Study Book for Our Life and Preaching Meeting
JUNE 3-9
FINE-FINE LESSON FROM BIBLE | GALATIANS 4-6
“Story Wey E Get Meaning for Us”
(Galatians 4:24, 25) This things na story wey e get meaning because this women mean two agreement; they make one agreement for Mount Sinai and everybody wey e dey under this agreement na slave; and this agreement represent Hagar. 25 So Hagar mean Sinai, one mountain for Arabia, and e de represent Jerusalem for our time, because Jerusalem and e pikin them na slave.
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Hagar
Apostle Paul talk one story. For the story, Hagar represent the nation of Israel. For Mount Sinai, they promise Jehovah say they go obey the Law wey e give them through Moses. But that Law make them come be slave. Because of their sin, they no fit do wetin they promise Jehovah. The Law no fit give Israel people freedom, but e make them be slave to sin and death. (Joh 8:34; Ro 8:1-3) The Jerusalem for the time of Paul, represent Hagar. And na Jerusalem be the capital city for the nation of Israel. That time, Jerusalem and e pikin them be slave. But anointed Christians na children of “Jerusalem for heaven.” This “Jerusalem for heaven” be like wife of God. Like Sarah, this Jerusalem dey free, and e never ever be slave. But, just as Ishmael be suffer Isaac, na so the children of the Jerusalem wey Paul talk say na slave, de suffer the children of “Jerusalem for heaven,” wey Jesus Christ don give freedom. But Abraham be drive Hagar and e pikin. This one represent the way Jehovah reject the nation of Israel.—Ga 4:21-31; still check Joh 8:31-40.
(Galatians 4:26, 27) But the Jerusalem for heaven dey free, and na our mama. 27 Because they write say: “Make you de glad, you woman as you no fit born; make you shout with joy as you no ever get labor pain; because the children of the woman wey they abandon, don plenty pass the children of the woman wey e get husband.”
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Make Your Faith for the Kingdom No Ever Shake
11 The first time wey Israel people get this promise wey Jehovah promise Abraham, na when they enter Promise Land. From wetin Bible talk, e clear say this promise go still happen for another way. (Gal. 4:22-25) When e happen again as apostle Paul explain for Bible, the main part of the “seed of the woman” wey God promise Abraham, go be Jesus Christ and the other part go be the 144,000 people wey go join Jesus rule for heaven. (Gal. 3:16, 29; Rev. 5:9, 10; 14:1, 4) And na “Jerusalem for heaven” be the woman wey e born “the seed.” This “Jerusalem for heaven” de represent the part of Jehovah’s organization wey e dey heaven. All the angels wey they support Jehovah na still part of this organization for heaven. (Gal. 4:26, 31) As Jehovah promise Abraham, the “seed of the woman” go make people for the whole world get blessing.
(Galatians 4:28-31) So brothers, wuna be children wey they born because of the promise, just like Isaac.29 But just as e happen that time, the pikin wey they born for normal way start de suffer the one wey they born with the power of holy spirit, and na so e still de happen now. 30 But wetin the word of God talk? “Drive the slave girl and e pikin, because the pikin wey the slave girl born no go ever share property with the pikin wey the woman wey e no be slave born.” 31 So, my brothers, we no be children of the slave girl but children of the woman wey e no be slave.
Fine-Fine Things Wey You See for Bible
(Galatians 4:6) Now wey wuna be children of God, God don send the holy spirit wey e give e Son inside our heart. And this spirit de cry with loud voice say: “Abba, Father!”
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You Know?
When Jesus de pray, why e call Jehovah “Abba, Father”?
ʼAb·baʼʹ na word wey e come from Aramaic language. This word fit mean “my father” or “O Father.” Na three times they use this word for Bible. And they use-am for prayer when they talk about Jehovah, our Papa for heaven. But which important meaning this word really get?
One book, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia talk say: “For the time of Jesus, children de call their papa ʼabbāʼ to show say they really dey close to their papa. E still show say they respect their papa.” Na this word pikin wey e love e papa, go call e papa. And e dey among the first word wey small pikin de learn. Jesus use this word one time when e de beg e Father for prayer. For garden of Gethsemane, Jesus use this word “Abba, Father,” when e de pray to Jehovah.—Mark 14:36.
