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How do you rate your Housegroup?
July 4th, 2009
I find the Housegroup mostly encouraging, the group often leave it to the same people to do the talking and don’t realise that when they do make comments they are valuable, and then they grow our Housegroup is a a working group with the many members being involved in different areas of the fellowship. Also they are taught not to take on all the Housergroup leaders say, but to go and check scripture for themselves.
I agree with Rosemary, some people do leave it to other to do all the talking. However, it is sometimes difficult to contribute without interrupting and being rude.
I am a bit puzzled as to using Romans 13:1 (which I mentioned at last nights’ Housegroup), in terms of justifying God’s authority over the worldly authorities.
I think the advice from the housegroup leaders was to be cautious about how and when you use this part of scripture I can see how it is easily turned by non-believers to read as obeying authorities for they are automatically commissioned by God to do whatever they like which we as believers know to be untrue.
As for the group I think the focus is really good because its about Jesus first and foremost and we don’t often stray away from scripture (what ever the pace of progress is?). We ought to have another meal soon though. What does anyone think from Tuesday Housegroup?
I’m always up for a meal….Seriously, I enjoy our Tuesday housegroup for the fellowship and teaching. Although we study one book of the Bible at a time, (Acts, at the moment) we generally find that the teaching is relevant to today, and many discussions ensue. Belonging to a housegroup means support and prayer and I thank the Lord for bringing together such a diverse group of people. Thank you too, for Martin (& Barbara) for letting us invade your home each week.
ACTS 5:17
Following on from the house group on Tuesday, I found the following verse very interesting.
KJV ‘Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation’
ASV subsitutes ‘indignation’ with ‘jealousy’ and MKJV with ‘anger’. If you look up the Synonym of these words, there is a difference between indignation and anger. Anger being much more of an agressive emotion and in my view changes the context of the verse.
I would be interested in others views.
I enjoy housegroup and think it is good to listen to other peoples views and ideas. Also of course I am up for a meal.. Being part of a housegroup is very much a part of learning and growing in our walk with..Jesus. Thank each and every one .
Bob says that this week an orange was used to demonstrate the whole, meaning all of the (Church family, or House groups. in the context of Acts 6 v1-6 where the Hebriatic Jews outnumbered the Grecian Jews who felt their widows were being overlooked. It was demonstrated that if any segment “part of the family was missing or not joined the whole was not comlete. My point being how often do we as Christians not include or overlook others of our family intentionaly or by favouring others who we aprove of?