The "Let Us" series continued, in which I look up every scripture that says "LET US"...

Let us learn "not to think of men above that which is written - that no one of you be puffed up for one against another". Boy is this a problem today! Basically, my book "Freedom from Babylon" is all about the exaltation of man over God, and man over man. Throughout the Bible many, many scriptures warn us about this - have you ever heard someone talk about their church? My pastor says.... "We have a great pastor", "Our pastor's sermons are awesome"....I never hear "Jesus" - Their focus is on their Pastor or church - their identity is wrapped up in their denomination - ""I'm a ________________fill in the blank. They're a ____________ first, a Christian second. They cling fiercely to their denomination and church and refuse to hear sound doctrine. They refuse the ministry and presence of the Holy Spirit, so we see that, in our day, the Holy Spirit is receiving the same treatment from institutionalized, religious Christians as Jesus received from institutionalized religious Jews in his day.
Paul tried to stamp this out from the beginning - "For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying and strife, and divisions (denominations), are you not carnal, and walk as men? For while one says "I am of Paul" and another "I am of Apollo", are you not carnal?
One says "I am of John Wesley", while another says "I am of Martin Luther", are you not carnal? One says "I am of the Baptists" while another says "I am of the Methodists" and another "I am of the Pentecostals", are you not carnal? Our only identification should be with Christ himself and his (our) Father and his Spirit. We should not exalt or identify with any man save Jesus himself. Paul said "follow me as I follow Christ", in other words - it's Christ we are following and only men fully surrendered to and following him, who do not seek anything {glory, money, attention) for themselves but desire only to glorify Christ "Worthy is the lamb (not Paul, or Apollos, or Luther or the Pope, or Chris) that was slain to receive (all) power, and riches, and wisdom and strength, and honor, and glory and blessing".
To summarize, let's not play politics in church, let's bring to pass God's dream of a New Testament church the way He's always desired - let's not play favorites, let's not exalt one teacher or pastor over another, not just within a church or denomination but within a city. Let's instead give each minister who is ministering out of the anointing equal respect and honor - we may prefer different personalities or styles but let's not in any way put one above or below another (cue: "God is Love" by John Reuben and Toby Mac). As long as they are called and anointed of God to minister to us, it's the Holy Spirit we should be seeking to hear from, it's the Father and the Son we should be promoting and exalting, not any man.