The book still talk say: “For the book them wey Jew people write when Greece and Rome de rule, e really hard to see where they call God, abbāʼ. And this one happen because Jew people believe say if person call God, abbāʼ, e no get respect for God. Because to call person abbāʼ de show say you really dey close to the person. But as “Jesus . . . call God abbāʼ when e de pray, this one show say Jesus really dey close to God.” They still use this word two times for other verse for Bible. And e dey for the part of Bible wey apostle Paul write. As they use-am for this verse them, e show say Christians for apostle their time, use this word for their prayer.—Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6.
(Galatians 6:17) From now, make person no give me problem again, because I get the mark wey e de show say I be slave of Jesus for my body.
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You Know?
Wetin apostle Paul mean when e talk say e ‘get the mark wey e de show say e be slave of Jesus’?—Galatians 6:17.
▪ This thing wey Paul talk for this verse fit don get different-different meaning for the people wey Paul be de talk with. For example, for olden days, people de use hot iron-rod put mark for the body of prisoners of war, person wey e thief for temple of idols, and slave wey e run from e master. People no de respect person wey e get this kind mark.
But, no be everybody wey e get this kind mark people de look with bad eye. Plenty people that time, de put mark to show where they come from, or their religion. For example, one book, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament talk say: “Syria people de put mark for their hand and neck to show say them de worship this two god, Hadad and Atargatis . . . And people wey them de worship Dionysus, de put leaf-mark for their body.”
Plenty people wey they talk things about Bible for this our time, de feel say the mark wey Paul de talk about, na the different-different mark wey e get from the beating wey e receive as e de preach. (2 Corinthians 11:23-27) But, e fit be say no be ordinary mark Paul de talk about. E fit de talk about the way e live e life as Christian.
JUNE 10-16
FINE-FINE LESSON FROM BIBLE | EPHESIANS 1-3
“Things wey Jehovah Don Arrange and the Result”
(Ephesians 1:8, 9) E really show us this favor together with complete understanding and sense 9 as e don make us know the holy secret wey e concern wetin e want do. And this secret na wetin e want and e don decide say
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Holy Secret
The Kingdom of God. The things wey Paul write for Bible, de help us get the real meaning of the holy secret about Jesus Christ. For Ephesians 1:9-11, e talk about the way God make people know this secret. E talk say: “And this secret na wetin e want and e don decide say e go arrange how e go manage things, and this one go happen when the time wey e set don complete. E go use Jesus Christ gather everything together, things for heaven and things for earth. Yes, e go use Jesus Christ gather everything. And since we and Christ na one, we too go get the gift wey God don promise us, because God don choose us before this time. And because na wetin God want, e de make everything work according to wetin e don decide.” This “holy secret” concern one government. This government na the Kingdom of God wey Jesus Christ go rule as king. The “things for heaven” wey Paul be talk about, na people wey they go join Jesus Christ rule for heaven. The “things for earth” go be people for this earth, wey the Kingdom go rule over. The things wey Jesus tell e disciples still show say that holy secret really concern the Kingdom. E tell them say: ‘God don make wuna understand the holy secret wey e concern the Kingdom of God.”—Mr 4:11.
(Ephesians 1:10) e go arrange how e go manage things, and this one go happen when the time wey e set don complete. E go use Jesus Christ gather everything together, things for heaven and things for earth. Yes, e go use Jesus Christ gather everything.
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Jehovah De Join E Family Together
3 Moses tell Israel people say: “Jehovah our God na one Jehovah.” (Deut. 6:4) Everything wey Jehovah de do, de agree with wetin e want. So, ‘when the time wey Jehovah set complete,’ e start de arrange how e go make everybody for heaven and earth be one family. (Read Ephesians 1:8-10.) This arrangement get two part. For the first part, Jehovah de prepare anointed Christians for the time wey they go live for heaven. For there, na Jesus Christ go de direct their work. And na for Pentecost 33 C.E. this one start, because na that time Jehovah start to gather people wey they go join Jesus Christ rule for heaven. (Acts 2:1-4) Because Jesus don sacrifice e life, God de see anointed Christians as righteous people and e go give them life. Anointed Christians know say God don choose them as e ‘children.’—Rom. 3:23, 24; 5:1; 8:15-17.
4 For the second part, Jehovah de prepare people wey they go live for Paradise, and na Jesus Christ and the 144,000 go rule over them. Na the “great crowd,” go be the first part of this group to enter Paradise. (Rev. 7:9, 13-17; 21:1-5) Then, for the one thousand years wey Jesus go rule, billions of people wey Jesus go resurrect, go join them. (Rev. 20:12, 13) Just imagine how the resurrection go give us chance to show say we really be one! For the end of the one thousand years, the “things for earth,” go face the final test. Jehovah go choose everybody wey e pass this test as e “children” for this earth.—Rom. 8:21; Rev. 20:7, 8.
