As things stand now, the World understands and relates to the churches - with their system of exalting the pastor over the people, of flesh ruling over flesh (and spirit), for the world is structured the same way. In the World, they are always ruled by someone, whether a king or a president, dictator, pastor or priest - and people love to have it so. This system comes from Babylon. God told Adam and Eve to subdue and rule over the animals - not each other. Seeking to be above (or below) anyone else comes from the heart of Satan, who wants to be above others. We should all seek to be under God with Christ as our head and no man "AND THEY SAW NO MAN ANYMORE SAVE JESUS ONLY WITH THEMSELVES" . If anything, we should each esteem our brothers higher than ourselves - The only one we should seek to humble and teach humility to is ourselves - our own heart, not another's. We do not esteem them by making them our king but rather we seek to serve them as servant-kings ourselves, serving each other in love and humility just as Christ loves and serves us. As kings in Christ's kingdom, we are called to abdicate the throne of our heart so we may go and live among the people in service to them, as Christ did - rather than seeking to have them serve us.
The authority structure in churches today reflects the opposite of God's heart - Yes, people do serve one another in them, but it's always done at the behest of the pastor - under his authority and prompting - he must approve of everyone else's "ministry" ( which is never supernatural, only nature, by the way). The pastor is fallible, made of the same flesh and blood as we are, and was never meant by God to be in that position - over the congregation (no man is). We are to recognize those among us who are mature and wise, full of the Holy Spirit and we are to honor and respect them - but see this difference - we give honour and respect - they don't take it or demand it. The root problem is, every church and denomination is founded by a man or men - therefore people ascribe honor to and submit to that man - and rightly so - for the church is his. But in Christ - He is the originator and founder of His church and Body in every city and town and village around the world - therefore He alone gets glory and honour in the fellowships He founds and establishes (Throne rooms). In a typical church - the people bring people to the pastor to be saved. Typically, the pastor will share the Gospel and invite people to be saved towards the end of every service (sound familiar?) The pastor will lead them in a "sinner's prayer" after explaining the Gospel to them - they are now considered "his" converts - his souls to disciple - but of a truth - every soul belongs to Christ and it's the Holy Spirit's responsibility to disciple them . Yes, He will use flesh submitted to him to disciple souls birthed into his kingdom, but make no mistake, we are midwives and nanny's to one another - our only Father is God - and we are His children equally - some are older siblings, some younger, but no one is to be over another in our hearts - only Christ is to exalted over us - in our hearts.
