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The Workers' Words Exposed by Lloyd Fortt.
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Obey
To do as one is told. It is believed that the "Gospel" can be obeyed, as if it were itself a command - thus bolstering the idea that the "Gospel" is a method, since they suppose there are instructions therein to carry out. In contrast, a salvation based totally on God's grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ as a free gift would seem to have no instructions for one to act upon. The sense of the Greek verb hupakouo, to listen, in such verses as Romans 10:16, is totally lacking in Two-by-Two understanding of the word "obey." Again, "peitho," to persuade, to win over, is unknown within this group. To "obey the gospel" is, then, understood as carrying out the instructions delivered by the workers; to submit to their authority.
(See "Obey" in Vine's Expository Dictionary.)
"Jesus had a sinful nature and the potential is there
for us to overcome our flesh if we walk in His Way.
He learned obedience through suffering,
We can do the same.
Obedience resulted in Jesus being made perfect.
Our salvation results in obedience to the Father. "
Worker, Post Falls Convention, 1972.
Omega
Last.
Founder William Irvine believed that the age of "grace" ended in 1914, and that he was one of the two witnesses portrayed in the book of Revelation, chapter 11.
This he called "the Omega gospel."
Open Home
An open home is a non-preaching member's home that has special arrangements to accommodate workers - a spare bedroom or two. These are homes of member families which have the distinction of being deemed "worthy" by the workers, and who are financially capable of supplying the workers' needs. The workers have been known to send a person into an area where there is no "open home" to establish a place for them to stay while they run a mission there (such is the faith of some workers). Even cases of marriages arranged by the workers have taken place for the purpose of establishing an "open home."Information from a former member by personal letter.
Overseer
The title used for regional "Head workers" and (rarely) for Elders. It is interesting to note that this term occurs several times in the Bible (translated as "Bishop" in the King James Version) to denote a specific office, including 1 Timothy 3:1-7, where the qualifications for this position include that these men only be selected from married men with children.
