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Originally Posted by Trapped
We who have a different, and much more negative, experience of the LC than you simply recognize the bad seeds found in certain teachings and statements.
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I don't think a "
different, and much more negative, experience of the LC" is needed to recognize the dangers of exalting Paul. T.A.S. was no doubt a gifted teacher, but still was skewed towards the deeper, inner life teachings. It is incredible how we can be so studied in I Corinthians, yet have no clue how much we too are "of Paul," or "of" any minister.
As I read today's posts, I was reminded of my own journey. Growing up in Catholicism,
Peter was the greatest, the first Pope no less. When I initially heard the gospel at my first engineering job, the Revelation of
John told by Hal Lindsay was all the rage. Of course, the Recovery endlessly promoted
Paul as the first MOTA. Leaving the LC, I became like a few Baptists I had known who loved reading
James, and how he exposed the hypocrisy I had been in.
My conclusion is simple: the only balanced book is the Bible. Every commentator is biased. Reading only one commentator is like taking two steps forward, and three steps backward. After a while, the readers are far worse off than when they started. What we thought was beneficial Bible knowledge may be nothing more than arrogant pride filling our hearts. Happened to me.
Just read the word. Only exalt Jesus Christ. After all these years in Christ and in His word, do we really need someone else to teach us? (Read Hebrews 8.11 and I John 2.27.)