Fine-Fine Things Wey You See for Bible
(Ephesians 3:13) So I de beg wuna say make wuna no fear because of the things wey I de suffer for wuna, because my suffer de make wuna get honor.
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Make Anything No Stop You to Get Honor From God
15 If we continue de do wetin Jehovah want, we go help people get honor. Paul tell the congregation for Ephesus say: “I de beg wuna say make wuna no fear because of the things wey I de suffer for wuna, because my suffer de make wuna get honor.” (Eph. 3:13) Why Paul talk say e suffer de make ‘brothers for Ephesus get honor?’ As Paul continue to help the brothers even as e de suffer, e show them say to worship Jehovah suppose be the most important thing for any Christian. If Paul be stop to worship Jehovah because e de suffer, the brothers for think say their friendship with Jehovah, their ministry, and their hope, no dey important. So, as Paul endure e show the brothers say, everything wey they do, to be disciple of Jesus, no be waste of time.
(Ephesians 3:19) and to know the love wey Jesus Christ get, wey e high pass wetin wuna know, so that wuna go get all the things wey God de give.
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“To Know the Love Wey Jesus Christ Get”
21 For Greek language, the word “to know,” mean something wey person know because e don get “the experience or e don happen to him before.” When we de show say we get the kind love wey Jesus get—de use all our heart help people, de feel for them, and de forgive them from our heart—na that time we go really understand the kind feeling wey Jesus get for people. So, e clear say na from experience we go ‘know the love wey Jesus Christ get, wey e high pass wetin we know.’ So, make we no ever forget say, the more we de behave like Christ, the more we go near Jehovah; the person wey Jesus de learn from.
JUNE 17-23
FINE-FINE LESSON FROM BIBLE | EPHESIANS 4-6
“Make Wuna Wear the Complete Soldier Uniform From God”
(Ephesians 6:11-13) Make wuna wear the complete soldier uniform from God, so that wuna go fit stand strong and wuna no go fall for the trap wey Satan don set, 12 because our fight no be against flesh and blood, but na against the governments, against different-different power, against rulers for this dark world, and against the wicked spirits for heaven. 13 So because of this one, make wuna wear the complete soldier uniform from God. This one go make wuna stand well when Satan come with e wicked attack. And wuna go still stand strong, after wuna don do everything.
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Young People—No Fear, Wuna Fit Win Satan!
Apostle Paul compare our Christian life with the life of soldiers. Like soldiers, we too de fight war. And the war really strong. But we no de fight with people; we de fight with Satan and e demons. Satan and the demons don de fight for plenty years and they sabi fight. So, e fit be like say we no go fit win this war, especially if we still dey young. But how young people fit win this powerful wicked spirit them? The truth na say, young people fit win, and they don de win! Who de help them? Na Jehovah de give them power. But apart from that one, like soldier wey e sabi fight, they don ‘wear the complete soldier uniform from God.’—Read Ephesians 6:10-12.
(Ephesians 6:14, 15) So, make wuna stand well. And tie truth for waist like belt, wear righteousness like iron wey soldier de use cover e chest, 15 and make wuna ready wuna leg to tell people the good news of peace, like soldier wey e don wear e shoes.
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Young People—No Fear, Wuna Fit Win Satan!
4 Just like belt, the truth wey we de learn from Bible de protect us from the lie-lie wey people de teach. (John 8:31, 32; 1 John 4:1) And the more we like the truth wey we de learn, the more e go easy for us to do things wey Jehovah want. And we go be like person wey e wear ‘righteousness like iron for e chest.’ (Ps. 111:7, 8; 1 John 5:3) Another thing be say, if we really understand the truth wey we de learn from Bible, we go use-am show people wey they hate us, say we de talk true.—1 Pet. 3:15.
7 The iron wey soldier de wear for e chest, just be like the fine law wey Jehovah de give e servants. And the law de protect our heart. (Prov. 4:23) Soldier no go ever use iron wey e no strong replace the original one wey e de use protect e chest. Na so too, we no go ever replace wetin Jehovah want with the one wey we want. We no go fit protect our heart by our self. (Prov. 3:5, 6) Instead, make we always make sure say the “iron” wey Jehovah don give us, still de protect our heart.
