tumas dastawe iumi shud prea for talem long Jehovah disison bilong iumi for worshipim hem for olowe. (Deuteronomy 5:9) Tru, iumi no dedicate long wanfala waka or long eni man bat long God seleva.

15. Why nao olketa wea bae baptaes mas go anda long wata?

¹⁵ Taem iumi dedicatem iumiseleva long God thru long Christ, iumi talemaot wei wea iumi disaed strong for iusim laef bilong iumi for duim will bilong God wea stap insaed Bible. For showimaot datfala dedication, olketa wea bae baptaes mas go anda long wata, olsem Jesus hem baptaes insaed long Jordan River for showimaot wei wea hem givim hemseleva long God. (Matthew 3:13) Hem gud for lukim hao Jesus hem go ahed for prea taem datfala barava important samting hem happen.—Luke 3:21, 22.

16. Hao nao iumi savve showimaot hapi bilong iumi taem iumi lukim pipol baptaes?

¹⁶ Baptism bilong Jesus hem serious samting and givim hapi tu. Diswan semsem tu witim Christian baptism distaem. Taem iumi lukim pipol showimaot olketa dedicate long God, iumi savve klapim hand and talem toktok bilong welkam for showim hapi bilong iumi. Bat iumi no singaot, whistle, and kaen samting olsem from iumi showim respect for disfala holy wei for showimaot faith. Hapi bilong iumi showaot witim respect.

17, 18. Wanem nao helpem olketa Christian elder for savve sapos man fit for baptaes?

¹⁷ Long difren wei from olketa wea splasem wata long baby or forcem pipol wea no garem savve long Bible for baptaes, Olketa Jehovah’s Witness nating forcem eniwan for baptaes. For tok stret, olketa no baptaesim eniwan wea no fit long spiritual saed. Bifor eniwan savve kamap man for preachim gud nius wea no baptaes, olketa Christian elder mek sure hem minim olketa main Bible teaching, hem live followim olketa hia, and ansa yes long disfala kwestin, “Waswe, iu really laek for kamap wanfala Jehovah’s Witness?”

¹⁸ Taem olketa share insaed long waka for preach abaotem Kingdom and want for baptaes, olketa Christian elder meet witim olketa for mek sure olketa biliv and mekem dedication long Jehovah and kasem olketa mark bilong God for baptaes. (Acts 4:4; 18:8) Ansa wea olketa givim for winim 100 kwestin long olketa Bible teaching helpem olketa elder for luksavve sapos olketa kasem olketa mark bilong Bible for baptaes. Samfala no fit so olketa no savve baptaes olsem Christian.

Waswe, Eni Samting Mekem Iu Hol Bak?

19. From samting wea John 6:44 talem, hu nao bae rul witim Jesus?

¹⁹ Planti wea pipol forcem olketa for baptaes herem hao olketa bae go long heven taem olketa dae. Bat Jesus sei olsem abaotem olketa follower wea followim step bilong hem: “No eni man savve kam long mi sapos Father, wea sendem mi, no pullim hem.” (John 6:44) Jehovah hem pullim 144,000 for kam long Christ, wea bae rul witim Jesus insaed Kingdom long heven. Wei for forcem man for baptaes hem no mekem eniwan kamap holy for kasem wanfala nambawan ples insaed datfala arrangement bilong God.—Romans 8:14-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Revelation 14:1.

20. Wanem nao maet helpem samfala wea no baptaes yet?

²⁰ Start kam long olketa year raonem 1935, planti wea hope for laef thru long “datfala big trabol” and laef olowe long earth joinim olketa “nara sheep” bilong Jesus. (Revelation 7:9, 14; John 10:16) Olketa kamap fit for baptaes bikos olketa mekem living bilong olketa followim Word bilong God and lovem hem witim ‘full heart, soul, strong, and mind.’ (Luke 10:25-28) Nomata samfala luksavve Olketa Jehovah’s Witness ‘worshipim God witim spirit and truth,’ olketa no followim yet example bilong Jesus and givim pruv long pablik abaotem trufala love and wei for worshipim Jehovah nomoa long wei for baptaes. (John 4:23, 24; Deuteronomy 4:24; Mark 1:9-11) Strongfala prea abaotem disfala important step maet muvim olketa for no fraet for followim evribit Word bilong God, for dedicate evribit long Jehovah God, and baptaes.

21, 22. Wanem nao samfala reason why samfala hol bak for dedicate and baptaes?

²¹ Samfala hol bak for dedicate and baptaes bikos olketa busy tumas long olketa samting bilong world or wei for aftarem riches gogo olketa no garem enitaem for olketa spiritual samting. (Matthew 13:22; 1 John 2:15-17) Sapos olketa changem tingting and goal bilong olketa, bae olketa hapi tumas! Wei for kam klosap long Jehovah bae mekem olketa kamap rich long spiritual wei, helpem olketa for daonem wari bilong olketa, and givim olketa peace and wei for satisfae wea kamaot from wei for duim will bilong God.—Psalm 16:11; 40:8; Proverbs 10:22; Philippians 4:6, 7.

