Dispela gutnius bipo yu bin harim na kisim, em yu mas tingim gen. Na yu mas bihainim gut na tanim bel. Sapos yu no kirap na lusim slip, orait wantu bai mi kam long yu olsem ol stilman i save kam. Na yu bai i no inap save long taim mi laik i kam.”​—⁠KTH 3:​2, 3.

Olsem na Jisas i laik bai ol i kirapim gen paia; em i laik bai ol i tanim bel na lusim ol pasin nogut em pasin les bilong ol i bin pulim ol long mekim, na bai kongrigesen i stap laip gen long ol samting bilong spirit. (Lukim 2 Timoti 1⁠:​6, 7.) Sapos ol i no kirap mekim olsem, bai Jisas i kam long wanpela taim ol i no save long en​—⁠“olsem ol stilman i save kam”​—⁠bilong givim strafe long ol man nogut, na bai kongrigesen long Sardis i no redi.​—⁠Matyu 24⁠:​43, 44.

Kam ‘Olsem Stilman’

6. Long yia 1918 olsem wanem Jisas i kam ‘olsem stilman’? Long dispela taim em i lukim wanem kain pasin i stap long ol manmeri i tok ol i disaipel bilong em?

⁶ Toksave bilong Jisas olsem em bai kam “olsem ol stilman i save kam,” dispela toksave i bilong nau tu. Em i bikpela toksave bilong ol Kristen i stap long taim “de bilong Bikpela” i kirap. Bihain liklik long yia 1914, ol samting i kamap olsem Malakai i tok profet pinis: “Bikpela I Gat Olgeta Strong i bekim tok olsem, ‘Harim. . . . wantu bai mi kam na mi stap long haus bilong mi. Yupela i laikim tumas long lukim dispela [man] bilong autim tok bilong kontrak bilong mi. Orait em bai i kam.’ ” (Malakai 3⁠:1; KTH 1⁠:10) Jisas em i dispela man i “autim tok bilong kontrak” na em i bin kam bilong skelim ol manmeri i tok ol i disaipel bilong em. (1 Pita 4⁠:17) Long dispela taim, olsem long yia 1918, ol lain i tok ol i Kristen ol i wok long kapsaitim blut bilong ol man long Namba Wan Pait Bilong Olgeta Hap. Ol dispela lain i dai pinis long ol samting bilong spirit. Taim pait i no kamap yet, ol Kristen tru i bin wok strong long autim tok, tasol long taim bilong pait ol i no wok strong moa na i olsem ol i slip. Sampela elda i gat bikpela wok long lain bilong ol, ol i go kalabus, na klostu wok bilong autim tok i pinis olgeta. Taim spirit bilong Jehova i kirapim ol dispela Kristen tru long yia 1919 na ol i lusim slip, sampela ol i no redi. Sampela ol i olsem ol yangpela meri long tok piksa bilong Jisas, em ol i kranki meri, na ol i no redim ol samting bilong spirit bambai ol inap mekim wok bilong Jehova. Tasol gutpela tru, planti ol i olsem ol yangpela meri i gat save na ol i bin bihainim toksave bilong Jisas, em i tok: “Yupela i mas was gut. Yupela i no save long wanem de na wanem aua Bikpela bilong yupela bai i kamap.”​—⁠Matyu 25⁠:​1-​13.

7. Bilong wanem ol Kristen long nau i mas was i stap?

⁷ Taim bilong Kristen i mas was gut i no pinis long taim de bilong Bikpela i kirap. Nogat. Taim Jisas i mekim bikpela tok profet bilong em na em i kolim ol samting i mas kamap olsem “mak” bilong taim bilong pinis, em i mekim strongpela tok olsem: “I no gat wanpela man i save wanem de na wanem aua dispela ol samting bai i kamap. . . . Yupela lukaut. Yupela i mas was i stap, long wanem, yupela i no save wanem taim dispela ol samting bai i kamap. Dispela tok mi givim long yupela, em mi givim long olgeta manmeri. Yupela i mas was i stap.” (Mak 13⁠:​4, 32, 33, 37) Tru tumas, inap long nau, yumi olgeta, maski yumi bilong liklik lain o bikpela lain, yumi mas was i stap, nogut yumi slip long ol samting bilong spirit. Taim De bilong Jehova i kam “olsem stilman i kam long nait,” yumi no ken slip; ai bilong yumi i mas op na yumi mas was i stap bambai yumi inap winim kot.​—⁠1 Tesalonaika 5⁠:​2, 3; Luk 21⁠:​34-​36; KTH 7:⁠9.

8. Liklik lain long nau em Jon i piksa bilong ol, ol i bin mekim wanem na ol i bin helpim lain bilong God long i stap laip long ol samting bilong spirit?

⁸ Liklik lain long nau em Jon i piksa bilong ol, ol yet i mas was i stap bambai ol i ken kirapim lain bilong God long wok strong na i stap laip long ol samting bilong spirit. Olsem na long olgeta yia ol i save putim sampela bikpela bung long narapela narapela taim bilong yia. Long wanpela yia ol i bin putim 2,981 kibung distrik na inap olsem 10,953,744 manmeri i bung na 122,701 nupela bilipman i bin kisim baptais. Winim 100 yia pinis, liklik lain em Jon i piksa bilong ol, ol i bin mekim wok long nius Wastaua bilong tokaut long nem na laik bilong Jehova. Long taim bilong tupela bikpela pait bilong olgeta hap, ol man i bin mekim nogut tru long ol Witnes Bilong Jehova, tasol sampela tok bilong Wastaua i bin kirapim ol long wok strong i go. Sampela tok olsem long Wastaua (tok Inglis) em olsem: “Ol Man i No Pret Ol i Kisim Blesing” (1919), “Singaut Bilong Kirap Mekim Wok” (1925), “Sanap Strong Long Hevi” (1942).

