Kay

NN wrote:
“Rank clearly exists in relationships such as within the coastguard, parent to child, governor to citizen. If both people involved are christians, does this then negate the “rank” and authority intrinsic in the relationship?”

It baffles me each time I see comps/hierarchists make this claim. There is no Scripture telling Christians to take authority over their children.
There are not any Scriptures telling parents to force their children to obey them. Jesus doesn’t force us to follow Him – He leads by loving example. “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.”

Jesus explicitly told us NOT to conduct our relationships according to the government model – But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”