² Pipol long world distaem hope for kasem staka samting tu, bat olketa no really sure sapos samting wea olketa hope for hem bae kamap tru. Olsem example, staka pipol wea gambol hope for winim staka thousand dollar, bat olketa no sure sapos olketa bae kasem datwan. Bat faith wea iumi olketa Christian garem hem “mekem [iumi] sure” olketa samting wea iumi hope for hem bae kamap tru. (Heb. 11:1) Bat maet iu laek for savve hao nao iu savve strongim faith bilong iu long wanem iu hope for hem? And wanem gud samting nao iu savve kasem sapos iu garem strongfala faith?

3. Why nao iumi sure olketa promis bilong God bae kamap tru?

³ Faith hem no samting wea iumi born witim. For garem faith, iumi mas letem holy spirit bilong God for leadim iumi. (Gal. 5:22) Holy spirit savve helpem iumi for savve gud long Jehovah. From Jehovah hem garem barava bigfala paoa and hem wise, iumi sure hem fit for duim eni samting wea hem promis for duim. Taem Jehovah storyim wanem hem bae duim long future, hem talem toktok wea showimaot olketa samting hia kamap tru finis. Hem sei: “Olketa toktok hia hem kamap tru nao!” (Readim Revelation 21:3-6.) Iumi savve Jehovah evritaem duim wanem hem promis for duim. Hem “datfala God wea faithful.” Dastawe iumi barava sure evri samting wea hem talem wea bae happen long future, bae kamap tru.—Deut. 7:9.

OLKETA BIFOR WEA GAREM STRONGFALA FAITH

4. Wanem nao hope bilong olketa wea worshipim Jehovah bifor?

⁴ Hebrew chapter 11 hem storyim 16-fala man and woman wea garem strongfala faith long olketa promis bilong Jehovah. Hem story tu abaotem staka narawan wea mekem Jehovah hapi “bikos olketa garem faith.” (Heb. 11:39) Evriwan long olketa weitim datfala “pikinini” wea Jehovah sei bae hem kam for finisim evri enemy bilong God and wea hem bae mekem earth kamap paradaes moa. (Gen. 3:15) Olketa hia wea faithful garem barava strongfala faith bae Jehovah mekem olketa laef bak moa. Olketa no garem hope for laef long heven bikos long datfala taem Jesus no mekem wei yet for olketa man garem hope for go long heven. (Gal. 3:16) Bat olketa luk forward for laef olowe long paradaes long earth.—Ps. 37:11; Isa. 26:19; Hos. 13:14.

7. Wanem nao Jehovah givim for helpem iumi for strongim faith bilong iumi, and wanem nao iumi mas duim?

⁷ Wanem nao bae helpem iumi for gohed garem strongfala faith? Jehovah givim iumi Bible for helpem iumi for savve long olketa promis bilong hem. Bible storyim tu wanem iumi mas duim mekem iumi savve hapi. Dastawe hem gud for iumi readim Bible evriday and duim wanem iumi lanem. (Ps. 1:1-3; readim Acts 17:11.) And tu, Jehovah iusim “datfala wakaman wea faithful and wise” for givim iumi ‘kaikai long barava taem.’ (Matt. 24:45) Iumi tu mas duim sem samting olsem pipol bilong God bifor. Iumi mas evritaem readim and ting raonem olketa promis bilong God. Datwan bae helpem iumi for gohed faithful long God and luk forward long taem wea Kingdom bilong hem bae rulim full earth.