²² Samfala sei olketa lovem Jehovah bat olketa no dedicate and baptaes bikos wei for no duim diswan minim bae olketa missim need for givim ansa long God. Bat each wan long iumi mas givim ansa long God. Iumi kasem responsibility taem iumi herem word bilong Jehovah. (Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 14:12) Olsem ‘pipol wea hem chusim,’ olketa Israelite bifor born insaed wanfala nation wea dedicate long Jehovah so olketa garem responsibility for servem hem long faithful wei followim olketa law bilong hem. (Deuteronomy 7:6, 11) No eniwan hem born insaed long nation olsem distaem, bat sapos iumi kasem stretfala instruction from Bible, iumi need for duim samting followim datwan witim faith.

23, 24. Wanem wei for fraet nao shud no mekem man hol bak for baptaes?

²³ Wei for fraet from olketa no garem inaf savve maet mekem samfala hol bak for baptaes. Nomata olsem, iumi evriwan need for lanem planti samting bikos ‘olketa man bae nating faendemaot waka bilong trufala God from start go kasem finis.’ (Ecclesiastes 3:11) Tingim datfala eunuch bilong Ethiopia. Olsem wanfala niu follower, hem garem samfala savve long Bible, bat hem no savve ansarem evri kwestin abaotem olketa purpose bilong God. Nomata olsem, bihaen hem lanem arrangement bilong Jehovah for salvation thru long ransom sakrifaes bilong Jesus, datfala eunuch hem stretawe baptaes long wata.—Acts 8:26-38.

²⁴ Samfala hol bak for dedicate long God bikos olketa fraet nogud olketa fail. Monique, wanfala girl wea 17 year hem sei: “Mi hol bak for baptaes from mi fraet nogud mi no savve live followim dedication bilong mi.” Nomata olsem, sapos iumi trust long Jehovah witim full heart bilong iumi, ‘hem bae mekem gogo bilong iumi stret.’ Hem bae helpem iumi for “go ahed for wakabaot long truth” olsem olketa faithful servant bilong hem wea dedicate.—Proverbs 3:5, 6; 3 John 4.

25. Wanem kwestin nao iumi mas lukluk long hem?

²⁵ From wei for trust evribit long Jehovah and strongfala love for hem, planti thousand dedicate and baptaes evri year. And evri servant bilong God wea dedicate want for faithful long hem. Nomata olsem, iumi stap long olketa hard taem, and iumi feisim olketa difren test bilong faith. (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Wanem nao iumi savve duim for live followim dedication bilong iumi long Jehovah? Bae iumi lukluk long diswan insaed long next article.

Go Ahed for Servem Jehovah Witim Heart wea Stand Strong

“Heart bilong mi hem stand strong, O God, heart bilong mi hem stand strong.”—PSALM 57:7.

1. Why nao iumi savve biliv strong olsem David?

JEHOVAH savve mekem iumi stand strong long Christian faith, mekem iumi savve hol strong long trufala Christian Wei olsem olketa servant wea dedicate long hem. (Romans 14:4) So, iumi savve biliv strong olsem David wea raetem psalm and mas singaot: “Heart bilong mi hem stand strong, O God.” (Psalm 108:1) Sapos heart bilong iumi hem stand strong, diswan bae muvim iumi for fulfillim dedication bilong iumi long God. And taem iumi lukluk long hem for leadim and strongim iumi, iumi savve kamap olketa wea disaed strong and biliv olsem pipol wea garem faithful fasin, “evritaem garem planti samting for duim insaed waka bilong Lord.”—1 Corinthians 15:58.

2, 3. Wanem nao kaonsel bilong Paul long 1 Corinthians 16:13 talem iumi for duim?

² Taem hem givim encouragement for olketa follower bilong Jesus long Corinth bifor, bat wea mas fitim olketa Christian distaem tu, aposol Paul sei: “Go ahed for wekap, stand strong long faith, go ahed olsem olketa man, grow maeti.” (1 Corinthians 16:13) Long Greek languis each komand hia minim man mas go ahed for duim. Wanem nao disfala kaonsel barava talem long iumi?

³ Iumi savve “go ahed for wekap” long spiritual wei taem iumi againstim Devil and stap klosap long God. (James 4:7, 8) Wei for depend long Jehovah mekem iumi fit for keepim wan mind and for ‘stand strong long Christian faith.’ Iumi—and planti woman midolwan iumi tu—“go ahed olsem olketa man” taem iumi servem God olsem pipol wea strong for talemaot Kingdom. (Psalm 68:11) Iumi “grow maeti” taem iumi go ahed for lukluk long Father bilong iumi long heven for givim iumi strong for duim will bilong hem.—Philippians 4:13.

4. Wanem nao lead go for iumi baptaes olsem Christian?

⁴ Iumi showaot iumi acceptim truth taem