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Originally Posted by Drake

You are using the wrong teaching to make your point. Peddling in these verses do not mean just selling the word for profit, but it means to dilute the word and then passing it off as the real thing.... like watering down the wine. Unlike Paul and his workers who spoke in sincerity and did not hold back or adulterate the word... they did not peddle watered down wine but provided the real thing.

I have never known Brother Lee nor his co-workers to dilute the word.... I think if they did peddle the word of God they would be financially better off. But they don't and that is the price they pay for speaking the word unadulterated. Also, if the purpose and mission of LSM were to make a boatload of money then they would not offer the books on their website for free. They would not offer the Recovery Version for free to anyone who wants one. They would charge for conferences, they would charge to come speak at a local church... but they do none of that.... they will waive the training fee if the circumstances justify it.... and I have haven't heard a request for DCP funds for decades.... but I never heard a "demand" to support DCP as you say. Never.

You are confounding making money with mission. You have completely missed the motive.

Drake

LSM is the ONLY ministry I know which charges money for their words. Other ministries only receive good will offerings.

Have you seen their IRS sheets? They have made a boatload of money. The Gideons also give away free Bibles, and theirs are only God's word.