TL

In the vein of what Cheryl said, there is no such thing as “teaching authority”, as in another has to do what another said because they are a recognized teacher. Rather, it is the other way around. A recognized teacher is such because they have aptly demonstrated the authoritative ability of the Holy Spirit in their teaching. It is not worldly authority that gives special people special privileges that Scriptures speak of. It is rather the observation that the teacher has the ability to be guided by the Holy Spirit that should cause the people of God to be willing to be persuaded by not only the teacher’s words but his/her life as well.