I think I see why God is “on a budget”. Pretty much all of the discussion centers around the warm fuzzy idea of “having a package” that helps you live as a disciple or mature Christian.
This supposed “package” is Plaffy and int Plaffy and the secretary notes bound into 5 volumes plus the stolen RHST and PLAF books.
This “package” is supposed to help “new people” that we are working with and somehow without the “package” we are unable to minister to new Christians.
The reality is the “package” is the same kind of deal they sell in Scientology with the reprinted works of LRH. An all inclusive ticket to “enlightenment” of some kind called different things - going clear, true discipleship, being “an ambassador” a really prestigious title for a youngster.
The reality is that without “the package” you have all of Christianity to draw upon and all of the body of Christ groups in a local area and the teachings of many with a wide and varied educational background to include degrees in Bible languages.
But all of those involve free thought, prayer and collaboration. All of those things disengage when you dumb your mind down to “the package”. Because everyone just says go back to the package standard and you will be “blessed”. I mean you may receive superficial attaboys from a leader but not a real lasting solution that matters in life.
The bondage of false teaching is what limits God to only one way of looking things to a certain solution or approach.
I mean the whole gist of this conversation is a golden calf apologist trying to convince others that since the calf is simple and easy to understand you should worship the calf. Or the VP statue. Or the VP “package” which basically focuses the attention on the content and not the “package” of the author himself as that is a fail.