeson. (Ezekiel 34:16; Luke 19:10) Iumi ting long man wea wik long spiritual wei olsem wanfala sheep wea lus—no olsem samwan wea hard for helpem. Iumi no sei: ‘No warim man wea wik. Kongregeson go ahed gud nomoa nomata hem no stap.’ Iumi shud ting long olketa wea isisi go aot bat wea want for kam bak olsem hao Jehovah ting long olketa—olketa spesol.

Duim Samting Firstaem

12. Wanem nao toktok “go luk aotem datwan wea lus” showim long iumi abaotem tingting bilong shepherd?

¹² Long first tokpiksa, Jesus sei datfala shepherd bae “go luk aotem datwan wea lus.” Datfala shepherd nao duim samting firstaem for go faendem sheep wea lus. Hard samting, danger, and wei wea sheep hia maet stap farawe no stopem hem. Nomoa, datfala shepherd go ahed “go kasem taem hem faendem.”—Luke 15:4.

13. Wanem nao olketa faithful man bifor duim for olketa wik wan, and hao nao iumi savve followim olketa example olsem insaed long Bible?

¹³ Olsem tu, wei for helpem man wea needim encouragement hem planti taem needim datwan wea moa strong for duim samting firstaem. Olketa faithful man from taem bifor luksavve long diswan. Olsem example, taem Jonathan, son bilong King Saul, luksavve klos fren bilong hem David needim encouragement, Jonathan “getap and go long David long Horesh, mekem hem savve strongim hand bilong hem saed long God.” (1 Samuel 23:15, 16) Planti handred year bihaen, taem Governor Nehemiah lukim hao samfala Jew brata bilong hem feel wikdaon, hem “getap semtaem” and encouragem olketa ‘for tingim Jehovah.’ (Nehemiah 4:14) Iumi distaem tu want for ‘getap’—duim samting firstaem—for strongim olketa wea wik. Bat hu insaed kongregeson nao shud duim olsem?

14. Hu insaed Christian kongregeson nao shud reach aot for olketa wea wik?

¹⁴ Olketa Christian elder nao garem main responsibility for “strongim olketa hand wea wik . . . and mekem olketa leg wea seksek olketa strong” and “talem olketa wea wari long heart: ‘Mas strong. No fraet.’ ” (Isaiah 35:3, 4; 1 Peter 5:1, 2) Bat, lukim hao kaonsel bilong Paul for “tok kaen long olketa soul wea feel sorre” and for “saportim olketa wea wik” hem no for olketa elder nomoa. Toktok bilong Paul hem for full “kongregeson bilong olketa long Thessalonica.” (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 5:14) Dastawe, wei for helpem olketa wea wik hem assignment bilong evri Christian. Olsem shepherd insaed datfala tokpiksa, each Christian shud garem feeling for “go luk aotem datwan wea lus.” Man savve barava duim gud diswan sapos hem waka tugeta witim olketa elder. Waswe, iu savve duim samting for helpem wanfala wea wik insaed kongregeson bilong iu?