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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
Now see... this is where you aren't going to like what I say...
I think that teaching rules rather than concepts causes one to begin to take their eye off the prize of an indwelling writing of the law & nature of God that walks us to maturity and relationship and begins to set their eyes on an outward set of rules which do not necessarily deal with the core spiritual issues.
Instead of a list of rules... teach modesty and let them work out their own salvation.
Instead of a list of rules... teach honesty and let them work out their own salvation.
Instead of a list of rules... teach good stewardship and let them work out their own salvation.
After all... is He slack concerning His promise to lead and guide us into all truth?
There is, of course, always the availability of counsel because people have questions and need someone to be a mentor. But even then... we don't make the decisions for them... we teach them how to search out the mind of God for themselves and they build relationship.
I see my role as a mentor equal to my role as a father. My greatest achievement would be that I work myself out of a job.
My greatest achievement would be that I teach them enough about relationship with their savior that they learn to find His nature & spirit on their own.
But... the great fear is... what if they come to a different conclusion than I have? (Shudder) And so we teach them our version of the rules just in case.
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What's not to like, D4T? 
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