![]() Now he who plants and he who waters are one but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. It is all about God!įor when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. This passage is clearly teaching that Paul identifies as a mere servant, through whom God did His work (i.e., causing growth). To further his man-centric agenda, Graves proceeds to exercise distortion of the teaching in 1 Corinthians 3:4-9. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.Įphesians 3:8 - To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, Romans 1:1 - Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus,ġ Corinthians 15:9-10 - For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. Unfortunately, on page 4, it is a man he wants to magnify when he refers to the Apostle Paul as a “super-leader.” Would Paul agree?ġ Timothy 1:15-17 - It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all. Steve Graves kicks off the eBook with a chapter devoted to the significance of man, a theme prevalent throughout the eBook and typified by the chapter title, “A Leader Worth Following.” The title would be fine, if it was referring to the Lord. Without this equipping in the Scriptures, accomplished through this “training center” (as they once called themselves), I would not have so readily detected the error in this eBook, nor would I have known how to contend for the faith in this review. I am deeply grateful to the Lord for the past 2+ decades of Bible training from BSF. Miss Audrey Wetherell Johnson (BSF founder) would be heartbroken to see what has become of Bible Study Fellowship, how it has drifted, at first subtly, and now drastically from the foundation of Truth upon which the Lord used her to build it. It is with great sadness that I have watched the slow but steady dismantling of what was once an effective tool in the hands of the Master. There has been no one more loyal to this ministry. ![]() In addition, I have served for ten years as a discussion/group leader and two years as a children’s leader. BSF has also been a mainstay in my role as mother, with my children participating from the time they were two until they graduated from the senior level in the school program. When it came to matters of BSF, I was ALL-in, as I committed wholeheartedly to learning, growing, serving. ![]() I thought I would grow old and die in BSF. ![]() At that time, I was in my late 20s with superficial Bible knowledge at best, BSF served as the tool which God has used to teach me the Scriptures, and more importantly to grow my relationship with Him. Susie Rowan (BSF executive director) writes in the introduction that she and her friend Steve Graves created this eBook “to help us all prepare and begin to apply the timeless truths we will unpack throughout this upcoming study.” The following pages seek to examine, chapter by chapter, the content of A Faithful Legacy against the truths of Scripture. Rowan, was sent to Bible Study Fellowship class members and leadership in July 2018. As a foundational mindset kick-start to the study, eBook A Faithful Legacy, co-authored by Stephen R. This fall, Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) will launch a new study, People of the Promised Land. ![]()
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