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Originally Posted by Ohio
Why is it that WL "saw" things in the scripture that neither the Lord nor the apostles saw. Most of us in the Recovery ate this subtle leaven unknowingly and the results were simple: we spent far more time "eating" the ministry of WL in order to be "healed," than paying attention to righteousness and the Lord's commands. This explains why all the ranking Blendeds can coverup crimes of immorality and unrighteousness at LSM, and yet make sure they are "eating" today's ministry word for morning revival.
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I know that I am one who harps on the automatic use of leaven as something negative. But this time, that is exactly what it is. Something small and seemingly harmless that is added with the result that the thing it is added to — in this case scripture — is changed.
When the Kingdom is added, the results can only be positive. But when a misreading is added to scripture, the result is more people join in misreading.
And while I don't think that all of these were willful deception by Lee, it does show that he was more interested in finding what he thought was in the Bible than finding what was actually there. In other words, he spent too much time reading things into the scripture — adding to it — than letting is tell us what is already there.
And this is, by definition, not a good teacher. Certainly far from any kind of global "minister of the age." More like spinner of tales, synthesizer of cultures, or maybe even mesmerizer.