One of the dangers of "discipleship" in our day is that most teachers have been led astray by false doctrine. Many people will teach the false doctrine that they learned from others.
The best teacher of all is the Holy Spirit. When we are praying and reading the Word of God we will not be led astray when it is the Holy Spirit teaching us.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you."
There is no better teacher than the Holy Spirit. God never said that we should make sure we have human teachers, in fact He warned us to test all things that anyone says to be sure it was Biblical.
Luke 17:11-12 " 11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men."
When I was a new believer a woman who wanted to disciple me brought a book for us to read together. That book was not the Bible and taught foolishness that was not Biblical.
In that book the author was attempting to build up pride by phrases like, "you are very special." I didn't need nor want to hear that message of self focus. I wanted Jesus Christ and Him alone. When I suggested that we not read that book and only use the Bible, this woman stopped our meetings abruptly. Apparently she was not interested in the Bible, only in humanistic concepts not based in the scriptures. This woman purported to be a Christian concerned about my new found faith.
This is the nonsense so many people disciple others with today! They want to mix psychology with some Christian concepts making their disciple just like them, that is superficial and worldly minded.
Matthew 23:15-16 "… 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. 16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’"
There will be those who think we must have human leaders and human teachers. We do have them, but they cannot be seen as authorities. Every teacher or preacher must be evaluated based on the Bible and according to the Holy Spirit.
The best teacher of all is the Holy Spirit. When we are praying and reading the Word of God we will not be led astray when it is the Holy Spirit teaching us.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you."
There is no better teacher than the Holy Spirit. God never said that we should make sure we have human teachers, in fact He warned us to test all things that anyone says to be sure it was Biblical.
Luke 17:11-12 " 11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men."
When I was a new believer a woman who wanted to disciple me brought a book for us to read together. That book was not the Bible and taught foolishness that was not Biblical.
In that book the author was attempting to build up pride by phrases like, "you are very special." I didn't need nor want to hear that message of self focus. I wanted Jesus Christ and Him alone. When I suggested that we not read that book and only use the Bible, this woman stopped our meetings abruptly. Apparently she was not interested in the Bible, only in humanistic concepts not based in the scriptures. This woman purported to be a Christian concerned about my new found faith.
This is the nonsense so many people disciple others with today! They want to mix psychology with some Christian concepts making their disciple just like them, that is superficial and worldly minded.
Matthew 23:15-16 "… 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. 16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’"
There will be those who think we must have human leaders and human teachers. We do have them, but they cannot be seen as authorities. Every teacher or preacher must be evaluated based on the Bible and according to the Holy Spirit.
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