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Originally Posted by YP0534
The footnotes and cross references in the RcV, even if not properly attributed, were put together by a religious teacher in such a way as to be extremely helpful to a young believer hungry and thirsty to know Christ. Not as pure as the driven snow as the modern LSM might wish to portray it. But even if all Lee did was quote Alford and Vincent in the same sentence, that counts as "new," even under copyright law.
Grace to all today.
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And Grace and Divine Favor be upon you and everyone here too YP!
I don't know I agree completely...maybe somewhat YP0..
Here's the problem I see:
Some of Lee's footnotes
are HIS interpretation and HIS opinion. Not God's. That's why imho, the crossreference and footnotes are NOT helpful to a new believer. On the contrary, they could end up confusing him, like it did ME!
He may have claimed certain topics were 'Revelation' straight from the throne, when they weren't. But how is a person to know if a person never studied anyone else's teachings but Lee's or those sanctioned by Lee?
Then..when a person (Like me...
) disagrees with his viewpoint on a topic because I've done my RESEARCH,
I don't have the liberty to voice my findingsto them, without being labeled 'divisive'...no matter how compelling the research was.
Take For example, the Outerdarkness viewpoint presented by Lee. When I got saved, I had no biblical background whatsoever. So everything I read in the life study messages, I blindly believed because he wrote and the LC believed it and that settled it.
Well, I didn't know other biblical scholars did not subscribe to his viewpoint. In recent years, I've discovered there are other viewpoints with compelling scriptural references why Lee's viewpoint is wrong.
WHAT??? Lee WRONG??!...no...the other scholars were WRONG, I thought. Even after years of leaving the LC, I held close to my heart the teachings of Lee on certain subject matters. Lee thought speaking in tongues was a thing of the past and not for today..and those that speak in tongues must be carnal because the Corinthians spoke in tongues and they were carnal...Oh how so many dear saints have been robbed from the Truth.
But I was CLOSED to the thought of speaking in tongues. Music w/instruments especially electric guitars and drums...carnal again..of the flesh.. Lee said it... it must be true.
That said, some of crossreferences and footnotes might be helpful. The gospel messages probably are..but you know YP, I study a LOT and I pray a Lot..I read a lot. When I began my quest to read and research, I always checked to see if the works by other authors matched that of Lee's. In the beginning,
I would side with Lee's views and remember I was out of the LC with virtually no fellowship with Christians for 25 yrs.
It has not been That long I began to do indepth studies. There are several views I find myself now disagreeing with Lee's views. I don't disagree w/Lee simply because I'm a former LCr...an 'opposer'. I've done my research and continue researching. I want to be sure I haven't missed something.
OSAS is one viewpoint, I've come to see differently than the way Lee taught it. (Once saved always saved.) The
Outerdarkness message another
..the 4 riders in Revelation (
White, Red, Black and Pale are one unit but not according to Lee) to name some.
I don't even have a problem with Lee believing what he did but when it feels like
he imposed his views on everyone (which he did)...that's where the problem lies and that's why
the RcV imho is not a good reference bible to use.
IMHO, the best bible(s) for a new believer to use is a KJV alongside an NASB AND an AMPLIFIED bible. Amplified is very wordy but very descriptive.