9. (a) Olgeta Kristen i mas wok long givim wanem askim long skin bilong ol yet? (b) Wastaua i bin kamapim wanem tok bilong strongim ol brata?

⁹ Olgeta Kristen long ol kongrigesen bilong nau ol i mas wok long skelim pasin bilong ol yet, olsem ol Kristen long Sardis bilong bipo i mas mekim. Dispela em i bikpela samting. Oltaim yumi olgeta i mas askim skin bilong yumi yet, olsem: Pasin bilong mi “em i stret olgeta long ai bilong God”? Yumi no ken skelim pasin bilong ol narapela; yumi mas skelim pasin bilong yumi yet. Olsem wanem? Yumi wok long kisim pasin bilong lusim samting bilong yumi yet bilong helpim narapela man, na yumi save givim bel olgeta long mekim wok bilong God? Wastaua i save kirapim yumi long mekim olsem, long wanem, em i kamapim kain stori olsem: “Yupela i Mas Skelim Gut Pasin Bilong Yupela Yet” na “Yumi No Tingting Moa Long Yumi Yet na Wokabaut.”a I gat ol kain tok olsem bilong helpim yumi, em Baibel i as bilong en, olsem na yumi mas wok long skelim bel bilong yumi na yumi mas bihainim pasin daun na beten na wokabaut stret long ai bilong Jehova.​—⁠Song 26⁠:​1-3; 139⁠:​23, 24.

7. Bilong wanem ol Kristen long nau i mas was i stap?

⁷ Taim bilong Kristen i mas was gut i no pinis long taim de bilong Bikpela i kirap. Nogat. Taim Jisas i mekim bikpela tok profet bilong em na em i kolim ol samting i mas kamap olsem “mak” bilong taim bilong pinis, em i mekim strongpela tok olsem: “I no gat wanpela man i save wanem de na wanem aua dispela ol samting bai i kamap. . . . Yupela lukaut. Yupela i mas was i stap, long wanem, yupela i no save wanem taim dispela ol samting bai i kamap. Dispela tok mi givim long yupela, em mi givim long olgeta manmeri. Yupela i mas was i stap.” (Mak 13⁠:​4, 32, 33, 37) Tru tumas, inap long nau, yumi olgeta, maski yumi bilong liklik lain o bikpela lain, yumi mas was i stap, nogut yumi slip long ol samting bilong spirit. Taim De bilong Jehova i kam “olsem stilman i kam long nait,” yumi no ken slip; ai bilong yumi i mas op na yumi mas was i stap bambai yumi inap winim kot.​—⁠1 Tesalonaika 5⁠:​2, 3; Luk 21⁠:​34-​36; KTH 7:⁠9.

8. Liklik lain long nau em Jon i piksa bilong ol, ol i bin mekim wanem na ol i bin helpim lain bilong God long i stap laip long ol samting bilong spirit?

⁸ Liklik lain long nau em Jon i piksa bilong ol, ol yet i mas was i stap bambai ol i ken kirapim lain bilong God long wok strong na i stap laip long ol samting bilong spirit. Olsem na long olgeta yia ol i save putim sampela bikpela bung long narapela narapela taim bilong yia. Long wanpela yia ol i bin putim 2,981 kibung distrik na inap olsem 10,953,744 manmeri i bung na 122,701 nupela bilipman i bin kisim baptais. Winim 100 yia pinis, liklik lain em Jon i piksa bilong ol, ol i bin mekim wok long nius Wastaua bilong tokaut long nem na laik bilong Jehova. Long taim bilong tupela bikpela pait bilong olgeta hap, ol man i bin mekim nogut tru long ol Witnes Bilong Jehova, tasol sampela tok bilong Wastaua i bin kirapim ol long wok strong i go. Sampela tok olsem long Wastaua (tok Inglis) em olsem: “Ol Man i No Pret Ol i Kisim Blesing” (1919), “Singaut Bilong Kirap Mekim Wok” (1925), “Sanap Strong Long Hevi” (1942).

9. (a) Olgeta Kristen i mas wok long givim wanem askim long skin bilong ol yet? (b) Wastaua i bin kamapim wanem tok bilong strongim ol brata?

⁹ Olgeta Kristen long ol kongrigesen bilong nau ol i mas wok long skelim pasin bilong ol yet, olsem ol Kristen long Sardis bilong bipo i mas mekim. Dispela em i bikpela samting. Oltaim yumi olgeta i mas askim skin bilong yumi yet, olsem: Pasin bilong mi “em i stret olgeta long ai bilong God”? Yumi no ken skelim pasin bilong ol narapela; yumi mas skelim pasin bilong yumi yet. Olsem wanem? Yumi wok long kisim pasin bilong lusim samting bilong yumi yet bilong helpim narapela man, na yumi save givim bel olgeta long mekim wok bilong God? Wastaua i save kirapim yumi long mekim olsem, long wanem, em i kamapim kain stori olsem: “Yupela i Mas Skelim Gut Pasin Bilong Yupela Yet” na “Yumi No Tingting Moa Long Yumi Yet na Wokabaut.”a I gat ol kain tok olsem bilong helpim yumi, em Baibel i as bilong en, olsem na yumi mas wok long skelim bel bilong yumi na yumi mas bihainim pasin daun na beten na wokabaut stret long ai bilong Jehova.​—⁠Song 26⁠:​1-3; 139⁠:​23, 24.