PART 4 CHARISMATIC LEVITICAL PATRIARCHY: BASIC FIRST CHURCH “BORN AGAIN” AUTHORITY

PART 4 THE CHARISMATIC LEVITICAL PATRIARCHY

“In their hearts they know they’re right!”

“Mutual submission in the fear of the Lord” Ephesians 5:21 St Paul  First Church

BASIC FIRST CHURCH “BORN AGAIN”

GOVERNING AUTHORITY

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THE WELP LIST.”Western European Levitical Patriarchism”…NEW CHRISTIANS, NEW VISITORS ALERT: It’s not about the people, but the ongoing non Bible fruit when encountering a specific subculture ( noting this in NAR, “elite apostles in the gates of the city, ” Old Boy Shepherding Deep South governing movement, LP in grass roots charismatic AG, CI, WOF and Pentecostal, mostly witch watching, targeting praying against, plus always spying many Queen Jezebels, And “Certain doctrinal types: Of  the now Famous Worship/ fine arts but subliminal type cults, also the Boys Club in Pioneering area widely known ministry,”I am for Apollos vs I am for Paul” clandestine, non merry spirit; Again:  If you weren’t trained, not your fault, Just acknowledge it, then improve.

A Warning from the Lord’s Heart  “Local Level Tyrants”

For These Ones Who asked (demanded) to be “over us ALL” as the “spiritual covering.” You claimed the authority. Now steward the fruit.

If you demand to be known as the sole voice, the final word, the top governing apostle, or the one who oversees the region or movement, then understand this:

You are accountable before God for what is done in your name, under your banner, and by those who claim your spiritual covering.

1. When You Take the Glory, You Inherit the Backlash

“Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.” — Jeremiah 23:1
“Let not many of you become teachers… knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.” — James 3:1

If those under your “covering” or “movement” gossip, falsely accuse, dominate, control, spiritually profile, mistreat women, or silence other godly voices—your silence makes you complicit.

You become like Saul—passively watching while others throw the stones (Acts 7:58). But God sees.

2. God Never Gave You Ownership of the Body of Christ

“One is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.” — Matthew 23:8
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” — Ephesians 5:21

The New Testament Church was built on mutual submission, not spiritual monarchies. The early apostles served together as a community of diverse leaders, not one man ruling over all. Your movement is not “the way, the truth, and the life.”

3. If Your People Abuse Others in Your Name, You Are Required to Correct Them

“Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.” — 1 Timothy 5:20
“Mark them which cause divisions and offenses… and avoid them.” — Romans 16:17

When men or women under your mantle:

• Spiritually profile women and call them Jezebel without relationship

• Accuse people of rebellion for not submitting to your network

• Promote racism, misogyny, or classism

• Shame or exclude people quietly while keeping public honor intact

And you do not correct them—you are giving the spirit of domination room to grow. And worse: your name becomes a banner of oppression instead of Christ’s freedom.

4. If Your Brand Replaces Christ, It’s Already Fallen

“Some say ‘I follow Paul,’ or ‘I follow Apollos’… Is Christ divided?” — 1 Corinthians 1:12-13
“He must increase, but I must decrease.” — John 3:30

When your movement, ministry name, or title becomes the source of identity for people—more than Jesus Himself—you are forming a religious empire, not a kingdom community.

People who want favor or position may mimic you. They may weaponize your language. They may name-drop you to gain control or cause confusion in your region. And if you do not distance yourself from their misdeeds, you share in the damage.

5. God Is Watching How You Use Authority

You are not the Messiah. Your apostolic office is not infallible. And you are not above biblical correction.

When even godly women and humble servants are silenced, suspected, or avoided because they don’t submit to “your order,” you are building Babel, not the Body.

“The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve.” — Matthew 20:28

Apostolic Taveau declares:  Also,there are OTHER Christian “famous”  Movements, not only YOURS…also many of whom are famous, but not ELITE….also the new beginning  mature ones whom I perceive are being called to forefront just now.

TD Training Equips:

1. The First Church Was Not a Hierarchy.
The early church, as shown in Ephesians 5:21, operated on mutual submission in the fear of the Lord—not hierarchical control. There was no top-down “chain of command” requiring all women to submit to every man who claimed authority. The apostolic foundation was servant-based, Christ-modeled, and relational—not dominating or suspicious.

