[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Unfortunately, the history of the Local Church is replete with such false teachings and abuse of God's people, and as some have pointed out, the abuse continues to this very day, principally by the leadership of the Living Stream Ministry, the "blended brothers".

One of the most insidious aspects of this Deputy Authority teaching is the notion that spiritual authority can somehow be bequeathed from one Christian leader to another. This is a foreign concept to the New Testament. In fact, the teachings of Christ and the early apostles illustrate quite the opposite. One could give a lot of examples from the Gospels and in the epistles of Paul, Peter and John, but I'll let what I have posted here just stand alone for now.

You won't find deputy authority teaching in the New Testament Ministry, but you will find deputy authority teaching in European history aka divine rights of kings.