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Originally Posted by awareness
Bro ZNP, Nee in his Spiritual Authority says we all should find our authority. And you sound like your authority is in the local church. So are you in rebellion to your authority?
Nee says : respect your authoritah ....
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In my experience as a father you have absolute authority over the kids life when they are an infant and every year you give up some authority as the kid wants more authority over their own life. However, children in their 20s still want advice, help and counsel.
Likewise, in my experience if someone asks for your advice and then completely disregards it you are much less inclined to respond the next time the request is made. If you want counsel you have to respect the counselor, otherwise you will not pay any attention to the counsel.
It is a blessing to have someone you can ask advice and counsel of. But, sometimes when you ask advice it is not a simple question, but something you need the other person to be invested in. If you want to go to graduate school and need some advice it might require that this person really know you, your financial situation, your family situation, where you are in your career, your goals, etc. So, to my mind the fact that your father has been invested in your life from day 1 really gives them the inside track. Now I recognized this from the first day I met with the LRC, hence I gave much more respect to those that I knew had been invested in my Christian life and didn't give any regard to some guy living 1,000 miles away.
So then, it is not merely about who is "appointed" the elder, or who is the "apostle". Obviously I deferred to them on matters they had authority over, but when it came to my life and my decisions I would fellowship with those I felt were most invested in my well being.