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Originally Posted by Ohio
Another factor in WL's teachings is his extensive use of allegorizing and drawing inference. He regularly draws conclusions in his teachings that are not implicitly stated in scripture. Notable is the conclusion that "man becomes God." The Bible never states this, but LSM promotes it as if scripture did. I say, if this is some long lost recovered truth, inspired by the Holy Spirit, then this teaching ought to be a great blessing to the church, but it is not. In fact, the only effect I have witnessed is arrogance and pride. Not very good fruit.
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This is really the problem. Lee believed there were hidden messages in the Bible that overrode the plain speaking. Then when he saw a message, he took it in the most literal way.
For example, the Body of Christ. The Body describes a spiritual reality that exists. But the term Body does not imply that we must force our understanding of this spiritual reality into our understanding of what a body is. The point is we look at the term and try to understand what the Lord is trying to tell us. To necessarily jump to the extreme that we are literally the Lord's body is a juvenile interpretation. It's along the lines of the interpretation that says since we should be like doves that we should therefore lay eggs and eat worms.