2. Philippians 2:12 says to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” That’s the believer’s right to hear from God personally, male or female. You do not need the stamp of a self-appointed patriarch to be led by the Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives discernment to the individual—period.

3. James 3:17 describes godly wisdom as pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruit, without partiality and without hypocrisy. If your doctrine or leadership style doesn’t resemble that, it’s not Christ—it’s carnality wrapped in religious language.

4. Galatians 1:1–2 makes it clear: Paul was not sent by man nor through man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father. Yet he walked in community and accountability with others. That models true apostolic sending: not submission to a personality cult or prophetic tribe, but respectful community without control.

5. Women, all races, styles, sizes, demeanors, classes of persons  are not second-class in the Body of Christ.
Galatians 3:28 declares: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Anyone teaching otherwise is operating in legalism, flesh, or fear—not the Spirit.

 JESUS’ OWN EXAMPLE: NO ONE-MAN RULE

• Matthew 23:8–10 (KJV)

  “But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
  And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
  Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.”

 + Key Point: Jesus taught that all were brethren, and leadership was to be servant-based, not titled hierarchy.

++  ACTS CHURCH: PLURALITY OF LEADERSHIP

• Acts 13:1 (KJV)

  “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers;
  as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen… and Saul.”

++ Key Point: The Antioch church had multiple prophets and teachers ministering as equals—no one-man rule.

• Acts 14:23 (KJV)

  “And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting,
  they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.”

+ Paul and Barnabas appointed plural elders in every church, not one ruler or “covering” over all.

 

PAUL’S TEACHING: DIFFERENT GIFTS, SAME BODY

• Ephesians 4:11–12 (KJV)

  “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.”

++  Key Point: Paul never ranked these roles. They were different functions, not power hierarchies.

• 1 Corinthians 12:28–29 (KJV)

  “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers…
  Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers?”

++ Paul lists order in function, not superiority. It was about service, not domination.

NO CENTRALIZED HUMAN GOVERNING BODY

• Galatians 2:6 (KJV)

  “But of these who seemed to be somewhat… it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person…”

++ Paul rejected the idea that certain apostles or leaders were “higher.” He did not submit to a central authority.

• Galatians 1:1 (KJV)

  “Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ…)”

++ Paul claimed his apostleship came from Jesus, not through a human governing board.

FIRST CHURCH STRUCTURE: MUTUAL SUBMISSION

• Ephesians 5:21 (KJV)

  “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”

++ Mutual, respectful submission—not spiritual hierarchy or spying.

• 1 Corinthians 14:29–31 (KJV)

  “Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
  …For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.”

++ All could participate. All were respected. No micromanaging or lone bossing.

+++ CONCLUSION: DID CHRIST, APOSTLE SET UP “CHRISTIAN MINISTRY COVERING?”

* Jesus did not appoint one ministerial “covering” over all.
* Paul did not submit to a controlling central office.
* The First Church operated in shared leadership, mutual honor, diversity of callings, and submission to Christ as the Head.

Colossians 1:18 (KJV)

“And he is the head of the body, the church…”

Only Christ is the Head. Any human system trying to override that creates a false hierarchy.

{Also See Part about Bible Organic VS Top Down Churches, part 2)

FIRST CHURCH PROTOCOL – APOSTOLIC ORDER WITHOUT PATRIARCHY OR CONTROL

Equal Opportunity REAL RESPECT First Church Christian Ministry was “Mutual Submission, Not Hierarchy”
Meaning All:  Ministry Leaders, Five-Fold Offices, Fellowship Teams, All Believers, Wedded couples

1. THE ORIGINAL CHURCH MODEL WAS NOT HIERARCHICAL OR AUTHORITARIAN

Ephesians 5:21
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”

Greek: hypotassó = voluntary yielding in respect, not forced domination.
➡ The early church taught mutual submission, not top-down male authority or spiritual policing.

Galatians 2:1–2
“Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles,
but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.”
+ Paul was not summoned or commanded—he went up by revelation. He moved in divine order, not under human authoritarianism.

