The WORKERS suggest that that WORD OF GOD is a dead book unless made alive by one of their workers.
The BIBLE teaches that the WORD OF GOD is alive and powerful and that God reveals Himself to us through the Bible, which is God's Word.
(Hebrews 4:12)
The WORKERS suggest that the CROSS is no big deal.
But the Bible says: "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."
- Corinthians 1:18
An explanation of why we say (as above) that the Workers *SUGGEST* -
The Two--By-Two Workers preach in such a way that their message is always rather subtle and vague. They do not TEACH so much as they SUGGEST by use of allegories. This leaves those they preach to drawing their own conclusions as to what is meant. (Refer to the sermons by workers in this web site.)
The Workers use allegories. What is an ALLEGORY? "An allegory is a description of one thing under the image of another; a narative in which a teaching is conveyed symbolically." (eg. from a worker's sermon: "He missed the plane because he was at the wrong gate." translated means: "He did not go to heaven because he was not in the 2x2 way." and "We need a fence around our lives" translated means: "We should not associate with those outside of our group and we need to avoid worldly activities of which the workers do not approve.") It takes time to understand what the 2x2 workers mean when they speak in their "Gospel" meetings. To an "outsider" their preaching style is always confusing and difficult to follow. However, once a "newcomer" has caught on to their preaching and figures out that what they are really saying is that the 2x2 WAY is "God's ONLY way" it is said that he or she has "received the revelation."
By contrast to the 2x2 workers' preaching a good way to learn about the Bible is through sound EXPOSITORY preaching. Most Christian pastors who teach about the Bible use this method. They explain the Bible; they expound on it. Many a 2x2 having left the sect has been surprised and delighted by the clear understanding they receive once they have listened to expository preaching. Expository preaching tends to be clear, specific and detailed. Most often the Bible is expounded upon line by line with an explanation of each verse given. This is unlike the 2x2 preaching as the workers usually have a theme and then they choose the verses or chapters to try to support their theme.
"The Bible is so alive to me now. Since so many verses were taken out of context, and there was so much skipping around, I felt my knowledge was so disconnected. Our pastor teaches the Bible verse by verse. It is so neat to be able to hear the whole story rather than pieces of it. When you study this way, it's pretty hard to get something out of context. So to me, Bible reading is like completely new."