10 As the boot wey Roman soldier de wear de help them fight well, na so we de ready our leg so that we go fit preach the good news. (Isa. 52:7; Rom. 10:15) But sometimes, e no easy to preach. So we really need courage. Bo wey e dey 20 years talk say: “I be de fear and shame to preach to my classmate. But now, when I remember that time, I de wonder why I be de shame and fear. Now, I de glad as I de preach to my age mates.”
(Ephesians 6:16, 17) Apart from all this one, make wuna carry the big shield of faith. This one go help wuna quench all the arrow wey e get fire from the wicked one. 17 And still take the helmet wey go save wuna and carry the sword of the spirit. The sword na the word of God.
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Young People—No Fear, Wuna Fit Win Satan!
13 Wetin be the “arrow wey e get fire” wey Satan fit use-am for you? E fit be lie-lie about Jehovah. Satan want make you feel say Jehovah no love you and say Jehovah no de care about you. Ida wey e dey 19 years de always feel say e dey useless. E talk say: “I de always feel say Jehovah no dey close to me and e no want be my Friend.” How Ida de cope with this problem? E talk say: “Meeting de make my faith really strong. Before when I go meeting, I go just sitdown there, I no go answer any question because I feel say people no go want listen to me. But now, I de prepare for meeting and de try answer two or three question. E no easy, but I de feel fine when I do-am. Brothers and sisters really de encourage me. Every time when I come back from meeting, I know say Jehovah love me.”
16 Just as helmet de protect the brain of soldier, na so “the hope” wey Jehovah de give us, de protect our mind. (1 Thess. 5:8; Prov. 3:21) If we get hope, e de make us de think about the good things wey God don promise. And our problem no go make our faith weak. (Ps. 27:1, 14; Acts 24:15) But, if we want make our hope, wey e be like “helmet” protect us, we must wear-am for head. We no go carry-am for hand.
20 Apostle Paul compare Bible with sword wey Jehovah give us. But, we must learn how to use-am well when we de defend our faith, and when we want adjust the way we de think. (2 Cor. 10:4, 5; 2 Tim. 2:15) How you fit improve the way you de use Bible? Sebastian wey e dey 21 years talk say: “I de write one verse from any chapter wey I de read. I de gather all the verse wey I really like.” This one de make Sebastien really understand how Jehovah de think. Daniel, wey we first talk about, talk say: “As I de read Bible, I de mark verse them wey I feel say they go help people wey I de preach to. I don see say people de really like-am, when they know say you sabi Bible and you de do your best to help them.”
Fine-Fine Things Wey You See for Bible
(Ephesians 4:30) And make wuna no de do things wey go make the holy spirit dey sad. God don use this spirit seal wuna for the day wey e go use the sacrifice of Jesus free wuna.
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Holiness
Holy spirit. This spirit na the power wey Jehovah de use do anything wey e want. E dey clean, pure and holy. And na this spirit God de use do every good thing. Na e make Bible call this spirit, “holy spirit” and “spirit of holiness.” (Ps 51:11; Lu 11:13; Ro 1:4; Eph 1:13) When this spirit de work for somebody e life, e de make the person do things wey e dey holy and clean. If person de do bad things, e de fight against the spirit or de make the spirit “dey sad.” (Eph 4:30) Na true say holy spirit no be person. But, God de use the holy spirit do anything wey e want. So, if we do anything wey e no clean for the eyes of Jehovah, e fit make the holy spirit sad. If person de do any bad thing e fit ‘quench the fire of the spirit of God.’ (1Th 5:19) If the person no stop to do this bad things, e fit make the holy spirit dey sad. And this one fit make the person come be enemy of God. (Isa 63:10) Person wey e de make the spirit sad, fit even de talk bad things about the holy spirit. Jesus Christ talk say they no go ever forgive person wey e talk bad against the holy sprit, whether now or for future.—Mt 12:31, 32; Mr 3:28-30; go check SPIRIT.
(Ephesians 5:5) Because wuna don see and wuna really know say, person wey e de do sex wey God hate, or person wey e no clean for the eyes of God, or wey e get long throat for things, wey e mean say the person de worship idol, no go enter the Kingdom of God, wey Christ go rule.
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Long Throat
This One De Show for Things Wey Person De Do. Na things wey person de do, go show say e get long throat. For book of James, Bible talk say if person wey e de think bad thing for e mind, do the bad, e don sin. (Jas 1:14, 15) So, we fit know person wey e get long throat from the things wey e de do. Apostle Paul talk say if person get long throat, e mean say the person de worship idol. (Eph 5:5) When person get long throat, wetin e want go just be like e god. This one na because wetin e want go be number one thing for e life, instead of to worship Jehovah.—Ro 1:24, 25.
