The Psalms are the word of Christ

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Originally Posted by OBW

And this was a gifted minister of the Word that dismissed this much of the Psalms, seeing nothing noteworthy? And mocking so much of it as just being "your mercy endureth forever, and ever, and ever . . . ."

To the low, God reveals His word as low. To the fallen, God reveals His word as fallen. To those burdened by their natural concepts, God reveals His word as the natural concepts of others. To those teaching vanity, God reveals his words as vain. And so on.

And we thought WL was somebody great, in God's kingdom? What an inanity. Jesus taught us that if you want to be great, be the least. This LC system we were in, the Big Boss was so great that he could tell us what verses were profitable and what could be safely ignored! Is that the kind of greatness we were seeking after?

This was a human system, cultural, organizational, and ideational. Whether and how much it was colored by its Asian roots, it was a system of the Gentiles.

Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

26 "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant…

The Maximum Brother's "carte blanche" authority to interpret scripture ultimately became, in the LC system, the authority to over-ride scripture. To say what was of God, and what was of man.