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It matters not to me what version one chooses to use, but KJVO makes it such that NONE should ever use ANY other version save Kjv, and yes, some even state that the 1611 kjv can "fix" any problems in the NT Greek text, and that unless one was saved while using Kjv, not a valid salvation

Paul never saw Himself as being a Pharisee after meeting the risen Christ, as he now saw that Judaism that He practiced and observed was no longer relevant under this New Covenant

So while not the exact wording of Jesus, would be enough to know what he was attempting to teach to us then?

See the Word o faith heretics to prove that point

The great danger in any group study would be to get to the place where its more of a chat social club, not serious bible studies, or else its gathering to learn mainly what someone holds, not what bible teaches. Love teachings of say a Macarthur or a Sproul, but areas where dsiagreed with them...

same applies to saved catholics, Sda, JW, Mormons etc, as some will say the Lord saved me to get their churches to get right and saved now, but that should be done after departing from from those groups and meeting others outside their churches

That is why those supplies are preapproved by pastors or elders at the church

That is why need to not have a new beleiver leading the teaching, but someone seasoned and approved by the church

A Lot will depend on just how strictly the spiritual leadership in any given local Baptist church enforces their statement of beliefs, as they might see it as just pretrib premil, might just see it as free will or Calvinist, might just see it as strict ending of spiritual gifts or their...

They can be very helpful to newly saved, as the relevant scripture references are linked to each dpctrine listed in the confession, and also can be used as the go too what we believe and hold statement

That is why really like my church way of dealing with cell groups and their bible studies, as have a large collection of approved studies that can be "checked out" from the church library for use

They are useful tools, but not inspired scriptures

2 extremes to avoid regarding confessions and creeds, one would be to see them as no to be used at all, while other would be to place them nearly on par with scripturas themselves

Interesting question would be since we as Baptists honor individual read and interpretations of the Scriptures for each believer, are we not able to hold views at times differing from Pastors and Elders, such as in areas of Eschatology? Like in a strong pretrib premil believing church, but hold...

Are not there though many times doctrines being taught based upon "interpretation", such as in spiritual gifts, Calvinism or not, etc?

We as the Laity need to submit to godly pastors and elders under spiritual leadership, but need to do due diligence to make sure they hold to sound doctrines and practices, to be worthy of their high calling

Think that in many cell groups, they become more of prayer meeting than actual bible studies, and think a good check on the issue of teaching in cell groups would be to have a church library with 'approved materials" to teach from, as we have a person in charge of cell groups who handles that in...

saw this first hand while in College, as one of the assistants to the youth campus Pastor got dragged off into the Way heresy, as well as his girlfriend, and used off campus meetings to have us listen to tapes from that cult leader. Ended up with him getting kicked out of campus ministry, and...

I see no problem if the Pastor or an Elder requested an outline of what was being taught, just to make sure no heresy or bad theology, but would NOT see it Ok to have them mandate exactly what to say during the study time