Yes. I am not talking about a small group bible study. What I am talking about is a system where you are part of 12 and you get 12 and your 12 get 12 and all are leaders. This system works great as a patrol system but God's system doesn't work that way in spiritual matters. Putting a baby Christian that hasn't even read the bible in charge of "his group of 12" is very very very very very foolish. This is where the many many many many bad testimonies are coming from. God's system is he picks the person, anoints and develops them. That is a lot different than the cell "Church Growth Program" .
This cell stuff is no different than the cult I came out of. The JW's made no bones about it. The Holy Ghost was replaced by a group of men that new better than God. "We the sheep the people in our little group couldn't be trusted to understand what God's word said....we went to our overseer cell group leader and the latitude they provided will guide you in understanding of the bible... then the scriptures they provide are plucked right out of context and made to say things they never were meant to say. Friends this cell group stuff is scary when you look from where I came from. I came out of that devil sponsored manmade junk it still holds some of my family in bondage. If you saw someone about to burn their hands and you could warn them, you would wouldn't you? This is no different for me. At least I can say I tried to warn you guys. On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:30:03 +1000 Michael Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > At 06:50 25-02-04, Victor Zalakos wrote: > >At 06:45 AM 24/02/2004 -0600, Mark W Jones wrote: > >>As a word of caution. When we replace the Holy Spirit from > leading > >>and > >>teaching and we put a man in that position we have walked away > from > >>what > >>Christ has done for us. He promised the very best the Holy > Spirit > >>who > >>is more than able to teach and guide every single one of us at our > > >>own > >>level all at one time. > > > >I haven't read the book and therefore can't comment on that > >specifically, > >but cells is the latest wave to hit the church. In Australia, we > >don't do > >the Adult Sunday School or Wednesday night meeting. Instead I think > > >we've > >nearly always had "home fellowship" groups which are now being > called > >"cell > >groups" - they are merely a time of fellowship, worship and bible > >study. > > Actually, Jesus Christ used the combination of small group > discipleship with teaching and preaching to larger groups, and > started > the trend. I don't think that is what Mark was talking about, but > rather substituting some human system or program for guidance from > the > Holy Spirit. Of course, that can get a little tricky to discern > without the Holy Spirit, because some such programs may be from > Him... > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) > Comment: http://eBible.org/mpj/gpg.htm > > iD8DBQFAO9BmRI/gxxfXR7sRAs7NAJ0QWcXuAvDAwjtCAqkxmBQY0SbFaACfRwR2 > rj3RXepjOabWy5leBcOVL9I= > =RCey > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______ > > > List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: > http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm > > Download a Free Royal Ranger Database. It's packed with goodies and it will make record keeping fun! Over 31 related databases and 13 years of field experience. Just like Salvation it's free! http://home.classicnet.net/mjones02/index.html ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
