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Originally Posted by OBW
Less emphasis on what can be derived from rather than what is simply said.
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What is derived can easily drive us apart, as we think that we have recovered hidden truths and messages in the text which give us an inside edge in the Christian race. But in so doing we can quickly elevate ourselves as "seers of the divine revelation", obviously much more gifted than the hoi-polloi, who must "get in line" and "hand everything over" and become "absolutely identical" with the vision we have received at God's hand.
And the plain message of love and redemption and righteousness gets discarded. What is simply said gets read away by today's revelation from the oracle. This is a danger to us all! Witness Lee told us to get out of our minds; he forgot to get out of his.