2. GOD SPEAKS TO INDIVIDUALS – WOMEN AND MEN ALIKE

Philippians 2:12
“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

Greek: katergazomai = to work deeply inward, to carry through.

+ Every believer—male or female—has the right and responsibility to hear from God directly.

Acts 2:17 / Joel 2:28
“Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy…”

Hebrew: naba = to speak/sing by divine inspiration.
+ No gender restriction—the Holy Spirit gives gifts without respect of persons.

3. THE FIRST CHURCH HAD DIVERSE MINISTRY GIFTS

Ephesians 4:11–12
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry,
for the edifying of the body of Christ:”

Greek: didaskalos (teacher), poimēn (shepherd) = caring, equipping roles, not authoritarian figures.
+ God equips many different people with diverse callings, not one controlling personality.

1 Corinthians 12:4–6
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.”
+ There’s no single “type” of leader. All gifts matter. All are Spirit-led.

4. CHRISTLIKE DISCERNMENT REQUIRES RELATIONSHIP – NOT SUSPICIOUS MONITORING

Galatians 6:1
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

Greek: prautēs = gentleness, strength under control.
+ Correction must be relational, respectful, and redemptive, not word-of-mouth or gossip-based.

Matthew 18:15
“Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee,
go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone:
if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.”
+ Speak directly and privately to resolve conflict. No public shaming or spying.

1 John 1:7
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

Greek: koinonia = real relationship, shared connection.
+ You cannot “discern” someone you’ve never spoken to.

TD POINT: Fellowship includes face-to-face respect.

5. PAUL WARNED AGAINST AUTHORITARIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS

2 Corinthians 11:20
“For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage,
if a man devour you, if a man take of you,
if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.”
+ Paul warned about abusive, controlling leaders. True apostles do not dominate.

Galatians 2:6
“But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me:
God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:”
* Paul was secure in his God-given call and did not chase validation from dominant leaders.

6. REAL AUTHORITY BEARS FRUIT – NOT SUSPICION OR ACCUSATION

James 3:17
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”

Greek: eupeithēs = approachable, teachable.
+ True spiritual leaders are approachable, peaceful, and led by wisdom—not driven by fear or control.

 CONCLUSION:

The First Church followed Christ as the Head, not a controlling system.

• Colossians 1:18 – Christ is the Head of the Body

• 1 Peter 2:9 – All believers are priests unto God

• Romans 16:1–7 – Women were deacons, apostles, and co-laborers

• Acts 21:9 – Philip’s four daughters prophesied

• Ephesians 5:21 – All submit to one another in holy respect

• Galatians 3:28 – There is neither male nor female in Christ

TD MAIN BIG POINT:

Mainly Due to the LP

NO SPECTRAL EVIDENCE. NO SPIRITUAL ESPIONAGE. NO UNINVITED SURVEILLANCE.
Just Spirit-led, fruit-filled, relationship-based ministry rooted in respect and biblical authority.

HOW THE FIRST CHURCH PATTERN APPLIES TO JESUS’ CHURCH TODAY

1. CHRIST ALONE IS THE HEAD—NOT A HUMAN TITLE OR OFFICE

Colossians 1:18 – “He is the head of the body, the church.”

Today, many church movements act as if a senior pastor, apostle, or prophetic leader is the head.
But in Jesus’ true Church, Christ remains the only Head.
No single man, woman, denomination, or movement owns the Church.

2. SHARED LEADERSHIP, NOT A DOMINANT CHAIN OF COMMAND

Acts 14:23 – “They ordained elders in every church…”
Ephesians 4:11 – “He gave some apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers…”

Today’s Jesus-followers must reclaim the model of shared servant-leadership, not boss-based control systems.
Ministry roles are for equipping, not controlling the saints. Every believer has a place, a gift, and a voice.

3. MUTUAL SUBMISSION, NOT SPIRITUAL SPYING OR POWER STRUGGLES

Ephesians 5:21 – “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”
Galatians 6:1 – “Restore such a one in a spirit of meekness…”

God never authorized “spiritual watchdogs” or control-based apostles to watch, accuse, and rule over others—especially not without relationship.

