Lin

“I think “Christ has ALL the authority…” is on the right track. The key then is to get them to understand that in this respect, Christ can not be compared to any man, be it a husband or a church leader or the pope or anyone. This “realm” if you will, of Christ’s authority, lies outside teh human realms in which Jesus models husband/head. Does that make sense?”

Absolutely. You have hit on it. They take Christ’ “human-ness” and “maleness” and apply to themselves on earth. His realm of authority, as you so aptly put it, was supernatural because He modeled humilty and lowliness as the human part during His ministry.