JUNE 24-30
FINE-FINE LESSON FROM BIBLE | PHILIPPIANS 1-4
“No Too Worry Yourself About Anything”
(Philippians 4:6) No over worry yourself about anything, but for everything, make you de pray, de beg, and de thank God as you de tell him everything wey you want;
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‘The Peace From God Pass Anything Wey Person Fit Understand’
10 Wetin fit help us make we no too worry and how we fit get “the peace of God”? Apostle Paul tell brothers for Philippi wetin they go do. E talk say make they pray when they get problem. So, when anything de worry us, make we pray about-am. (Read 1 Peter 5:6, 7.) When you de pray to Jehovah, make you get faith say e de really care about you. Make you de always thank Jehovah as e don bless you. Make we no ever forget say Jehovah fit give us more than wetin we de think or expect from him.—Eph. 3:20.
(Philippians 4:7) then the peace wey God de give wey e pass anything wey person fit understand, go protect wuna heart and how wuna de think through Jesus Christ.
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‘The Peace From God Pass Anything Wey Person Fit Understand’
7 Wetin the brothers for Philippi remember when they read the letter wey Paul send to them? They fit don remember wetin happen to Paul and how Jehovah help Paul for the way wey they no expect. Which lesson Paul de teach them for this letter? The lesson na say: Make they no de worry. Make they pray and Jehovah go give them e peace. Bible talk say this “peace pass anything wey person fit understand.” Wetin this one mean? Some Bible translate this verse as peace wey e “pass all our dream” or “everything wey person fit plan.” So, Paul de talk say “the peace of God” pass anything wey we fit ever imagine. Sometimes, we fit no know how we go solve our problem, but Jehovah know, and e fit do wetin we no expect.—Read 2 Peter 2:9.
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‘The Peace From God Pass Anything Wey Person Fit Understand’
16 Wetin go happen when we get this “peace of God wey e pass anything wey person fit understand”? Bible talk say this peace ‘go protect our heart and how we de think’. (Phil. 4:7) For the original language, the word “protect,” na word wey soldiers de use for any group of soldiers wey their work na to protect city or big town. People for Philippi get this kind soldiers. For night, they go sleep fine because they know say soldiers de protect their city. Na so e still dey when we get “the peace of God.” We no de worry about anything and our heart and mind go just dey cool. We know say Jehovah de care for us and e want make we succeed. (1 Pet. 5:10) This one go make-am, we no go too de worry or tire to worship God.
Fine-Fine Things Wey You See for Bible
(Philippians 2:17) But, even if them de pour me out like drink sacrifice, as me self de give my own share for this holy ministry, I de really happy with all of wuna, because na wuna faith make wuna do this one.
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Sacrifice
Drink sacrifice. For Israel that time, people de do this kind sacrifice with plenty other sacrifice. And they really do this sacrifice after they enter Promise Land. (Nu 15:2, 5, 8-10) They go use wine wey e get alcohol do this sacrifice and they go pour-am on top the altar. (Nu 28:7, 14; compare Ex 30:9; Nu 15:10.) Apostle Paul tell Christians for Philippi say: ‘Even if them de pour me out like drink sacrifice, as me self de give my own share for this holy ministry, I de really happy, because na wuna faith make wuna do this one.’ Like this drink sacrifice wey Israel people de do, Paul ready to do everything wey e fit do, for e brothers and sisters. (Php 2:17) Small time before Paul die, e write tell Timothy say: “They don already de pour me like drink sacrifice, and the time wey they go kill me don near.”—2Ti 4:6.
(Philippians 3:11) make I fit see whether e dey possible make I dey among people wey they go get the first resurrection.
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The First Resurrection Don Already Start!
5 After, God go resurrect anointed Christians wey Bible call “the Israel of God.” They go join Jesus Christ rule for heaven, and they go “always dey with the Lord.” (Galatians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17) Na this resurrection Bible de call “first resurrection.” (Philippians 3:10, 11; Revelation 20:6) When this first resurrection complete, the time go don reach make God resurrect millions of people wey they don die. They go get the chance to live forever for Paradise. So, whether we get hope say we de go heaven or we go stay for this earth, we go really like to know more about this “first resurrection.” Which kind resurrection e be? And when e go happen?