True First Church leaders confront personally (Matthew 18:15), not by gossip, slander, or public shaming.
Jesus’ Church operates in humility, respect, and open dialogue, not control or fear.

4. NO HUMAN “COVERING” SYSTEM REQUIRED FOR VALIDITY OR CALLING

Galatians 1:1 – “Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ…”
Philippians 2:12 – “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

*Today, some teach that a person must be under a “covering” to be valid in ministry.

*But Paul shows that God can call, send, and anoint independently of any man-made hierarchy.

*All believers are accountable directly to the Lord, and operate in community, not in bondage.

5. RELATIONSHIP-BASED FELLOWSHIP, NOT SPIRITUAL POLICING

1 John 1:7 – “If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another…”

Modern misuse of authority often replaces healthy fellowship with surveillance and fear.
But Jesus’ real Church walks in the light of truth, in real love, real respect, and clean conscience.
There is no “inner discernment” that excuses suspicion without actual conversation (Matthew 18:15).

MEGA MICRO LEADER TRAINING REMINDER:

Jesus’ real Church today is:

• Christ-governed

• Elder-led (plural, not dominant)

• Spirit-empowered

• Accountability-based—but through respectful dialogue

• Gift-diverse

• Mutually submitted in Christ (Eph. 5:21)

• Focused on the fruit of James 3:17—“peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated…”

TRAINING: Understanding the Weight of Authority and Delegated Influence

Title: “With Great Authority Comes Great Accountability: How Misused Loyalty Damages Your Name”

KEY TRUTH:

When a leader claims spiritual authority “over” others—whether by office, movement, or brand—they also inherit responsibility for how those under them represent them, use their name, and wield influence in their circles.

1. Authority Isn’t Ownership

“Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.” — 1 Peter 5:3 (KJV)

You can’t own people. You can steward influence, but not lord over souls. Spiritual authority is given for service, not for control. When someone says, “I’m over you spiritually,” they risk becoming a symbol of control, and that opens doors to misuse.

2. Followers Imitate the Spirit of the Leader

“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.” — Luke 6:40

Whatever tone, spirit, or example a leader sets—even subtly—will be repeated, exaggerated, or misused by others in their name. This includes:

• Accusing others on behalf of the leader

• Acting like they “represent the house”

• Policing others using the leader’s authority

• Gossiping or spiritually profiling in the leader’s name

3. Misused Loyalty Always Blows Back

“Let none of you suffer… as a busybody in other men’s matters.” — 1 Peter 4:15

When people under your covering cause offense or public harm—by bullying, excluding, gossiping, or misjudging others—your name gets attached. Even if you didn’t do it. It breeds bitterness, false reputations, and resistance to your ministry, especially if you’re unaware.

4. Correction Must Be Part of Oversight

A true leader doesn’t just claim influence—they train it, monitor it, and correct it.

Paul rebuked Peter publicly when he saw a wrong pattern forming (Galatians 2:11-14). Likewise, if people in your ministry or under your banner cause confusion, you must own the example, and redirect it in public or private as needed.

5. God Will Hold Leaders Accountable for Fruit of Their Culture

“Obey them that have the rule over you… for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account.” — Hebrews 13:17

This includes the culture of fear, control, misogyny, or tribalism that may operate under your name if left unaddressed.

Even if the leader doesn’t “approve” of the gossipers or controllers, failure to correct is silent agreement in the eyes of many.

Takeaway: Steward Your Name Like Christ Did

• Jesus never built a brand—He built disciples.

• He washed feet, He called out abuse (Matt. 23), and He didn’t hide from conflict.

• Be known for clearing up misuse of your voice, not just your sermons.

• True authority serves and protects others from harm, even if it’s harm done “in your name.”

Strong Leader vs. Cultic/Authoritarian Leader

TD Keen Apostolic Insight:

A strong leader is often mistaken for “authoritarian” only because they carry conviction or high standards. But what sets them apart is how they treat people, especially those who disagree. They’re not out to dominate—they’re there to build up (2 Cor. 10:8).

They guard doctrine but don’t police people.

They lead with strength but walk in humility.

They carry weight but not a whip.

Any Questions?

more to come;;
Part 5  the Pit Fall of Top Down Churches

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